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, May 04, 2016

Government Accountability (政府问责)

联合国人权专家呼吁中国废除监管境外NGO草案 (UN human rights experts call on China to abolish FNGO draft law)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 4, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/05/160504_china_united_nations_ngo

Related:
China’s New FNGO Law Seeks to Divide and Conquer China’s Civil Society
《境外非政府组织境内活动管理法》旨在分化和控制中国公民社会
Human Rights in China, April 28, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/chinas-new-fngo-law-seeks-divide-and-conquer-chinas-civil-society
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/sheng-ming/jing-wai-fei-zheng-fu-zu-zhi-jing-nei-huo-dong-guan-li-fa-zhi-zai-fen

中纪委公开曝光七起国有企业和金融机构人员违反中央八项规定精神问题 (CCDI publicly exposes 7 persons connected with state-owned enterprises and financial institutions who have violated the spirit of the Eight-Point Regulation)
CCDI, April 27, 2016
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/xwtt/201604/t20160426_78122.html

Son-in-law of ex-senior Chinese leader Jia Qinglin named in latest batch of Panama Papers
South China Morning Post, May 3, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1940984/son-law-ex-senior-chinese-leader-jia-qinglin-named

China’s last Tiananmen Square protests’ prisoner to be released in October
South China Morning Post, May 4, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1940997/chinas-last-tiananmen-square-protests-prisoner-be

China sports ministry hauled over the coals for not taking anti-corruption fight seriously
South China Morning Post, May 4, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1941051/china-sports-ministry-hauled-over-coals-not-taking-anti-corruption-fight

郭飞雄狱中病情恶化 妻子致信联合国求援 (Guo Feixiong’s illness aggravated in detention, wife writes to UN to seek help)
Radio Free Asia, May 3, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ck-05032016105347.html