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 22, 2009

October 22, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
India, China Leaders to Meet amid War of Words
Reuters, October 22, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091021/wl_nm/us_india_china
Related news:
India, China Agree to Cooperate on Climate Change
Associated Press, October 21, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_india_china_climate_change
China Top Legislator Expects Stable Relations with Costa Rica
Xinhua News Agency, October 21, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/21/content_12291850.htm
Related information:
Cash Helped China Win Costa Rica’s Recognition
The New York Times, September 12, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/13/world/asia/13costa.html
Death Penalty
China Sentences Six to Death in Mega-mafia Trial
Agence France-Presse, October 21, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091021/wl_asia_afp/chinacrimecorruptiontrial

Suspended Death Sentence for Professor's Murderer
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2c913216495213d5df646910cba0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e7be0b807c774210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hong Kong
Citizens' Radio Activists Lose Legal Challenge
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b5dcfd6c69b74210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Media
世界新闻自由排行榜上 中国垫底 (Reporters Without Borders Ranks PRC 168 out of 175 Countries in World Press Freedom Index)
Radio Free Asia, October 21, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mediafree-10212009103836.html
Related news:
HK Rises in Press Freedom Index, but KMT 'Interference' Hits Taiwan
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=472d0b807c774210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Related information:
Press Freedom Index 2009
Reporters Without Borders, October 20, 2009
http://www.rsf.org/en-classement1003-2009.html
Military
Growing Chinese Military Creates Uncertainty: U.S.
Reuters, October 21, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091021/pl_nm/us_usa_china_military

Police
Policeman Suspended for Beating Journalist
China Daily, October 22, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/22/content_8828508.htm

China Orders Jails to Intensify Security Measures after Prison-breaking
Xinhua News Agency, October 22, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/22/content_12293590.htm
Related news:
內蒙越柙犯 切獄警手指開鎖 (To Escape from Hohhot Prison, Inmates Cut Off Guard's Finger to Breach Security Measures)
Ming Pao, October 22, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091022/cad1.htm
Protests and Petitions
Beijing Protest over Disabled Rights
China Daily, October 22, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/metro/2009-10/22/content_8830481.htm

Police Detain Suspects in Coal Mine Clash
Shanghai Daily, October 21, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200910/20091021/article_417010.htm

毒奶受害家长续遭打压 维权代表拟成立相关联盟 (Parents of Children Poisoned by Tainted Milk Powder Come under Increased Pressure, Activists Propose Formation of Related Rights-defense Alliances)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/milk-10212009085308.html

Religion
山东法轮功修炼者遭判刑家人吁奥巴马访华时关注 (Shandong Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced, Relatives Call for Obama's Attention during China Visit)
Radio Free Asia, October 21, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/falungong-10212009083229.html

Top US Envoy in Taiwan: No Change in Island Ties
Associated Press, October 22, 2009
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1088188

XUAR
China Accused over ‘Missing’ Uighurs
Financial Times (via Financial Times), October 22, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2c7c0f1e-bda0-11de-9f6a-00144feab49a.html
Related news:
“人权观察”发布新疆维族青年失踪报告 (Human Rights Watch Publishes Report on Disappearances of Uyghurs following XUAR Protests)
Radio Free Asia, October 21, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinjiang-10212009085904.html
Related information:
"We Are Afraid to Even Look for Them"
Human Rights Watch, October 20, 2009
http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/10/22/we-are-afraid-even-look-them-0
指北京打壓維族 熱比婭籲日本關注 (Beijing Accused of Suppressing Uyghurs, Kadeer Calls for Japan's Attention)
Ming Pao, October 22, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091022/caf1.htm