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, October 05, 2005

October, 5, 2005

Top News of the Day

Human Rights - Human rights defenders
RFA: rights activist Guo Feihong formally charged by Pangu PSB after Taishi villagers give up removing village chief
自由亚洲电台:番禺公安局正式逮捕维权人士郭飞雄
Radio Free Asia via Peacehall, 05/10/2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/10/2005
10051237.shtml

Guangdong Panyu authority has informed the lawyer of the detained activist Guo Feihong, that Guo has been formally charged. Police has yet to revealed the charge and rejected Guo's application for a bail.

News

Death Penalty
A wrongfully convicted death penalty case reveals China's inadequate prosecution system
从一例死刑冤案看执法黑幕
Chinesenewsnet.com, 05/10/2005
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion
/2005_10_4_20_25_47_435.ht
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Death row revisited
The Standard, 05/10/2005
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp
_cat=20&art_id=2742&sid=4842782

&con_type=1&d_str=20051005

Villager sentenced to death with reprieve for setting fire in forests
7次放火烧林一村民被判死缓
The Beijing News, 05/10/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/1005/12
@011607.html


Gender-Abuse
Women chase cheating spouses in Chengdu, China
CTV.ca, 02/10/2005
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/
20050930/chengdu_womensrights

_20050930/20051002?hub=TopStories

Human Rights-Human rights defenders/Population-One-child policy
Blind Social Activist, Lawyers Beaten in China
Radio Free Asia, 04/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2005/10/04/c
hina_beatings/


Labor-Industrial accidents
Five die in explosion at Xinjiang coal mine
SCMP, 05/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZS0XBXCEE.html

Labor-Work safety / conditions
Mine Safety Bureau to publish a safety manual for mine worker
安监总局:煤矿工人年底前将人手一本安全手册
People's Daily, 05/10/2005
http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1027/3744676.html

Labor-Work safety / conditions/Corruption
Mining accidents scandals reveal corrupted links between officials and state-owned
mining companies
官煤勾結 觸目驚心
Orisun.com, 05/10/2005
http://orientaldaily.orisun.com/new/new_c3.html

Labor-Work safety / conditions

Poor management blamed for mine blast
China Daily, 05/10/2005
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-10/05/
content_482685.htm


Media-Internet
Internet users over a 100 million in China
中国网民突破一亿人
Dajiyuan.com, 05/10/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/10/4/n1074389.htm

China shuts three Internet websites in new crackdown
YahooNews.com (China Section), 04/10/2005
http://au.news.yahoo.com/051004/19/w7lv.html

Olympics
2008 Olympics Games will create 1.8 million employment opportunities in Beijing, according to research
研究显示:奥运会将为北京提供180万个就业岗位
YahooNew.com (China), 05/10/2005
http://cn.news.yahoo.com/051004/1308/2fbjd.html

Poverty-Rural poverty/Rural Issues
Peasants pessimistic on rise in income
中国农民增收形势不乐观
Radio Free Asia, 04/10/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2005/1
0/04/nongmin/


Public Health
For the sick, it's con artists or the queue
SCMP, 05/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ9G
0BXCEE.html


Low-paid doctors say they are squeezed from all sides
SCMP, 05/10/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ3P0BXCEE.html

Ailing health system needs urgent care
SCMP, 05/10/2005
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ2XVBXCEE.html

Public Health-HIV AIDS /STDs

China bans AIDs patients to join the Army
中國嚴禁愛滋病者入伍
Wen Wei Po, 05/10/2005
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0
510050024&cat=002CH


Xinjiang/State Security-Terrorism
Analysis: Sino-US responses on terrorist threat in Xinjiang
分析:東突宣戰,美中應對
BBC.com (Chinese), 04/10/2005
http://news8.thdo.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid
_4310000/newsid_4310400/4310478
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