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.

Thursday, June 29, 2017

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

村民状告政府行政不作为,广东开平市长庞正华出庭应诉 (Villagers sue government administration for failing to act, Guangdong Kaiping city mayor Pang Zhenghua appears in court)
The Paper, June 28, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1719667

广东顺德公交司机罢工维权 (Bus drivers in Shunde, Guangdong, stage strike in defense of their rights)
Radio Free Asia, June 28, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-06282017110151.html

千人抗议豆腐渣逾月与警冲突不断 四川成都四村长被抓 (Thousands in Sichuan protest against shoddy construction and clash with police, village heads arrested)
Radio Free Asia, June 28, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-06282017105625.html