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, June 03, 2010

June 03, 2010

News
Disasters
云南施甸地震造成两万余间房屋受损 (Earthquake in Yunnan Damages 20K+ Homes)
China News Service, June 03, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100603/u1a5241952.html

Education
No Extra Fees for School Security
China Daily, June 03, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/03/content_9925866.htm

Environment
China 'Not Very Optimistic' on Cutting Emissions
Agence France-Presse, June 03, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hQE93u_7n5izAUp6BFL-H_N-gIPg

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Deports Democracy Statue Sculptor
Agence France-Presse, June 03, 2010
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1275396

六四动议再遭立会否决 艺术家被拒入境香港 (Motion on June Forth again Rejected by Legislative Council)
Radio Free Asia, June 02, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-06022010111556.html

中大校方拒納民主女神 稱堅守政治中立 學生會斥向中央示好 (Chinese University of Hong Kong Refuses to Allow Goddess of Democracy Statue within Campus)
Ming Pao, June 03, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100603/gaa1.htm

Human Rights Defenders
Australian Chinese Man Missing after Shanghai Protest
Reuters, June 03, 2010
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/TOE652021.htm
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海外民运人士在上海世博园举行抗议活动后失踪 (Overseas Democracy Activist Missing following Expo Protest)
Deutsche Welle, June 02, 2010
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5643528,00.html
June Fourth
Chinese Paper Prints 'Tiananmen' Cartoon
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 03, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8719284.stm

六四临近 北京大规模清剿访民 (Large-Scale Suppression of Petitioners in Beijing as June Forth Approaches)
Radio Free Asia, June 02, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bj-06022010143305.html

Labor
After Spate of Suicides, Technology Firm in China Raises Workers’ Salaries
New York Times, June 02, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/business/global/03foxconn.html

北京最低工资将涨两成达960元 加班费等不计入 (Beijing's Minimum Wage to Be Raised by 20%)
China News Service, June 03, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100603/u1a5242290.html

Law
Wrongly Convicted Man in Prison 8-years On
China Daily, June 03, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/03/content_9929150.htm

广西农村青年陷命案被错判 真凶自首3年后仍坐牢 (Wrongly Convicted Teen Kept in Prison Despite Surrender of Murderer)
China Youth Daily, June 03, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-06/03/c_12174038_4.htm

Protests and Petitions
Petitioners Protest outside Court Where Judges Were Killed
South China Morning Post, June 03, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=55487acb499f8210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD