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, April 10, 2006

April 8-10, 2006

News

Bilateral Ties - US/China
Set Out the Good China, the President's Coming
New York Times, April 09, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/09/weekinreview/09yard
l.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
slogin

Death Penalty
China Reflects on Its Judicial Killing Fields
Financial Times, April 10, 2006
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/41712214-c7f0-11da-a377-00007
79e2340.html


专家建议让律师介入死刑复核保障被告辩护权 (Lawyers Should be Involved in Death Penalty Review, Expert Suggests)
EastDay.com, April 10, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/
node128811/userobject1ai1969289.html
9289.html

Environment
Green Push Set to Spur Mainland Price Rises
SCMP, April 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ05BK1DLE.html

Human Rights
听众对比分析四五运动和八九民运 (Listeners Compare the Impact of the April 5 Movement and the Tiananmen Incident on China's Political Development)
Voice of America, April 08, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/m2006-04-08-voa27.cfm

Human Rights Defenders - Journalists
律师学者谈赵岩程翔仍在押 (Zhao Yan and Ching Cheong Still in Jail With No Signs of Trial or Release, Say Lawyers)
Voice of America, April 09, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-04-09-voa32.cfm

Human Rights Defenders – Petitioner Sun Xiaodi (孫小弟)
孙小弟苏家屯被捕 刘华下落不明 (Petitioner Sun Xiaodi Arrested in Shenyang, Liu Hua Still Missing)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/07/
sunxiaodi/


Human Rights Defenders – Lawyers Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟在陕北被困 (Rights Activist Gao Zhisheng Under 24-Hour Surveillance in Shaanxi Province)
Radio Free Asia, April 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/07/gao/

Media - Censorship / Press Freedom
China Introduces New Media Curbs
BBC, April 07, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4888930.stm

Migrant Workers - Children
外来工子女调查:孩子上学花掉三成家庭收入 (Survey on Migrant Children: Schooling Costs 30% of Total Household Income)
EastDay.com, April 10, 2006
http://news.eastday.com/eastday/node81741/node81762/node12
8811/userobject1ai1970073.html
0073.html

Politics
北大教授多党论惹争议 (Beijing University Professors Criticized for Advocating Multi-Party Politics)
Ming Pao via Chinesenewsnet.com, April 10, 2006
http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/SinoNews/
Mainland/2006_4_8_18_19_22_474.html
_22_474.html

Protests and Petitions - Resettlement
佛山抗低价徵地百人伤 (Some 100 Villagers Injured as Protest Over Land Dispute Continues in Foshan)
Ming Pao, April 10, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060410/caa1.htm

Angry Villagers Put up Roadblocks
SCMP, April 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZMU9K1DLE.html

Public Health
China Bans Sale of Human Eggs, Tightens Control over Sperm Banks
AFP (via YahooNews), April 09, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060409/wl_asia_afp/healthchina
fertilitysperm_060409073038;_ylt=ArVwjJdunDSvTvJxUS9lJwpP
zWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
3038;_y
lt=ArVwjJdunDSvTvJxUS9lJwpPzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW
9mBHNlYwMlJV


Diet Standards Urged to Avoid Wrong Sort of China Rising
SCMP, April 08, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ3S6K1DLE.html

Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
AIDS Message Gradually Sinks in with At-Risk Groups
China Daily, April 08, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-04/08/content_
563380.htm


Religion - Christianity
华南教会创办人龚圣亮家人因病重提出保外就医 (Family of Ailing ‘South China Church’ Founder Gong Shengliang Files Request for Medical Parole)
Radio Free Asia, April 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/04/08
/gongshengliang/


Society
拿什么来保障困难群体住房?政府责任不可推卸 (How Can China Guarantee the Basic Right to Housing for Lower-Income People?)
Xinhuanet, April 10, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/house/2006-04/10/content_44
03977.htm