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, May 12, 2010

May 12, 2010

News
Bilateral Ties

China, US to Renew Human Rights Talks
Associated Press, May 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100511/ap_on_re_as/as_china_us_human_rights

Corruption
Villagers Celebrate as Riot-torn Region's Top Cop is Sacked
South China Morning Post, May 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1b1fd5ff43888210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
New Homes Mean Fresh Start for Many Desperate Villagers
South China Morning Post, May 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=12064ae394788210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders – Wu Lihong (吴立红)
环保人士吴立红刑满获释 公开要求当局恢复名誉 (Released Environmentalist Wu Lihong Publicly Requests Authorities Restore His Reputation)
Radio Free Asia, May 11, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanbao-05112010165950.html

Human Rights Defenders – Liu Wei (刘巍), Tang Jitian (唐吉田)
China's Human Rights Lawyers Face Uphill Struggle
Agence France-Presse, May 12, 2010
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/afp/20100511/tls-china-rights-law-aeafa1b_1.html

Human Rights Defenders
中国展开律师整风运动 (China Launches Lawyers Rectification Campaign)
Radio Free Asia, May 11, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ls-05112010164734.html

Labor
Nine Trapped Miners Found Dead in Coal Gas Leak
Xinhua News Agency, May 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/11/content_9836843.htm

廣州天河工地坍塌4死4傷續:工頭趕工期釀慘案 (Four Dead Four Wounded on Guangzhou Work Site after Foreman's Haste Leads to Site Collapse)
Yang Cheng Wan Bao, May 12, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/113/1/1/1514890/1.html

Land Policy
无锡维权人士北京上访 老家房屋遭强拆 (Wuxi Human Rights Activist Petitions Beijing Regarding Demolitions)
Radio Free Asia, May 12, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wx-05112010133436.html

Law
China Targets Online Commentator Anonymity
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 12, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8671856.stm

Provincial Officials to Censor Some Films
South China Morning Post, May 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5c5fd5ff43888210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Media
中国对外封锁去年喀什骚乱消息 (China Kept Silent News of Last Year's Kashgar Riots)
Radio Free Asia, May 11, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/xinjiang_clash-05112010104311.html

Police
河南坐11年冤獄村民講述遭刑訊逼供細節 (Details on the Torture Used in Henan Villager's Interrogation Resulting in 11 Years of Unjust Imprisonment)
The Beijing News, May 12, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/113/1/1/1514646/1.html

Protests and Petitions
China Trains Officials How to Handle Complaints
Xinhua News Agency, May 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/11/content_9836803.htm

Public Health
Infectious Diseases Kill 1,269 in China in April
Xinhua News Agency, May 11, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/11/content_9835980.htm

Society
Country's Wealth Divide Past Warning Level
China Daily, May 12, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/12/content_9837073.htm

Peking U Accused of Using Street Cats for Lab Tests
South China Morning Post, May 11, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5446e6232a288210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD