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.

Monday, November 20, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

刘霞已做子宫肌瘤手术抑郁症严重 外界吁尽早允其出国 (Liu Xia undergoes uterine fibroids surgery and is severely depressed; Hu Jia urges China to allow her to go abroad)
Radio Free Asia, November 19, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf-11192017115903.html

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Friends fear for well-being of Nobel laureate’s widow Liu Xia; urge China to let her leave country
Hong Kong Free Press, November 20, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/11/20/friends-fear-well-nobel-laureates-widow-liu-xia-urge-china-let-leave-country/

黎雄兵:卢廷阁律师在法院开庭遭法警殴打入院救治 (Lawyer Lu Tingge beaten by police at Sichuan court and hospitalized)
Weiquanwang, November 17, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/11/blog-post_43.html

推进落实以审判为中心的诉讼制度改革 安徽启动第三方评价庭审活动 (Anhui province launches third-party review of trials to promote trial-centered system reform)
Supreme People’s Court, November 17, 2017
http://www.court.gov.cn/zixun-xiangqing-69122.html

第七届中美司法与人权研讨会在纽约举行 (7th Sino-US judicial and human rights seminar kicks off in New York)
Xinhua News Agency, November 16, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2017-11/16/c_1121968151.htm