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, December 31, 2010

December 31, 2010

News
Death Penalty
Uyghur Student Sentenced to Death
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/death-12302010153000.html

Gender
China Issues Surrender Deadline for Human Traffickers
Xinhua News Agency, December 30, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/30/content_11779258.htm
Related information:
关于限令拐卖妇女儿童犯罪人员投案自首的通告 (Announcement Ordering the Surrender of Traffickers of Women and Children)
Supreme People's Court, Supreme People's Procuratorate, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Justice, December 24, 2010
http://gaj.suzhou.gov.cn/plus/branch_content.php?aid=467608
Government
广东省纪委:禁收可能影响执行公务礼品礼金 (Guangdong Discipline Commission: Officials Banned from Accepting Gifts That Could Influence Work)
Southern Daily, December 31, 2010
http://nf.nfdaily.cn/nfrb/content/2010-12/31/content_18910699.htm

June Fourth
Controversial Student Leader Talks of Reconciliation with Liu Xiaobo before June 4
South China Morning Post, December 31, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=94109cb03083d210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Land Policy
逾万人建言新拆迁条例 (More than 10K Submit Suggestions on Urban Demolition Regulations)
The Beijing News, December 31, 2010
http://news.bjnews.com.cn/2010/1231/103660.shtml

代理拆迁案两律师遭殴 (Two Beijing Lawyers Beaten whilst in Jiangsu for Demolition Case)
The Beijing News, December 31, 2010
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2010-12/31/content_187346.htm

Media
Chinese Censorship Worsens in 2010
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/censorship-12292010160648.html

Programs to Boost Handling of Media
China Daily, December 31, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/31/content_11779438.htm

內地網民增六千多萬 (State Council Info Office: 450mil Chinese Now Online)
Ming Pao, December 30, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20101230/ca41600c.htm

Migrant Workers
Beijing's Bomb Shelter Hoteliers Protest against Closure
The Guardian, December 31, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/30/beijing-bomb-shelter-hotel-protest

中国多数伤残农民工未做过工伤康复治疗 (Survey: Majority of Disabled Migrant Workers Unable to Afford Treatment and Rehabilitation for Workplace Injuries)
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kang-12302010094217.html

Police
Parents: Police Forced Us to Take Compensation
Shanghai Daily, December 31, 2010
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=460381

Religion
喀什维汉信徒聚会遭驱散 河北禁官办教会逾15人聚会 (Authorities Disperse, Prohibit Religious Christmas Gatherings in Kashgar, Hubei)
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiao-12302010095438.html

Rural Issues
Pensions Reach Out to Aging Villagers
Xinhua News Agency, December 31, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/31/content_11779418.htm