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, August 09, 2007

August 9, 2007

News
Corruption

China Official Jailed for Life for Graft
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070808/ap_on_re_as/china
_corruption_1;_ylt=Aru2iBgiA.BezdSckxbvN91PzWQA
Bezd
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Death Penalty
Legal Body Confirms New Guidelines
Xinhuanet, August 09, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/09/content_
6499082.htm


Inner Mongolia
China Lauds Minority Rights on Key Anniversary
Reuters (via YahooNews), August 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070808/wl_nm/china_
politics_minorites_dc_1;_ylt=AorvpVJ4KK6jQ4jqcJBb
BRdPzWQA
VJ4KK6jQ4jqcJBbBRdPzWQA

Labor
女生工厂病死 (Secondary School Student Dies at Summer Job in Guangdong Factory)
Ming Pao, August 09, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070809/cca1h.htm

Law
江苏环保活动人士吴立红案子星期五开庭 (Jiangsu Environmentalist Wu Lihong to Stand for Trial on Friday)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/08/
wulihong/


Olympics
新闻中心难上境外网站 (Access to Foreign Web Sites Remains Difficult for Beijing International Media Center)
Ming Pao, August 09, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070809/cha6.htm

Host Cities to Be Audited for Food Safety Systems
South China Morning Post, August 09, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2c19f1466564
4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News
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Beijing Warned on Olympics Air Quality
Financial Times, August 08, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/cc8ae706-458d-11dc-b359-000077
9fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html


China Frees Foreign Pro-Tibet Activists
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070808/wl_asia_afp/oly2
008chinatibet_070808215600;_ylt=AtYZsa1Y0vaCBp70fX
DZoVtPzWQA
ylt=AtYZsa1Y0vaCBp70fXDZoVtPzWQA

北京奥运倒数庆典同时异议人士自由受限 (Dissidents' Freedom Limited While Olympics Countdown Celebrations Begin)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/08/yiyi/

“奥林匹克观察”呼吁IOC、运动员等关注中国人权 (NGO Urges IOC and Athletes to Show Concern for China's Human Rights Situation)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/08/
IOC/


为奥运会,封锁上访村 (Petitioners' Village Blocked During Olympics Countdown Ceremony)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/08/
shangfangcun/


US Legislators Propose China Olympics Boycott over Rights
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070808/pl_afp/olychn2008
rightschinauscongress_070808074627;_ylt=AqCOBtR1W2g3
isowotgxqM5PzWQA
08074627;_ylt=AqCOBtR1W2g3isowo
tgxqM5PzWQA


State Council Issues Circular on Emergency Response Measures
Xinhuanet, August 07, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/07/content_
6490852.htm


Poverty
Mainland's Income Gap Among Asia's Highest
South China Morning Post, August 09, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b0c8f1466564
4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Protests and Petitions
上海访民杜阳明被剥夺家人探视和通信的权利 (Shanghai Petitioner Deprived of Right to Family Visit and Communication)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/08/china
_petition_shanghai/


Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Du Yangming Deprived of Family
Visits After Refusing Prison Uniform
Human Rights in China, August 07, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_
id=44480

甘孜藏人抗议持续八天后撤离 (Tibetans' 8-Day Protest in Sichuan Ends on August 8)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/08/
ganzi/