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, June 20, 2006

June 20, 2006

News
Civil Society
绿色和平,你把人家吓着了!(Authorities Annoyed by Greenpeace's Report on Poisonous Vegetables)
Nanfang Daily, June 20, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/
200606200563.asp


Nation Without Charity
SCMP, June 20, 2006
http://columns.scmp.com/colart/blackcat/
ZZZVQJJB7OE.html


Corruption
举报腐败案三成实名 (Only 30 Percent of Those who Report on Corruption in Guangzhou Use Their Real Names)
Nanfang Daily, June 20, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy
/200606200215.asp


Death Penalty
原双轮集团副总刘峰涉四罪终审被判死缓 (Businessman Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve for Economic and Other Crimes)
Xinhuanet, June 19, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-06/19/
content_4714782.htm


Environment
发改委叫停3400万千瓦电站项目 (Development and Reform Commission Stops Programs That Would Generate 34 Million Kilovolts of Electricity)
The Beijing News, June 20, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/06-20
/014@024941.htm


广东将试行定额用水 (Guangdong to Try System of Water Usage Quota)
The Beijing News, June 20, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0565/2006/06-20
/014@024006.htm


Government
有些事为何一经调查就无下文 (Why Some Investigations End with No Result)
China Youth Daily, June 20, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-06/20/
content_1422016.htm


Human Rights Defenders
中国民间代表参与人权大会受阻 (Rights Petitioners Not Allowed to Attend UN Human Rights Council Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/06/19/humanrights/


Human Rights Defender – Petitioner - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
中国评论﹕失明再失自由 中共于心何忍 (Commentary: CPC Should Show Mercy to Detained Blind Activist Chen Guangcheng)
Ming Pao, June 20, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060620/caf1.htm

京禁声援维权者遊行 (Beijing Bans Protest in Support of Chen Guangcheng)
Ming Pao, June 20, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060620/cab1.htm

Human Rights Defender – Petitioner - Hu Jia (胡佳)
胡佳的妻子曾金燕获第四届受难者家人奖 (Zeng Jinyan, Wife of AIDS Activist Hu Jia, Receives Award for Family of Victims of Persecution)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
06/19/zengjinyan/


Human Rights Defender – Xinjiang - Rebiya Kadeer (热比娅)
议员拟致函胡锦涛促放热比娅家属 (American Lawmakers Propose to Demand Release of Kadeer's Children)
Voice of America, June 20, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-20-voa13.cfm

Human Rights Defender – Xinjiang - Tohti Tunyaz
No Word for Wife on Jailed Uyghur Writer's Fate
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2006/
06/19/uyghur_writer/


Land Policy
Developers Accused of Sitting on Land
SCMP, June 20, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZUHJJB7OE.html

Media - Press Freedom - Li Jinhua, Lü Aiqiang (李金华、吕爱强)
揭弊被诬敲诈 兩记者获復职 (Journalists Li Jinhua and Lu Aiqiang Reinstated After Being Dismissed for Reporting Corruption)
Ming Pao, June 20, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060620/ccd1.htm

Media
Two Mainland Web Portals Blocked
SCMP, June 20, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZLX7B67OE.html

当网民变成金鱼,权力又如何走出神秘之幕 (Changsha PSB Orders all Internet Cafés to Install Software that Requires Users to Identify Themselves)
China Youth Daily, June 20, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-06/20/
content_1422036.htm


Politics
产经新闻﹕大陆报道罢扁惹反效果 (Japanese Newspaper: Mainland Reports About Impeachment of Taiwan Leader Backfire)
Ming Pao, June 20, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060620/caa2.htm

Protests and Petitions
长春10村民不满土地问题到北京跳楼被劝服 (Ten Jilin Residents Threaten to Commit Suicide in Beijing Over Land Dispute)
Xinhuanet, June 20, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-06/20/
content_4717685.htm


河南大学生骚乱抗议校方长期欺骗 (Henan University Students Protest to School Administration for Lying about Certificate Issuance)
Voice of America, June 19, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-19-voa31.cfm

Religion
Beijing, Holy See Have Held Talks in Recent Weeks
SCMP, June 20, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZBW7B67OE.html

Three Gorges
三峡库区污水处理厂受困一串难题 (Series of Problems with Sewage Treatment for Three Gorges Project)
China Youth Daily, June 20, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-06/20/
content_1422171.htm