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 10, 2012

Internet

China Shuts Political Websites in Crackdown
Agence France-Presse, April 6, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/china-shuts-political-websites-crackdown-001455858.html

抵制網路謠言 陸協會發倡議書 (Internet Society Issues Proposal on Internet Rumors)
Radio Taiwan International, April 9, 2012
http://news.rti.org.tw/index_newsContent.aspx?nid=349523
Related information:
抵制网络谣言倡议书 (Proposal on Resisting Internet Rumors)
Internet Society of China, April 8, 2012
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2012-04/08/c_111750276.htm

June Fourth

Exiled Tiananmen Leaders Ask to Visit China
Agence France-Presse, April 7, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/exiled-tiananmen-leaders-ask-visit-china-005132017.html
Related information:
王丹等人要求中国政府允许他们回国看看
Wang Dan and Others Appeal for Permission to Visit China
Human Rights in China, April 6, 2012
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5949
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5948

Land Policy

最高法:补偿不公禁止强拆 (Supreme People's Court: No Fair Compensation, No Demolition)
The Beijing News, April 10, 2012
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2012/04/10/192984.html
Related information:
关于办理申请人民法院强制执行国有土地上房屋征收补偿决定案件若干问题的规定
Supreme People's Court, April 9, 2012
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/17608004.html

XUAR

Six Uyghurs on Terror List
Radio Free Asia, April 6, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/terror-list-04062012151240.html

Thursday, April 05, 2012

Human Rights Defenders

艾未未:當局令拆網絡鏡頭 (Ai Weiwei: Authorities Ordered That My Cameras Be Turned Off)
Ming Pao, April 5, 2012
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/Inews/20120405/ca40840p.htm

倪玉兰被超期羁押逾月 律师控审判长非法拘禁 (Lawyers Call Illegal Detention as Ni Yulan Remains in Detention for over a Month)
Radio Free Asia, April 4, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql2-04042012093731.html

清明节当局严控悼念民主先烈 港支联会发起献花“六四”活动 (Authorities Keep Strict Control over Memorials for Democracy Activists during Qingming)
Radio Free Asia, April 4, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sy1-04042012093750.html

Inner Mongolia

内蒙爆发征地抗议,多人遭逮捕 (Many Detained in Inner Mongolian Land Protest)
Deutsche Welle, April 4, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15858312,00.html

June Fourth

趙紫陽女﹕六四總有一天平反 (Zhao Yiyang's Daughter: Tiananmen Shall One Day Be Redressed)
Ming Pao, April 5, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2627057/1.html

Labor

Worker Pay Subpar in China, Report Says
Shanghai Daily, April 5, 2012
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2012/04/05/Worker+pay+subpar+in+China+report+says

Politics

官媒发文悼耀邦,释改革派意愿? (Does Eulogy of Hu Yaobang in Official Press Explain Reformists' Wishes?)
Deutsche Welle, April 4, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15859321,00.html

Protests and Petitions

Assets Protesters Held by Police
South China Morning Post, April 5, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0178930cc4e76310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet

Tibetan Singer, Others Sentenced
Radio Free Asia, April 3, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/sentenced-04032012135005.html

Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Civil Society

NGOs Say Easing of Registration Rules Is Limited
South China Morning Post, April 2, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=09b7fd2f14e66310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Related news:
赵树凯:广东NGO管理迈出最重要一步 (State Council Research Zhao Shukai: Guangdong's NGO Administration an Important Step Forward)
Caixin, March 31, 2012
http://china.caixin.com/2012-03-31/100375282.html

Human Rights Defenders

我不愿意离开中国 (Ai Weiwei: I Don't Want to Leave China)
Deutsche Welle, March 31, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15851411,00.html
Related news:
艾未未在家设网络镜头公开生活 (Ai Sets Up Webcams around Home in Reference to 24-hour Police Surveillance)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 3, 2012
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20120403/news_20120403_55_830803.htm

Internet

China Micro-blog Comments Back after Rumour 'Clean Up'
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 3, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-17594006

Inner Mongolia

China Detains 22 after Inner Mongolia Protest: Group
Reuters, April 3, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/03/us-china-innermongolia-idUSBRE83205K20120403

Population

學者建議中國結束一孩政策 (Scholar Proposes an End to One-child Policy)
Ming Pao, April 3, 2012
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20120402/ca11711c.htm

Religion

何清涟:中共的政治文化与宗教有着与生俱来的内在紧张关系 (He Qinglian: There's an Innate Tension between the CPC Political Culture and Religion)
Radio France International, March 30, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120430-何清涟:中共的政治文化与宗教有着与生俱来的内在紧张关系

Tibet

藏区自焚抗议升级 青海17位师生遭逮捕、判刑 (Qinghai: 17 Students and Teachers Arrested, Sentenced following Protest)
Radio Free Asia, April 2, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xz-04022012163852.html

XUAR

Demolishing Uyghur Identity
Radio Free Asia, April 2, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/kashgar-demolition-04022012181802.html

Monday, April 02, 2012

Civil Society

Most US NGOs Not Registered
China Daily, March 31, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-03/31/content_14956368.htm