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.

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China investors in rare protest accuse regulators of "ignoring fraud"
Reuters, September 21, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/21/china-fanya-protests-idUSL4N11R2U620150921

Sacked labor activist continues to push for workers’ trade unions
China Labor Bulletin, September 21, 2015
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/sacked-labour-activist-continues-push-workers%E2%80%99-trade-unions

Chinese police detain more than 1,000 PLA veterans in Beijing
Radio Free Asia, September 21, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/veterans-09212015110945.html

高瑜、浦志强获“中国民主教育基金会”评选为“中国杰出民主人士” (Gao Yu and Pu Zhiqiang receive “Outstanding Contribution Prize for Democracy of China” by Chinese Democracy Education Foundation)
Radio Free Asia, September 21, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ck-09212015094746.html

看看大使馆是如何安排留美学生欢迎习近平访美迎接仪式的 (See how the Chinese Embassy is Preparing for the Ceremony to Welcome Xi Jinping to the US, Including Instructions Drafted By a Lawyer for Dealing With Protesters)
WeChat, September 22, 2015
http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NTc3OTE2MA==&mid=207637439&idx=2&sn=463a0a3f2365d9815e5c98dcbdfffaa8&scene=2&srcid=0922GYz7YeVYVZJLlSkAZCZI&from=timeline&isappinstalled=0#rd