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.

Tuesday, April 07, 2015

Corruption (腐败)

Official dubbed “Bulldozer Mayor” over infamous demolition policy jailed for corruption
South China Morning Post, April 7, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1758697/chinas-bulldozer-mayor-jailed-corruption

外媒:反腐败中国公务员跳槽人数大增 (Foreign media: more civil servants jump ship amid anti-corruption drive)
Guangming Daily, April 7, 2015
http://legal.gmw.cn/2015-04/07/content_15305938.htm

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

秦永敏夫妇遭“强迫失踪”再陷“罗生门” (Dissident Qin Yongmin and wife’s “enforced disappearance” remains a mystery)
Radio Free Asia, April 6, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-04062015101211.html?searchterm:utf8:ustring=秦永敏

Internet (互联网)

共青团招过千万青年网络义工 (China’s Communist Youth League recruits 10 million young volunteers for Internet propaganda)
South China Morning Post, April 7, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/14c91fbb9f433f1/gong-qing-tuan-zhao-guo-qian-wan-qing-nian-wang-luo-yi-gong

Protests and Petitions (抗议和请愿)

In China’s Inner Mongolia, mining spells misery for traditional herders
The Washington Post, April 7, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-chinas-inner-mongolia-mining-spells-misery-for-traditional-herders/2015/04/07/16b3a252-d643-11e4-bf0b-f648b95a6488_story.html?wprss=rss_world

Women (妇女)

中国反驳克林顿释放女权人士呼吁 (China rebukes Hillary Clinton for calling for release of the five women’s rights activists)
Voice of America, April 7, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-woman-detention-hillary-clinton-20150407/2709623.html

律师:中国当局很可能正式逮捕五位女权人士 (Lawyer: Chinese authorities likely to formally arrest the five women’s rights activists)
Voice of America, April 7, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-usa-rights-20150407/2709799.html

China fires back at Hillary Clinton tweet
Politico, April 7, 2015
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/hillary-clinton-women-rights-china-response-116729.html

被拘押中国女权五女,推动可观变化 (Chinese women’s rights activists land in jail)
The New York Times, April 7, 2015
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150407/c07women/dual/

Related:
Supporting Women's Rights in China
Human Rights in China, April 3, 2015
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