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, July 17, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Uyghurs deplore China’s unkind cuts to local women’s skirts
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/skirts-cut-07162018151636.html

湘潭2名环保志愿者调查洗砂场被打伤 打人者已被行拘 (Two environmental volunteers beaten while investigating sand washing plant, perpetrators detained)
Beijing News, July 17, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/07/17/495504.html