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, April 21, 2006

April 21, 2006

News

Death Penalty
国际特赦:中国处死刑人数世界之最 (Amnesty International Reports That China Executes More Prisoners Than Any Other Country)
Chinesenewsnet.com, April 21, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/Mainland/
2006_4_20_14_4
6_30_289.html

亿万富翁杀亿万富翁案宣判 (Billionaire in Inner Mongolia Gets Death Sentence for Killing Another Billionaire)
The Beijing News, April 21, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0421/015@175964.htm

小废品公司牵出17亿惊天税案 六年来全国案情最复杂涉税案件主犯被判死刑 (Death Sentence Handed Down in Biggest Tax Evasion Case in Six Years)
Xinhuanet, April 21, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-04/21/content_304333.htm

Environment
China Labors to Stop Spread of Deserts
AP( via YahooNews), April 21, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060420/ap_on_re_as/china_
sandstorms;_ylt=AhO8mcQ
Cn8XQ6w0pg26f8VIBxg8F;_ylu=X
3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA—


环保的悲剧性与彻底扭转 (Solutions Needed to Reverse Environmental Disaster)
Chinesenewsnet.com ,April 21, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Opinion/2006_4_
20_20_40_41_988.ht
ml

Gender
China Slow to Awake to Need for Sex Education
Reuters (via YahooNews), April 20, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060421/wl_nm/life_china_sex_dc_2
;_ylt=AraI02RGd.mfn
rfAK9UY_v9PzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW
9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl


Government
叫你告,给我打!” 如此村支书竟野蛮报复百姓 (Cadre Takes Revenge on Villagers for Reporting on Unlawful Mining)
Xinhuanet, April 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2006-04/21/content_4454715.
htm


Human Rights Defenders / Chen Guangcheng (
陈光诚)

两村民获取保候审 陈光诚仍下落不明 (Chen Guangcheng’s Two Relatives Released on Bail, but Still No Word on Chen’s Whereabouts)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/20/linyi/

Human Rights Defenders / Protests and Petitions
上海三名访民被抓捕两个多月音信全无 (Three Shanghai Petitioners Detained for Two Months Without Any News)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/20/sh/

Labor
事业单位员工须上工伤险 (Beijing Social Organizations to Buy Accident Insurance for Employees)
The Beijing News, April 21, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0189/2006/0421/014@175848.htm

9种律师收费实行政府指导价 (9 Guiding Principles Issued to Regulate Lawyers’ Fees)
Xinhuanet, April 21, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-04/21/content_304332.htm

Law
上海首次启动立法后评估程序 (Shanghai First to Enact Post-Legislation Evaluation Procedure)
Xinhuanet, April 21, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-04/16/content_301113.htm

Police
诈骗疑犯死在看守所里 (Fraud Suspect Dies While in Detention)
The Beijing News, April 21, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/china/2006/0421/015@175965.htm

Population
我国解决人口问题有四任务 必须稳定低生育水平 (The Four Tasks of China’s Population Policy Are to Keep the Birth Rate Low)
Xinhuanet, April 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2006-04/21/content_
4455940.htm


Poverty
粤农贫富差距拉大 (Gap Widens Between Rich and Poor Farmers in Guangdong)
Ming Pao, April 21, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060421/cak6.htm

Public Health
一份令人震惊的药品回扣清单 (An Astronomical Medical Bill)
China Youth Daily, April 21, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-04/21/content_1365506.htm

湖北禽疫患者死亡 病源仍成謎 (Human Bird Flu Victim Dies in Hubei, Source of Infection Unknown)
Wen Wei Po, April 21, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0604210029
&cat=002CH


从红包到点刀费 潜规则暴露医疗界之耻评 (Patients Feel Obliged to Give Doctors Gifts of Money to Ensure Good Care)
Xinhuanet, April 21, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-04/20/content_4456597.htm
New Bird Flu Case Fatal, 2 Birds Die in Liaoning
China Daily, April 21, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-04/21/content_573313.htm

Public Health / Police
Shanghai Police Block HIV News Conference
AP( via YahooNews), April 21, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060421/ap_on_re_as/china_aids;_
ylt=AtXE207bAXeFhPN
eedT8wPsBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMT
Q4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--


Public Health / Media
上海公安拘捕三名海外记者 (Three Foreign Journalists Arrested in Shanghai While Attending News Conference Held by AIDS Patients)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/04/20/china_journalist/

Religion / Cai Zhuohua (蔡卓华)
家庭教会牧师蔡卓华再次被转移服刑地点 (House Church Leader Cai Zhuohua Moved Again to New Place of Detention)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2006/04/20/china_religion/