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, April 01, 2010

April 01, 2010

News

Children
Custom May Explain Dumping of Dead Babies in China
Associated Press, April 01, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100401/ap_on_re_as/as_china_dead_babies


Death Penalty
Drug Smuggler to be Executed on Monday
China Daily, April 01, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/01/content_9672483.htm


Education
拆迁办占用幼儿园做办公室 60儿童民房上课 (Kindergarten Children Moved out from School in Fuzhou after Local Relocation Office Procures School for Office Use)
Strait News (via Net Ease), March 30, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0330/02/6307R127000146BB.html

Human Rights Defenders
Dream of Court Turns Sour for Milk Activist
South China Morning Post, April 01, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e0c572cee84b7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD


Internet Censorship
Yahoo E-mail Accounts of Journalists 'Redirected'
Reuters, April 01, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d2e572cee84b7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China's Censors Thrive in Obscurity
The Wall Street Journal, April 01, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303338304575155613782805150.html


Labor
Coal And Gas Outburst Leaves Two Dead in Central China Mine
Xinhua News Agency, April 01, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-04/01/c_13233447.htm

Related News:
河南煤礦爆炸否認近百死傷 (Authorities Deny Report of Nearly 100 Killed, Injured by Coal Mine Explosion in Henan)
Ming Pao, April 01, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100401/ca40740i.htm


Law
河南推行人民陪审团制度 保障公民司法表达权 (Henan Courts Implement People's Jury System)
Xinhua News Agency, March 26, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-03/26/content_13250694.htm

Law unto Itself
South China Morning Post, April 01, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b1dbc51c244b7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Chinese version:
中國不甩國際法?
China Times, April 1, 2010
http://news.chinatimes.com/forum/0,5252,110514x112010040100411,00.html


Media
Media Struggle to Expose Scandals
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/media-03302010154421.html

Protests and Petitions
贵州贞丰县因征地爆发警民冲突 十余村民被抓 (More than 10 Villagers Arrested for Clash in Guizhou over Land)
Xinmin (via Net Ease), March 31, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0331/07/633AJBR800011229.html


Public Health
江苏延申假疫苗受害人达百万 (Victims of Fake Vaccines in Jiangsu Reach One Million)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/China-vaccine-03302010101853.html

广东多位疫苗受害儿童家长被地方政府拘押 (Guangdong Authorities Detain Protesting Parents of Children Who Contract Encephalitis after Public Vaccinations)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_vaccine-03312010115637.html

Girl, 17, Critically Ill after Jabs
Shanghai Daily, April 01, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201003/20100331/article_432842.htm


Shanghai World Expo
世博紧张上海严控访民 (Shanghai Authorities Tighten Control on Petitioners ahead of Shanghai World Expo)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioners_shanghai-03312010122534.html