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, May 18, 2015

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Cabinet said to approve study for law on public's gripes against gov't
Caixin, May 14, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-05-14/100809259.html

The future of NGOs in China
ChinaFile, May 14, 2015
http://www.chinafile.com/conversation/future-ngos-china

Related:
Pounding mentors to death: China’s draft law on foreign NGO management
China Change, May 17, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/05/17/pounding-mentors-to-death-chinas-draft-law-on-foreign-ngo-management/

Activist lawyer who defended Ai Weiwei charged with “provoking trouble”
The Guardian, May 15, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/15/lawyer-pu-zhiqiang-ai-weiwei-charged-provoking-trouble-china

Over 80 mothers spotted breastfeeding in public in Fujian province
The Shanghaiist, May 17, 2015
http://shanghaiist.com/2015/05/17/mothers_breastfeeding_in_fuzhou.php

Mainland church rebels over cross restrictions
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 16, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150516/news_20150516_56_1099984.htm

China urged to release Panchen Lama after 20 years
流亡藏人紀念「藏班禪」失蹤20週年
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 17, 2015
EN: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-32771242
CH: http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/world/2015/05/150517_china_tibet_panchen_lama

四川数万人游行抗议铁路规划变更 酿流血冲突逾百人被抓 (Tens of thousands in Sichuan protest change of railway plan, leads to bloody conflict with police and over a hundred arrests)
Radio Free Asia, May 17, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/yf1-05172015104721.html

China: massive protest in Linshui intense repression and resistance
Revolution News, May 16, 2015
http://revolution-news.com/china-massive-protest-in-linshui-intense-repression-and-resistance/