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, March 14, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China unveils superagencies to fight pollution and other threats to party rule
习近平宣布建立超级机构,应对三大潜在威胁
The New York Times, March 13, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/world/asia/china-xi-jinping-congress-pollution-corruption.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180314/china-xi-jinping-congress-pollution-corruption/

Related:
关于《中华人民共和国监察法(草案)》的说明 (Statement of the Supervision Law of PRC (Draft))
Xinhua News Agency, March 13, 2018
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2018-03-13/doc-ifysfrty0686350.shtml

司法部官员指称吊照律师“害群之马” 遭谴责 (Ministry of Justice slammed for calling rights lawyers “black sheep”)
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-03132018120134.html

Tibetan monk released after serving 10-year prison term, two others detained
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/released-03132018162710.html