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.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Environment

China Nuclear Protest Builds Steam
Financial Times, February 28, 2012
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/d733c466-5eab-11e1-a04d-00144feabdc0.html

Government

China Village Election Fever Tests Bounds of Democracy
Reuters, February 29, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/29/us-china-wukan-election-idUSTRE81S0KT20120229

Hong Kong

Further Curbs for Mainlanders Who Hope for HK Birth
South China Morning Post, February 29, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=dc96baa2fe3c5310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders

Journalist Tells of 1,000-day Ordeal
South China Morning Post, February 29, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6464974b674c5310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law

两会前瞻:大修刑诉法进一步尊重和保障人权
China News Service, February 29, 2012
http://www.ce.cn/xwzx/gnsz/gdxw/201202/29/t20120229_23116749.shtml

Tibet

僧侣拒绝洗脑被逐出寺院 法事难以为继藏人抬尸请愿 (Monks Ejected from Monastery for Refusing Patriotic Education Classes)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql2-02282012093014.html

XUAR

China Violence: 12 Dead in Kashgar City in Xinjiang
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 28, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-17195886

新疆三十基督徒聚会被处罚 另有四人或面临劳教 (30+ House Church Christians Detained in Western XUAR, Four Face Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Radio Free Asia, February 28, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ql1-02282012093021.html

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Bilateral Ties

China Rejects Visa Request by S. Korean Lawmaker Fighting for Defectors
Yonham News Agency, February 28, 2012
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2012/02/28/51/0301000000AEN20120228002700315F.HTML

Detained Tibetans Stage Hunger Strike in Nepal
Reuters, February 27, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/27/us-nepal-tibetans-strike-idUSTRE81Q0U320120227

Human Rights Defenders

高智晟兄长司法部请愿 (Brother of Jailed Rights Attorney Gao Zhisheng Appeals to Judicial Authorities for Information)
Deutsche Welle, February 27, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15771457,00.html

Protests and Petitions

烏坎村代表﹕抗爭隨時再起 (Wukan Village Rep: Protests Could Begin Again at Any Time)
Ming Pao, February 28, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2590282/1.html  

最高检:重点查办贪腐致农民集体上访案件 (Supreme People's Procuratorate Announces Focus on Looking into Collective Petitions by Farmers on Corruption)
Beijing Times, February 28, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/0228/03/7RAQAC5C00014AED.html

Public Health

'Malpractice' Blamed for Outbreak
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/outbreak-02242012104552.html

China Sends Man to Labor Camp for SARS Rumor
Reuters, February 27, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/27/us-china-sends-man-labor-camp-sars-rumor-idUSTRE81Q1MH20120227

Religion

New Controls on Religious Groups' Work
South China Morning Post, February 28, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9bc83f1ffbfb5310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet

西藏要求主要干部全时在岗做好3月维稳 (Tibet Party Secretary Calls on Senior Cadres to Maintain Stability Full-time throughout March)
Tibet Daily, February 28, 2012
http://news.163.com/12/0228/02/7RAK2H7F00014AED.html

Monday, February 27, 2012

Human Rights Defenders

Yu Jie, Dissident Chinese Writer, Continues His Work in U.S.
The New York Times, February 26, 2012
www.nytimes.com/2012/02/26/world/asia/yu-jie-dissident-chinese-writer-continues-his-work-in-us.html
Related information:
Dissident Writer-in-Exile Yu Jie Details Torture by Police
流亡异议作家余杰详述遭中国警方酷刑经过
Human Rights in China, February 18, 2012
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5778
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5779
成都链子门组织者鲍俊生出狱 涉案者坚称当年合法维权 (Chengdu: Fellow Protesters Affirm Legality of Court-front Protest as Leader Bao Junsheng Is Released from Prison)
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/cd-02242012094601.html
Related information:
Leader of “Chain Gate” Protest, Bao Junsheng, Released from Prison
成都“链子门”事件组织者鲍俊生刑满出狱
Human Rights in China, February 23, 2012
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5889
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5890
黄琦介绍成都地区从维权走向独立参选的个案和整体路径 (Huang Qi on Chengdu Activists Going from Rights Defense to Independent Campaigns)
Radio France Internationale, February 26, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120226-黄琦介绍成都地区从维权走向独立参选的个案和整体路径

Internet

After Wukan, 'Opinion Makers' Wanted
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/wukan-02242012102642.html

Labor

工頭討薪不果 售樓處自焚 (Harbin: Foreman Self-Immolates after Salary Talks Go Nowhere)
Ming Pao, February 26, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2588575/1.html

Media

中国南京、深圳发生多名记者被殴打事件 (Journalists in Nanjing and Shenzhen Beaten on Duty)
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jz-02242012100114.html

Protests and Petitions

Out of the Public Eye, China Cracks Down on Another Protesting Village
McClatchy Newspapers, February 26, 2012
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/02/26/139983/out-of-the-public-eye-china-cracks.html

Tibet

四川省委书记到访格尔登寺 强调反分裂 (Sichuan Party Secretary Stresses Anti-Separatism at Ngawa Kirti Temple)
Deutsche Welle, February 24, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15767160,00.html

Friday, February 24, 2012

Bilateral Ties

China Returns Nine Refugees to North Korea
Agence France-Presse, February 24, 2012
http://news.ph.msn.com/regional/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5922878

Is China Pushing Nepal to Crack Down on Tibetans?
Cable News Network, February 22, 2012
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/21/world/asia/china-tibet-nepal/