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.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

October 15, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
China Protests Trip by India Leader
New York Times, October 13, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/world/asia/14border.html

Premier: China to Maintain High-level Exchanges with Iran
Xinhua News Agency, October 15, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/15/content_12237360.htm

Environment
Ample Space to Bury CO2 on Mainland, Scientists Say
South China Morning Post, October 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6bde60499b354210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Government
Guangdong Officials to Disclose Assets - But Not to the Public
South China Morning Post, October 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=08135d85b0354210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Officials Punished for Violating Disciplines in Economic Stimulus Projects
Xinhua News Agency, October 14, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/14/content_8794953.htm

Human Rights Defender – Ni Yulan (倪玉兰)
北京维权人士倪玉兰向高检投诉 (Ni Yulan's Family Files Complaint to Supreme People's Procuratorate)
Radio Free Asia, October 14, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/nyl-10142009112255.html

Law
最高人民检察院出台检察官职业道德基本准则 (Supreme People's Procuratorate Issues Provisional Professional Code of Conduct for Procurators)
Xinhua News Agency, October 13, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-10/13/content_12224434.htm
Related information:
中华人民共和国检察官职业道德基本准则(试行) (Basic Standards of Professional Ethics for Procurators in the People's Republic of China [For Trial Implementation])
Supreme People's Procuratorate, September 3, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-10/14/content_12227219.htm
Media
Google Docs在中国访问受阻 相关分析文章亦遭删除 (Google Docs Service Blocked in China, Relevant Documents Removed from Site)
Radio Free Asia, October 13, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wangluo-10132009095407.html

Shandong County Closes Cyber Cafes
China Daily, October 15, 2009
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2009-10/15/content_18706149.htm

Multilateral
Security Summit Ends in China with Little to Show
Reuters, October 14, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091014/wl_nm/us_china_summit

Protests and Petitions
山东军转人员成立上访申诉团以集体维权 (Shandong Veterans Form Petition Group to Defend Rights)
Radio Free Asia, October 14, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/veterans-10142009130617.html

Public Health
调查称八成广东农妇终身未做过妇检 (Survey: 80 Percent of Guangdong's Rural Women Have Never Undergone a Gynaecological Examination)
Guangzhou Daily, October 15, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20091015/u1a4727325.html

XUAR
China Sentences Six More to Die for Xinjiang Unrest
Agence France-Presse, October 15, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091015/ts_afp/chinaunrestxinjiangtrialsentence
Related news:
熱比婭:維族被告判死加深矛盾 (Kadeer: Sentencing Uyghur Defendants to Death Intensifies Confrontation)
Ming Pao, October 14, 2009
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/091013/4/enzj.html
騷亂三月後 維漢衝突仍一觸即發 (Three Months after Riots, Uyghur-Han Relations Remain on Edge)
Ming Pao, October 15, 2009
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/091014/4/eov8.html