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, April 07, 2005

April 7, 2005

Top news of the day

Media – Press freedom / Religion
AFP reporters detained on the way to interview an underground Catholic Church in rural Heibei village
中国警方拘留两名前往采访天主教家庭教会的法新社记者
Radio Free Asia, April 6, 2005
Two reporters from the Agence France-Presse (AFP) were taken away by Police for interrogation on their ways to visit an underground Catholic Church in rural Hebei. Official declined to state reasons for the detention.
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/04/06/afp/



News

Gender – law
The guiding principles for the amendments of Women’s Right Law
妇女权益保障法修改原则
Legal Daily, April 7, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-04/07/content_2032
01.htm


Human rights – freedom of speech
Shanghaiese website faces lawsuit over violating freedom of speech as it removes users’ web postings
上海网民挑战中国言论自由 控告网站删帖
Chinesenewsnet.com, April 7, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Main
land/cna_2005_04_07_01_30_21_956.html


June 4th – EU arms ban
French minister defends EU plan to lift arms embargo on China
Financial Times, April 7, 2005
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/5d0de054-a701-11d9-a6df-00000e25
11c8.html


Labour – employment market and income
Labour to get 4 times pay for working over time work on holidays when Guangdong adopts work payment regulation regulations
广东将实施工资支付条例 假日加班需付4倍工资
EastDay.com, April 7, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node55927/userobject1ai994767.html


Law
China drafts law to protect personal information
Xinhuanet.com, April 6, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/06/content_27933
88.htm


Law – legal aid
High Court announced new regulations on legal aid
最高人民法院对司法救助作出新规定
Legal Daily, April 7, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-04/07/content_20315
1.htm


Law – legal reform
Shenzhen court rows to make court trials public to enhance transparency of the legal system
深圳罗湖法院审判全程公开
Nanfangdaily.com, April 7, 2005
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews//jwxy/200504070
904.asp


Some thoughts on formalizing and streamlining the legal appeal system
驳回再审申请的立法设想
Legal Daily, April 7, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-04/07/content_20320
0.htm


Reconstruct streamlining procedures for criminal cases
我国刑事简易程序的重构
Legal Daily, April 7, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-04/07/content_20319
8.htm


Law – legal profession
Legal ethics and judicial fairness
司法职业道德与司法公正
Legal Daily, April 7, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-04/07/content_20319
7.htm


Media-Internet
Chinese media to cool anti-Japan campaign
China National News, April 7, 2005
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/id/625f6db7c39d28
27/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/


Resettlement-Dam
400,000 to be moved for canals network
The Standard, April 6, 2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/China/GD06Ad03.html

Religion
China's Divided Catholics Unite, if Just to Mourn
New York Times, April 6, 2005
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/07/international/worldspecial
2/07china.html


Religious Groups question the freedom of religion in China
宗教团体质疑中国宗教自由
www.dajiuyuan.com, April 7, 2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/4/7/n880744.htm

Social security
Social security improving, problems remain
Xinhuanet.com, April 6, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/06/content_2794
735.htm


Financing of pensions not sustainable, says analyst
Reuters via The Standard, April 7, 2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/China/GD07Ad05.html

Inner Mongolia
Relocation of Mongolian herdsmen 'massive abuse'
SCMP, April 7, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZLR8UOY6E.html

Tibet
CTIC web upgraded
Chinadaily.com, April 7, 2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/07/content
_432138.htm


Hong Kong – Basic Law
Judicial reviews may have to be put on hold
SCMP, April 7, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ92YUOY6E.html