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, April 10, 2015

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国五位女权活动人士被北京警方正式申请批捕 (Beijing police submit official application for 5 Chinese feminists’formal arrest)
Radio France Internationale, April 10, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150410-中国五位女权活动人士被北京警方正式申请批捕/

Related:

Chinese police seeking charges against detained women’s activists, lawyer says
The New York Times, April 9, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/10/world/asia/china-detained-womens-rights-activists.html

Fighting for their rights landed these young Chinese feminists in jail
Cable News Network, April 10, 2015
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/10/asia/china-five-women-activists/index.html

Labor strikes surge in China
Voice of America, April 9, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/labor-strikes-surge-in-china/2712442.html