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, January 26, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

内蒙古毕拉河林业局强行退耕还林 农民集体抗议 (Inner Mongolia peasants protest for land rights at local forestry authority)
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/yf2-01252018103935.html

Related:
China jails dozens of ethnic Mongolian herders who blockaded highway construction
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/mongolia-herders-01252018135138.html

Students fight back against forced factory labor
Sixthtone, January 25, 2018
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1001615/students-fight-back-against-forced-factory-labor