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.

Friday, January 17, 2014

International Human Rights (国际人权)

U.S. presses China prominent academic's detention
Agence France-Presse, January 16, 2014
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/140116/us-presses-china-prominent-academics-detention-0

Related:
Outspoken Uighur scholar detained in Beijing
中央民族大学维族教授遭警方拘留
The New York Times, January 17, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140117/c17tohti/dual/

EU envoy criticises “tightening” curbs on China human rights
Captial News, January 17, 2014
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2014/01/eu-envoy-criticises-tightening-curbs-on-china-human-rights/