Friday, December 14, 2012

Hong Kong

Action Call over Kids of Migrants Living in Poverty
The Standard, December 14, 2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?art_id=129299&con_type=1

Jackie Chan Suggests Hong Kong Curb Rights
The Associated Press, December 13, 2012
http://world.time.com/2012/12/13/jackie-chan-suggests-hong-kong-curb-rights/

促終院提釋法息居港權爭議 學者指做法開壞先例 袁國強否認帶來法治風暴 (Controversy over HK Right of Abode Appeal to Beijing: Scholars Say It Creates a Bad Precedent, Secretary for Justice Yuen Denies It Will Produce a Crisis over Rule of Law)
am730, December 14, 2012
http://www.am730.com.hk/article.php?article=134693&d=1921

Related:
'Ask Beijing' Call Dismays Lawyers
The Standard, December 14, 2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?art_id=129302&con_type=3

Human Rights Defenders

US Lawmakers, Chinese Friends Seek Liu Xiaobo Release
Agence France-Presse, December 14, 2012
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/325926/us-lawmakers-chinese-friends-seek-liu-xiaobo-release

警察也喊冤 媒体不敢报 (No Media Reports on "First Press Conference of Aggrieved Police Officers from Across China" Held This Week in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, December 13, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xl-12132012150018.html

Related:
全国蒙冤警察在京召开了第一次新闻发布会 (Aggrieved Police Officers from across China Hold Their First Press Conference in Beijing)
December 11, 2012
http://youtu.be/AarTXzzprfw

Labor

律师称明年部分节假日安排被指涉嫌违反劳动法 (Lawyer: Part of 2013's Holiday Schedule May Be in Violation of Labor Law)
Legal Daily, December 14, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2012-12/14/content_4053189.htm

Law

Courts Need to Be More Open to Public
China Daily, December 14, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-12/14/content_16016393.htm

Poverty

郑州半月两名露宿者死亡 公众质疑政府无为救助 (Zhengzhou, Henan: Two Migrant Workers Die Sleeping under Overpass in Half a Month, Public Questions Why Gov't Didn't Assist)
Xinhua News Agency, December 14, 2012
http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2012/12-14/4408555.shtml