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, January 29, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

維權律師余文生涉煽動顛覆國家政權在指定居所監視居住 (Rights lawyer Yu Wensheng put under residential surveillance at designated location for inciting subversion)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 29, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1377809-20180129.htm

Related:
China rights lawyer charged with “inciting subversion”
Agence France-Presse, January 29, 2018
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/china-rights-lawyer-charged-inciting-subversion-072623165.html

US “deeply concerned” over China detention of Swedish book publisher Gui Minhai
Agence France-Presse, January 28, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/28/us-deeply-concerned-china-detention-swedish-book-publisher-gui-minhai/

中国异议人士张林抵美与女儿团聚 (Chinese dissident Zhang Lin arrives in the US and reunite with daughters)
Voice of America, January 27, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/voa-connect-nyc-zhang-lin-20180126/4227069.html