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.

Monday, April 12, 2010

April 12, 2010

News
Children
Professor with Two Children Is Sacked
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=978628a413de7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Corruption
Rampant Cheating Hurts China's Research Ambitions
Associated Press, April 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100411/ap_on_re_as/as_china_academic_cheating

Death Penalty
South African Woman Faces Death Sentence in China
Associated Press, April 12, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100410/ap_on_re_af/af_south_africa_china_death_sentence

Environment
Access to Drinking Water Remains Grim during SW China's Worst Drought in a Century
Associated Press, April 09, 2010
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/access-to-drinking-water-remains-grim-during-sw-chinas-worst-drought-in-a-century-90334069.html

Hong Kong
Three Candidates on Chief Justice Shortlist Said 'No Thanks'
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=587ff270482e7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders
Mainland Muzzles Are Not the Answer
South China Morning Post, April 12, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=620528a413de7210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Labor
China Mine Flood Toll Climbs to 35
Associated Press, April 12, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100412/wl_asia_afp/chinaminingaccident

Land Policy
村民用乡长茶杯被拘续:多人称曾因反征地被拘 (Follow-up on Detained Villager: Many Detained for Being against Land Expropriation)
Beijing News, April 12, 2010
http://news.bjnews.com.cn/2010/0412/69565.shtml

Law
司法部出台两办法 加强对律师律所执业活动监督 (MOJ Issues Two New Measures to Increase Supervision over Lawyers' Practice)
Legal Daily, April 09, 2010
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2010-04/09/content_2108229.htm
Related information:
律师事务所年度检查考核办法 (Measures on the Examination and Assessment of the Annual Review of Law Firms)
Ministry of Justice, April 8, 2010
http://www.legalinfo.gov.cn/index/content/2010-04/09/content_2108819.htm

律师和律师事务所违法行为处罚办法 (Measures on the Penalties for Illegal Acts of Lawyers and Law Firms)
Ministry of Justice, April 8, 2010
http://www.legalinfo.gov.cn/moj/index/content/2010-04/09/content_2108827.htm
Media
批評作協 《重慶時報》遭整肅 (Staff Fired and Editors under Investigation after Chongqing Times' Scathing Expose of Lavish Meeting of Chinese Writers Association)
Apple Daily, April 12, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20100412&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13919424

Police
Family's Silence over Custody Death Rankles
Shanghai Daily, April 10, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201004/20100410/article_433753.htm

湖北公安县称拘留所溺死者尸体有伤 排除被打 (Hubei Police: Wounds Found on Drowned Detainee’s Body; Possibility of Being Beaten Excluded)
China National Radio, April 11, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100411/u1a5141530.html

Protests and Petitions
上海拆迁户到纽约联合国总部前「上访」 (Shanghainese Evictee Hu Yan "Petitions" in front of New York's UN HQ)
Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hu-04112010164450.html

Public Health
Virus Outbreak Causes 40 Child Deaths in China
Associated Press, April 10, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100410/ap_on_he_me/as_china_child_virus

舉報1愛滋個案獎100元 (100 CNY for Each HIV/AIDS Case Reported)
Ming Pao, April 12, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1487150/1.html

Shanghai World Expo
精神病人 10月底前禁出院 (Mentally Ill Forbidden to Leave Hospital until after Expo)
Apple Daily, April 12, 2010
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20100412&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=13919422