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, April 15, 2009

April 15, 2009

News
Environment
Polluters Told to Clean Up Their Act
China Daily, April 15, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/15/content_7678074.htm

Food Security
Scandals at Granaries Prompted Checks
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ac1d5dfd785a0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
我国积极展开粮食库存家底摸底工作 (China to Actively Launch Grain Reserve Investigation)
Xinhuanet, April 14, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2009-04/14/content_11182788_1.htm
Human Rights Defender - Qi Zhiyong (齐志勇)
China Dissident Detained on Sensitive Anniversary
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), April 15, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090415/wl_asia_afp/chinapoliticstiananmenrights

Human Rights Defender - Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
上海维权律师郑恩宠七天被传唤四次 (Prominent Rights Defense Lawyer Zheng Enchong Summoned by Police Four Times in Seven Days)
Radio Free Asia, April 14, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weiquan-04142009134656.html

Human Rights Defenders
Trial Postponed of Man Charged with Inciting Mob of Bereaved Quake Parents
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=eb2d5dfd785a0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

June 4th
HKU Students Begin Voting on Their Union's June 4 Policy
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=a59a5dfd785a0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

北京开始加强天安门警戒 (Security Stepped Up in Beijing's Tiananmen Square)
Radio Free Asia, April 14, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/security_tiananmen-04142009100239.html

胡耀邦逝世20周年 八九、六四何處招魂 (On the 20th Anniversary of Hu Yaobang's Passing, Where Can We Call Back the Souls of June 4?)
Apple Daily, April 15, 2009
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?art_id=12640709

Migrant Workers
中国人口将“三分天下” (1/3 of China's Population Will Be Migrants)
The Beijing News, April 15, 2009
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2009/04-15/044@083058.htm

Protests and Petitions
China Orders Local Gov'ts to Listen to Petitioners
Associated Press (via YahooNews), April 14, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090414/ap_on_re_as/as_china_petitioners

不滿居屋「豆腐渣」(10 Injured at Conflict between Police and Residents of Shenzhen Complex with Shoddy Construction)
Ming Pao, April 15, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1101966/1.html

Related news:
Protesters Clash with Police in China Dispute
Agence-France Presse (via YahooNews), April 14, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090414/wl_asia_afp/chinahousingrightsunrest
重庆和张家港分别发生工人堵路示威 (Protests in Chongqing and Zhangjiagang)
Radio Free Asia, April 14, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/labor_protest-04142009104424.html

Public Health
Poor Patients Who Ran DIY Dialysis Clinic that Was Shut Seek Better Deal
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d64d5dfd785a0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD