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 17, 2007

April 17, 2007

News
Environment

Emission Cuts But No Caps, Review Suggests
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ8UEIBK0F.html

China: Yangtze Is Irreversibly Polluted
Associated Press (via YahooNews), April 16, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070416/ap_on_re_as/china
_yangtze_pollution_1;_ylt=As
P7rx6_fGytoRnHmdLPRWxPz
WQA


Gender
Plan to Ban Sexual Harassment in the Workplace on the Agenda
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ78TIBK0F.html

Human Rights
中国电讯用户发起万人维权诉讼运动 (Cell Phone Users Launch Rights Defense Campaign Against Telecommunications Companies)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/16/china_
rights_consumer/


Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
维权人士探访高智晟家扑空 (Gao Zhisheng and Family Disappeared from Beijing Home, Whereabouts Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/16/
gao/


Human Rights Defenders
公益诉讼代理人当庭辩护被押 (Representative in Lawsuit Detained in Hubei During Trial for Not Seeking Approval to Go to Bathroom)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/16
/laywer/


Labor
大学生下井写矿工血淚史 (10 Hunan University Students Go to Coal Mines to Write on Workers' Lives)
Ming Pao, April 17, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070417/cca1.htm

中国评论﹕解决矿工困境 实干最重要 (Commentary: To Solve Problems of Coal Miners, Government Should Take Effective Action
Ming Pao, April 17, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070417/caz1.htm

Law
缺少强制性规定 证人出庭新规陷入尴尬 (Without Legislative Support, Opinion of Beijing Intermediate People's Court Concerning Witnesses' Presence at Trials Remains Ineffective)
Legal Daily, April 17, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-04/17/content_5
93277.htm


Police
Law and Disorder
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZJQDIBK0F.html

Murder Trial Puts Spotlight on Vigilantes
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ38TIBK0F.html

Politics
中共转型執政党 胡总文胆谈民主: (After Promoting Democracy, Cadre Argues CPC Is Transforming from "Permanent Party" into "Ruling Party")
Ming Pao, April 17, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070417/caa1.htm

Protests and Petitions
Security Boost Successful in Cutting Unrest, Provinces Say
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ2SDIBK0F.html

Social Harmony Can't Be Created by Brute Force
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ4RCIBK0F.html

广州开发商强行驱赶拆迁户 (Guangzhou Developers Forcibly Evict 10 Households)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/16/china_d
emolition/


成都温江农民反对强行征地 警民冲突持续 (Victims of Land Grabs in Sichuan Continue Clash with Police)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/16/
wenjiang/