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, July 30, 2015

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Ai Weiwei denied six-month UK visa
艾未未:英国政府拒发6个月商务签证
BBC, July 30, 2015
EN: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-33714740
CH: http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/07/150730_ai_weiwei_britain

UK’s Ai Weiwei visa rejection part of bigger game
Financial Times, July 30, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/db56221c-36ae-11e5-b05b-b01debd57852.html

法轮功学员的亲属旧金山中领馆前举行记者会要求中共释放被抓捕的亲人 (Families of Falungong practitioners hold press conference in front of Chinese Embassy in San Francisco to demand release of relatives)
Radio Free Asia, July 29, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ck-07292015102734.html

Chen Guangcheng vows to pursue justice as nephew is released from jail
Radio Free Asia, July 29, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-chen-07292015140944.html

China detains Christian pastors for resistance to cross demolitions
Radio Free Asia, July 29, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-crosses-07292015101743.html

Related:
China's crusade to remove crosses from churches “is for safety concerns”
The Guardian, July 29, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/29/china-crusade-remove-crosses-from-churches-safety-concerns

中俄联合抵制西方NGO? (Sino-Russian joint resistance to Western NGOs?)
Radio Free Asia, July 29, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/commentaries/weipo_com-07292015081909.html