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.

Friday, March 07, 2014

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

唐荆陵应邀参加美领馆新馆舍剪彩被国保拦截 (Domestic security prevents human rights lawyer from attending opening ceremony of new U.S. consulate general in Guangzhou)
Radio Free Asia, March 6, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql-03062014104350.html

许志永律师:二审不再沉默 (Xu Zhiyong's lawyers will drop silence tactic in second-instance trial)
Deutsche Welle, March 6, 2014
dw.de/p/1BL99

Related:
请守住法治的底线——就新公民案致十二届全国人大全体代表的公开信
"Uphold the Bottom Line of the Rule of Law" --- an open letter to all delegates of the Twelfth National People’s Congress about the prosecution of New Citizens Movement advocates
Lawyers in the Xu Zhiyong and New Citizens Movement Cases, March 2, 2014
CH: www.hrichina.org/chs/gong-min-yan-chang/qing-shou-zhu-fa-zhi-de-di- xian-jiu-xin-gong-min-zhi-shi-er-jie-quan-guo-ren-da
EN: www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/uphold-bottom-line-rule-law-open- letter-all-delegates-twelfth-national-peoples