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.

Friday, April 08, 2016

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Pastor of China’s largest Protestant church released: Report
The Washington Post, April 7, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/pastor-of-chinas-largest-protestant-church-released-report/2016/04/08/892793a2-fd57-11e5-813a-90ab563f0dde_story.html

廣州街頭舉橫額聲援佔中 重囚4年半 律師斥判決損一國兩制 (Guandzhou activists who publicly brandished banner supporting Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement sentenced, the longest for 4.5 years, lawyer condemns the judgement as a breach of One Country Two Systems)
Ming Pao, April 8, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160408/s00004/1460098148701