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.

Monday, October 24, 2011

Government

China Officials Jailed for Leaking Data
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 24, 2011
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20111024/news_20111024_56_793128.htm

Human Rights Defenders

民主人士曹海波被昆明警方逮捕 (Kunming: Democracy Activist Cao Haibo Arrested on Charges of Inciting Subversion)
Radio Free Asia, October 21, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hc-10212011164311.html

新华社记者因看望陈光诚离职 (Xinhua Reporter Leaves Job after Trying to Vist Chen Guangcheng)
Radio Free Asia, October 21, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/m1021-xql-10212011155915.html
Related information:
临沂,一个还未解放的地方-----我的沂南之旅 (My Trip to Yinan)
Shi Yu, October 08, 2011
http://club.china.com/data/thread/1011/2732/31/71/3_1.html

IMAR

Truck Kills Herder in China Inner Mongolia Protest-Group
Reuters, October 24, 2011
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/truck-kills-herder-in-china-inner-mongolia-protest-group

Law

China to Freeze Terrorists' Assets
China Daily, October 24, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-10/24/content_13962446.htm
Related news:
中国拟进一步加强反恐工作 界定恐怖组织定义 (China Defines "Terrorist Activity" and Related Terms in Draft Decision Being Deliberated by NPC)
China News Service, October 24, 2011
http://www.ce.cn/xwzx/gnsz/gdxw/201110/24/t20111024_22783370.shtml
人大常委会今起审议精神卫生法草案等多部法案 (NPC Standing Committee Deliberating Mental Health Law and Other Drafts Today)
China News Service, October 24, 2011
http://news.cn.yahoo.com/ypen/20111024/655033.html

Media

Beijing's Message Masters Try to Shape Views Abroad
South China Morning Post, October 24, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bda883a21b133310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Related information:
中国“大外宣”的“本土化”战略
The Localization Strategy of China’s Great External Propaganda
He Qinglian, China Rights Forum, 2010, no. 3
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/node/3667
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/crf/article/3267

Population

Chinese Abortion Death Due to Birth Quota Enforcement, Family Claims
The Guardian, October 21, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/21/chinese-abortion-death-birth-quota-claims

Tibet

Tibetan Monk's Suicide Try Seen in Leaked Video
Associated Press, October 23, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111023/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet