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, November 27, 2009

November 27, 2009

News

Children
China Executes 2 Men for Abducting, Selling Children
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), November 26, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091127/wl_nm/us_china_abduction

Environment
China Unveils Carbon Target for Copenhagen Deal
Reuters, November 26, 2009
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5AP1JM20091126

NW China Lead Victims to Be Relocated
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), November 26, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/26/content_9059700.htm

Food Security
中國查獲六億元違法食品 (Authorities Seize 0.6 Billion RMB Worth of Illegal Food)
Xinhua News Agency (via Ming Pao), November 26, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20091126/ca42245c.htm

Freedom of Speech
全国扫黄打非办就严打手机淫秽色情信息答记者问 (Official Responds to Reporters' Queries about The National Campaign to Crack down on Obscene Phone Messages)
Xinhua News Agency, November 26, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-11/26/content_12541473.htm

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟现被非法羁留在北京看守所 (Gao Zhisheng Reportedly Illegally Detained in Beijing's Detention Center)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_gaozhisheng-11262009103211.html?encoding=simplified


Related News:
Family Plea for Missing Lawyer
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/gaozhisheng-11262009091324.html


Human Rights Defenders
中国工党主席方圆被香港拒绝入境(图) (Chinese Labor Party Chairman Fang Yuan Denied Entry to Hong Kong)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangyuan-11262009132230.html

Labor
9 Dead, 1 Missing in SW China Colliery Gas Leak
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), November 27, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/27/content_9064482.htm

黑龙江矿难被质疑 家属拒遗体火化 (Family Members Refuse to Cremate Victims of Heilongjiang Coal Mine Accident)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hei-11262009111105.html

Police
Out in the Open
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8685c56194b25210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
逾千人联署要求废除深圳“信访恶法” (Over 1000 Sign A Petition for Abolition of Shenzhen's "Unjust Regulation" on Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_petition-11262009104848.html?encoding=simplified

Religion
China House Church Leaders Sentenced
Associated Press, November 26, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gcwPZdgx2c7bPVLxm71nb1xl11ZQD9C7444O0

Related News:
临汾教会五名信徒被罗织罪名判刑 (Five House Church Members Sentenced on
Trumped-up Charges)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/religion_christian-11262009095634.html?encoding=simplified