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.

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

刘霞诗作朗诵会纽约举行 (Liu Xia poetry reading held at international writers’ event in New York)
Voice of America, January 15, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/ny-calling-for-liu-xia-freedom-20140114/1830242.html

Nobel winner's wife Liu Xia speaks out from house arrest through her poems
The Guardian, January 15, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/15/liu-xiaobo-wife-secretly-filmed-video-china-poem