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, December 21, 2012

Children

China’s Stolen Kids
Global Times, December 21, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/751473.shtml

Ethnic Minorities

Factoids: Endangered Tongues in the People’s Republic
Ethnic ChinaLit, December 20, 2012
http://www.bruce-humes.com/?p=7574

Related:
四成少数民族语言面临濒危 保护需多方努力 (40% Minority Languages Facing Immediate Danger)
Morning Post, December 19, 2012
http://www.chinanews.com/cul/2012/12-19/4421347.shtml

Hong Kong

香港法治正处于危急存亡之秋 (Rule of Law in Hong Kong in Critical Peril)
Radio France Internationale, December 20, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20121220-香港法治正处于危急存亡之秋

Internet

新闻出版总署就网络出版服务管理办法征求意见 (GAPP Seeking Input on Management Rules for Online Publishing Services)
Legal Daily Online, December 19, 2012
http://tech.sina.com.cn/i/2012-12-20/18257907780.shtml

Related:
新闻出版总署立规强化网络出版监管
Draft Would Bar Firms with Foreign Links from Net Publishing
Caixin, December 20, 2012
CH: http://china.caixin.com/2012-12-20/100474834.html
EN: http://english.caixin.com/2012-12-20/100474987.html

新闻出版总署关于《网络出版服务管理办法》(修订征求意见稿)等规章公开征求意见的通知 (Notice of the General Administration of Press and Publication on Public Solicitation of Opinions on Measures for the Administration of Internet Publishing Services (Revised Draft) and Other Rules)
GAPP, December 18, 2012
http://www.chinalaw.gov.cn/article/cazjgg/201212/20121200379100.shtml

Migrant Workers

农民工家长为子女就学维权 (Migrant Worker Parents Fight for Their Children's Right to Education)
Radio France Internaitonale, December 20, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20121220-农民工家长为子女就学维权

Taiwan

Judges Decide to Pass on Gay Marriage Case
Agence France-Presse, December 21, 2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?art_id=129477&con_type=1

XUAR

Deported Uyghurs Jailed
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/malaysia-12202012181314.html

Related:
‘Deported Chinese Muslims at Grave Risk’
Free Malaysia Today, August 25, 2011
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2011/08/25/deported-chinese-muslims-at-grave-risk/

维族大学生申请护照被拒网上维权 (Uyghur Student Takes to the Web to Protect Her Rights after Application for Passport Was Denied)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/uyghur_students-12192012102044.html

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Education

13名律师致联名信关注“上海警方刑拘争取异地高考权学生家长”事件 (13 Lawyers Issue Open Letter to Shanghai Govt Calling for Shanghai to Relax Its Protectionist National Exam Policy and Honor Citizens' Basic Rights)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yl-12192012155635.html

Hong Kong

Action against Officers over Li Policing
RTHK, December 20, 2012
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20121220/news_20121220_56_890554.htm

Related:
就李克强副总理访港而衍生的投诉个案审查最终报告
Final Report on Complaint Cases Arising from the Visit by the Vice Premier Mr. LI Keqiang
Independent Police Complaints Council, December 19, 2012
CH: http://www.ipcc.gov.hk/sc/reports_other.html
EN: http://www.ipcc.gov.hk/en/reports_other.html

Labor

Boss Jailed for a Year for Refusing to Pay Workers
China Daily, December 20, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-12/20/content_16033783.htm

Population

Outcry over Blunders of China’s One-child Policy
South China Morning Post, December 19, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1108203/outcry-over-blunders-chinas-one-child-policy

Related:
官员:坚持计划生育不动摇 (Official: No Move on Basis of National Family Planning Policy)
Australia Daily, December 19, 2012
http://dailynews.sina.com/gb/chn/chnnews/ausdaily/20121219/18154075732.html

Prisons

病死劳教所,才能引起重视? (Does Concern Only Come after Someone Dies in Reeducation-Through-Labor Camp?)
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 20, 2012
http://ndnews.oeeee.com/html/201212/20/10711.html

Taiwan

執行死刑 陳守煌:明年2月前有可能 (Deputy Justice Minister: Next Execution May Occur before February 2013)
Radio Taiwan International, December 19, 2012
http://news.rti.org.tw/index_newsContent.aspx?nid=395740

XUAR

Farmers Pressed Into Road Work
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/roads-12192012174757.html

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Environment

PM2.5 Air Pollutants Causing More Deaths than Estimated, Study Says
South China Morning Post, December 19, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1107751/pm25-air-pollutants-causing-more-deaths-estimated-study-says

Human Rights Defenders

贵州研讨会成员仍被限制 冯正虎吁网民借款声援 (Guizhou Human Rights Symposium Members Still under Watch after 18th Party Congress)
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sy2-12182012110508.html

Related:
当局十八大前清场 贵州异议人士遭严密监控
Guizhou Dissidents under Strict Watch as Authorities Clean Up for Party Congress
Human Rights in China, August 7, 2012
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6241
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6240

Labor

深圳工人跳楼抗争要回加班费 (Shenzhen Workers Jump from Building in Protest of Unpaid Overtime)
Deutsche Welle, December 19, 2012
http://www.dw.de/深圳工人跳楼抗争要回加班费/a-16462766

Media

调查称中国年轻人对微博信任超官媒 (Report: Chinese Youths Put More Trust in Microblogs than Official Media)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 18, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/12/121218_media_trust.shtml

Protests and Petitions

Protesters Sent to Labor Camp
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hainan-12182012124703.html

社科院以「黄之锋」「反国教」为例 倡争取网络舆论阵地 (In New Blue Book, CASS Cites Anti-National Education Movement as Example in Calling for Gov't to Use Internet to Observe Public Opinion and Mitigate Confrontations and Maintain Society)
Sing Pao, December 19, 2012
http://www.singpao.com/xw/nd/201212/t20121219_408741.html

Related:
Experts Warn against Social Conflicts in China
Xinhua News Agency, December 18, 2012
http://www.china.org.cn/china/Off_the_Wire/2012-12/18/content_27452428.htm

Religion

China Detains 500-plus People for Doomsday Rumors
The Associated Press, December 19, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/china-detains-500-plus-people-doomsday-rumors-123354235.html