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.

Friday, September 15, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

From sea to a sea of words: Poet ensnared as China shuts down commemoration of Liu Xiaobo
China Change, September 14, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/09/14/from-sea-to-a-sea-of-words-poet-ensnared-as-china-shuts-down-commemoration-of-liu-xiaobo/

Related:
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

China detains dozens of ethnic Kazakhs who watched Kanat Islam fight
收看境外视频 乌鲁木齐50多名哈萨克族人被拘捕
Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/kazakhs-09142017111630.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-09142017105043.html

一点进步都没有:海外民进党人士谴责中国审判李明哲 (Overseas members of the Democratic Progressive Party criticize China for putting Lee Ming-che on trial: There has been no progress)
Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/ck-09142017115954.html

人权组织呼吁美国调查全球15个人权迫害案例 包括曹顺利案 (Human rights organizations urge the U.S. to investigate 15 cases of human rights violations, including the case of Cao Shunli)
Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junshiwaijiao/xl2-09142017105407.html

中国“女权五姐妹”之一被罚10年内禁止离境 (Wu Rongrong, one of the “Feminist Five” is banned from leaving China for ten years)
Financial Times, September 14, 2017
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001074310

"发7万条信息应判三万多年" :卢昱宇二审拒绝认罪 (Citizen journalist Lu Yuyu refuses to confess at appeal court: "Four years is not enough, I sent out 70,000 pieces of information and should be sentenced to over 30,000 years")
Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-09142017105438.html