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, December 20, 2012

Education

13名律师致联名信关注“上海警方刑拘争取异地高考权学生家长”事件 (13 Lawyers Issue Open Letter to Shanghai Govt Calling for Shanghai to Relax Its Protectionist National Exam Policy and Honor Citizens' Basic Rights)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yl-12192012155635.html

Hong Kong

Action against Officers over Li Policing
RTHK, December 20, 2012
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20121220/news_20121220_56_890554.htm

Related:
就李克强副总理访港而衍生的投诉个案审查最终报告
Final Report on Complaint Cases Arising from the Visit by the Vice Premier Mr. LI Keqiang
Independent Police Complaints Council, December 19, 2012
CH: http://www.ipcc.gov.hk/sc/reports_other.html
EN: http://www.ipcc.gov.hk/en/reports_other.html

Labor

Boss Jailed for a Year for Refusing to Pay Workers
China Daily, December 20, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-12/20/content_16033783.htm

Population

Outcry over Blunders of China’s One-child Policy
South China Morning Post, December 19, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1108203/outcry-over-blunders-chinas-one-child-policy

Related:
官员:坚持计划生育不动摇 (Official: No Move on Basis of National Family Planning Policy)
Australia Daily, December 19, 2012
http://dailynews.sina.com/gb/chn/chnnews/ausdaily/20121219/18154075732.html

Prisons

病死劳教所,才能引起重视? (Does Concern Only Come after Someone Dies in Reeducation-Through-Labor Camp?)
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 20, 2012
http://ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201212/20/10711.html

Taiwan

執行死刑 陳守煌:明年2月前有可能 (Deputy Justice Minister: Next Execution May Occur before February 2013)
Radio Taiwan International, December 19, 2012
http://news.rti.org.tw/index_newsContent.aspx?nid=395740

XUAR

Farmers Pressed Into Road Work
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/roads-12192012174757.html