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.

Thursday, August 03, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China is keeping Liu Xia, widow of human rights activist Liu Xiaobo, from talking to the world
Quartz, August 3, 2017
https://qz.com/1041895/china-is-keeping-liu-xia-widow-of-human-rights-activist-liu-xiaobo-from-talking-to-the-world/

Related:
Video: “Open the blockade!”: Hong Kongers Mourn Liu Xiaobo「打開路障!」:香港市民悼念劉曉波
Human Rights in China, August 2, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCP1BWEwec0&feature=youtu.be

Liu Xiaobo’s Death is a Stain on the CPC, International Community Must Press for Liu Xia’s Freedom
刘晓波之死是中共污点,国际社会必须施压让刘霞获得自由
Human Rights in China, July 13, 2017
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/liu-xiaobos-death-stain-cpc-international-community-must-press-liu-xias-freedom
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/sheng-ming/liu-xiao-bo-zhi-si-shi-zhong-gong-wu-dian-guo-ji-she-hui-bi-xu-shi-ya

A home prison is being built for recently released human rights lawyer Xie Yang
China Change, August 2, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/08/02/a-home-prison-is-being-built-for-recently-released-human-rights-lawyer-xie-yang/

Related:
709案谢阳又遭“家庭监狱”被软禁 (709 lawyer Xie Yang placed under “family house arrest” again)
Weiquanwang, August 2, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2017/08/709_2.html

曹雅学:谢阳律师失联,当局在谢家修建监狱 (Cao Yaxue: lawyer Xie Yang couldn’t be reached and the authority is building a prison at his home)
Voice of America, August 3, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/caoyaxue-xieyang-update-20170802/3970395.html

曾協助709事件律師稱 疑被當局打壓兒子無法入學 (Beijing primary school refuses to admit son of rights lawyer Chen Jiangang)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 3, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1346057-20170803.htm