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.

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

More protests over private-car services like Uber in China
Tech In Asia, June 15, 2015
https://www.techinasia.com/protests-privatecar-services-uber-china/

Chinese police hold outspoken activists in Beijing, Guangzhou
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hold-06162015110647.html

中国:应放弃制定压迫性的境外NGO法律 (China: Scrap Repressive Foreign Organizations Law)
Human Rights Watch, June 15, 2015
http://www.hrw.org/zh-hans/news/2015/06/15/ngo

夏明:中国独立民间组织生存愈发艰难 (Ming Xia: China's independent civic organisations are in a state of increasing difficulties)
Radio France Internationale, June 16, 2015
http://rfi.my/1JV4IGu