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.

Thursday, October 07, 2004

DAILY NEWS BRIEF FOR October 7, 2004

Top news of the day

Labour – Protest
Workers protest at low wages, long hours
SCMP, October 7, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=SCMP/Printacopy&aid=ZZZ11145OXD

Government interferes as 3000 Shenzhen workers blockade roads protest at low pay
深圳3千員工不滿薪水低上街堵路 ,政府出面對話
Yahoo News, October 7, 2004
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/041007/57/262pl_1.html

Media - Censorship
Reporting of farming seizures outlawed
SCMP, October 7, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=SCMP/Printacopy&aid=ZZZJXZ35OXD(Category)

News

Accountability
19000 Shannxi villagers send open letter to President Hu
19000多名陕西村民向胡锦涛发公开信
Dajiyuan, October 7, 2004
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/4/10/7/n682630.htm

Detention – Yang Jianli

US lawmakers petition Chinese leader to grant dissident parole

AFP, October 7, 2004
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/110478/1/.html

Economic Development
Facts, figures reveal better life has dawned
People’s Daily, October 7, 2004
http://english1.peopledaily.com.cn/200410/07/eng20041007_159204.html

HRIC in the media
Shanghaiese woman protesting against one-child policy tortured
報稱上海一婦女抗議一胎制遭虐待
BBC Chinese.com, October 6, 2004
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_3710000/newsid_3719300/3719312.stm

Shanghaiese woman protesting against one-child policy tortured
上海一婦女因超生災連禍接
Asiatimes-chinese.com, October 6, 2004
http://www.asiatimes-chinese.com/2004/10/1006hric.htm

Rights group says detainee tied, beaten
SCMP, October 7, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=SCMP/Printacopy&aid=ZZZ91145OXD

Shanghaiese woman tortured for violating one-child policy
上海妇女毛恒凤因「超生」遭非人对待
Daijiyuan, October 7, 2004
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/4/10/7/n682693.htm

Labour – Industry accidents
Expert worries about coal mine working safety
ChinaDaily, October 7, 2004
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-10/07/content_380140.htm

Labour – Protest
Shannxi textile workers on strikes for 23 days
陕西纺织工人大罢工进入第23天
Dajiyuan, October 7, 2004
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/4/10/7/n682870.htm

Prisons
UN probe sought into torture on mainland
SCMP, October 7, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=SCMP/Printacopy&aid=ZZZ9PJ35OXD

China claims US congressional report interfere China’s internal affairs
孔泉:坚决反对美国会年度报告粗暴干涉中国内政
Chinanews.com, October 6, 2004
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/news/2004/2004-10-06/26/491213.shtml

Public Health - AIDS
China's media urged to promote safe sex
People’s Daily, October 7, 2004
http://english1.peopledaily.com.cn/200410/07/eng20041007_159218.html

Other – Tibet

Dalai Lama demands true autonomy for Tibet
SCMP, October 7, 2004
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZIIK35OXD.html


Nepali police caught 27 Tibetan refugees
尼泊尔警方逮捕27名试图偷渡的西藏人
Dajiyuan, October 7, 2004
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/4/10/7/n682632.htm