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, October 23, 2007

October 23, 2007

News
Human Rights

人权团体促瑞银搁置协助中石油上市 (Rights Group Urges UBS Not to Help PetroChina Get Listed)
BBC, October 23, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_7050000/
newsid_7053800/7053895.stm


Human Rights Defenders
万人诉讼光辉背后 通讯维权者被抓捕恐吓 (Rights Defenders Harassed After Suing Communications Companies)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/22/
lawsuit/


《维权诗集》编委陶君遭国保传讯后失联 (Whereabouts of Rights Defense Poems' Editor Unknown After Meeting Guangzhou State Security Officers)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/22/
taojun/


Labor
Fire at Chinese Shoe Factory Kills 37
Associated Press (via YahooNews), October 22, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071022/ap_on_re_as/china
_factory_fire_5;_ylt=AhDVywM9rFzRW2z.Epmhi3pPzWQ
A
9rFzRW2z.Epmhi3pPzWQA

兴宁8级伤残事主获赔4.4万 雇主自签工伤免责条款无效 (Guangdong Court Voids "Exemption Clause" and Orders Company to Compensate for Worker's Injury)
Nanfang Daily, October 22, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200710
220390.asp


Media
中国首个藏族文学网被关闭 (China's First Tibetan Literature Website Shut Down)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/22/
tibet/


Migrant Workers
国家研究农民工养老保险 (China Studies Insurance Arrangements for Migrant Workers)
The Beijing News, October 23, 2007
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2007/10-23/
018@080903.htm


Olympics
China's Favourite Son Faces More Hurdles
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=944df6ec25
db5110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
a
0/?vgnextoid=944df6ec25db5110VgnVCM100000360a0a0a
RCRD&ss=China&s=New


Politics
New Lineup Fails to Excite the Masses
Reuters (via YahooNews), October 23, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=3&art_id=55550&sid=15922851&con_type=1&d_str=20
071023&fc=2
51&con_type=1&d_str=20071023&fc=2

Population
NBS: China's Rural Population Shrinks to 56% of Total
Xinhuanet, October 22, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/22/content_
6925292.htm


Protests and Petitions
拉萨从上周起进入戒严状态 (Curfew Imposed in Lhasa Since Last Week)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/10/22/china_
tibetan_dalai/


黑龙江访民在北京被抓 妻儿流落街头 (Heilongjiang Petitioner Taken Away by Police in Beijing; Destitute Wife and Two Children Are Homeless)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/22/
fangmin/


天津维权人士郑明芳被带走未归 (Tianjin Rights Defender Zheng Mingfang Taken Away During CPC Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/22/
zheng/


Religion
中共决定将领导宗教工作的方针政策写入党章 (CPC Includes Religious Work to Its Constitution)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/22/
religion/