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.

Friday, March 01, 2013

Children

Official to Probe Children’s ‘Unnatural Deaths’ in Hubei
South China Morning Post, March 01, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1166561/official-probe-childrens-unnatural-deaths-hubei

Death Penalty

China Parades Prisoners Ahead of Execution
Al Jazeera, March 01, 2013
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2013/03/20133194130723384.html

Environment

Pollution Activist Assaulted in China
Irish Times, March 01, 2013
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2013/0301/1224330654152.html

Labor

11 dead, 2 Missing in Hebei Coal Mine Fire
Shanghai Daily, March 01, 2013
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=524968

Media

中国知名调查记者王克勤被迫离职 (Well-Known Journalist Forced to Resign under Official Pressure)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/jz-02282013152252.html


德驻华记者采访车遭野蛮袭击 (German TV Crew Violently Attacked in Hebei Village)
Deutsche Welle, March 01, 2013
http://bit.ly/13sx07f

Migrant Workers

Police Detain Migrants Protesting Exam Ban
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/migrants-02282013170303.html

Protests and Petitions

廖亦武约辩诺奖评委,将在瑞典裸体抗议 (Liao Yiwu Wants to Debate Nobel Literature Committee Member, Plans Protest in Nude in Stockholm)
Deutsche Welle, March 01, 2013
http://bit.ly/XHFHGU

"Stability Maintenance"

Treating the Symptoms
The Economist, March 02, 2013
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21572814-name-social-order-government-turns-blind-eye-black-jails-treating-symptoms

Related:
英媒:中国当局为维稳对黑监狱视而不见(UK Media: To Maintain Security, Chinese Authorities Turn Blind Eye to Black Jails)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 1, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/press_review/2013/03/130301_press_black_jail.shtml

Tibet

Nine Tibetans Go On Trial Over Burning Protests
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/court-02282013202705.html