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, January 15, 2009

January 15, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Obama Pressed over Human Rights
BBC, January 14, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7828908.stm

Children
Life for Student Who killed Head Teacher
Xinhuanet (available at Shanghai Daily), January 15, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200901/20090115/article_388114.htm

Disasters
Parents to Seek Action on Quake School Collapse
South China Morning Post, January 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f6285db4716de110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Environment
Chinese Chemical Plant Site Moves After Outcry
Reuters (available at International Herald Tribune), January 15, 2009
http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/15/asia/15fujian.php

Punishment for Nation's Polluters
Xinhuanet (available at Shanghai Daily), January 15, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200901/20090115/article_388118.htm

Human Rights
签署零八宪章人士遭多次约谈 ("Charter 08" Signers Questioned Several Times)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/08charter-01142009085725.html

美国对话基金会呼吁中国国庆六十年实行特赦 (Duihua Foundation Calls upon China to Grant Amnesty in China's 60th Anniversary)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_prisoner-01142009101156.html?encoding=simplified

Human Rights Defenders
四位维权人士在狱中身体健康持续恶化 (4 Jailed Dissidents' Health Conditions Worsening)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_jail-01142009101852.html?encoding=simplified

Olympics
奥运期间申请示威 福建维权人士纪斯尊被判三年 (Fujian Rights Defender Applying for Permission to Olympic Protest Sentenced to 3 Years in Jail)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fujian-01142009091410.html

Police
How Perpetrator of Brutal Police Procedures Became Their Victim
South China Morning Post, January 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8f4742e5ca5de110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Inspection Scheme Helps Stop Forced Confessions
South China Morning Post, January 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/
?vgnextoid=e17642e5ca5de110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Protests and Petitions
新疆约百名外省民工追讨欠薪被打伤 (Migrant Workers in Xinjiang Beaten While Protesting for Back Wages)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/labor_wages-01142009092616.html?encoding=simplified

数百名访民组织人权状况调查问卷 (Petitioners Attempt to Submit Human Rights Survey Findings to State Council Information Office in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, January 14, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_beijing-01142009093223.html?encoding=simplified

河北保定徵地冲突黑帮殴伤多名村民 (Over 500 Thugs Beat Hebei Villagers in Land Grab Dispute)
Radio Free Asia, January 12, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/land_clash-01122009101220.html?encoding=simplified