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 15, 2016

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

新疆边防开展缉枪治爆专项整治行动 (Xinjiang's frontier guards launch clean-up campaign seizing guns and explosives)
Legal Daily, March 14, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160314/Articel08007GN.htm

郭声琨会见美国联邦调查局局长科米 (Chinese Public Security Minister Guo Shengkun meets with FBI Director James Comey)
Xinhua, March 14, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2016-03/14/c_1118328789.htm

Related:
Chinese state councilor meets FBI director
Xinhua, March 14, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-03/14/c_135187552.htm

Two detained booksellers return to China after brief Hong Kong visits
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/two-detainted-booksellers-return-to-china-after-brief-hong-kong-visits-03112016113224.html

中国2015年暴恐、危害国家安全案件增一倍 (Cases of violent terrorist behaviors and endangerment of national security in China doubled in 2015)
Deutsche Welle, March 14, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/中国2015年暴恐危害国家安全案件增一倍/a-19115318