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, May 04, 2015

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Hundreds detained by “interceptors” ahead of Labor Day holiday
五一劳动节各地政府忙截访 倪玉兰再被公安逼迁
Radio Free Asia, May 1, 2015
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/interceptors-05012015105422.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-05012015101748.html

Tibetans detained, beaten for protesting construction near sacred site
达赖喇嘛向大陆华人传法 西藏贡觉县藏民反开矿被捕
Radio Free Asia, May 1, 2015
EN:http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/construction-05012015152235.html
CH:http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-05012015120342.html

四川維權人士陳雲飛拘押35天後遭批捕 (Sichuan rights defender Chen Yunfei officially arrested after 35 days of detention)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 3, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/05/150503_china_activist_arrested

In China's Guangdong, 1,000 march on Labor Day over missing paychecks
Radio Free Asia, May 1, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-labor-05012015141714.html