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, December 11, 2014

Corruption (腐败)

China energy officials urged to educate families to avoid graft
Reuters, December 11, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/11/us-china-energy-corruption-idUSKBN0JP0NW20141211

Hong Kong (香港)

LIVE: Police start arrests after Hong Kong protesters defy warnings in clearance operation
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1660285/live-occupy-protesters-pack-and-say-their-goodbyes-hong-kong-police

Last of Hong Kong protesters arrested amid police clearance
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/11/hong-kong-protesters-brace-arrests-police-clearance

视频:香港“占中”清场中,200名示威者突然涌至 (Video: 200 protesters surge site during Hong Kong “Occupy Central” clearance)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 11, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/multimedia/2014/12/141211_vid_hkprotesters

Protests prompt Hong Kong’s rich to re-explore emigration
The Wall Street Journal, December 11, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/12/11/hong-kong-protests-drive-rich-to-re-explore-emigration/

China media: Hong Kong protest
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 11, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-30427142

Related:
中国内地官媒罗列香港“占中”示威负面影响 (Mainland official media list negative impact of Hong Kong’s “Occupy Central” protests)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 11, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/12/141211_hk_occupy-central_china-media-reax

Hong Kong art lovers rescue works from protest site
Agence France-Presse, December 11, 2014
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/hong-kong-art-lovers-rescue-works-protest-180052318.html

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

China rights lawyer denies all accusations, including inciting ethnic hatred
Reuters, December 10, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/10/us-china-rights-idUSKBN0JO11B20141210

诺贝尔和平奖得主狱中讯息:关注无名受难者 (Message from Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo: pay more attention to lesser-known sufferers)
Deutsche Welle, December 12, 2014
http://www.dw.de/诺贝尔和平奖得主狱中讯息关注无名受难者/a-18122558?maca=chi-rss-chi-ca-1044-rdf

中国民间网站公布最新良心犯名单 (Chinese civil society website releases latest list of prisoners of conscience)
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-12102014104340.html

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

世界人权日北京上万访民被羁押 官媒噤声 (On International Human Rights Day, over 10,000 petitioners detained in Beijing, official media silent)
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-12102014101935.html

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

中国乌鲁木齐禁穿戴伊斯兰罩袍 (China’s Urumqi bans public wearing of burqas)
Voice of America, December 11, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-urumqi-20141211/2554697.html