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, May 04, 2011

May 04, 2011

News
Bilateral Ties
China Hails Death of Bin Laden, Defends Partner Pakistan
Reuters, May 03, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/03/us-binladen-china-idUSTRE7421O020110503

US Sees Positive Momentum in Chinese Military Ties
Xinhua News Agency, May 04, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-05/04/content_12440454.htm

Children
Displaced Child Taken Home by Government
China Daily, May 04, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-05/04/content_12439538.htm

Environment
China's Drinking Water Polluted
Radio Free Asia, May 03, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/polluted-05032011121720.html

Gender
Survey Finds One in Five Women Sexually Harassed
China Daily, May 04, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-05/04/content_12438824.htm
Related news:
调查问卷显示性骚扰影响近40%职场女性 (Survey: ~40% of Women Sexually Harassed in Workplace)
Beijing Daily, May 03, 2011
http://gb.cri.cn/27824/2011/05/03/5005s3235617.htm
Human Rights Defender – Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
奧地利召中國大使 抗議艾未未被扣 (Austria Raises Ai's Detention to Chinese Ambassador)
Apple Daily, May 04, 2011
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20110504&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=15336&art_id=15223030

Law
缓刑女子收到“禁止令” (Jiangsu Woman Given Suspended Sentence Receives Country's First Injunction)
Xinhua News Agency, May 04, 2011
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/8/9f/89f03f7d02720160/Blog/54f/e87e56.html
Related information:
关于对判处管制、宣告缓刑的犯罪分子适用禁止令有关问题的规定(试行) (Regulations on Issues Related to Injunctions Applicable to Criminals Who Have Been Sentenced to Surveillance or Whose Sentences Have Been Suspended (Provisional))
SPC, SPP, MPS, MOJ, April 28, 2011
http://www.mps.gov.cn/n16/n1282/n3508/n2173912/2771846.html

最高人民法院、最高人民检察院、公安部、司法部有关负责人就《关于对判处管制、宣告缓刑的犯罪分子适用禁止令有关问题的规定(试行)》答记者问 (Government Spokesperson Responds to Questions about New Provisional Regulations on Injunctions)
Procuratorial Daily, May 03, 2011
http://news.jcrb.com/jxsw/201105/t20110503_537716.html
Media
Internet Police Beefed Up
Radio Free Asia, May 03, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/internet-05022011164532.html

Police
Worker Says He Was Committed Over Pay Row
China Daily, May 04, 2011
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-05/04/content_12439566.htm
Related news:
逃跑的“精神病人”徐武 (Xu Wu, "Mental Patient" on the Run)
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 29, 2011
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/20/d20be76a86c0d71c/Blog/469/d08da3.html
Controversy over 'Black Jails' Continues
Global Times, May 04, 2011
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2011-05/651150.html
Related news:
“学习班”梦魇 ("Study Class" Nightmare)
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 28, 2011
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/6/d1/6d19c113404cee55/Blog/d7b/a2087f.html
Society
China Prepares to Host 'Red Olympics'
The Daily Telegraph, May 03, 2011
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8489477/China-prepares-to-host-Red-Olympics.html

XUAR
海外维吾尔人在华盛顿举行会议 (Overseas Uyghurs Meet in D.C.)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 03, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2011/05/110503_uyghur_meeting.shtml