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, November 30, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

“新疆聂树斌”周远案再审改判无罪 律师称将提交国家赔偿申请 (Zhou Yuan, man who spends 20 years in prison for crime he didn’t commit, gets exonerated after retrial; lawyer says will apply for state compensation)
Beijing News, November 30, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/11/30/466388.html

In China, fears that new anticorruption agency will be above the law
习近平推动成立新反腐机构,引发法学界批判
The New York Times, November 30, 2017
EN: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171130/china-xi-jinping-anticorruption/en-us/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171130/china-xi-jinping-anticorruption/

美国国务院吁中国释放李明哲 (United States Department of State urges China to release Lee Ming-che)
Voice of America, November 30, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/us-state-department-lee-mingche-20171129/4142179.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter