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, September 04, 2014

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

四川宜宾数百工人讨薪遭殴打 广州环卫工人静坐抗议逾半月 (Hundreds of Sichuan workers demanding wages beaten by police, Guangzhou sanitation workers' sit-in protest goes into week 3)
Radio Free Asia, September 3, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-09032014095716.html

内蒙鄂尔多斯市两万亩草场遭推平 牧民抗议被逾百公安殴打 (Over 3,000 acres of pasture bulldozed in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, herdsman beaten by police during protest)
Radio Free Asia, September 3, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-09032014095525.html