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, August 01, 2013

Rule of Law (法治)

案件撤销,但他仍未走出看守所 (Detained since he was a teenager, man still in detention despite provincial court decision to drop prosecution)
Dahe Daily, August 1, 2013
http://newpaper.dahe.cn/dhb/html/2013-08/01/content_933192.htm

临武公布瓜农死因外力诱发血管破裂 (Autopsy on watermelon vendor shows he died from internal bleeding in the brain caused by external trauma, authorities promise to expedite investigation)
Beijing News, August 1, 2013
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2013-08/01/content_454414.htm