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, April 08, 2009

April 8, 2009

News
Disasters
Child Disease Outbreak Kills 33 in Rural China
Reuters, April 07, 2009
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-38935520090407

Flooded Mine Kills 7; 5 Workers Still Missing
Xinhuanet (available at Shanghai Daily), April 07, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200904/20090407/article_396827.htm

Environment
Beijing Extends Post-Olympics Car Rules: Report
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 06, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090406/sc_afp/chinaenvironmentpollutiontransport

June 4th
Activists in US to Mark Crackdown
South China Morning Post, April 07, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7d9627fe55c70210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=hong+kong&s=news

Relatives, Friends Remember Tiananmen Victims
South China Morning Post, April 05, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c6f59911ab170210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Land Policy
China to Regularize Rural Land-use Rights Transfer with Model Contract
Xinhuanet, April 06, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/06/content_11140047.htm

Protests and Petitions
Protest at 'Mentally Ill' Slur by Academic
South China Morning Post, April 08, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bba02b4597180210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

宣传08宪章 刘沙沙仍被软禁 (Henan Worker Still Under House Arrest After Distributing Copies of Charter 08)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xianzhang-04072009144032.html

访民“涂鸦”中南海被捕(视频) (Petitioner Taken Away After Spray-painting on The Wall Outside Zhongnanhai in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/graffti-04072009150146.html

上海访民被殴打 十多名声援者被扣押(图, 视频)(Shanghai Petitioners Beaten, Others Taken Away)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shanghai-04072009095900.html

Tibet
甘孜藏人贴标语被通缉 被虐死藏人父母遭株连("Wanted List" Out For Tibetans Putting up Pro-Independence Slogans; Tibetan Beaten to Death by Police, Parents Implicated)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xizang-04072009120409.html