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, October 10, 2013

Opinion (观点)

The unnecessary cruelty of the death penalty
South China Morning Post, October 10, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1328036/unnecessary-cruelty-death-penalty

人民日报:遏制“房腐”须完善官员财产申报制度 (People’s Daily: combating real estate corruption requires “perfecting” system for reporting officials’ property-assets)
People’s Daily, October 10, 2013
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2013-10-10/044328390941.shtml