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, July 28, 2010

July 28, 2010

News
Children
网友拍照曝光非法用童工 (Netizen’s Photo Exposes Illegal Child Labor)
Southern Metropolis Daily, July 28, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/H/html/2010-07/28/content_1137368.htm

Civil Society
Students Warned to Stay Away from Research NGO
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7c65673b1841a210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Related news:
北大要求学生社团上报“传知行”的活动 (Peking U Asks Students to Report Activities of “The Transition Institute”)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-NGO-07272010094152.html

Related information:
传知行社会经济研究所 The Transition Institute
http://www.zhuanxing.cn
Disasters
Officials Put Spill Clean-up Heroes at Risk
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cb74966f7341a210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
China Says Air Pollution Worsening
Agence France-Presse, July 26, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100727/wl_asia_afp/chinaenvironmentpollution

Human Rights
7th Human Rights Training Session Kicks Off in Beijing
People's Daily, July 28, 2010
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90782/7083808.html

Human Rights Defenders
四川民运人士刘贤斌被移送检察机关 (Sichuan Democracy Activist Liu Xianbin Sent to Procuratorate)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lxb-07272010160401.html

Labor
Collective Bargaining. No Strikes
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3d85673b1841a210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

民间组织敦促中国加快清理乙肝歧视政策 (NGO Urges Local Governments to Remove Discriminatory Policy for Hepatitis B Carriers)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ngo-07272010160012.html

Chinese Factory Blast Kills 6
Associated Press, July 28, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100728/ap_on_re_as/as_china_factory_explosion

Media
微博要搞实名制? (Real Name Registration for Microblogs?)
Southern Metropolis Daily, July 28, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2010-07/28/content_1136997.htm

记者采访遭医院保安殴打 (Journalist Beaten by Hospital Security for Conducting Interviews)
Southern Metropolis Daily, July 28, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/I/html/2010-07/28/content_1137031.htm

Police
杭州:監所在押人員可通過網路視頻遠端會見親友 (Hangzhou: Detainees Can Have Online Video Meetings with Family and Friends)
Xinhua News Agency, July 28, 2010
http://gb.cri.cn/27824/2010/07/27/5190s2935141.htm

Protests and Petitions
苏州当局拘三十发帖村民 高压严查民众处处受监视 (Suzhou Authorities Detain 30+ Protesting Villagers)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sz-07272010095250.html
Related news:
Tight Security Following Protests
Associated Press, July 27, 2010
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/tight-security-following-protests-20100727-10ugz.html
Protest Judge Removed from Bench
China Daily, July 28, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-07/28/content_11058495.htm

Public Health
More HIV/AIDS Help for Xinjiang
China Daily, July 28, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-07/28/content_11057942.htm