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 08, 2009

December 08, 2009

News

Death Penalty
Five Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Death
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), December 08, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=730ae654f0a65210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
8 Killed, 26 Injured in China School Stampede
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), December 08, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091208/ap_on_re_as/as_china_school_stampede

Environment
China's Climate Stance at Copenhagen
China Daily, December 08, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009copenhagenclimate/2009-12/08/content_9137682.htm

Human Rights
《零八宪章》周年 声援研讨相继开展 ("Charter 08" Seminars Held in Different Places in China Before the Anniversary of "Charter 08" Release)
Radio Free Asia, December 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/08-12072009095732.html

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Wife Wants Dissident Released or Put on Trial
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), December 08, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=05c9e654f0a65210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related News:
Prominent Chinese Dissident Liu Xiaobo Begins second year in Prison
The Daily Telegraph, December 08, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/6757514/Prominent-Chinese-dissident-Liu-Xiaobo-begins-second-year-in-prison.html
Human Rights Defender - Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫)
国际人权日前夕民主人士失踪软禁 (Pro-democracy Activists Taken Away or under House Arrest ahead of International Human Rights Day)
Radio Free Asia, December 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquan-12072009144843.html

Human Rights Defenders
阿里木江被判刑十五年提出上诉 (Alimujiang Yimiti Files Appeal against His 15-year Sentence)
Radio Free Asia, December 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jidutu-12072009114036.html

Internet Censorship
內地嚴打 三大BT網站關閉 (Authorities Shut down 3 Major Online File-sharing Sites)
Ming Pao, December 08, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091208/ccb1.htm

Labor
无劳动合同医院不鉴定 深圳百余农民工遭遇尘肺门 (100+ Workers in Shenzhen Suffer Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Those without Labor Contracts Denied Hospital Check)
China National Radio, December 08, 2009
http://www.cnr.cn/china/newszh/yaowen/200912/t20091208_505725043.html

Law
国务院正欲修改《拆迁条例》 (State Council Plans to Revise "Regulation on Demolishing and Eviction")
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 08, 2009
http://epaper.nddaily.com/H/html/2009-12/08/content_962037.htm

Related News:
北大五教授致信全国人大建言废改《拆迁条例》 (5 Professors of Beijing University Write to NPC, Suggest to Abolish or to Amend "Regulation on Demolishing and Eviction")
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 08, 2009
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2009-12/08/content_961955.htm
Police
Gang Jailed for Kidnapping Teens
South China Morning Post, December 08, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=873ae654f0a65210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Tibetans Jailed for Dalai Lama Web Images: Group
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), December 08, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091208/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetunrestrights