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, April 20, 2011

April 20, 2011

News
Bilateral Ties
Chinese Minister Rejects Charge of Neocolonialism in Africa
Voice of America, April 19, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Chinese-Minister-Rejects-Charge-of-Neocolonialism-in-Africa-120237594.html

Human Rights Defender – Jiang Tianyong (江天勇)
China Rights Lawyer Resurfaces amid Crackdown
Associated Press, April 20, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110420/ap_on_re_as/as_china_human_rights_2

Human Rights Defender – Liu Anjun (刘安军)
维权人士刘安军被旅游 江天勇被扣两个月获释 (Rights Defender Liu Anjun Taken to Haikou)
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wq-04192011085956.html

Human Rights Defenders
Ai Weiwei Lawyer Reappears in China
The Guardian, April 19, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/19/ai-weiwei-lawyer-liu-xiaoyuan-reappears-china

Labor
广州一工人以死证清白 当众喝下剧毒电镀液 (Guangzhou: Worker Poisons Himself to Prove He Didn't Steal from Boss)
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 20, 2011
http://nf.nfdaily.cn/nfdsb/content/2011-04/20/content_22966391.htm

甘肅施工隧道坍塌困12人 (12 Workers Buried in Tunnel Collapse)
Xinhua News Agency, April 20, 2011
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20110420/ca31201p.htm

Media
China to Close down 5,000 Publications in 5 Yrs
China Daily, April 20, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-04/20/content_12362799.htm

Police
Senior Cops Fired over Torture Case
Shanghai Daily, April 20, 2011
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2011/04/20/Senior%2Bcops%2Bfired%2Bover%2Btorture%2Bcase/

Protests and Petitions
河北占用耕地惹民愤 武汉重病访民被关法制班 (Hebei Villagers Plot Large-scale Land Protest; Wuhan Petitioners Call for Release of Gravely Ill Prisoners)
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hb-04192011100939.html

Public Health
中国2010年艾滋病死亡人数达新高 (AIDS Deaths Reach New High in 2010)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 20, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2011/04/110420_china_aids.shtml
Related news:
HIV Tests Axed for Chinese Returning from Abroad
China Daily, April 20, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-04/20/content_12362526.htm
Religion
China Church Makes Bold Call for Easter Service
Agence France-Presse, April 19, 2011
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_658633.html

Society
10,000 Graduates to Head for Western Regions
Xinhua News Agency, April 20, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-04/20/content_12358731.htm

China Dogs' Rescue Shows Growing Animal Activism
Associated Press, April 20, 2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110420/ap_on_re_as/as_china_dogs_rescued

Tibet
China Says Everything "Normal" at Restive Tibetan Temple
Reuters, April 19, 2011
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE73I1G020110419