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, September 01, 2010

September 01, 2010

News
Death Penalty

Court Approves Death Sentence for Man Killing 4
Xinhua News Agency, August 31, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-08/31/content_11235659.htm

Education
黑龙江桦南林业局北山口三百学生失学 (Heilongjiang: 300 Pupils Lost Their School)
Radio Free Asia, August 31, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hei-08312010170429.html

China Beefs Up School Security as Classes Resume
Agence France-Presse, September 01, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jxOvw9LhI-PETTMY2AHiJIee0ziQ

Environment
Polluters Targeted in Survey of Waterways
South China Morning Post, September 01, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f47079bbfd8ca210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Food Security
湖南质监掩盖茶油致癌物超标 官员称为维稳 (Hunan Official: Carcinogenic Camellia Oil Cover-Up Was to Maintain Social Stability)
Xin Kuai Bao, September 01, 2010
http://news.xkb.com.cn/zhongguo/2010/0901/87850.html

Human Rights Defender
声援刘贤斌被以散谣拘留 王译获释后遭遣返软禁 (Online Activist under House Arrest for Supporting Detained Activist Liu Xianbin)
Radio Free Asia, August 31, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liu-08312010161254.html

Land Policy
调查报告:56.8%的失地妇女不愿转成城镇居民 (Survey: 56.8% of Women Who Have Lost Their Land Do Not Wish to Become Urban Residents)
Workers Daily, September 01, 2010
http://media.workercn.cn/grrb/2010_09/01/GR0706.htm

Law
Wrongly Jailed 8 Years, Man Gets Compensation
Shanghai Daily, September 01, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=447989

China's Gang Crackdown Nets 278,000 Criminal Cases
Associated Press, August 31, 2010
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38946221/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

Media
阻挠采访 虎门治安员围殴记者 (Dongguan: Journalist Beaten by Security whilst Investing Story)
Southern Metropolis Daily, September 01, 2010
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2010-09/01/content_1166618.htm

State Security
维稳体系全国联网 公民黑箱分级曝光 (Stability Maintenance Document Exposed)
Radio Free Asia, August 31, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wen-08312010111815.html

Tibet
无国界记者组织谴责中国监禁藏族学生 (Reporters Without Boarders Condemns China for Detaining Tibetan Students)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 31, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/08/100831_tibet_sentence.shtml