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, August 15, 2013

Health (健康)

China to stop using organs from executed prisoners in transplants
The Guardian, August 15, 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/15/china-organs-prisoners-transplants

中国疾控中心:H7N9禽流感己确诊135例45人死亡 (China’s Disease Control Center: total of 135 H7N9 cases, 45 deaths)
Xinhua, August 15, 2013
http://news.163.com/13/0815/11/96AJ4T2C0001124J.html

Related:
香港食卫局长高永文:H7N9病毒或通过粪便传播 (Hong Kong Secretary for Food and Health: H7N9 being spread through feces)
China News Service, August 15, 2013
http://china.huanqiu.com/roll/2013-08/4246601.html