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.

Thursday, November 09, 2006

November 9, 2006

Top News
Protests and Petitions
Tibetans Stage Rare Public Protest in Lhasa
Radio Free Asia, November 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/11/08/tibet_protest/
Hundreds of Tibetan graduates staged a week-long public protest in Lhasa in late October over alleged discrimination by Chinese authorities in hiring for civil service jobs. No violence was reported and no one was arrested. In response, the authorities announced plans to offer more positions for Tibetans.

News
Children
污点青少年重归社会 (Criminal Records Kept Confidential for Juvenile Delinquents in Shanghai)
China Youth Daily, November 09, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-11/09/content_1567516.htm

Civil Society
听证代表名单应当公开 (Commentary: Names of Attendants at Public Hearings Should Be Published)
China Youth Daily, November 09, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-11/09/content_1567506.htm

Death Penalty
可杀可不杀的一律不杀” (Death Sentence Will Not Be Given in Uncertain Cases: Supreme People's Court Chief Justice)
The Beijing News, November 09, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/11-09/021@03235
8.htm


Gender
丈夫玩失踪包起"二奶" 法官将两重婚罪犯绳之以法 (Man and Mistress Given Suspended Sentences in Shanghai on Bigamy Charges)
EastDay.com, November 09, 2006
http://whb.eastday.com/w/20061109/u1a210847.html

Government
Millions Vote in Local Beijing Polls
SCMP, November 09, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWJ2M47UE.html

Human Rights Defenders
China's 1st Foundation to Help Injured Reporters Founded
Xinhuanet, November 08, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-11/08/content_5306
653.htm


池建伟被刑拘党友被拘传;严正学聘请律师 (Democracy Party Member Chi Jianwei Arrested; Rights Defender Yan Zhengxue Appoints Lawyer to Defend Inciting Subversion Charges)
Radio Free Asia, November 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/08/chijia
nwei_yanzhengxue/


Law
全国法院9年宣告无罪41万余人 (41,000 Out of 6.2 Million Suspects Found Innocent in Past 9 Years)
China Youth Daily, November 09, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-11/09/content_1567521.htm

恢复性司法刑事和解” ("Criminal Mediation" Applied in Juvenile Case in Shanghai)
Legal Daily, November 09, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-11/09/content_449002
.htm


刑事和解与相关制度的区别 (Differences Between Criminal Mediation and Other Systems)
Legal Daily, November 09, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-11/09/content_448996
.htm


刑事和解与办案实践 (Implementing Criminal Mediation)
Legal Daily, November 09, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-11/09/content_449001.
htm


Media
新疆两记者采访遭殴打 (Two Reporters Beaten for Trying to Cover Traffic Accident in Xinjiang)
China Youth Daily, November 09, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-11/09/content_1567456.htm

Police
嫌疑人看守所内被打身亡 (Fraud Suspect Beaten to Death in Detention Facility in Heilongjiang)
The Beijing News, November 09, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2006/11-09/024@2207
16.htm


Population
穗鼓励独生子女夫妇生两孩 (Guangzhou Encourages Couples that Are Both Single Children Themselves to Have Two Children)
Wen Wei Po, November 09, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=CH0611090
029&cat=002CH


计划生育30年少生4亿人
( Without Family Planning, China's Population Would Have Increased by 400 Million in Past 3 Decades)
Nanfang City News, November 09, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/djjz/200611090081
.asp


Protests and Petitions
上访村民被送进精神病院 (Petitioner Wang Guocai Forcibly Admitted to Mental Hospital in Anhui)
The Beijing News, November 09, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2006/11-09/024@22069
6.htm


上海法院审理被捕的访民 一百多人声援被阻止 (100 Supporters Barred from Trial of Petitioners in Shanghai)
Radio Free Asia, November 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/11/08/sh/
Hostages Held in Chinese Village Standoff
Radio Free Asia, November 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2006/11/08/china_stan
doff/