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, November 13, 2015

Access to Justice (司法公正)

北京91名民警赴柬埔寨执行押解任务, 打击犯罪之外体现人文关怀, 记者亲历警方16小时境外押解嫌犯 (91 Beijing police embody care and humanity when taking criminals from Cambodia back to China, reporter witnesses process during 16 hours alongside them)
Legal Daily, November 10, 2015
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2015-11/10/content_6349389.htm

律师参与化解信访案不能当“说客 (Lawyers participating in resolution of petitioning cases cannot act as intermediaries)
Legal Daily, November 12, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20151112/Articel01008GN.htm

Calls grow to free tortured rights lawyer ahead of U.N. review
Radio Free Asia, November 12, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-gao-11122015124454.html

Related:
Human rights lawyers in China tell harrowing stories about their own torture and abuse
Quartz, November 12, 2015
http://qz.com/548408/human-rights-lawyers-in-china-tell-harrowing-stories-about-their-own-torture-and-abuse/

Parallel submission to the Committee Against Torture in advance of the review of the PRC's fifth report
Human Rights in China, November 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/sites/default/files/hric-cat-2015_report.pdf

维权律师群体就被禁止出境事宜致北京市公安局抗议 (Group of human rights lawyers write complaint letter to Beijing Public Security Bureau protesting abusive border control)
Radio France Internationale, November 12, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20151112-维权律师群体就被禁止出境事宜致北京市公安局抗议