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.

Wednesday, January 05, 2005

January 5, 2005


Top news of the day

Media – censorship

A cold winter for the Chinese media: closure of China Reform magazine (rural edition)
中国传媒过严冬:《中国改革》农村版停刊
Chinesenewsnet.com, January 5, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/
2005_1_4_13_2_32_532.html


Protests and petitions
Silk Market stallholders in last-ditch protest
SCMP, January 5, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZNN15HJ3E.html


News

Death penalty
Death sentences commuted for arms smugglers in Tibet
SCMP, January 5, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZQT8BHJ3E.html

Gender – discrimination
12 year-old boy losts case against Education Bureau on sexual discrimination dispute
12岁男生状告教育局“性别歧视”案终审败诉
Legal Daily, January 5, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-01/05/content_174990.htm

Gender – sex workers
Chinese villages export their daughters
New York Times via International Herald Tribune, January 5, 2005
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/03/news/china.html

Human rights - education
Mobilize the society in promoting rights seeking amongst youngsters
动员全社会力量 推进青少年维权
Legal Daily, January 5, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-01/05/content_174967.htm

Law – legal rights
Let more litigants get assistance from lawyers for their cases
让更多的当事人有律师协助诉讼
Legal Daily, January 5, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-01/05/content_175049.htm

Political dissidents – Yang Tianshui (楊天水)
Pledges to the release of Yang Tianshui mobilized on internet
海外发起网络联署要求释放杨天水
Radio Free Asia, January 4, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/01/04/shifang/

Political dissidents – Guo Qinghai (郭慶海)
Dissident writer speaks about the CCP after 4-year imprisonment
坐牢四年 郭庆海出狱谈中共
Dajiyuan.com, January 5, 2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/1/5/n770225.htm

Police – administrative detention – Mao Hengfeng (毛恒鳳)
Mao Hengfeng’s conditions in re-education camp worsening
毛恒凤遭迫害处境未改善
Radio Free Asia, January 4, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2005/01/04/maohengfeng/

Resettlement – protests and petitions
A thousand Shenzhen protesters clash with police over forceful eviction
多维详讯:深圳皇岗千人示威反迁拆多辆警车被砸
Chinesenewsnet.com, January 5, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/
2005_1_4_18_42_23_819.html


Public health – HIV aids
Aids orphans face little sunshine
SCMP, January 5, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZR0Z8HJ3E.html

Tibet
Fire Razes People's Hall in Sichuan, Arson Suspected
Radio Free Asia, January 4, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2005/01/04/tibet_fire/

Xinjiang
Featured article: Xinjiang and democratization
陈破空:新疆问题与民主化
Chinesenewsnet.com, January 5, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/2005
_1_4_15_25_37_558.html