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, June 20, 2012

Government

Grassroots Lawmaker Elections Completed
Xinhua News Agency, June 20, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-06/20/content_15513409.htm

Hong Kong

HK a 'Hard Place' for Asylum Seekers
South China Morning Post, June 20, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=adc8f9c07c508310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders

Ai Weiwei's Lawyer Missing as Artist Is Warned away from Tax Hearing
Reuters, June 20, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/jun/20/ai-weiwei-lawyer-missing-court

聲援李旺陽 王荔蕻被禁離京 (Activist Wang Lihong Forbidden from Leaving Beijing after Voicing Support for Li Wangyang)
Ming Pao, June 20, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2696639/1.html

Labor

人社部:现行退休年龄不会立刻调整 (No Change Yet to Retirement Age)
People's Daily, June 20, 2012
http://www.cs.com.cn/xwzx/hg/201206/t20120620_3377703.html

Migrant Workers

New Residency Rule Shows Bias, Migrants Say
China Daily, June 20, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-06/20/content_15513514.htm

Police

勞教所「更安全」 體重不跌反升 (Reeducation-Through-Labour "More Safe" than Outside for Fang Hong)
Ming Pao, June 20, 2012
http://life.mingpao.com/cfm/dailynews3b.cfm?File=20120620/nalca/caa3_er.txt

Protests and Petitions

廣州上百黑人堵路示威 (Guangzhou: 100+ Africans Block Road in Protest of Sudden Death of African in Police Custody)
Ming Pao, June 19, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2696388/1.html

XUAR

维族人售宗教刊物判十年 世维会批评当局镇压 (Hotan: Uyghur Sentenced to 10 Years for Selling Religious Materials)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/w-06192012101735.html