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, April 03, 2007

April 3, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties

China, Sudan Vow to Boost Military Exchanges
People's Daily, April 02, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200704/02/eng20070402_36
3135.html


Death Penalty
What Price Human Rights?
South China Morning Post, April 03, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ0QUWTYZE.html

Education
Illiterate Ranks Swell Amid Urban Drift
The Standard, April 03, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?
we_cat=3&art_id=41472&sid=129792
07&con_type=1&d_str=20070403

Freedom of Speech
云南纪录片展因涉文革题材被无限期推迟 (Documentary Exhibition in Yunnan Delayed Indefinitely for Including Film of Cultural Revolution)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/02/china_
freedom_speech_movie/


Human Rights
老党员讨欠款不明死亡 法院不准家属验伤见尸 (Henan Court Bars Family from Looking Into Mysterious Death of Old CPC Member)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/02/
luoyang/


Human Rights Defender - Yan Zhengxue (严正学)
简要新闻:严正学案拟于四月五号开庭 (In Brief: Yan Zhengxue to Stand Trial on April 5)
Radio Free Asia, April 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/04/02/xinwen/
- yan


Human Rights Defenders
维权警察被“鉴定”为精神异常 剥夺司法权利 (Wuhan Policeman and Rights Defender "Certified" as Mentally Abnormal and Deprived of Judicial Rights)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/02/
policeman/


浙江渔民维权代表林柄长被关押三个月后取保释放 (Zhejiang Rights Defender Lin Bingzhang Released on Bail After 3 Months of Detention)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/02/Chin
a-release/


Land Policy
China Tears Down Home Amid Standoff
Associated Press (via YahooNews), April 03, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070403/ap_on_re_as/china
_home_dispute_1;_ylt=Av2kn
bC_9a7nL_qtqNed_GlPzWQA

Law
一律师为会见权打官司 (Beijing Lawyer Sues Liaoning Public Security Bureau for Turning Down His Requests to Meet Client)
China Youth Daily, April 03, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-04/03/content_1720306
.htm


律师可代理劳动教养案件 (New Regulation in Chongqing Allows Legal Representation in Reeducation-Through-Labor Cases)
Legal Daily, April 03, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-04/03/content_57
8909.htm


Media
"Nail House" Stories Fire Up Chinese Netizens
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2007/04/02/chin
a_nailhouse/


Olympics
长安街沿线公交将装摄像头 (Beijing to Install 3,600 CCTV Cameras in Public Transportation This Year)
The Beijing News, April 03, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2007/04-03/015@
253250.htm


Christian Leaders Arrange Care for 2008 Olympics
Spero News, March 29, 2007
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idarticle=8734

Protests and Petitions
辽宁退休干部县政府请愿 要求停止克扣退休金 (Hundreds of Retired Cadres in Liaoning Petition Illegal Reduction of Retirement Funds)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/02/
heishan/


江苏和浙江两会期间上访的访民受惩处 (Two Punished for Petitioning Activities During Two Sessions in Jiangsu and Zhejiang)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/02/China-
Petitioner/


广西三合口村拆迁户表示对司法和上访失去信心 (Victims of Land Grab in Guangxi Say They Have Lost Faith in Effectiveness of Petitioning and Lawsuits)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/02/china_d
emolition_clash/


Religion
安徽及辽宁分别再有家庭教会受到当局打压 (Protestant House Church Members in Anhui and Liaoning Persecuted by Local Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, April 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/02/China-r
eligion/