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, July 24, 2015

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

在台西藏人台湾内政部移民署抗议 移民法落日条款使藏人成国际孤儿 (Tibetans protest Immigration Law’s “Sunset Clause” at Immigration Agency in Taiwan, say it has made Tibetans in exile international orphans)
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hx2-07232015104051.html

What has Ai Weiwei been doing these last four years?
The Telegraph, July 23, 2015
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11757506/What-has-Ai-Weiwei-been-doing-these-last-four-years.html

Video: Taiwan students arrested after breaking into gov’t building to oppose “China-centric” curriculum
Hong Kong Free Press, July 24, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/07/24/video-taiwan-students-arrested-after-breaking-into-govt-building-to-oppose-china-centric-curriculum/

Rights groups criticize both 2022 Winter Olympic bids
Voice of America, July 23, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/reu-rights-groups-critisize-both-winter-olympics-bids/2875566.html

凝聚社会监督力量推动维权协同共治, 寻找最美消费维权人物活动启动(Coalescing the power of social supervision to promote “rights defense” coordination and joint management: the search for the “most beautiful consumer rights defender” begins)
Legal Daily, July 24, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150724/Articel06004GN.htm