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, April 11, 2014

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

建三江被拘遭遇记 (An account of my detention in Jiansanjiang)
New York Times, April 11, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140411/cc11wangquanzhang/

For more information, see:
Post Reeducation-Through-Labor "abolition": lawyers and defenders monitor legal reform implementation--the Jiansanjiang case
"废除"劳教: 律师和维权人士监督法律改革实施--建三江案
Human Rights in China, April 2014
EN: www.hrichina.org/en/post-reeducation-through-labor-abolition-lawyers-and-defenders-monitor-legal-reform-implementation
CH: www.hrichina.org/chs/fei-chu-lao-jiao-lu-shi-he-wei-quan-ren-shi-jian-du-fa-lu-gai-ge-shi-shi-jian-san-jiang

赵常青庭审拒认罪将择期宣判 律师提法院违反程序不被采纳 (Verdict in trial of activist Zhao Changqing forthcoming, court rejects lawyers' objection to procedural problems)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy-04102014110214.html

China rejects appeal of citizens movement founder
Associated Press, April 11, 2014
qctimes.com/news/world/asia/china-rejects-appeal-of-citizens-movement-founder/article_001b1039-fff2-54fc-8c38-91c201862f96.html

Chinese civil rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong releases autobiography amid likely court rebuff
South China Morning Post, April 11, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1474623/chinese-civil-rights-lawyer-xu-zhiyong-releases-autobiography-amid-likely

For more information, see:
Lawyers dismissed or withdrawn in protest of unfair trials of three citizen activists
Human Rights in China, January 31, 2014
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/lawyers-dismissed-or-withdrawn-protest-unfair-trials-three-citizen

Citizen activists on trial 2014: schedule/status and essays
Human Rights in China, April 7, 2014
http://www.hrichina.org/en/citizen-activists-trial-2014-schedulestatus-and-essays