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, May 28, 2010

May 28, 2010

News
Civil Society
NGOs Fight Uphill Battle as Beijing Tightens the Screws
South China Morning Post, May 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c3d60a013c9d8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Related information:
HRIC Briefing Note: Tighter Regulation of Foreign Funding Support of Chinese Civil Society Groups
Human Rights in China, May 27, 2010
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/174774
Corruption
Official Disciplined for Mine Accident Cover Ups
Xinhua News Agency, May 27, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/27/content_9901295.htm

Death Penalty
2 Get Death Sentences in China Mine Murder Scam
Associated Press, May 27, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100527/ap_on_re_as/as_china_mine_murder

Food Security
Tainted-milk Parents Lose Claim Against HK Shareholder of Sanlu
South China Morning Post, May 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e548a743aaad8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Gender
Law Lists Specifics of Sexual Harassment
China Daily, May 28, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/28/content_9901810.htm

Hong Kong
Chinese Official Meets with 2nd Group of Hong Kong Democracy Activists
The Canadian Press, May 26, 2010
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2010/05/27/258295/China-official.htm

Human Rights Defenders
几名中国维权人士被判劳教或遭威胁 (Rights Activists Harassed and Ordered to Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Voice of America, May 27, 2010
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/20100527-CHINA-DISSIDENTS-95019329.html
Related information:
Shanghai Rights Activist Mao Hengfeng Starts Hunger Strike in Reeducation-Through-Labor Camp
上海维权人士毛恒凤绝食抗议劳教迫害
Human Rights in China, May 26, 2010
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/174725
CH: http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/18996
Labor
Strike Stalls Production at Honda's China Plants
Associated Press, May 27, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100527/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_honda_china

重庆綦江工人累死 引发数百人连日罢工 (Hundreds Strike following Worker's Death from Exhaustion in Chongqing )
Radio Free Asia, May 27, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chongqing-05272010150351.html

Land Policy
In China's Land Rush, Rights Are Often Trampled
New York Times, May 27, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/world/asia/27china.html

Law
福建将民事调解刑事拘留均列入监督范围 (Fujian Adds Civil Mediation, Criminal Detention to Procuratorate's Scope of Supervision)
Legal Daily, May 28, 2010
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2010-05/28/content_2157297.htm

Media
Mainland Media Told to Tone Down Reports
South China Morning Post, May 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=aa0ca743aaad8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Migrant Workers
Misery of the Out-of-towners Pushed to the Margins of Society
South China Morning Post, May 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=155ca743aaad8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Public Health
艾滋病致孤儿童有望每月领600元补助 (Orphans, Including Those Suffering from HIV/AIDS, to Receive RMB 600/Month Welfare Subsidy)
Legal Daily, May 28, 2010
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index/content/2010-05/28/content_2157635.htm

Tibet
Different Priorities for Hot Spots
South China Morning Post, May 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=156ca743aaad8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
世界维吾尔代表大会: 新疆禁止干部入清真寺 (World Uyghur Congress: Xinjiang Cadres Forbidden from Entering Mosques)
Radio Free Asia, May 28, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wei-05272010161210.html

北京要在新疆大力推行普通话教育 (Beijing Demands Mandarin-only Education in Xinjiang)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 28, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/05/100528_xinjiang_putonghua.shtml
Related news:
Plan to Teach Putonghua to Young Uygurs
South China Morning Post, May 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=154ca743aaad8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD