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.

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Activist in China's Guangdong confined in psychiatric hospital with “no sign of illness”
广州维权人士张起“被精神病”
Radio Free Asia, February 19, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/confined-02192018124530.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-02162018101952.html

余文生被刑拘一个月 住所六次遭搜查 (Yu Wensheng’s residence searched 6 times since start of his month-long criminal detention)
Radio Free Asia, February 20, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-02192018093311.html

重庆维权人士集会抗议被精神病
Protesting evictees in China’s Chongqing locked up in psychiatric facilities
Radio Free Asia, February 20, 2018
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-02202018103021.html
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/evictees-02202018104700.html

Anti-pollution activist held over Chinese New Year in China’s Jiangsu
Radio Free Asia, February 16, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activist-02162018124040.html