The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China begins trial of prominent rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong
Reuters, August 22, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-idUSKCN1B209H

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709律師江天勇認煽動顛覆罪 法庭擇日判 江妻指夫酷刑下被迫認罪 (709 lawyer Jiang Tianyong confesses to inciting subversion of state power; Jiang’s wife says husband was tortured and forced to confess)
Mingpao, August 22, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170822/s00004/1503379058579

Prominent Chinese rights activist Jiang Tianyong “confesses” to inciting subversion of state power
Hong Kong Free Press, August 22, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/22/prominent-chinese-rights-activist-jiang-tianyong-confesses-inciting-subversion-state-power/

Detained Chinese rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang shortlisted for Dutch Human Rights Tulip award
Hong Kong Free Press, August 22, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/22/detained-chinese-rights-lawyer-wang-quanzhang-shortlisted-dutch-human-rights-tulip-award/

新疆博乐一哈萨克族人因“泄密罪”判囚10年 (Kazakhs man in Xinjiang sentenced to ten years in prison for leaking state secrets)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-08212017103035.html