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, December 10, 2015

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Call for China to free labor activists or risk backlash from frustrated workforce
The Guardian, December 10, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/10/china-labour-rights-crackdown

Riot police break up trash plant protest in China's Shenzhen
Radio Free Asia, December 9, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-shenzhen-12092015105358.html

艾未未希望其艺术能改变中国 (Ai Weiwei hopes his art can change China)
Voice of America, December 10, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-weiwei-art-20151210/3096847.html

多地民众上街维权示威但均遭镇压 (Citizens in many places take to the streets to defend rights but all have been suppressed)
Radio France Internationale, December 9, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20151209-多地民众上街维权示威但均遭镇压