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.

Thursday, April 12, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Video: Wife of Chinese rights lawyer put under house arrest as Amnesty condemns “display of thuggery”
Agence France-Presse, April 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/12/video-wife-chinese-rights-lawyer-put-house-arrest-amnesty-condemns-display-thuggery/

China named “world’s top executioner” as global rate falls
The Guardian, April 12, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/12/china-named-worlds-top-executioner-as-global-rate-falls

How China uses forced confessions as propaganda tool
The New York Times, April 11, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/world/asia/china-forced-confessions-propaganda.html

Related:
Rights groups slam China's televised “confessions,” call for sanctions on state media
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/confessions-sanctions-04112018140238.html

China keeps delaying talks on letting Liu Xiaobo’s widow leave the country – source
Reuters, April 11, 2018
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-china-rights/china-keeps-delaying-talks-on-letting-liu-xiaobos-widow-leave-the-country-source-idUKKBN1HI0YD

推广业务搭售、附送业主及车主信息近百万条,重庆判决一起侵犯公民个人信息案29人获刑(29 people in Chongqing sentenced to up to 4.5 years for selling personal information)
Legal Daily, April 10, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-04/10/content_7517856.htm