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.

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

November 26, 2008

News

Death Penalty
Killer of six Chinese police executed in Shanghai
Xinhuanet, November 26, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/26/content_10414657.htm

Related News:
China Executes Shanghai Police Killer: Officials
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), November 26, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081126/wl_afp/chinapolicemurderexecution


欧洲华人要求专案调查杨佳事件让真相大白 (Overseas Chinese Call for Judicial Investigation into Yang Jia's Case)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/EU-11252008164639.html

Daughter Appeals for Mercy for Taiwan Spy Scientist
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5f255c69707dd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD


Related News:
Chinese Death Row Trial 'Flawed'
BBC, November 26, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7749443.stm

Guangzhou Court Sentences 8 Foreigners for Drug Trafficking
Shanghai Daily, November 26, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=382150

Economic Development
A Global Downturn Puts the Brakes on China
New York Times, November 25, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/26/business/worldbusiness/26chinasteel.html

Environment
One Third of the Yellow River is so Polluted, it's Unfit for Any Use
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=4d35a618354dd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Freedom of Speech
Blogger Barred from Trip Abroad
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=84e4a618354dd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕)
EU Official Stopped from Visiting Chinese Activist
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), November 26, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081125/ap_on_re_as/as_china_eu_human_rights

Labor
Dongguan Workers Riot Over Unpaid Wages
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=6ad05c69707dd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=new

Land Policy
本台独家:兴平强推征地拆迁屡爆抗议 消息封锁村民欲哭无泪 (Information Blockade on Shanxi Victims of Forced Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, November 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinping-11252008141817.html

Law
Bribery Law to Include Doctors and Teachers
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cc3fa618354dd110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD


Related News:

Doctors Riled by Crackdown
Shanghai Daily, November 26, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=382069


Protests and Petitions
武汉访民进京19人被关押 (19 Wuhan Petitioners Detained in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, November 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fang-11252008093748.html

广州居民申请游行遭拒 (Guangzhou Residents Refused Permission to Protest)
Radio Free Asia, November 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yuanqing-11252008103433.html

数百上海访民在北京被截回 (Hundreds of Shanghai Petitioners Intercepted in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, November 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fang-11252008095058.html

Public Health
北京一重病农民为监狱免费就医故意抢劫 判18年 (Critically Ill Farmer Committed Robbery to Access Free Prison Health Care, Sentenced to 18 Years)
Xinhuanet, November 26, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-11/26/content_10415578.htm

More than Half Beijing's Prostitutes Shun Condoms: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), November 25, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081125/wl_asia_afp/chinahealthaidsprostitution

Taiwan
Taiwan Residents Get Mainland Legal Certificates
Xinhuanet, November 26, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/26/content_10414874.htm

Tibet
朱维群:拉萨3-14事件经审理已有上千人被释放 (Zhu Weiqun: More Than a Thousand Released Over March 14 Lhasa Riots)
EastDay.com, November 26, 2008
http://news.eastday.com/c/20081125/u1a4005503.html

China Expands Police Presence Below Mount Everest
Associated Press (via YahooNews), November 25, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081125/ap_on_re_as/as_china_mount_everest