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, May 10, 2016

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China’s teachers: The unsung heroes of the workers’ movement
China Labor Bulletin, May 10, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/china%E2%80%99s-teachers-unsung-heroes-workers%E2%80%99-movement

Tibetans protest restart of operations by Chinese mining company
Radio Free Asia, May 9, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/tibetans-protest-restart-of-operations-by-chinese-mining-company-05092016155521.html

藏人作家据称因言获罪被判七年半 (Tibetan writer reportedly sentenced to 7 and a half years because of opinion expression)
Voice of America, May 10, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-tibetan-writer-sentenced-to-7-and-half-year-20160509/3322006.html

重庆农民揭万亩耕地被强征五年无家可归 (Chongqing farmers reveal that tens of thousands of mou of farmland have been forcibly seized, villagers have no home to go for five years)
Radio Free Asia, May 9, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-05092016103158.html