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.

Monday, October 09, 2006

October 7 - 9, 2006

Top News of the Day

Protests and Petitions
"天安门下跪"的组织者周志荣被拘留 洪运周下落不明 (Organizer of "Tiananmen Kneeling Protest" Zhou Zhirong Detained, Whereabouts of Fellow Protester Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, October 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/
06/tiananmen/

Zhou Zhirong (周志荣), who organized a protest at Tiananmen Square last month of 32 displaced farmers, has been detained by police. Zhou was acting as a representative for immigrants from the Chibi Reservoir area in Hubei Province, who had been displaced from their homes last year. The 32 farmers knelt in Tiananmen Square and cried in protest of their situation for 10 minutes on September 26. Zhou’s friend and fellow protestor Hong Yunzhou (洪运周) was also summoned by police and has been missing for more than 10 days.

News

Death Penalty
广西特大走私香烟案一审宣判 (Head of Cigarette Smuggling Ring Sentenced to Death with Two-Year Reprieve in Guangxi Province)
Legal Daily, October 09, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-10/09/co
ntent_424794.htm


Education
从教育关键统计数据不分城乡说起 (Educational Statistics and the Differences Between Urban and Rural Areas)
China Youth Daily, October 09, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-10/09/cont
ent_1531181.htm


Human Rights
业主们拎着营业执照维权 (Apartment Owners Form Company to Defend Property Rights)
Legal Daily, October 09, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-10/09/con
tent_424862.htm


Human Rights Defender – Journalist – Ching Cheong (程翔)
国际记者組织关注程翔案拟发起杯葛08奥运 (Prominent NGOs Call for Reporting Boycott of 2008 Olympics if Ching Cheong's Case Not Resolved)
Ming Pao, October 09, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061009/gdb1.htm

Human Rights Defender – Xinjiang - Rebiya Kadeer (热比娅)
Nobel Nomination Highlights Uygurs' Plight, Says Activist
SCMP, October 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZSZ9Q9CRE.html

Law
海南一法院副院长非法拘留16名被执行人被判3(Judge Given Suspended Sentence in Henan Province for Illegal Detention of 16 Persons)
Xinhuanet, October 08, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/08/cont
ent_5177058.htm


Media
取缔网吧与依法蛮横” (Banning of All Internet Cafes in Fangshan County, Shandong Province Is Unreasonable)
Nanfang Daily, October 09, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/
200610090133.asp


Migrant Workers
Dreaming of a Better Life in China
BBC, October 09, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_corr
espondent/5413212.stm


2000万留守儿童监护不足 (Care of 20 Million Migrant Workers’ Children Insufficient)
Wen Wei Po, October 09, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH06
10090027&cat=002CH


Politics
Harmony the Word at Party Meeting
SCMP, October 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZE4ON9CRE.html

双规也要讲规矩 (Use of "Double Regulations" Should Be Regulated)
Nanfang City News, October 09, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/
200610090108.asp


Poverty
Party Plenum to Focus on Income Inequality
SCMP, October 07, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ5Z8Q9CRE.html

Public Health
感染乙肝的新生被强行赶出校门 (10 Students Denied Schooling in Urumqi for Carrying Hepatitis B)
Radio Free Asia, October 06, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/200
6/10/06/ganyan/


Religion - Christianity
Archbishop Preaches on China Tour
BBC, October 09, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5414438.stm

Tibet
Tibetan Refugees Killed by Chinese Soldiers
The Times, October 09, 2006
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2392141,00.html

North Korea
中国增兵鸭绿江堵北韩人蛇 (China Deploys More Troops at Yalu River to Prevent Illegal Entry of North Korean Immigrants)
Apple Daily, October 09, 2006
http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?
iss_id=20061009&sec_id=15335&subsec_id=2756&art_id=638
7113
335&subsec_id=2756&art_id=6387113