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.

Tuesday, May 03, 2016

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese, Hong Kong, Uyghur activists denied India visas
China Digital Times, April 29, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/04/india-denies-visas-china-dissidents/

Hundreds of Chinese schoolchildren have been poisoned, but their affluent families aren’t winning them much sympathy
Global Voices, May 3, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/05/03/hundreds-of-chinese-schoolchildren-have-been-poisoned-but-their-affluent-families-arent-winning-them-much-sympathy/

Mother of detained labor activist takes on state media—and forced into hardest decision of her life
South China Morning Post, May 1, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1940373/mother-detained-labour-activist-takes-state-media-and

Two Tibetan monks detained for ten days, beaten following traffic dispute
Radio Free Asia, May 2, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/dispute-05022016133557.html