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, April 03, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

最高检:检察院可指派聘请有专门知识的人参与办案 (New guide from Supreme People's Procuratorate allows Procuratorates to hire “persons with specialized knowledge" to participate in case handling activities)
Beijing News, April 3, 2018
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2018-04-03/doc-ifyteqtq3080900.shtml

Chinese police threaten wife of incommunicado lawyer with subversion charge
余文生妻子许艳再被以涉嫌“煽颠罪”传唤
Radio Free Asia, April 1, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/threaten-04022018105237.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf-04012018124122.html

Tibetan monk jailed five years on charges “related to self-immolation” protest
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/monk-03302018145246.html