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 27, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Lawyer’s death at Chinese military hospital raises questions
Associated Press, February 26, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/lawyers-death-at-chinese-military-hospital-raises-questions/2018/02/26/410f850a-1b61-11e8-98f5-ceecfa8741b6_story.html

除了取消任期限制,习氏修宪还将带来哪些深远影响? (What impacts will Xi’s Constitution amendments bring other than removing term limits?)
The Initium, February 27, 2017
https://theinitium.com/article/20180227-mainland-constitutional-revision/

Related:
中国军方也表态了 “坚决拥护”修宪建议 (Chinese military pledges “resolute” support to amend Constitution)
Voice of America, February 27, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-military-term-limit-20180227/4272140.html

法工委:正会同有关方面对个人信息保护立法进行研究论证 (Legislative Affairs Commission of NPC Standing Committee researches legislation to “protect personal information”)
The Paper, February 26, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2010284

最高检出台《规定》进一步规范强制医疗决定监督工作, 坚决防止和纠正“假精神病”“被精神病” (Supreme People’s Procuratorate issues regulation to further standardize supervision of medical decisions to prevent healthy individuals from being “falsely” diagnosed or “subjected” to compulsory mental health treatment)
Supreme People’s Procuratorate, February 26, 2018
http://www.spp.gov.cn/xwfbh/wsfbt/201802/t20180226_367788.shtml