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, November 30, 2010

November 29, 2010

Top news
Nobel Peace Prize / Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
諾貝爾頒獎禮為劉曉波設空櫈 (Empty Chair for Liu at Nobel Ceremony)
Ming Pao, November 28, 2010
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/101127/4/lhdp.html

Human Rights Defender – Qin Yongmin (秦永敏)
中国民主党创建人秦永敏刑满出狱(China Democracy Party Co-founder Qin Yongmin Released from Prison after 12-yr Sentence)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 29, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/11/101129_china_dissident_release.shtml

China Dissident Defiant after Release from 12-year Sentence
Deutsche Presse Agentur, November 29, 2010
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1602089.php


News
Freedom of Speech

Caught in an ‘Authoritarian Moment’
New York Times, November 25, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/26/world/asia/26iht-letter.html

Human Rights Defender – Hada (哈达)
China Harassing Mongols ahead Of Dissident Release: Activist
Agence France-Presse, November 26, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101126/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsmongolsactivist


Related information:
About the Individual: Hada
Incorporating Responsibility 2008
http://www.ir2008.org/04/about.php


Human Rights Defenders
《零八憲章》簽署者「煽動顛覆」罪被拘留 (Activist and Charter 08 Signatory Bai Dongping Detained for Inciting Subversion)
Ming Pao, November 29, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/1933925/1.html

维权律师刘晓原被禁止出境 (Rights Lawyer Liu Xiaoyuan Prevented from Leaving PRC)
Radio Free Asia, November 28, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wei-11282010162226.html

Land Policy
收地無賠償名貴草木一朝毁 (No Compensation for Land Resumption, Crops Also Destroyed en Masse)
Ming Pao, November 29, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/1933929/1.html

Media
5 Hurt in Attack on Newspaper
South China Morning Post, November 27, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=472e3d1d2198c210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Directed Google Hacking: Leaked US Documents
Agence France-Presse, November 28, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5guVse87DQ-PhutAFYqUN0gCsg-_w

Migrant Workers
Migrant Families Complain about Educational Exclusion
China Daily, November 27, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/27/content_11618385.htm

Public Health
Justice Tough to Find for Chinese Who Got HIV/AIDS through Tainted Blood
The Los Angeles Times, November 27, 2010
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/nov/27/world/la-fg-china-blood-20101128

艾滋病就业歧视案原告提出上诉 (Plaintiff in HIV/AIDS Discrimination Case to Appeal)
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 29, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/11/101129_chinahiv_appeal.shtml