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, June 07, 2012

Human Rights Defenders

Chinese Dissident Found Dead, Family Suspect Foul Play
Reuters, June 6, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/06/us-china-dissident-idUSBRE85512I20120606

Related:
Relatives Question Hunan Activist’s “Suicide”; Demand Autopsy
湖南劳工活跃人士不明死亡
Human Rights in China, June 6, 2012
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6093
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6094

当局催促李家属签字火化遗体 (Authorities Urge Li Wangyang's Family to Sign Cremation Agreement)
iCable News, June 7, 2012
http://cablenews.i-cable.com/webapps/news_video/index.php?news_id=385450

Labor

人社部:适时建议弹性延迟领养老金 (Human Resources Ministry Proposes Raising Retirement Age)
Southern Metropolis Daily, June 7, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/1/49/14919153f8aaf3af/Blog/f55/9ffdb3.html

全国公务员考试残疾歧视第一案开庭 《残疾人保障法》是否适用于公务员考试成庭审焦点 (Anti-Discrimination Suit for Govt Position Goes to Trial)
Legal Daily, June 6, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index/content/2012-06/06/content_3623767.htm

Multilateral

阿富汗成上合組織觀察員國 (SCO: Afghanistan Now an Observer, Turkey a Dialogue Partner)
Central News Agency, June 7, 2012
http://news.rti.org.tw/index_newsContent.aspx?nid=359216

Politics

Will China's Next Leaders Take the Rule of Law Seriously?
South China Morning Post, June 6, 2012
http://www.usasialaw.org/?p=6979

Public Health

China Faces 'Serious' Epidemic of Drug-resistant TB
Agence France-Presse, June 7, 2012
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/296967/china-faces-erious-epidemic-of-drug-resistant-tb

XUAR

Seventeen Hurt in Xinjiang Blast
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 7, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-18349613

Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Death Penalty

村民被控杀人获死刑 证据不足十年未定是否有罪 (Villager Sentenced to Death Waiting 10 Years for Ruling on Guilt after Evidence Found Lacking)
Legal Daily, June 6, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2012-06/06/content_3621345.htm

Human Rights Defenders

Mystery Death of Blind Activist in Hunan
RTHK, June 6, 2012
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20120606/news_20120606_56_845834.htm

For more information on Li Wangyang, see:
Prisoner Profile: Li Wangyang
Human Rights in China
http://www.hrichina.org/content/4761

June Fourth

众多大陆人士来港悼六四 有顾忌相信终会云开雾散 (Large Number of Mainlanders Attending Hong Kong Tiananmen Memorial)
Radio Free Asia, June 5, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-06052012125431.html

Law

北京市司法局努力做到四个“提升” 促进监所持续安全稳定 (Four "Enhancements" of Beijing Justice Bureau to Promote Continued Security and Stability in Detention Facilities)
Legal Daily, June 6, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/News_Center/content/2012-06/06/content_3621230.htm

Multilateral

胡锦涛:上合峰会将通过加强打击恐怖主义 (Hu Jintao: SCO Summit to Pass Strengthened Coop Outline on Combating Terrorism)
RTHK, June 6, 2012
http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20120606/news_20120606_55_845708.htm

Related:
胡锦涛主席接受上海合作组织成员国媒体联合书面采访 (Written Interview with Hu Jintao by SCO Member States' Media)
Xinhua News Agency, June 6, 2012
http://gb.cri.cn/27824/2012/06/06/2225s3715257.htm

For more on the SCO, see HRIC's 2011 report:
Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights: The Impact of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
http://www.hrichina.org/research-and-publications/reports/sco

Protests and Petitions

广西警民冲突 30人受伤 (Guangxi: 30 Injured in Clash between Police and Civilians)
Central News Agency, June 6, 2012
http://news.rti.org.tw/index_newsContent.aspx?nid=358951

XUAR

Nine Ethnic Uighurs Jailed in China's Xinjiang
Agence France-Presse, June 6, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/nine-ethnic-uighurs-jailed-chinas-xinjiang-053245566.html

Tuesday, June 05, 2012

Death Penalty

Two Women Executed for Forging Money
China Daily, June 4, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-06/04/content_15473031.htm

Environment

Foreign Embassies Monitor Air Quality against Int'l Conventions: Chinese Official
Xinhua News Agency, June 5, 2012
http://www.globaltimes.cn/NEWS/tabid/99/ID/713120/Foreign-embassies-monitor-air-quality-against-intl-conventions-Chinese-official.aspx

Hong Kong

警阻集會跳舞 同志提覆核 (Gay Rights Activist Challenges Police Block on Dancing during Gathering)
Ming Pao, June 5, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/3/1/1/2682137/1.html

June Fourth

《解放军报》六四伤口撒盐 再批“敌对势力离间党军关系” (PLA Daily Pours Salt on Wounds: Criticizes "Hostile Forces Are Driving a Wedge between Party and Army)
Radio France Internationale, June 5, 2012
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20120605-《解放军报》六四伤口撒盐-再批“敌对势力离间党军关系”

18萬燭光悼六四亡魂 (Organizers Estimate 180K Attended Tiananmen Memorial Vigil)
Apple Daily, June 5, 2012
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/first/20120605/16398667

Related :
香港支联会促设永久六四纪念馆 (HK Alliance Promotes Making Tiananmen Crackdown Memorial Museum a Permanent Fixture)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 5, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/multimedia/2012/06/120605_gal_64_hk_memorial.shtml

Multilateral

SCO Beijing Summit to Set Tune for New Decade
Xinhua News Agency, June 5, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-06/05/content_15475836.htm

Tibet

西藏谈判停滞不前 达赖喇嘛特使辞职 (Tibet Envoys Leave China as Talks at a Standstill)
Deutsche Welle, June 4, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15997578,00.html

XUAR

Death in Detention Draws Denigration
Radio Free Asia, June 4, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/death-06042012180843.html