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.

Monday, September 10, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China outlaws large underground Protestant church in Beijing
Reuters, September 10, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-religion/china-outlaws-large-underground-protestant-church-in-beijing-idUSKCN1LQ07W?

Related:
Crackdown on Christian churches intensifies in China
Voice of America, September 7, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/crackdown-on-christian-churches-intensifies-in-china/4561700.html

北京、成都、郑州三家庭教会同日被查封 (Three family churches in Beijing, Chengdu and Zhengzhou were closed down on the same day)
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/yf2-09102018095043.html

四川老兵继续维权与警察冲突遭喷辣椒水 (Sichuan veterans are sprayed with pepper water by police during petitioning)
Voice of America, September 10, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-sichuan-veterans-clashed-with-police-whiling-demanding-rights-20180910/4564714.html

聲援深圳工運學生悼「毛」被帶走 (Jasic protest supporters taken away from gathering on Mao Zedong’s memorial)
Ming Pao, September 10, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180910/s00013/1536517466359

Wife of Chinese activist locked up over June 4 liquor labels on a mission to ensure he is not forgotten
South China Morning Post, September 8, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2163328/mainland-chinese-woman-mission-ensure-husband-locked-2016

Rights groups urge release of Chinese anti-censorship activist facing subversion charge
Hong Kong Free Press, September 7, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/07/rights-groups-urge-release-chinese-anti-censorship-activist-facing-subversion-charge/