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, December 08, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China jails 21 people for 2015 nursing home fire: Xinhua
Reuters, December 8, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-fire/china-jails-21-people-for-2015-nursing-home-fire-xinhua-idUSKBN1E203M

排除阻力 魏玛将颁人权奖给伊力哈木 (Against all odds, Ilham Tohti awarded 2017 Weimar Human Rights Award)
Deutsche Welle, December 7, 2017
http://bit.ly/2AZDeCW

新疆周远案:背负“罪名”20年 庭上无人表达歉意 (No one apologizes on court to Zhou Yuan, man who spent 20 years in Xinjiang jail for crime he didn’t commit)
China News Weekly, December 7, 2017
http://www.kanfanews.com/pc/index/article/1049368

拆迁公司嚣张袭击 两北京律师险遭活埋 (2 Beijing lawyers attacked by eviction mobs and almost get buried alive)
Radio Free Asia, December 7, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-12072017104902.html