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, November 05, 2009

November 05, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties

Dalai Lama's Border Visit Set to Strain Sino-Indian Ties
South China Morning Post, November 05, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=40b247bd5dfb4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

US General Urges Dialogue on Space
South China Morning Post, November 05, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c0a247bd5dfb4210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Death Penalty
最高法行使死刑复核权2年半 过渡平稳 (Smooth Implementation since Power to Review Death Sentences Vested in SPC 2.5 Years Ago)
Xinhua News Agency, November 04, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-11/04/content_12382396.htm

Environment
Residents Opposed to Incinerator Project
China Daily, November 05, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-11/05/content_8915389.htm

Human Rights Defenders – Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
上海访民被无理关押 冯正虎再被拒回国 (Shanghai Petitioners Unlawfully Detained, Feng Zhenghu Denied Entry to China Yet Again)
Radio Free Asia, November 04, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fang-11042009141630.html

Land Policy
广西百名村民阻拆迁遭警察暴殴 (Guangxi Villagers Brutally Assaulted by Police for Obstructing Land Appropriation)
Radio Free Asia, November 04, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/bei-11042009121029.html

Law
李蕊蕊轟官派律師未盡責 (Li Ruirui: The Government-appointed Lawyer Did Not Fulfill His Duty)
Ming Pao, November 05, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091105/caa1.htm

公安部:儿童失踪案件一律立为刑事案件 (Child Abduction Listed as Criminal Offence: PSB)
Xinhua News Agency, November 04, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-11/04/content_12382634.htm

Media
网民因组党而以涉嫌煽动颠覆国家政权罪受审 (Netizen Tried on Inciting Subversion of State Power for Forming "Party" on the Internet)
Radio Free Asia, November 03, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wang-11032009145950.html

Religion
王怡余杰香港开讲谈家庭教会公开化趋势 (Wang Yi and Yu Jia Speak in HK on the Increasing Trend for House Churches to Go Public)
Radio Free Asia, November 04, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jiaohui-11042009151501.html

Tibet
Dalai Lama Relative Joins Communist Party: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), November 04, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetpoliticsdalainiece