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, February 03, 2010

February 03, 2010

News
Disasters
美国反映四川地震纪录片获奥斯卡奖提名 (American Documentary on Sichuan Quake Nominated for Oscar)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jilu-02022010165341.html
Related information:
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
HBO Documentaries
http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/chinas-unnatural-disaster-tears-of-sichuan-province/index.html
Food Security
Chinese Police Investigate Mercury Poisoning in Coca-Cola's Sprite
The Daily Telegraph, February 02, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7138166/Chinese-police-investigate-mercury-poisoning-in-Coca-Colas-Sprite.html

Human Rights Defender – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
专访冯正虎:是否同使馆达成协议 (Interview with Feng: Have Any Agreements Been Reached with the Embassy?)
Radio France Internationale, February 02, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/122/article_19188.asp

Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
China’s Defiance on Rights Stirs Fears for Dissident
New York Times, February 03, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/world/asia/03dissident.html

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
China Warns against Nobel Prize for Leading Dissident
Reuters, February 02, 2010
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-45845320100202
Related news:
美国笔会提名刘晓波竞逐诺奖 中方反对向“这样的人”授和平奖 (China Voices Discontent with "Such a Person's" Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liu-02022010135310.html
Human Rights Defenders
上海异议人士何健被关精神病院 (Shanghainese Dissident and Charter 08 Signatory He Jian Sent to Mental Institution)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hejian-02022010095310.html

Law
The People's Will: Public Sentiment Can Play a Dangerous Role in Mainland Justice
South China Morning Post, February 03, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d72af2f9bae86210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
无锡、张家港两地访民被送“法制学习班” (Petitioners from Wuxi and Zhangjiagang Detained and Sent to Law Classes)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fazhi-02022010135314.html

XUAR
瑞士同意接纳从关塔纳摩获释的中国维族囚犯 (Switzerland Agrees to Receive Chinese Uyghur Prisoners Released from Guantanamo )
Radio France Internationale, February 03, 2010
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/122/article_19193.asp
Related news:
Switzerland to Accept Chinese Guantanamo Detainees
Global Times, January 29, 2010
http://world.globaltimes.cn/europe/2010-01/502133.html