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.

Thursday, August 24, 2017

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

贵阳活石教会案:行政复议申请书 (Jailed priest lodges administrative review against local religious authority for interfering with church activities)
Weiquanwang, August 23, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/08/blog-post_48.html

灵魂争夺战 自由之家批评北京严控宗教 (Struggle of the soul: Freedom House criticizes Beijing's control over religion)
Voice of America, August 23, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/beijing-religion-report-20170822/3996475.html

Related:
中国灵魂争夺战:习近平治下的宗教复兴,压制和抵抗 (China's struggle of the soul: Religious revival, repression and resistance under Xi Jinping)
Freedom House, 2017
https://freedomhouse.org/report/special-reports/china-religious-freedom-traditional-chinese