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.
Showing posts with label Persons with Disabilities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Persons with Disabilities. Show all posts

Thursday, February 04, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

One for all, and all for one: lawsuit of Chinese wheelchair users banned from flight “is for rights of all mainland’s 85 million disabled”
South China Morning Post, February 4, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1909277/one-all-and-all-one-lawsuit-chinese-wheelchair-users-banned

China resists harshly punishing those responsible for wrongful convictions
The New York Times, February 4, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/04/world/asia/china-wrongful-execution-huugjilt.html

Tuesday, December 08, 2015

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Authors urge China to release Nobel prize winner on seventh anniversary of his arrest
The Guardian, December 8, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/dec/08/authors-china-liu-xiaobo-nobel-prize-winner-pen-international

最高检:侵害残疾人利益从严从快批捕 (Supreme People's Procuratorate: Infringing interests of persons with disabilities will result in swift, strict approval of arrests)
Legal Evening News, December 3, 2015
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2015-12-03/doc-ifxmifzh4327314.shtml

河南追凶17年农妇李桂英欲追责, 项城公安启动倒查 (Henan peasant woman seeks accountability for husband’s death for 17 years, Xiangcheng Public Security finally begins investigation)
Guancha, December 6, 2015
http://www.guancha.cn/FaZhi/2015_12_06_343744.shtml

有效维护合法权益 及时化解矛盾纠纷, 健全国家司法救助制度取得初步效果 (Initial results are seen in building national legal aid system by effectively safeguarding lawful rights and interests and promptly resolving conflicts and disputes)
Legal Daily, December 7, 2015
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index/content/2015-12/07/content_6389044.htm

新疆首届律师周聚焦法治新疆 (Xinjiang's first “Lawyers Week” focuses on governing Xinjiang by law)
Legal Daily, December 7, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20151207/Articel02008GN.htm

Detained Chinese lawyer Pu Zhiqiang insists charges are trumped up as lawyers prepare for pre-trial meeting
浦志强今出席庭前会议 律师:他坚持自己无罪
South China Morning Post, December 8, 2015
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1888206/detained-chinese-lawyer-pu-zhiqiang-insists-charges-are
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/1517f3151ef977e/pu-zhi-qiang-jin-chu-xi-ting-qian-hui-yi-lv-shi-ta-jian-chi-zi-ji-wu-zui

Friday, November 13, 2015

Government Accountability (政府问责)

福州智障女失踪多天后死亡, 家属:女儿是饿死的 (Mentally disabled Fuzhou woman found dead 41 days after being left on roadside by police, family: Our daughter starved to death)
Fuzhou News Online, November 12, 2015
http://news.chengdu.cn/2015/1112/1741133.shtml

China’s corruption crackdown is so vast, top officials from every single province have been nabbed
Quartz, November 12, 2015
http://qz.com/547695/chinas-corruption-crackdown-is-so-vast-top-officials-from-every-single-province-have-been-nabbed/

Thursday, November 06, 2014

Persons with Disabilities (残疾人)

2015年“京考”招录3754人 5岗位招残疾人 (Persons with disabilities eligible for 5 out of 3,754 civil servant positions open in Beijing in 2015)
The Beijing News, November 6, 2014
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2014/11/06/340456.html

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Persons with Disabilities(残疾人)

残保金公开有困难还是“不方便”? (Transparency still needed in management of employment security fund for persons with disabilities)
The Beijing News, June 11, 2014
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2014-06/11/content_516778.htm?div=-1

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Persons with Disabilities (残疾人)

China to allow the blind to take college entrance exams
中国教育部批准盲人参加今夏高考
New York Times, April 23, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140423/c23blind/dual/

Friday, April 18, 2014

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Persons with Disabilities (残疾人)

上海残疾人有望优先申请保障房 (Under new draft regulations, persons with disabilities in Shanghai may receive preferential treatment in affordable housing and other social services)
Dongfang Daily, July 25, 2013
http://epaper.dfdaily.com/dfzb/html/2013-07/25/content_796265.htm

See draft:
[上海市实施《中华人民共和国残疾人保障法》办法(修订草案)] (Shanghai City measures to implement the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Disabled Persons)
Political Affairs, July 24, 2013
http://shzw.eastday.com/shzw/G/20130724/u1ai110378.html

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Children

人权组织呼吁中国结束歧视排斥残障儿童 (Rights group calls on China to end discriminatory exclusion of children with disabilities)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 16, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/07/130715_china_disabled.shtml

China discriminates against disabled children: U.S. rights group
Reuters, July 15, 2013
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/15/us-china-disabilities-idUSBRE96E0LM20130715

See full report:
Human Rights Watch, July 15, 2013
http://www.hrw.org/node/117133>

Friday, July 12, 2013

Persons with Disabilities

公益岗残疾人比例不低于10% (New Shandong regulations set quota for the hiring of persons with disabilities)
Qilu Evening Post, July 12, 2013
http://epaper.qlwb.com.cn/qlwb/content/20130712/ArticelA09002FM.htm

Feeling their way blind people in China struggle with more than just their disability
The Economist, July 13, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21581761-blind-people-china-struggle-more-just-their-disability-feeling-their-way

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Persons with Disabilities

获就业机会智障人士百不足二 (Less than 2% of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Find Employment)
Guangzhou Daily, June 19, 2013
http://gzdaily.dayoo.com/html/2013-06/19/content_2288194.htm

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Persons with Disabilities

China's Disabled Slam Government as Biggest Discriminator
Radio Free Asia, May 21, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/disabled-05212013103106.html