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.

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Government Accountability (政府问责)

西藏农牧民住房地震受损获赔2.43亿 (Tibetan herdsmen receive RMB 243 million in (insurance) compensation in 2015 for earthquake-damaged homes)
Legal Daily, March 20, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160319/Articel06009GN.htm

2016年2月全国查处违反, 中央八项规定精神问题2263起 (In first 2 months of 2016, authorities investigated 2,263 cases of non-compliance with the “spirit” of the Eight-Article Regulation)
CCDI Website, March 15, 2016
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/xwtt/201603/t20160315_76146.html

南京3年公诉水污染案35件 (In 3 years, Nanjing prosecuted 35 water pollution cases)
Legal Daily, March 22, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160322/Articel03005GN.htm

政府工作报告提出新环境保护法必须严格执行, 环保法落地生根需问责制度走出纸面 (Government work report: New Environmental Protection Law must be strictly enforced to insure responsibility system is more than a piece of paper)
Legal Daily, March 22, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160322/Articel05002GN.htm

媒体:有人并非痛恨腐败 而是自己未分到一杯羹 (Media: Some people don't hate corruption, they just haven't benefitted from the spoils for themselves)
Sina.com, March 18, 2016
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2016-02-18/doc-ifxprucs6187797.shtml

Sichuan quake victims “still struggling” eight years after disaster
汶川地震遇难家庭每月低保120元 官员食言孩子读书免费变收费
Radio Free Asia, March 22, 2016
EN:http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-quake-03222016131430.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql3-03222016103028.html

China detains 37 suspects in scandal over sale of poorly stored vaccines
South China Morning Post, March 23, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1929384/china-detains-37-suspects-scandal-over-sale-poorly-stored

German president meets lawyers of prominent Chinese journalist
Voice of America, March 22, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/german-president-meets-lawyers-prominent-chinese-journalist/3249931.html

Is China heading in the wrong direction? For once, the West calls Beijing out.
The Washington Post, March 22, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/is-china-heading-in-the-wrong-direction-for-once-the-west-calls-beijing-out/2016/03/22/c4cad76e-eacb-11e5-a9ce-681055c7a05f_story.html