Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Human Rights Defenders

内蒙哈达之子打破沉默 揭露当局陷他家于生存困境 (Mongolian Activist Hada's Son Breaks Silence, Reveals Difficult Situation Authorities Have Placed Their Family In)
Radio Free Asia, November 20, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql1-11202012104755.html

Notes from a recent interview with Xinna (Hada's wife) are available at:
哈达被秘密关押 家人恳求国际关注
Mongolian Dissident Hada in 23rd Month of Unlawful Detention after Long Prison Term; Family Appeals for International Attention
Human Rights in China, October 22, 2012
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6341
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6340

Migrant Workers

Grim Fate of Migrant Workers Maimed in China's 'Black Factories'
South China Morning Post, November 21, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1086971/grim-fate-migrant-workers-maimed-chinas-black-factories

Law

甘肃拟规定城管员可对暴力抗法使用身体强制力 (Gansu Drafts Guidelines Stipulating Urban Management Officers Can Use Physical Coercion When Encountering Violent Resistance to Law Enforcement)
China News Service, November 21, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/1121/10/8GR2FP4K00014JB6.html

Related:
甘肃省城市管理行政执法指南 (Gansu Provincial Guidelines on the Administrative Enforcement of Law by Urban Management)
November 2012
http://www.gsfzb.gov.cn/FZDT/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=64847

Politics

China's Backroom Power Brokers Block Reform Candidates
Reuters, November 21, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/21/us-china-congress-poll-idUSBRE8AK01F20121121

Protests and Petitions

18大后各地强拆又已开始 济南青岛两市连续引发抗议 (Protests in Jinan and Qingdao as Requisition and Demolitions Resume after 18th Party Congress)
Radio Free Asia, November 20, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fy-11202012114413.html

Tibet

China Sets Up Firefighters at Tibetan Monasteries
The Guardian, November 20, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/20/tibet-monasteries-fire-fighters

Related:
Two More Tibetans Self-immolate    
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 21, 2012
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20121121/news_20121121_56_884242.htm