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-trial
for-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.html
dyn/content/article/200
6/12/04/AR2006120401191.html

December 5, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚案证人陈光和被当局刑拘 (Chen Guangcheng's Witness Placed Under Criminal Detention)
Radio Free Asia, December 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/04/chen/
Chen Guanghe (陈光和) has been held under criminal detention since December 3 on charges of forging evidence. He said he would testify in the retrial for the rights defender Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚) but was abducted by unknown figures one day before the trial. The local authorities denied any involvement in the abduction. Chen Guangcheng's lawyer put forward Chen Guanghe's written testimony in the retrial but was rejected on the grounds that he did not attend the trial.

News
Civil Society
民间上书延阻南水北调 (Civil Society Advocacy Delays South-North Water Transfer Project)
Nanfang City News, December 05, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200612050035
.asp


仲裁机构的性质应当定位为非营利机构 (Commentary: Arbitration Bodies Should Be Regarded as Non-Profit Organizations)
Legal Daily, December 05, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-12/05/content_477127.htm

Phase-Two Selection Launched for NGOs in PRC Poverty Reduction Work
Asian Development Bank (via Harold and Doan Ltd.), December 05, 2006
http://www.harolddoan.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid
=2841


Death Penalty
包头“10•03”灭门惨案凶手被判死刑 (Man Sentenced to Death for Murdering Three in Inner Mongolia)
Xinhuanet, December 05, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-12/05/content_5436813.htm

上海:重案嫌犯未满20岁要收集出生证明防止错杀 (Judicial Opinion in Shanghai Imposes Procedural Safeguards on Cases that May End up with Capital Punishment)
Xinhuanet, December 04, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-12/04/content_5432605.htm

Serial Rapist Gets Death Penalty in East China
Xinhuanet, December 04, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-12/04/content_5432661
.htm


Food Security
Manager Arrested for Garbage in Lard
AP( via YahooNews), December 04, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061204/ap_on_re_as/china_lard_1

Human Rights
要形成尊重和保障人权的文化” (A Culture of Respecting and Protecting Human Rights Should Be Developed: Cadre)
The Beijing News, December 05, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0548/2006/1205/015@226692.htm

Inner Mongolia
呼和浩特反盗版行动受谴责 (Anti-Piracy Campaign Condemned for Harming Mongolian Culture)
Radio Free Asia, December 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/04/daoban/

Labor
劳动仲裁案年均增三成 (Labor Disputes Increase by 30 Percent Annually in Beijing)
The Beijing News, December 05, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2006/12-05/015@22664
0.htm


Law
引领社会通向公平正义和谐 (A Summary of the Penal Discussion on Administrative Review)
Legal Daily, December 05, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-12/05/content_477068.htm

律师收费政府指导价引争议 谁为法律援助买单 (Government's Recommended Standard for Legal Fees Leads to Controversy)
Legal Daily, December 05, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-12/05/content_477334
.htm


中国司法改革 海内外不同评说 (Chinese and Foreign Media Divided on China's Legal Reforms)
Voice of America, December 04, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-12-04-voa58.cfm

Media
公安部审查<我和毛泽东的虚空奇缘>一书 (Blogger Interrogated for Writing Book About Mao Zedong)
Radio Free Asia, December 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/04/book/

Olympics
北京增加奥运采访自由 各方反应 (Different Groups Comment on Media Freedom Protection During Olympics)
Voice of America, December 04, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-12-04-voa2.cfm

Poverty
China's Private Sector Aids Poverty Alleviation
China Daily, December 04, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2006-12/04/content_74
9270.htm


Protests and Petitions
杭州3000退休干部市府抗议 (3,000 Retired Cadres Protest Retirement Plans in Zhejiang)
Ming Pao, December 05, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061205/cac1.htm

Public Health
新婚夫妻因乙肝闹离婚 法院不支持丈夫诉讼请求 (Shanghai Court Rejects Divorce Claim over Hepatitis B)
EastDay.com, December 05, 2006
http://whb.eastday.com/w/20061205/u1a224409.html

State Security
保密法修订草案稿将尽快上报国务院 (Proposed Amendments to State Secrets Law to Be Sent to State Council Soon)
Legal Daily, December 05, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-12/05/content_477056
.htm


Tibet
Beijing Steps up Movement to Integrate Tibet
Phayul.com, December 05, 2006
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?article=Beijing+
steps+up+movement+to+integrate+Tibet&id=14952
rate+Tibet&i
d=14952