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 23, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

狱中江天勇被迫服用不明药物令人忧虑 (Parents visit Jiang Tianyong, worry about his intake of unnamed medication and memory loss)
Voice of America, July 24, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-jailed-rights-attorney-forced-to-take-unknown-media-20180723/4494839.html

Woman who splashed Xi Jinping poster sent to psychiatric jospital
“泼墨女孩”被送株洲精神病院
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hospitalized-07232018105734.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-07232018094440.html

徐琳案开庭律师将做无罪辩护 (Activist songwriter to plead not guilty to “picking quarrels” charges at trial)
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-07232018094544.html

长沙一男子刑拘时中风致偏瘫,向警方索赔172万被法院驳回 (Court denies damages to paralyzed man who suffered stroke during detention)
Rednet.cn, July 23, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2285426

河南开封龙亭区法院用“抖音”晒失信人:强化舆论氛围 (Local court in Henan publicizes personal information of “people who lost trust” on social network Douyin, to “intensify public opinion atmosphere”)
Yingxiang, July 22, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2283194

天津法院重金悬赏老赖财产线索,最高可奖励181万 (Tianjin court announces rewards for information on debt defaulters’ financial assets)
Tianjin Binhai People’s Court WeChat, July 21, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2282499

沈阳:已抓获编造、传播“手机扫码引发加油站爆炸”信息嫌犯 (Man is detained for fabricating and spreading “terrorist message” online)
Xinhua, July 21, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2282213

贵州医生揭医院黑幕反成被告 (Doctors are ordered to pay damages to hospital for refusing to perform operations that violate health regulations)
Radio Free Asia, July 20, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-07202018095736.html