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, December 23, 2008

December 24, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties

Beijing Wants Chinese Gitmo Detainees
China Daily, December 24, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/24/content_7334470.htm

Disasters
Court Rejects Quake-Deaths Suit in China
Wall Street Journal, December 24, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123006181877830819.html

Environment
环保部:今年1.5万家环境违法企业被立案查处 (SEPA: 15K Companies Filed for Investigation into Environmental Violations in 2008)
China News, December 24, 2008
http://www.china.com.cn/policy/txt/2008-12/24/content_17000254.htm

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Petition over Detained Chinese Writer Goes International
International Herald Tribune, December 23, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/23/asia/china.php

Human Rights Defenders
民主党人士谢长发案件退回补充侦查 袁显臣被超期羁押 (Changsha Dissident Xie Changfa's Case Returned to PSB for Additional Investigation)
Radio Free Asia, December 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/minzhu-12232008082537.html

Labor
沪台资厂上千工人静坐两天讨薪 (1000+ Shanghai Workers Hold Sit-in Protest for Back Wages)
Radio Free Asia, December 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/taoxin-12232008115020.html

Land Policy
上海多楼盘被政府团购 (Shanghai Government Purchases Large Number of Buildings en Masse)
The Beijing News, December 24, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2008/12-24/008@031152.htm

湖北郧西县数百名村民因征地赔偿问题与当局发生冲突 (Hubei Villagers Clash with Officials over Poor Land Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, December 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengdi-12232008083445.html

扬州拒迁户夫妇和女儿被强行带走下落不明 (Jiangsu Family Protesting Demolition of Home Detained, Whereabouts Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, December 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/demolishing_clash-12232008104036.html

Media
当局拒绝律师会见上周被正式被捕的央视记者李敏 (CCTV Reporter Detained on Suspicion of Taking Bribes Not Allowed to Meet with Lawyer)
Radio Free Asia, December 23, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/journalist_detain-12232008110039.html

Police
Protest Organizer Seized in Sichuan
Shanghai Daily, December 24, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200812/20081224/article_385662.htm

Poverty
Sponsor Program Aims to Help Poor Farmers
Shanghai Daily, December 24, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200812/20081224/article_385667.htm

Public Health
疫苗致残儿童案一审判决受害人仅得8万赔偿 (Decision on Case on Children Left Handicapped by a Vaccine Awards Victims only 800,000 in Compensation)
Radio Free Asia, December 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_lawsuit-12222008104358.html

December 23, 2008

News
Corruption
原天津市委常委皮黔生被“雙規”(Former Tianjin Party Official Pi Qiansheng under "Double Regulation")
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 22, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_7790000/newsid_7796500/7796529.stm

Death Penalty
New Guideline on Death Penalty
China Daily, December 23, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/23/content_7331191.htm

Disasters
Parents of China Quake Victims File Lawsuit
International Herald Tribune, December 22, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/22/asia/quake.php

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Scholars, Lawyers Call for Release of China Critic
Associated Press (via Boston Globe), December 23, 2008
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2008/12/23/scholars_lawyers_call_for_release_of_china_critic/

Human Rights Defenders
Chinese Court Upholds Lawyer’s Conviction
Financial Times, December 23, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/85ac3c40-d01a-11dd-ae00-000077b07658.html

余杰因参与签署《08宪章》被国保查问和警告 (Beijing Intellectual Yu Jie Interrogated and Warned by State Security Officers after Signing "Charter 08")
Radio Free Asia, December 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_assault-12222008102508.html

Labor
山東塌化工爐3死6傷 (Three Dead, Six Injured in Shandong Factory Furnace Collapse)
Ming Pao, December 23, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20081223/caf1.htm

Land
中国拟立法化解农村土地承包经营纠纷 (China Proposes Legislation to Resolve Rural Land Contracted Operations Disputes)
Xinhuanet, December 23, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-12/23/content_10545214.htm

Law
广东规定法院审理民事案立案前即可调解 (Guangdong Civil Cases May Be Resolved in Mediation Rather than Court)
Xinhuanet, December 23, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-12/23/content_10545214.htm

Poverty
New Poverty Line Raises Number of Poor
China Daily, December 23, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/23/content_7331217.htm

Religion
张明选前往内蒙传福音而遭被捕 (House Church Pastor Zhang Mingxuan Detained in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region)
Radio Free Asia, December 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_religion_christian-12222008103916.html