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, November 04, 2013

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

In Xinjiang, poverty, exclusion greater threat than Islam
Voice of America, November 3, 2013
http://www.voanews.com/content/reu-china-xinjiang-poverty-islam/1782590.html

Rights activists demand transparency on Tiananmen car crash in China
Al Jazeera, October 31, 2013
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/10/31/rights-activistsdemandtransparencyontiananmencrash.html

China demotes a military commander after attack in Beijing
新疆党委要员罢官反映北京维稳压力升级
New York Times, November 4, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20131104/c04xinjiang/dual/

Related:
China: 天安门“恐怖袭击“仍存疑点 (Tiananmen "terrorist attack" questioned)
Deutsche Welle, November 4, 2013
http://bit.ly/1fesrkz