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, August 14, 2014

Religion (宗教)

牡丹江再有一名法轮功被抓 王宇等三律师探法轮功学员被扣 (Another Falun Gong practitioner detained in Heilongjiang, three rights lawyers briefly held by police)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql1-08132014110020.html

The Chinese cult that kills “demons”
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 13, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-28641008

平阳救恩堂十字架周四凌晨终被拆 杭州鼓楼堂遭千警强拆信徒遭威胁 (Cross on Wenzhou church taken down, thousands of police forcibly demolished Hangzhou church )
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/xl1-08142014102839.html

中国当局阻挠青年赴韩参加教宗弥撒 (Chinese authorities prevent youth from participating in papal mass in Korea)
Voice of America, August 14, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/korea-pope-china-20140814/2413050.html