HRIC Daily Brief for June 2, 2017

June 7, 2017 by admin

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese rights lawyer charged with subversion after six months' secret detention
709大抓捕：江天勇律师“监视居住”期满遭正式逮捕
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyer-arrest-06012017124510.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ml2-06012017103601....
两高公布国家赔偿新标准: 侵犯公民人身自由权每日赔偿金258.89元 (Supreme People’s Court and Supreme People’s Procuratorate publish new standards on state compensation: violating a citizen’s right to freedom brings a daily compensation of RMB 258.98)
Legal Daily, May 31, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-05/31/content_71...
China firm that makes shoes for Ivanka Trump denies missing activists' claims
The Guardian, June 1, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/01/china-ivanka-trump-shoes-a...
孟建柱: 深化刑事审判工作改革在更高层次上实现惩治犯罪和保障人权相统一 (Meng Jianzhu: Deepening reform of criminal trial work to, at a higher level, punish criminals while protecting human rights)
Legal Daily, June 1, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-06/01/content_71...
Labels: Access to Justice , human rights defenders , Rule of Law , 人权卫士 , 司法公正 , 法治

Access to Information (信息公开)
中国记协发布《中国新闻事业发展报告 (2016年) 》(China Journalist Association publishes “Chinese Journalism Development Report (2016)”)
Legal Daily, May 31, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-05/31/content_71...
白皮书：新疆人权事业的发展进步 (White Paper: The development and progress of human rights in Xinjiang)
Xinhua, June 1, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2017-06/01/c_1121069277.htm
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China is touting its protection of human rights in a Muslim-majority region riven by violence
Quartz, June 1, 2017
https://qz.com/996072/china-is-touting-its-protection-of-human-rights-in...
Government white paper hails Xinjiang human rights progress
Global Times, June 1, 2017
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1049534.shtml
Labels: Access to Information , Censorship and Surveillance , Information Control , internet , 互联网 , 信息公开 , 信息控制 , 审查和监控

Citizen Participation (公民参与)
More than 7,000 foreign NGOs in China: Only 72 registered so far
The Diplomat, June 2, 2017
http://thediplomat.com/2017/06/more-than-7000-foreign-ngos-in-china-only...
Pregnant woman takes employer to arbitration for unfair dismissal
China Labor Bulletin, June 1, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/pregnant-woman-takes-employer-arbitration-...
Activist seeks Trumps' help in freeing labor investigators in China
Voice of America, May 31, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/activist-seeks-trumps-help-freeing-labor-inves...
Labels: Citizen Participation , civil society , protests and petitions , Women , 公民参与 , 妇女 , 抗议和请愿 , 民间社会

Government Accountability (政府问责)
A high-proof tribute to Tiananmen’s victims finds a way back to China
The New York Times, May 30, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/30/world/asia/china-tiananmen-liquor-bot...
Chinese conglomerate’s ex-chair gets 14 years in jail for corruption
South China Morning Post, June 1, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2096544/chinese-conglomer...
Former senior Chinese provincial official jailed for life for graft
Reuters, May 31, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN18S3OL
China punishes over 30 people over deadly power plant blast: Xinhua
Reuters, June 1, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-blast-idUSKBN18T00U
Labels: Government Accountability , June Fourth , 六四 , 政府问责

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China’s new cybersecurity law leaves foreign firms guessing
新网络安全法意味着什么？在华外企困惑不安
The New York Times, May 31, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/business/china-cybersecurity-law.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/business/20170601/china-cybersecurity-law/
Labels: ICTs and Human Rights , internet , 互联网 , 信息技术与人权

Hong Kong (香港)
Boy band dedicates song to June 4 student victims in bid to grab attention of Hong Kong youngsters
South China Morning Post, June 1, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2096527/boy-band-ded...
梁振英最后答问：已主动向中央交代 (C.Y. Leung’s last question and answer session: I have already explained myself to Beijing)
Deutsche Welle, June 1, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/梁振英最后答问已主动向中央交代/a-39084276
回归首任大法官婉言批评人大抢先释法伤害香港司法独立 (First chief justice of CFA Andrew Li criticizes NPC for harming Hong Kong’s judicial independence with premature Basic Law interpretation)
Radio France Internationale, June 1, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/港澳台/20170601-回归首任大法官婉言批评人大抢先释法伤害香港司法独立
Labels: hong kong , 香港

Commentary (评论)
June 4 exposes generational divide in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, June 2, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2096580/june-4-expos...
Labels: Commentary , hong kong , June Fourth , 六四 , 评论 , 香港