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.

Friday, November 06, 2015

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

张六毛事件持续引发外界关注 数百公民联署追问真相 (Zhang Liumao’s death in custody continues to raise attention, several hundred join signature campaign to seek truth)
Radio Free Asia, November 5, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-11052015100458.html

Related:
联署加入广东张六毛广州三看死亡案公民监督团 (Signature campaign of civil supervision group regarding Guangdong activist Zhang Liumao’s death inside Guangzhou Third Detention Center)
Civil supervision group regarding Zhang Liumao’s death in custody, November 4, 2015
http://goo.gl/forms/IDpJIzdvPt

Collective action gets Guangzhou sanitation workers direct employment contracts
China Labor Bulletin, November 5, 2015
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/collective-action-gets-guangzhou-sanitation-workers-direct-employment-contracts

首届中国论坛 陈光诚获颁自由奖 (Chen Guangcheng receives Truman-Regan Medal of Freedom at the first China Forum at U.S. Library of Congress)
Voice of America, November 6, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/chen-guangcheng-award-20151106/3041602.html