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.

Monday, August 04, 2014

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

China says nearly 100 are killed in week of unrest in Xinjiang
过去一周新疆近百人死于暴力冲突
The New York Times, August 4, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140804/c04xinjiang/dual/

Defense lawyer for detained Uyghur scholar “forced to quit”
Radio Free Asia, August 1, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/lawyer-08012014124207.html