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.

Monday, April 07, 2014

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Chinese activists face jail as crackdown continues
The Telegraph, April 7, 2014
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10749768/Chinese-activists-face-jail-as-crackdown-continues.html

Related:
Lawyers dismissed or withdrawn in protest of unfair trials of three citizen activists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http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/lawyers-dismissed-or-withdrawn-protest-unfair-trials-three-citizen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

To be a citizen who speaks up and has an attitude: Lawyer Ding Jiaxi speaks from prison
做有声音、有态度的公民——丁家喜狱中谈话录
China Change, April 6, 2014 (English)
Human Rights in China, March 21, 2014 (Chinese)
EN:http://chinachange.org/2014/04/06/to-be-a-citizen-who-speaks-up-and-has-an-attitude-lawyer-ding-jiaxi-speaks-from-prison/
CH:http://biweekly.hrichina.org/article/15691

What is a “Legal Education Center” in China
China Change, April 3, 2014
http://chinachange.org/2014/04/03/what-is-a-legal-education-center-in-china/

Related:
China has obligation to end violence against lawyers
China Human Rights Defenders, April 3, 2014
http://chrdnet.com/2014/04/china-has-obligation-to-end-violence-against-lawyers/