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, March 22, 2016

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China holds five ethnic Mongolian herders who protested mining pollution
内蒙西乌旗6牧民被指“扰乱商业秩序”行政拘留
Radio Free Asia, March 21, 2016
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-herders-03212016123729.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-03212016103018.html

Fearful of China’s reach abroad, dissidents try risky voyage
The Washington Post, March 22, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/fearful-of-chinas-reach-abroad-dissidents-try-risky-voyage/2016/03/22/d6a2e4f8-efe5-11e5-a2a3-d4e9697917d1_story.html