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.

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Commentary (评论)

判詞暴露DQ周庭不符程序公義 政治凌駕法律 (Latest High Court decision shows disqualification of Agnes Chow falls short of procedural justice, as politics overrides the law)
Inmediahk, February 14, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1055182

兩篇有關中央對港政策的新文章 (2 new articles that reflect the latest CPC’s policies of Hong Kong)
Mingpao, February 14, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180214/s00022/1518527541219

孙政才罪名诡秘 杀鸡给猴看? (Are the charges against Sun Zhengcai aimed to “kill the chicken to scare the monkeys”?)
Radio France Internationale, February 14, 2018
https://goo.gl/pBsa5g

Is this the year China gets serious about ending rural poverty?
The Diplomat, February 13, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/02/is-this-the-year-china-gets-serious-about-ending-rural-poverty/

Defending America means defending democracy
Foreign Policy, February 13, 2018
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/02/13/defending-america-means-defending-democracy-china-russia-trump/

The problem with China’s latest anti-mafia crackdown
中国最新扫黑运动的问题所在
Human Rights Watch, February 13, 2018
EN: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/02/13/problem-chinas-latest-anti-mafia-crackdown
CH: https://www.hrw.org/zh-hans/news/2018/02/13/315072