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.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

August 19, 2010

News
Disasters
Landslide in Southwestern China's Yunnan Province Kills Two, 90 Missing
Bloomberg, August 19, 2010
Food Security
China Orders More Stringent Supervision of Food Safety
China Daily, August 19, 2010

Government
Work Reviews to Go Online
China Daily, August 19, 2010

Human Rights Defenders
维权人士吴淦北京维权 遭强制遣返福建 (Net Activist Wu Gan Forcefully Sent Back to Fujian from Beijing )
Radio Free Asia, August 18, 2010

艾滋病患者田喜被软禁 有患者指当局相互推诿 (HIV Activist Tian Xi Subjected to Confinement in Hospital)
Radio Free Asia, August 18, 2010

Labor
Chinese Factory Foxconn Combats Worker Suicides
Voice of America, August 18, 2010

Law
New Rule to Enhance Supervision on Criminal Case Filing
Xinhua News Agency, August 18, 2010

《工会法》颁布60年来将迎来第三次大修订 (Trade Union Law to Face Third Major Amendment )
21st Century Business Herald, August 19, 2010

Media
工信部长李毅中关注微博实名制 (Minister of MIIT Expresses Interests in Real Name Registration for Microblogs )
Southern Metropolis Daily, August 19, 2010

China Says No Film Ratings, Restates Censors Role
Hollywood Reporter, August 19, 2010

Protests and Petitions
疫苗家长在北京上访被捕 (Parents of Vaccine Victims Taken Away by Unidentified Persons)
Radio Free Asia, August 18, 2010

Lotte Workers Strike for Pay
Global Times, August 19, 2010

Tibet
Karmapa Photos Reported Seized
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2010

XUAR
Explosion in China's Restive Xinjiang Kills Seven
Agence France-Presse, August 19, 2010