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, April 13, 2011

April 12, 2011

Top news
Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
Absolute Power
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9bc5aa5a3744f210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
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Ai Weiwei: Captive Poster Boy for China's Criminal Justice System
US-Asia Law Institute, April 11, 2011
http://www.usasialaw.org/?p=5361
未未被拘九天仍无音讯 官媒左网连番抹黑抨击 (Still No News of Ai Weiwei; His Cousin, Driver Also Disappear)
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ai-04112011111949.html

未未妻子到稅務局助查 (Ai Weiwei's Wife Called to Tax Bureau for Questioning)
Agencies, April 12, 2011
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20110412/ca21122p.htm


News
Government
Election Text Messages Cost City Mayor His Job
Shanghai Daily, April 12, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=468638

Hukou
多城市以居住证取代暂住证打破户籍束缚 (Breaking Hukou Bondage, Several Cities Replace Temporary Residence Permits)
Xinhua News Agency, April 12, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110412/u1a5835235.html

Labor
14 Hospitalized after Industrial Gas Leak in Shaoxing
Xinhua News Agency, April 11, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=468574

Land Policy
嘉峪关市推行房屋拆迁诉求制 (Gansu City Consults Residents Prior to Demolition Projects to Decrease Petitioning)
Gansu Daily, April 11, 2011
http://www.chinanews.com/estate/2011/04-11/2963051.shtml

Protests and Petitions
浙江网友郭卫东获释 朱虞夫逾期拘押 (1 Jasmine Activist Released, Others Still Missing)
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guo-04112011094740.html

Religion
China Ordains New Vatican-approved Catholic Bishop
Associated Press, April 11, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110411/ap_on_re_as/as_china_vatican

Pastor Still Held after Crackdown
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f23c06e19f44f210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Related news:
Beijing Church Standoff Unresolved, Pastor Held
Deutsche Presse-Agentur, April 11, 2011
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1632129.php/Beijing-church-standoff-unresolved-pastor-held
Tibet
川格德寺外逾千武警切断供给 两千僧侣缺少食物情况危急 (Over 1,000 Armed Police Block Food Supply to Sichuan Temple)
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zang-04112011094808.html

XUAR
Petitioners Return to Beijing
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/return-04112011174717.html