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, September 01, 2011

Environment

Toxic River Dumpers Facing Court Action
South China Morning Post, September 01, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=06ee668cba022310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=news

Internet

微博为实现言论自由提供平台 (Beijing Court Verdict: Microblogs Are a Platform for the Realization of Free Speech)
Southern Metropolis Daily, September 01, 2011
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/1/e4/1e4f6dff09a26279/Blog/d8e/082d8b.html

Land Policy

城中村改造半夜拆房 三百打手村民受伤 (Henan: Several Injured in Late-night Shantytown Demolition)
Radio Free Asia, August 31, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/c-08312011111724.html

Law

专家称刑诉法修订内容有利于犯罪嫌疑人人权保护 (Experts: Draft Criminal Procedure Law Amendment Protect the Human Rights of Suspects)
Xinhua News Agency, September 01, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-09/01/content_2916717.htm

Police

Police Pull Notice after Web Users' Complaints
Global Times, September 01, 2011
http://www.globaltimes.cn/NEWS/tabid/99/ID/673558/Police-pull-notice-after-Web-users-complaints.aspx
Related news:
老人复印上访材料遭店家举报 公安局截访 (Elderly Man Kept from Petitioning after Copy Shop Owner Reports Him for Photocopy Petitioning Materials)
New Express, August 31, 2011
http://news.xkb.com.cn/zhongguo/2011/0831/156750.html   

Tibet

Tibetan Monks Jailed over Self-Immolation
Associated Press, September 01, 2011
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/tibetan-monks-jailed-over-selfimmolation-2346999.html

XUAR

Suspected Uygur Attacks Thwarted, State Media Says
Reuters, September 01, 2011
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/08/31/idINIndia-59064720110831

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Bilateral Ties

China-Africa People’s Forum Passes Nairobi Declaration
China Daily, August 31, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/chinaafricaforum/2011-08/31/content_13244379.htm

Government

官员出国热在多国遭质疑 民众更关注信息透明 (Public Concern of Info Transparency, Suspicions Raised over Officials' Trips Abroad)
Global Times, August 31, 2011
http://news.eastday.com/c/20110831/u1a6081344.html

Hong Kong

香港观察:李克强访问的未了余波 (Aftermath of Li Keqiang Visit to HK Continues)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 31, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/hong_kong_review/2011/08/110830_hkreview_li_keqiang_police.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

疫苗家长“寻衅”被判刑 维权者 “袭警”劳教归来 (5-mo Prison Sentence for Picking Quarrels and Provoking Troubles Upheld for Father of Child Sickened by Vaccine)
Radio Free Asia, August 30, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/y-08302011142019.html

Law

China's Draft Law Amendment in Conformity with Int'l Conventions
Xinhua News Agency, August 30, 2011
http://english.cri.cn/6909/2011/08/30/1461s655943.htm

China's Legislature Ends Bimonthly Session, Adopts Interpretation of Articles of HK Basic Law
Xinhua News Agency, August 27, 2011
http://www.globaltimes.cn/NEWS/tabid/99/ID/672845/Chinas-legislature-ends-bimonthly-session-adopts-interpretation-of-articles-of-HK-Basic-Law.aspx

Migrant Workers

北京大兴31打工子弟幼儿园将关停 (Beijing: 31 Kindergartens for Workers' Children in Daxing District to Close)
The Beijing News, August 31, 2011
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2011-08/31/content_270223.htm

Protests and Petitions

老人复印上访材料遭店家举报 公安局截访 (Elderly Man Kept from Petitioning after Copy Shop Owner Reports Him for Photocopy Petitioning Materials)
New Express, August 31, 2011
http://news.xkb.com.cn/zhongguo/2011/0831/156750.html

Public Health

On Remote Tibetan Plateau, a Health-care Program That Could Be a Model for China
Christian Science Monitor, August 31, 2011
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2011/0829/On-remote-Tibetan-plateau-a-health-care-program-that-could-be-a-model-for-China

Social Security

Welfare Cards to Be Issued to All
South China Morning Post, August 31, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=047f17eec8b12310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD


Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Internet

China Issues Legal Interpretation to Fight Hacking
Xinhua News Agency, August 29, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-08/29/content_13215153.htm
The full text of the Interpretation is available at:
最高人民法院、最高人民检察院研究室负责人就《关于办理危害计算机信息系统安全刑事案件应用法律若干问题的解释》答记者问 (Spokesperson Responds to Questions on the SPC, SPP Interpretation)
http://www.court.gov.cn/xwzx/jdjd/sdjd/201108/t20110829_165000.htm

网帖引发误解 无锡两市民被拘留 (Jiangsu: Two Detained for Spreading Rumors Online)
Southern Metropolis Daily, August 30, 2011
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/6/9a/69a5b5995110b36a/Blog/8fe/7956b6.html

Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)

陈光诚夫妇被变相囚禁 (Chen Guangcheng and Wife Covertly Imprisoned)
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_dissident-08292011104430.html

Labor

China Disney Factory Faces Probe into Sweatshop Suicide Claims
The Guardian, August 27, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2011/aug/27/disney-factory-sweatshop-suicide-claims

Law

刑事诉讼法修正案草案条文及说明 今起公开征求意见 (Draft Amendment to Criminal Procedure Law and Explanation Released Publically for Input)
Legal Daily, August 30, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/rdlf/content/2011-08/30/content_2911716.htm