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, August 14, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

苏州维权人士被羁押两年健康恶化 (Suzhou rights defender’s health deteriorates during 2-year detention without trial)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-08142018093556.html

流亡藏人组织批评中国施压联合国弃置有关西藏报告 (Tibetans-in-exile organization criticizes China for pressuring UN to remove from its website NGO report for the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination review of China)
Voice of America, August 14, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-free-tibet-criticize-china-over-report-on-tibet-20180814/4527726.html

Chinese activist who wrote “down with the Communist Party” in toilet disappears
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/toilet-08132018125207.html