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 23, 2008

December 23, 2008

News
Corruption
原天津市委常委皮黔生被“雙規”(Former Tianjin Party Official Pi Qiansheng under "Double Regulation")
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 22, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/trad/hi/newsid_7790000/newsid_7796500/7796529.stm

Death Penalty
New Guideline on Death Penalty
China Daily, December 23, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/23/content_7331191.htm

Disasters
Parents of China Quake Victims File Lawsuit
International Herald Tribune, December 22, 2008
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/22/asia/quake.php

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Scholars, Lawyers Call for Release of China Critic
Associated Press (via Boston Globe), December 23, 2008
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2008/12/23/scholars_lawyers_call_for_release_of_china_critic/

Human Rights Defenders
Chinese Court Upholds Lawyer’s Conviction
Financial Times, December 23, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/85ac3c40-d01a-11dd-ae00-000077b07658.html

余杰因参与签署《08宪章》被国保查问和警告 (Beijing Intellectual Yu Jie Interrogated and Warned by State Security Officers after Signing "Charter 08")
Radio Free Asia, December 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_assault-12222008102508.html

Labor
山東塌化工爐3死6傷 (Three Dead, Six Injured in Shandong Factory Furnace Collapse)
Ming Pao, December 23, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20081223/caf1.htm

Land
中国拟立法化解农村土地承包经营纠纷 (China Proposes Legislation to Resolve Rural Land Contracted Operations Disputes)
Xinhuanet, December 23, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-12/23/content_10545214.htm

Law
广东规定法院审理民事案立案前即可调解 (Guangdong Civil Cases May Be Resolved in Mediation Rather than Court)
Xinhuanet, December 23, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-12/23/content_10545214.htm

Poverty
New Poverty Line Raises Number of Poor
China Daily, December 23, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-12/23/content_7331217.htm

Religion
张明选前往内蒙传福音而遭被捕 (House Church Pastor Zhang Mingxuan Detained in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region)
Radio Free Asia, December 22, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_religion_christian-12222008103916.html