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.

Monday, November 21, 2005

November 19-21, 2005

News

Environment - Water
Polluted River Water in China Poisons 34 People
AFP via YahooNews.com, 21/11/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051120/wl_asia_afp/chinaenviro
nmentwater_051120193614
614

Government - Governance and Accountability
Reforms Critical if China to Win Bird-Flu Fight
Global and Mail, 19/11/2005
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/
LAC/20051119/BIRDFLU19/TPInternational/Asia
9/TPInterna
tional/Asia


Human Rights - Bilateral Ties
Bush Preaches Freedom to the Converted
SCMP, 21/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZS0KL78GE.html

China Shrugs off Human Rights Criticisms
Telegraph, 21/11/2005
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005
/11/21/wchina21.xml


布什访华异议人士及上访者被监视(Dissidents and Petitioners Put Under Surveillance During Bush Visit)
Radio Free Asia, 18/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/other/2005/11/18/shangfang2/

Human Rights - Human Rights Defenders / Protests and Petitions
听证会失利 当局秘密调查高智晟 (Authorities Launch Further Investigation of Activist Lawyer Gao Zhisheng)
Dajiyuan.com, 21/11/2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/11/21/n1127010.htm

A List Aids China's Political Prisoners
ABC, 20/11/2005
http://abcnews.go.com/International/CSM/story?id=1331579

Media - Press Freedom/Censorship
河北3记者采访遭殴打 (Three Reporters Beaten Up in Hebei)
The Beijing News, 19/11/2005
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/2005/1120/11@00413
0.html


Migrant Workers - Work Conditions and Payment
It's on the Cards that Migrant Workers Will Get the Right Message
SCMP, 21/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZOCDP58GE.html

Politics
Book on Ousted Party Chief Published
SCMP, 21/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZW0KL78GE.html

Poverty - Urban Poverty
北京7万多有劳动能力的低保对象停发粮油帮困金 (Food Aid for 70,000 Beijing Low-Income Earners)
Xinhuanet.com, 21/11/2005
http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2005-11/21/content_38
10545.htm


Public Health - HIV AIDS /STDs
专家呼吁:减少艾滋病报道中耻辱和歧视现象(Expert Calls for Media to Tone Down Bias on AIDS)
People's Daily, 21/11/2005
http://society.people.com.cn/GB/1063/3871518.html

Public Health
China Tightens Rules on Animal Epidemics Amid New Bird Flu Outbreaks
AFP via YahooNews.com, 20/11/2005
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051120/wl_asia_afp/healthf
luchina_051120202020


Religion
30 Detained After Church Visit, Says Petitioner
SCMP, 21/11/2005
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZQKGL78GE.html

More Religious Freedom than People Abroad Think
People's Daily, 21/11/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200511/21/eng20051121_222
856.html


Tibet
Panchen Lama Holds Worship Ceremony in Tibet
People's Daily, 21/11/2005
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200511/21/eng20051121_222
868.html


Tibetan Monk Detained, Another Expelled, Amid Chinese Crackdown
Radio Free Asia, 18/11/2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2005/11/18/tibet_monk/