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, March 12, 2015

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

Criminal trials rose sharply in China’s far West in 2014, group says
The New York Times, March 11, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/12/world/asia/criminal-trials-rose-sharply-in-chinas-far-west-in-2014-group-says.html

Related:
人权组织:去年新疆刑事罪案总数飙升 (Human rights group says criminal trials in Xinjiang rose sharply last year)
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/xl2-03112015104046.html

U.N. official calls China's crackdown on Uighurs “disturbing”
Reuters, March 11, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/11/us-china-un-xinjiang-idUSKBN0M723520150311