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.

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

中国的诺贝尔和平奖得主是怎么炼成的?(How was China’s Nobel Peace Prize winner, Liu Xiaobo, “made”? Group discusses Liu’s Two Visits to New York)
Voice of America, January 14, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/liu-xiaobo-20140114/1829490.html

Trial of Chinese activist Xu Zhiyong may be imminent, says his lawyer
The Guardian, January 14, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/14/trial-chinese-activist-xu-zhiyong-immenent-lawyer

Related:
许志永案开庭前会议 民众申请旁听 (Citizens apply to attend Xu Zhiyong’s pretrial conference)
Sound of Hope, January 14, 2014
http://soundofhope.org/node/436840