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.

Friday, May 06, 2005

May 6, 2005

News

Environment
Watchdog is still a paper tiger, green bodies claim
SCMP, May 6, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZIS5ZFZ7E.html

Environment – Water
Water-saving more urgent than ever
Xinhuanet.com, May 6, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-05/06/content_29215
04.htm


Gender – marriage
New regulation guarantees of privacy on marriage and divorce
民政部下发通知:结婚离婚登记要尊重个人隐私
EastDay.com, May 6, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node60160/userobject1ai1072799.html


Divorce is the major issue for enquiry, according to women’s rights association
离婚咨询成为妇女维权热线的热点
People’s Daily, May 5, 2005
http://legal.people.com.cn/GB/42732/3367280.html#

Gender Issues - Reproductive health
Hospitals offer luxury packages for maternal delivery reflecting the increasing income gap between the poor and the rich
从「天价产房」看中国贫富悬殊
Chinesenewsnet.com, May 6, 2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/2005_
5_5_16_26_19_351.html


Gender Issues - Law
Legal Aid for Women’s Right Association(全國婦聯法律幫助中心) vows to help defending women’s rights
全国妇联法律帮助中心将采取多种方式帮妇女维权
Xinhuanet.com, May 5, 2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-05/05/content_2919357.htm

Human rights – Human rights defenders
Fêted labour activist longs to return home
SCMP, May 6, 2005
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZA8O9HZ7E.html

June 4th –EU arms ban
China presses on arms embargo, pressed on NKorea at EU-Asia meet
YahooNews.com, May 6, 2005
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050506/wl
_asia_afp/asemjapanchinaeu


Public health – HIV Aids
Free testing to detect HIV cases
SCMP, May 6, 2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZAT5ZFZ7E.html

Fujian teenager insists to raise fund to help Aids families
民间防艾滋青年:我坚持募集现金资助艾滋家庭
EastDay.com, May 6, 2005
http://china.eastday.com/eastday/news/node37955/node37957/
node37979/node60160/userobject1ai1072475.html


Society – Ethnic minority
Glimpses of hope in the new China
CNN.com, May 6, 2005
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/05/eyeonchin
a.stangrant/index.html