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, May 06, 2016

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

境外NGO管理法明年起实施, 公安机关将负责其代表机构登记和年度检查 (Foreign NGO management law to come into effect next year, public security authorities will be responsible for the registration and annual inspection of FNGOs’ representative offices)
Beijing Times, April 29, 2016
http://epaper.jinghua.cn/html/2016-04/29/content_299425.htm

联合国人权专家呼吁中共废除境外NGO管理法 (UN human rights experts urge Chinese authorities to repeal foreign NGO management law)
Voice of Tibet, May 4, 2016
http://bit.ly/1NlvrAW

Related:
联合国人权专员联合声明 批评中国NGO管理法 (UN human rights experts issue joint statement, criticizing China's NGO management law)
Radio Free Asia, May 4, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/12-05032016144110.html

Charity ends at home: China’s leader guards against nasty foreign influences
The Economist, May 7, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21698292-chinas-leader-guards-against-nasty-foreign-influences-charity-ends-home

外交部:希望美方尊重中国立法主权 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs: We hope that U.S. will respect China’s law-making sovereignty)
Xinhua, April 29, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2016-04/29/c_1118775378.htm

China slashes influential Communist Youth League's budget
Reuters, May 4, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics-league-idUSKCN0XU0OG

Video of little girl reciting Koran prompts Chinese province to order nursery schools to enforce ban on religious activity
South China Morning Post, May 6, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1941622/video-little-girl-reciting-koran-prompts-chinese-province-order

陈忠和呼吁声援于世文 (Chen Zhonghe calls for support for Yu Shiwen)
Radio Free Asia, May 5, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gr-05052016105838.html

湖南千余民师集体讨薪 政府回复被指敷衍 (Over a thousand private school teachers in Hunan unite to demand unpaid salary, dismissed government’s response as heedless)
Radio Free Asia, May 5, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-05052016104606.html

倪玉兰被堵门软禁达16天 丈夫出入被开包检查 (Ni Yulan under house arrest for 16 days, her husband to go through open package inspection going in and out)
Radio Free Asia, May 5, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql3-05052016104226.html