Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

李明哲被判五年徒刑 台湾表示无法接受 (Lee Ming-che sentenced by mainland court to 5 years in prison; Taiwan says it is not acceptable)
Voice of America, November 28, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/taiwan-activist-sentence-unacceptable-20171127/4139583.html

Related:
Chinese court jails Taiwanese democracy activist Lee Ming-cheh for 5 years for “subversion”
Hong Kong Free Press, November 28, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/11/28/just-chinese-court-jails-taiwanese-democracy-activist-lee-ming-cheh-5-years-subversion/

湖北退役武警孙兵病逝 曾向天安门毛像泼墨抗议 (Sun Bing, retired armed police officer from Hubei who poured ink at Mao Zedong’s portrait at Tiananmen Square, dies of lung cancer)
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-11272017104024.html

北京大兴11·18火灾排除人为放火嫌疑 20人被刑拘 (20 people criminally detained after fire killed 19 in Daxing, Beijing; authority says it was not arson)
China Central Television, November 27, 2017
http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2017/11-27/8386668.shtml