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, January 12, 2012

Labor

Foxconn Workers Threaten Mass Suicide over Pay and Conditions
The Irish Times, January 12, 2012
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2012/0112/1224310140652.html

深圳数百环卫工人罢工有人被抓 上海访民两会上访三百人被抓 (Shenzhen: Detentions as Sanitation Workers Go on Strike)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql1-01112012092448.html