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.

Monday, July 16, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China holds father, supporters of woman detained for inking president's image
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/inking-07162018103924.html

Related:
【泼墨女孩】艺术家华涌助董建彪寻女 传国保半夜带走两人(Father of “Ink Woman” and dissident artist incommunicado, abduction suspected)
The Stand News, July 14, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/潑墨女孩-藝術家華湧助董建彪尋女-傳國保半夜帶走兩人/

Police interrupt YouTube live stream by father of “missing” Chinese woman who splashed ink on Xi Jinping photo
Hong Kong Free Press, July 14, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/14/police-interrupt-youtube-live-stream-father-missing-chinese-woman-splashed-ink-xi-jinping-photo

河北妇报称被村书记多次强奸 查案部门:她没有这个姿色(“She’s not pretty enough”: Hebei investigators call woman’s claims of rape by village officer fraudulent)
Ming Pao, July 15, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180715/s00004/1531639636532

上海维权人士丁德元“妨害公务罪案”将于2018年7月25日上午开庭 (Shanghai rights defender sued for “obstructing public duty”)
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, July 15, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2018/07/2018725.html

Liu Xia’s friends “planning meeting” with former German president Joachim Gauck about her brother’s case
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2155293/liu-xias-friends-planning-meeting-joachim-gauck-about