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, December 02, 2009

December 02, 2009

News
Human Rights Defender - Gao Yaojie (高耀洁)
Aids Activist Fears Return to China after Persecution
South China Morning Post, December 02, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=3827980b5aa45210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Related News:
AIDS Activist in Exile
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activistinexile-12012009175154.html

高耀洁医生发布新书披露中国艾滋真相(图) (AIDS Activist Exposes the Truth of China's AIDS Situation in Her New Book)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/AIDS-12012009151509.html

Human Rights Defender - Xu Zhiyong (许志永)
许志永继续协助死刑犯家属申冤 (Xu Zhiyong Continues to Assist Families of Death-row Inmates to Redress Grievances)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_xuzhiyong-12012009114257.html

Human Rights Defenders
American Woman Becomes Petitioner in China
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), December 01, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091201/ap_on_re_as/as_china_us_petitioner

Related information:
Press Release: U.S. Citizen Detained in Beijing forAttempt to Deliver Letter to Obama
Human Rights in China, November 17, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/172454

刘正有妻子被以诈骗罪刑拘 (Wife of Land Rights Activist Liu Zhengyou Criminally Detained on Suspicion of Fraud)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liu-12012009163526.html

大陆艾滋维权活动仍遭当局不断打压(图) (Authorities Continue Putting Pressure on Chinese AIDS Activists)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/AIDS-12012009100849.html

Internet Censorship
China Police Chief Warns of Unrest; Internet Testing Control
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), December 01, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091201/wl_nm/us_china_unrest

Protests and Petitions
上海血友病患者请愿被打伤 (Hemophiliac Patients with HIV/AIDS Beaten following Protest in Shanghai)
Radio Free Asia, November 30, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_shanghai-11302009104400.html

China Activists Crash World AIDS Day Event
Associated Press (via CBS News), December 01, 2009
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/01/world/main5849096.shtml

安徽一百多名村民不满徵地赔偿冲击工地 (Over 100 Villagers in Anhui Clash with Police over Land Disputes)
Radio Free Asia, December 01, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/clash_land-12012009122118.html?encoding=simplified

Public Health
Gay Transmission of Aids Gaining Pace
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), December 01, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=28a6c206e8845210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news