Thursday, December 28, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

最高检:零容忍虐童案,儿童合法权益缺乏全面系统立法规定 (Supreme People's Procuratorate claims it has zero tolerance towards child abuse and calls for comprehensive legislature to protect children’s rights)
The Paper, December 28, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1925445

Tibetan filmmaker flees China, arrives in United States
Reuters, December 28, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2125923/tibetan-filmmaker-flees-china-arrives-united-states

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一名西藏政治犯逃至加州 (Tibetan political prisoner Dhondup Wangchen flees to California after spending almost 10 years in jail)
Voice of America, December 28, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/tibet-escape-20171227/4182230.html

Kazakhstan national missing, believed detained in China, amid ongoing crackdown
新疆前官员入籍哈国遭公安越境绑架 伊力哈木16个月不准见妻儿
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/kazakh-missing-12272017141959.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-12272017101941.html

程海律师、蔺其磊律师:立即撤销案件释放王全璋律师或予以取保候审的要求书 (Cheng Hai and Lin Qilei, defense lawyers of Wang Quanzhang, demand Wang’s case to be immediately closed and call for his release or bail)
Weiquanwang, December 27, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/12/blog-post_44.html

吳淦獲刑聲明:不反對專制,我還是人嗎? (Rights defender Wu Gan faces jail and says: Am I still human if I do not oppose authoritarianism?)
Stand News, December 27, 2017
http://bit.ly/2C94uzB

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US and Germany call for release of Chinese activist “Super Vulgar Butcher”
The Guardian, December 28, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/28/us-and-germany-call-for-release-of-chinese-activist-super-vulgar-butcher

张海涛维权获罪19年,新疆妻儿被迫逃美 (Zhang Haitao’s wife and child forced to flee to US, after he was sentenced to 19 years in Xinjiang for defending rights)
Voice of America, December 27
https://www.voachinese.com/a/voaweishi-20171227-connect-zhang-haitao/4181149.html

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How questioning China’s security crackdown in Xinjiang led to a 20-year jail term
Associated Press, December 28, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2125910/how-questioning-chinas-security-crackdown-xinjiang-led

Beijing to discuss revising constitution for first time since 2004
South China Morning Post, December 27, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2125871/beijing-discuss-revising-constitution-first-time-2004

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十九届二中全会明年1月召开,讨论研究修改宪法部分内容建议 (Second plenum of 19th party congress to discuss amendments to Constitution in January 2018)
Xinhua News Agency, December 27, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1923954

最高检:发挥检察职能协助解决农民工讨薪问题 (Supreme People’s Procuratorate vows to help migrant workers get paid)
Legal Daily, December 27, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-12/27/content_7432366.htm?node=5955

全国人大法律委:信访法起草工作正在抓紧进行 (NPC Legal Committee: Letters and Calls Law now being drafted)
Xinhua News Agency, December 27, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1924876