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, December 03, 2015

Access to Justice (司法公正)

"My brother had a lot of injuries on his body"
张六毛尸检当局拒家属旁观 市检察院官员避而不见
Radio Free Asia, December 2, 2015
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/women/china-sisters-12022015172820.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-12022015104301.html

Related:
China: Fear of destruction of evidence during government autopsy
Amnesty International, December 2, 2015
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa17/2988/2015/en/

中国维权人士郭飞雄上诉要求改判无罪 (Guo Feixiong to appeal for acquittal)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 3, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/12/151203_china_guofeixiong_appeal

Related:
时事大家谈:郭飞雄遭重判,受伤的是中国民主还是中国法治? (Current affairs discussion: Guo Feixiong’s heavy sentence harms China’s democracy or rule of law?)
Voice of America, December 2, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/media/video/voaweishi-20151202-VOAIO-2/3084693.html

Sentencing of Guo Feixiong adds to serious abuse already suffered
重判郭飞雄凸显中国的司法滥权
Human Rights in China, November 27, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/case-update/sentencing-guo-feixiong-adds-serious-abuse-already-suffered
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/ge-gen-zong/zhong-pan-guo-fei-xiong-tu-xian-zhong-guo-de-si-fa-lan-quan

徐某大闹法庭获刑 (Woman criminally punished after disrupting court)
Legal Daily, December 2, 2015
http://legal.people.com.cn/n/2015/1202/c188502-27878758.html

中国食品安全典型十大案例 (10 typical food safety cases in China)
Legal Daily, December 2, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20151202/Articel09002GN.htm

China Focus: Courts accepting more cases after clearance quota removal
Xinhua, December 2, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-12/02/c_134878392.htm

Dissident Chinese lawyer “incommunicado” after online anger over activist's sentence
Radio Free Asia, December 2, 2015
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-gaozhisheng-12022015095428.html