Monday, December 12, 2011

Human Rights Defenders

Mystery Surrounds Dutch Human Rights Award
Radio Netherlands Worldwide, December 10, 2011
http://www.rnw.nl/africa/bulletin/mystery-surrounds-dutch-human-rights-award
Related news:
倪玉兰家人“变卦” 要公开接受荷兰人权奖 (Ni Yulan's Family "Changes Their Mind", Want to Openly Accept Dutch Rights Award)
Voice of America, December 11, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20111211-Human-Rights-Defenders-135402433.html
维权人士王荔蕻刘沙沙获中国良心奖 (Activists Wang Lihong and Liu Shasha Awarded China's Conscience Prize)
Voice of America, December 11, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20111211-RIGHTS-ACTIVISTS-135405908.html

Internet

Official Calls for Healthy Online Culture
Xinhua News Agency, December 12, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-12/12/content_14247855.htm

网络文化建设和管理经验交流会在镇江召开 (Forum on Building and Administering Internet Culture Held in Zhenjiang)
Xinhua News Agency, December 11, 2011
http://www.js.xinhuanet.com/xin_wen_zhong_xin/2011-12/11/content_24309913.htm

Labor

浙江近千工人讨薪上访遭暴力驱散 (Zhejiang: Protest by ~1K Workers for Back Pay Broken Up through Violence)
Radio Free Asia, December 09, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/zhejiang_labor-12092011101329.html

Multilateral

'Opening-up to Continue'
China Daily, December 12, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-12/12/content_14247869.htm

Police

Death in Custody Follows Fresh Unrest in Chinese Village
Reuters, December 11, 2011
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE7BB05G20111212

Protests and Petitions

最高检:明年利用现有专线网线路全面推行视频接访 (SPP: Video Petitioning Services Planned for 2012)
Legal Daily, December 12, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-12/12/content_3188978.htm

Public Health

China Faces Severe Plasma Shortage
Xinhua News Agency, December 12, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-12/12/content_14247729.htm

Tibet

Tibetan Who Set Self on Fire in Protest Dies: Group
Associated Press, December 09, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111209/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet