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.

Friday, January 27, 2012

Bilateral Ties

Norway Could Shut China Out of Arctic Council after Diplomatic Snubs
The Guardian, January 25, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/25/norway-china-arctic-council

Disasters

黄晓敏调查地震捐助款被限制 孙文广给拆迁户拜年送温暖 (Sichuan: Huang Xiaomin Prevented from Looking into Quake Relief Allocation)
Radio Free Asia, January 26, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fy1-01262012100342.html

Environment

Cadmium Pollution Flows Downstream in Tainted River
Xinhua News Agency, January 27, 2012
http://english.cri.cn/6909/2012/01/27/2021s678000.htm

Truth about Pollution Still Shrouded by Secrecy
South China Morning Post, January 27, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=bd9117d51ba15310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders

Petitioners Thrown in 'Black Jails'
Radio Free Asia, January 26, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/thrown-01262012140553.html

Tibet

藏区抗议持续 中共增派军队入藏 (Troops Sent to Tibetan Region as Protests Continue)
Deutsche Welle, January 26, 2012
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15691647,00.html
Related information:
China Must Address Root Causes of Growing Tibetan Protests
中国当局必须消除不断蔓延的藏人抗议活动的根源
Human Rights in China, January 27, 2012
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5787
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5788

XUAR

Exile Group Presses China on Uighur Deportees
Agence France-Presse, January 27, 2012
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gD5wyMaq1uOxNcN98YxvTb8BGKyA

Two Uighurs Deported from Cambodia to China Get Life
Reuters, January 27, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/27/us-china-uighurs-idUSTRE80Q0AW20120127