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, June 10, 2011

Hong Kong

Activists Hijack Forum on Internet Election Rules
South China Morning Post, June 10, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7dddef11a5470310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender – Huang Qi (黄琦)

Future Murky for China Dissident Freed from Prison
Associated Press, June 10, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110610/ap_on_re_as/as_china_dissident_release

Human Rights Defender – Qi Chonghuai (齐崇淮)

山东记者齐崇淮又被判九年 妻子焦霞绝望寻死被阻 (Imprisoned Journalist Qi Chonghuai Sentenced to Another 9 Years)
Radio Free Asia, June 09, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qch-06092011101126.html

June Fourth

支联会投诉警方阻市民参与六四集会 (HK Alliance Issue Protest against Police Obstructing Hong Kongers from Attending June Fourth Vigil)
Radio France Internationale, June 10, 2011
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/node/75998

Politics

China Says No Expiry Date on Communist Party Rule
Reuters, June 09, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/09/us-china-party-idUSL3E7H90CI20110609

Protests and Petitions

受查官員暴斃 群眾上街抗議 (Hubei : Masses Take to Streets in Protest after Official Perishes during Interrogation)
Ming Pao, June 10, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2352243/1.html

Public Health

China's Mental Hospitals: A New Push to Quash Dissent?
Christian Science Monitor, June 09, 2011
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2011/0609/China-s-mental-hospitals-a-new-push-to-quash-dissent

艾滋病发现三十周年,中国防艾路漫漫 (HIV/AIDS Prevention in China Still Has a Ways to Go 30 Years Since Discovery of AIDS)
Deutsche Welle, June 09, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15143661,00.html

Shanghai Cooperation Organization

SCO to Focus on Promoting Stability in C Asia
Xinhua News Agency, June 10, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2011-06/10/content_12674303.htm
Related news:
孙壮志:未来十年上合组织将逐步走向成熟 (Interview with CASS SCO Scholar Sun Zhuangzhi: “The SCO Will Mature over Next 10 Years”)
Xinhua News Agency, June 08, 2011
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2011-06/08/c_121509032.htm

Tibet

300失蹤喇嘛正受「法制教育」 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs: 300 Missing Lamas Undergoing “Legal Education”)
Ming Pao, June 10, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2352246/1.html

Thursday, June 09, 2011

Government

全国人大法工委:“独立候选人”没有法律依据 (NPC Law Committee: “Independent Candidates” without Legal Basis
Xinhua News Agency, June 08, 2011
http://news.sohu.com/20110608/n309654470.shtml
Related news:
China's New Independents Challenge Communist Party Dominance
Christian Science Monitor, June 08, 2011
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2011/0608/China-s-new-independents-challenge-Communist-party-dominance

Hong Kong

Highest Court Seeks Ruling from Beijing
South China Morning Post, June 08, 2011
http://topics.scmp.com/news/hk-news-watch/article/Highest-court-seeks-ruling-from-Beijing

IMAR

内蒙运煤车轧死牧民案主犯判死刑 (Truck Driver Sentenced to Death for Killing of Mongol Herder)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 08, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/06/110608_inner_mongolia_death_sentence.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

Euro Parliament Chief Slams Threats of Chinese Dissident
Agence France-Presse, June 09, 2011
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_677872.html

黃琦刑滿 妻恐出獄後遭軟禁 (Imprisoned Activist Huang Qi’s Wife Fears He May Be Placed under House Arrest after Prison Release)
Ming Pao, June 09, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2351177/1.html

四川异议人士陈卫获颁青年人权奖 (Sichuan Dissident Chen Wei Wins Chinese Youth Human Rights Award)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 09, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/06/110609_china_human_rights.shtml

Land Policy

Blueprint for Fair Demolition Compensation
China Daily, June 09, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-06/09/content_12661114.htm

Migrant Workers

Guangzhou Tightens Migrants' Permit Checks
Global Times, June 09, 2011
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2011-06/663279.html

Multilateral

UN Panel Presses China on Tibetan Monks
Associated Press, June 08, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110608/ap_on_re_eu/un_un_china_tibetan_monks
Related information:
China: UN Expert Body Seriously Concerned about Tibetan Monks Reportedly Subjected to Enforced Disappearance
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, June 08, 2011
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=11122&LangID=E

Rural Issues

浙江农民拦环保厅长举报乡政府排污被关疯人院 (Zhejiang Farmer Blocks Path of Environmental Department Head to Report Pollution, Gets Sent to Psychiatric Institution)
China Youth Daily, June 09, 2011
http://news.cyol.com/content/2011-06/09/content_4511857.htm

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Bilateral Ties

China's Changing Tone on African Investment
Al Jazeera, June 08, 2011
http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/06/201167142556551565.html

Food Safety

中国公布三聚氰胺赔偿基金运作 (China Releases Information on the Operation of the Melamine Compensation Fund)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 08, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/06/110608_china_melamine_compensation.shtml

Human Rights Defender – Hu Jia (胡佳)

胡佳即将出狱妻女突遭迫迁 (Hu Jia’s Family Forced Out of Their Home Shortly before His Release from Prison)
Radio Free Asia, June 07, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/hujia-06072011112904.html