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, March 31, 2006

March 31, 2006

News

Death Penalty
China to 'Kill Fewer, Kill Carefully'
Asia Times Online, March 31, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/HC31Ad01.html

湖北：五类刑案慎用或不用“死刑立即执行” (Five Types of Criminal Convictions May Not Lead to Death Penalty with Immediate Execution, Say Hubei Courts)
Xinhuanet, March 31, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-03/31/content_4367
576.htm

收回死刑复核权带动刑事司法全局变革 (Returning the Power to Review Death Penalty Cases to the Supreme Court Will Bring About Comprehensive Legal Reforms)
Nanfang Weekend, March 30, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060330/xw/fz/2006
03300011.asp

完善死刑复核程序被告人辩护权保障机制的构想 (Changes in Procedure for Reviewing Death Penalty Cases Will Allow Convicts to Defend Themselves Before the Review Panel)
Legal Daily, March 30, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-03/30/content_
291067.htm

最高法选调死刑复核官进京 4月掌死刑复核权 (Supreme Court Selects Judges to Sit on Death Penalty Review Panels to Begin in April)
EastDay.com, March 30, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node126731/userobject1ai1948963.html8963.html

检察机关不应介入死刑复核程序 (Procuratorial Organs Should Not Intervene in Review of Death Penalty Cases)
Legal Daily, March 30, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-03/30/content_
291064.htm

Education
Shenzhen to Retain Temporary Teachers
SCMP, March 31, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ2VIJ1DLE.html

Environment
Collapses Found at Yangtze River banks
China Daily, March 31, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-03/31/content
_556838.htm

Gender - Domestic Violence
河南新法规：家暴受害者求救 警察须迅速出警 (New Regulation in Henan Province Requires Police to Provide Immediate Assistance to Victims of Domestic Violence)
Xinhuanet, March 31, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-03/31/content
_4367028.htm


Human Rights Defenders - Rights Defender Wang Bingzhang (王炳章)
来稿：敦促中国政府批准王炳章参加父亲葬礼的紧急呼吁 (China Urged to Allow Jailed Dissident Wang Bingzhang to Attend Father's Funeral in Canada)
Chinesenewsnet.com, March 30, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/
2006_3_30_20_15_16_223.htmlml

Labor
More Evacuations as Bid to Plug Gas Leak Fails
SCMP, March 31, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ1K8J1DLE.html

劳动合同法草案的三点缺憾 (Three Major Weaknesses in Draft Law on Labor Contracts)
China Youth Daily, March 31, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-03/31/content_1348394.htm

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom - Wu Hao (吴皓)
China Says Filmmaker 'Committed Crime'
AP( via YahooNews), March 31, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060331/ap_on_re_as/china
_missing_filmmaker_3;_ylt=AiRYHslO2t8Tn77OGxDFJ2FPz
WQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUliR
YHslO2t8Tn77OGxDFJ2FPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW
9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

北京公安拒绝对家人披露吴皓犯了什么罪 (Beijing Public Security Bureau Refuses to Disclose Charges Against Filmmaker Wu Hao to Family)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/30/wu/

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
国际新闻学会批评中国压制互联网自由 (International Press Institute Criticizes China for Internet Censorship in Annual Report)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/30/
hulianwang/

Rolling Stone Silenced in China
Los Angeles Times, March 30, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-stone
30mar30,1,439554.story?coll=la-headlines-worldstone30mar
30,1,439554.story?coll=la-headlines-world

Media - Internet Censorship
中国限制网络新闻规定被批违宪 (Media Censorship in China Criticized as Being Unconstitutional)
Voice of America, March 29, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-29-voa56.cfm

Migrant Workers - Abuses
Beaten Slave Workers Freed from Brick Pit
SCMP, March 31, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ0UIJ1DLE.html

Multilateral - UN
联合国人权委员会调查中国苏家屯集中营传言 (UN Human Rights Committee to Investigate Concentration Camp in Shenyang Said to Be Selling Falun Gong Practitioners' Organs)
Chinesenewsnet.com, March 31, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/cna_2006_03_30_21_00_21_242.html21_00_21
_242.html

“中国使用酷刑的现象仍很普遍” ("Torture is Very Still Common in China", Says UN Special Rapporteur on Torture)
BBC, March 30, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_4860000/newsid
_4862800/4862862.stm

Olympics
Olympic-sized Debate on China
CNN, March 30, 2006
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/03/30/china.
olympics.liberties.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest?section=
cnn_latest

Protests and Petitions
佛山过百村民政府外静坐 强征地维权代表被劳教 (Hundreds of Foshan Villagers Stage Sit-in Protest Against Illegal Land Grab and Sentencing of Fellow Protestor)
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/03/30/
foshan1/

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
China's Human Trial of AIDS Vaccine Proceeding Well
Xinhuanet, March 30, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/30/content_
4365658.htm

Religion
Compromise Likely Over China Bishop Postings
Financial Times, March 31, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/597ad6d8-c053-11da-939f-00007
79e2340.html

Tibet
人权观察关注四川省被关押藏人 (Rights Group Expresses Concerns on Detention of Five Tibetans in Sichuan Province)
Voice of America, March 30, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-03-30-voa51.cfm

North Korea – Refugees
White House Condemns China Treatment of North Korean Asylum Seeker
AFP (via YahooNews), March 31, 2006
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060331/afp/060331024429
asiapacificnews.html

多维详讯：中国遣返朝鲜女难民美表严重关注 (US Concerned About Beijing's Repatriation of North Korean Refugee)
Chinesenewsnet.com, March 30, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Topics/
2006_3_30_19_14_39_364.html