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 30, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese anti-censorship activist Zhen Jianghua unable to nominate own lawyer, as supporters expect trial soon
Hong Kong Free Press, July 30, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/30/chinese-anti-censorship-activist-zhen-jianghua-unable-nominate-lawyer-supporters-expect-trial-soon/

藏人倡导母语教育被判刑提上诉 (Tibetan-language education advocate appeals conviction)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-07272018095145.html

广东庭审维权人士禁妻旁听 (Wife of lawyer for 709 cases barred from trial “because she is a witness”)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-07272018094004.html

“We shouldn’t allow Ilham Tohti to become a second Liu Xiaobo”
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/hu-tohti-07272018160529.html

Guangdong Activist Xu Lin tried on charges of “stirring up trouble” for writing songs
China Change, July 27, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/07/28/guangdong-activist-xu-lin-tried-on-charges-of-stirring-up-trouble-for-writing-songs/

天津首例网络水军删帖案告破:高材生缘何变身“水军都督”? (Tianjin police arrest 16 in first Internet Water Army case)
Tianjin Daily, July 26, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2294242

最高法:在北京、广州筹备增设互联网法院 (Supreme People’s Court to establish Internet courts in Beijing and Guangzhou)
Xinhua News, July 25, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2292691

湖南女子违停被贴罚单,发朋友圈辱骂交警被行政拘留10日 (Woman fined and detained for 10 days for disparaging traffic police on WeChat)
Nanxian Public Security Bureau WeChat, July 25, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2291881