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, September 27, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Liu Xia, widow of Nobel winner Liu Xiaobo, arrives in New York for human rights events
South China Morning Post, September 26, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2165791/liu-xia-widow-nobel-winner-liu-xiaobo-arrives-new-york-human

Related:
廖亦武偕劉霞抵紐約 出席人權獎頒獎活動 (Liu Xia attends “Power of the Powerless in China” human rights event in New York)
Ming Pao, September 26, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180926/s00004/1537945730258

Family fears UAE will deport Uyghur to China
Al Jazeera, September 26, 2018
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/family-fears-uae-deport-uighur-china-180926052039581.html

Pope calls on Chinese Catholics to offer criticism to build fairer society
Telegraph, September 26, 2018
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/26/pope-calls-chinese-catholics-offer-criticism-build-fairer-society/

Related:
Outspoken Hong Kong cardinal warns Vatican will “abandon” Taiwan after China deal
Hong Kong Free Press, September 27, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/27/outspoken-hong-kong-cardinal-warns-vatican-will-abandon-taiwan/

Beijing charges shuttered church $170,000 after eviction
Voice of America, September 26, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/beijing-charges-shuttered-church-after-eviction/4588668.html