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, February 09, 2012

Media

Journalists 'Kept Away' from Wukan
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/journalists-02082012125641.html

悲壯春茗 胡耀邦子籲護《炎黃春秋》 (Hu Yaobang's Son Calls for Protection of Outspoken Mag Yanhuang Chunqiu)
Ming Pao, February 09, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2572228/1.html
Related news:
'They Want to Get Rid of Us'
South China Morning Post, February 09, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=da014e0da9d55310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Politics
Wang Lijun, Crime Fighter, Is Said to Have Tried to Defect
The New York Times, February 08, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/world/asia/speculation-grows-over-fate-of-crime-fighting-chinese-official.html