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.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Death Penalty

全球執行死刑激增 陸仍居首 (China Still #1 in Executions)
Central News Agency, March 27, 2012
http://www.cna.com.tw/News/aOPL/201203270190.aspx

Hong Kong

Media Hail Historic Win But Warn of Challenges Ahead
South China Morning Post, March 27, 2102
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c2a5f20aa1f46310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Labor

China Blames Cover-up for Mining Rescue Delay
China Daily, March 27, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-03/26/content_14917015.htm

Media

毕节驻贵阳办官员问记者:你是为人民还是为党服务 (Guiyang Official to Journalists: Do You Serve the People or the Party?)
Caijing, March 27, 2012
http://politics.caijing.com.cn/2012-03-27/111777425.html
Related news:
Official: Journalists Should Serve the Party, Not the People
Shanghai Daily, March 27, 2012
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2012/03/27/Official+journalists+should+serve+the+Party+not+the+people

Politics

Primetime Dramas Return to Chongqing 'Red Channel'
China Daily, March 26, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-03/26/content_14917630.htm

Tibet

Four Held over Anti-Chinese Protests
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/detain-03252012155013.html

第二位流亡藏人在印度自焚 (India: A Second Tibetan in Exile Self-Immolates in Protest)
Deutsche Welle, March 27, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15838650,00.html

XUAR

新疆喀什襲擊案主犯判死刑 (Man Sentenced to Death for Kashgar Attack)
Ming Pao, March 27, 2012
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20120327/ca20842p.htm