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.

Tuesday, August 07, 2012

Human Rights Defenders

女被强奸 母上访被劳教 (Hunan: Mother Ordered to Reeducation-Through-Labor after Petitioning on Her Daughter's Rape Case Files Administrative Reconsideration)
Beijing Times, August 7, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/fb0/b506ae.html

贵州异见人士全遭监控 访民聚集北京呼吁政改 (Number of Guizhou Dissidents Placed under Surveillance)
Radio Free Asia, August 6, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sy1-08062012121130.html

Internet

Internet Is a Game-changer for China, Admits Party Magazine
Want China Times, August 7, 2012
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20120807000063&cid=1101

Related:
"微政治"蔓延挑战中国治理生态 (The Spread of Micropolitics Challenges China's Methods of Governance)
People's Tribune, June 20, 2012
http://theory.people.com.cn/GB/82288/112848/112851/18243465.html

Labor

临时工同工同酬:寄望修订《劳动合同法》 (Equal Work for Equal Pay for Temp Staff: Hopes for the Labor Contract Law Revision)
China Business News, August 3, 2012
http://www.yicai.com/news/2012/08/1953376.html

Migrant Workers

School for Migrants' Children to Remain Open
China Daily, August 7, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/07/content_15648504.htm

Politics

China Prepares for Trial in Sensational Case of Neil Heywood Slaying
Los Angeles Times, August 6, 2012
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-murder-trial-20120806,0,1022155.story

Tibet

人权组织:四川阿坝一藏族男子自焚 (Rights Group: Tibetan Sets Himself Alight in Ngawa, Sichuan)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 6, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/08/120806_china_tibetan_protest.shtml