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Detention - Adam Briscoe
US NGO worker interrogated in Beijing
美国人权工作者在北京被中国当局监禁和审讯
Radio Free Asia, April 14, 2005
Adam Briscoe, an American Human Right worker in Beijing was interrogated and detained for six hours by police yesterday. Briscoe was arrested at his office after the police confirmed that he didn’t bring along his passport to work. He was fined and release afterwards.
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/04/13/renquan/
News
Death penalty
Supreme People’s Court may setup court of appeal in Beijing to review death penalty cases
最高法可能在北京设复核庭收回死刑复核权
EastDay.com, April 14, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node56871/userobject1ai1013851.html
Policy direction after returning the power to approve and review death penalty cases to Supreme People’s Court
死刑复核权收回后路向何方 ？
Legal Daily, April 14, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-04/14/content_2054
99.htm
University student sentenced to death for murdering and raping teacher
男生奸杀女教师被判死刑
BeijingNew.coms, April 14, 2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/0414/10@0227
02.html#
Food security – GM crops
Greenpeace says GM rice grown in Hubei
SCMP, April 14, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZOGTUOY6E.html
GM rice case to be reviewed
Xinhuanet.com, April 14, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/14/content_282
7618.htm
Human Rights
Beijing's white paper on rights dismissed
SCMP, April 14, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZTCIVOY6E.html
Rights groups comment on China’s Human Rights White Paper and human rights conditions in China
人权组织评中国白皮书和人权状况
Voice of America, April 13, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-04-13-voa97.cfm
Protecting the rights of ethnic minorities yet to realize, say leading American rights experts
美专家：中国少数民族权利未兑现
Voice of America, April 13, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-04-13-voa79.cfm
June 4th
Tiananmen absent from China's textbooks
SCMP, April 14, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZEFTUOY6E.html
Labour
Employment discrimination highlights the lack of legal protections to workers
没有成本的就业歧视
China Youth Daily, April 14, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-04/14/content_1069
069.htm
Law
Wrongly jailed man freed after 11 years
China Daily, April 14, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/14/content
_434020.htm
Law – legal reform
Forceful confession and evidence taken by force not accept by court as regulations on adopting evidence for criminal cases announced
中国首个刑事证据规范出台 刑讯逼供后可翻供
EastDay.com, April 14, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node56871/userobject1ai1013916.html
Poverty – income gaps / Rural issues
Farmers' income up; urban-rural gap widens
Xinhuanet.com, April 14, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/14/content_2826
135.htm
Protests and petitions
Former PLA soldiers rally over retirement benefits
SCMP, April 14, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZSGTUOY6E.html
Local official makes front-pages hundreds of Chinese media for well treating petitioners
People’s Daily, April 14, 2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/14/eng20050414
_180919.html
Public health – HIV Aids
China arrests 15 in AIDS blood donor scandal
Reuters via YahooNews.com, April 14, 2005
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=574&
;amp;amp;ncid=731&e=1&u=/nm/20050414/wl_nm/aids_chin
a_dc
Hong Kong - Basic Law
Report: China Considers Amending HK Constitution
China National News, April 14, 2005
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/cid/9366300fc931
9e9b/id/92746ddf3126125a/