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.

Tuesday, April 26, 2005

April 26, 2005

Top news of the day

Detentions
Arrests aimed at curbing protests
42 protestors detained by the Shanghai authority yesterday for participating in anti-Japan protest on April 16, 2005. Of the group, 16 is charged of “endangered social order and damaged the city’s image”.
SCMP, April 26, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ97JNRT7E.html


News
Bilaterals

Short-Lived Strike Reflects Strength of Japan-China Ties
Washington Post, April 26, 2005
On the face of it, the 10,000 fired-up workers at Uniden Electronic Products seemed to have a lot going for them when they went on strike.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2005/04/25/AR2005042501555.html

Children – abuse
Mental retarded girls a Suzhou orphanage in reported forcefully undergo hysterectomy operation to avoid having babies
智障少女子宫被切背后的人性缺失
Legal Daily, April 26, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-04/26/content_208
626.htm

Death Penalty – cases
Henan gangers executed
河南中原涉黑第一案宋留根团伙9名主犯伏法
EastDay.com, April 26, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957
/node37979/node58630/userobject1ai1046953.html


Former NPC Deputy Gets Death Sentence
Xinhua News Agency, April 26, 2005
Sang Yuechun, 43, a former deputy to the Ninth National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, was sentenced to death at the first trial for misappropriating huge public funds and property and defrauding banks by a local court in Jilin, northeast China's Jilin Province, on Tuesday.
http://china.org.cn/english/China/126992.htm

Hukou
Temporary resident permits: easy in abolishment, but difficult in re-launch
暂住证：取消容易恢复难
Legal Daily, April 26, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-04/26/content_208
627.htm

Labor
Poisoning Gas Hinders Flooded Mine Rescue
Xinhua News Agency, April 26, 2005
Thirty miners trapped underground were still missing in the flooded coal mine in Jiaohe in northeast China's Liaoning Province, and ten rescuers were poisoned by carbon monoxide on Tuesday as rescue work was stepped up, according to the rescue headquarters.
http://china.org.cn/english/China/126989.htm

Law-breaking Employers Fined
Shenzhen Daily, April 26, 2005
The Shenzhen government fined 22 enterprises Monday for not paying back wages and worker insurance.
http://china.org.cn/english/China/126951.htm

Law
Courts overloaded with cases not an issue of “quantity” but the changing conception to lawsuits and resource allocation of the legal system
中国“诉讼爆炸”是个伪问题
China Youth Daily, April 26, 2005
http://zqb.cyol.com/gb/zqb/2005-04/26/content_1074945.htm

Law – Legal professions
Lack of judges in Shaanxi shows the structural problems of China’s court system
陕西法官断层危机凸现
Legal Daily, April 26, 2005
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2005-04/26/content_208
637.htm

Multilaterals - UN
Non-Governmental organizations address Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights OHCHR, April 26. 2005 SHARON HOM, Human Rights in China, noted that the report of China presented disaggregated data, which attempted to portray how State policies had been implemented.
http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=61392
&src=0

NGOs/ Public Health – HIV Aids
Grass-roots groups seek more say on Aids cash
SCMP, April 26, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZY64GNT7E.html

Protests and Petitions
4,000 youngsters to rally for nationalist parade
SCMP, April 26, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZN7JNRT7E.html

Mobile and internet become prominent means to mobilize people for protests
手机互联网与中国反日示威
Voice of America, April 25, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-04-25-voa30.cfm

Arrests for Illegal Actions in Anti-Japanese Rally
Shanghai Daily, April 26, 2005
http://china.org.cn/english/2005/Apr/126976.htm

Letting Passions Burn May Backfire on China
Los Angeles Times, April 25, 2005
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-chinar
age25apr25,0,6885042.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Reforms-Social
Government Turns Up NGO Volume
China Daily, April 26, 2005
With unprecedented support from high-level government officials, entrepreneurs and experts, the All China Environment Federation was officially inaugurated last Friday, this year's Earth Day.
http://china.org.cn/english/China/126960.htm

Tibet/Detention
Dalai Lama says Panchen Lama is under house arrest
达赖喇嘛确认的班禅喇嘛仍被软禁
BBC via Chinesenewsnet.com, April 26, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Forums/Back
Stage/2005_4_25_20_2_49_730.html
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