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.

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

December 6, 2006

Top News of the Day
Protests and Petitions
广西村民因抗议环境污染被审判 (Guangxi Pollution Protestors Go on Trial)
Radio Free Asia, December 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/05/guang
xi/
Five villagers in Guangxi Province charged with "gathering a crowd to attack a state organ" stood trial on December 5. The incident dated back to June, when some 1,000 villagers staged a sit-in protest against the land conscription involved in the construction of an electrolyte plant which was less than 100 meters from village residences. The police responded by deploying hundreds of police officers to arrest more than a dozen suspected protest organizers, five of which were eventually charged. The court has not announced a verdict yet.
News
Children
Community Care Transforms Lives of Aids Orphans
SCMP, December 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZP5UDEBVE.html

Gender
Foreign Brides Will Change China Forever
The Jakarta Post, December 06, 2006
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=200612
05.F04&irec=3

Government
行政机关提供政务信息不得收费 (New Measures in Chengdu Prohibit Authorities from Charging for the Release of Information)
Legal Daily, December 06, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-12/06/content_478032
.htm

Land Policy
土地征用款因何变成村官职务犯罪重灾区 (Why Funds for Land Conscriptions Lead to Corruption)
Legal Daily, December 06, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-12/06/content_478215
.htm

Human Rights Defender - Sun Buer (孙不二)
孙不二失踪 疑被国保带走 (Pan-blue Alliance Member Xu Bu'er Believed to Have Been Taken Away over Internet Essay)
Radio Free Asia, December 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/05/sun/

Human Rights Defender - Wang Bingzhang (王炳章)
独家专访：王炳章狱中受虐挨打 (Wang Bingzhang Reportedly Tortured in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, December 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/05/wangbi
ngzhang/

Human Rights Defenders
七大陆维权者获国际住房权利卫士奖 (Zheng Enchong and Fu Xiancai Among Seven Chinese Rights Defenders to Receive International Housing Rights Awards)
Radio Free Asia, December 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/05/weiq
uan/

Law
让影响性诉讼成为和谐社会的司法引擎 (Commentary: Let Impact Litigation Become the Judicial Engine of a Harmonious Society)
Legal Daily, December 06, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-12/06/content_478196
.htm

Transfusion Victims Win Compensation
SCMP, December 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZXMSDEBVE.html

Media
加拿大推出突破网络封锁新型系统 (Canada Creates New System that Could Breach Internet Firewalls)
Radio Free Asia, December 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/05/wangl
uo/

Police
Police Face Action over 'Vice Parade'
SCMP, December 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9NSDEBVE.html

Protests and Petitions
汕尾枪杀事件周年　官方铁腕依旧 (Heavy Police Presence on Anniversary of Dongzhou Shootings)
Radio Free Asia, December 05, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/05/Dongz
hou/

Public Health
Woman Jailed for Profiting on Blood Sales
SCMP, December 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ681MEBVE.html

Police: Purposely Transmitting AIDS Is Criminal
Xinhuanet, December 05, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-12/05/content_543952
3.htm

Rural Issues
World Bank Launches Rural Community Development Fund in China
People's Daily, December 05, 2006
http://english.people.com.cn/200612/05/eng20061205_328346.
html

China Invites Bangladesh's Grameen Bank for Microcredit System Trial
DailyIndia.com, December 04, 2006
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/89104.php/China-invites-Bangl
adeshs-Grameen-Bank-for-microcredit-system-trialfor-microcre
dit-system-trial

Society
年逾六旬禁止卖花炮 (People over 60 Barred from Selling Fireworks in Beijing)
The Beijing News, December 06, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2006/12-06/015@226889
.htm

Tibet
In Brief: Pledge to Boost Rural Incomes in Tibet
SCMP, December 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZT5UDEBVE.html

Tibetan Issue Must Be Solved in Dalai Lama's Lifetime, Says His Envoy
SCMP, December 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZL5UDEBVE.html

China Cracks down on Tibetan Prisoner: Report
Andhracafe.com, December 04, 2006
http://www.andhracafe.com/index.php?m=show&id=14191

Xinjiang
Lawyers Demand Release of Chinese Muslims
Washington Post, December 05, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/articl
e/2006/12/04/AR2006120401191.htmldyn/content/article/200
6/12/04/AR2006120401191.html