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 06, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Sweden condemns China's “brutal” detention of bookseller Gui Minhai
The Guardian, February 6, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/06/sweden-condemns-chinas-brutal-detention-of-bookseller-gui-minhai

Related:
“He might not have that much time left”: Daughter’s fears grow over bookseller Gui Minhai missing in China
Agence France-Presse, February 5, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/05/might-not-much-time-left-daughters-fears-grow-bookseller-gui-minhai-missing-china/

史庭福因宣讲六四真相而被“寻衅滋事罪”案将在2018年2月8日南京开庭审理 (Rights defender Shi Tingfu faces trial in Nanjing for “picking quarrels” after giving public speech about June Fourth)
Weiquanwang, February 6, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/02/201828.html

Tibetan monk freed after five-year prison term for “politically sensitive” writings
青海藏人刑满获释后仍无人身自由
Radio Free Asia, February 5, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/freed-02052018141331.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-02052018104217.html

内蒙公安枪击致死以钱封口 遗孀揭尸检造假讨公道 (Inner Mongolia widow denies hush money, unveils fake autopsy report and demands justice for husband who was shot dead by police)
Radio Free Asia, February 5, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-02052018100445.html

李静瑜为丈夫李明哲案前往联合国 (Wife of jailed Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-che petitions at UN for support of husband’s release)
Radio Free Asia, February 5, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hcm-02052018103855.html

Chinese anti-censorship activist Zhen Jianghua denied access to lawyer
Hong Kong Free Press, February 5, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/05/chinese-anti-censorship-activist-zhen-jianghua-denied-access-lawyer/