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.

Monday, June 26, 2006

June 24-26, 2006

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defender – Petitioner - Liu Xinjuan (刘新娟)
上海访民刘新娟鉴定正常却被送入精神病院 (Shanghai Petitioner Liu Xinjuan Sent to Psychiatric Hospital, Despite Having Been Diagnosed as “Normal”)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/
23/liuxinjuan/

After petitioning the authorities in Beijing on resettlement issues, Liu Xinjuan was on her way home to Shanghai when she was picked up by Shanghai police and taken to a psychiatric hospital. While in Beijing, a psychiatric expert had diagnosed her as being “psychologically normal.” This is the fifth time in three years that the authorities have forcibly admitted her to mental institutions.

  • Related News:
HRIC Press Release: Petitioner Liu Xinjuan Forcibly Admitted to Mental Hospital for the Fifth Time Human Rights in China, June 22, 2006
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%
5fid=29389&item%5fid=29385


News
Death Penalty
胜利油田一高管被判死缓 (Senior Official of State-owned Enterprise Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve for Corruption)
The Beijing News, June 26, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0566/2006/06-26/
018@190288.htm


Education
义务教育学校收杂费仍属合法 (Miscellaneous Charges for Education Will Still Be Legal According to Latest Bill)
Nanfang Daily, June 25, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/newdaily/
yw/200606250014.asp


Environment
Guangdong to Go Ahead with Drive Against Pollution
SCMP, June 26, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ4CHIB7OE.html

Human Rights Defender – Petitioner - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
Blind Activist and Lawyer Claim They Have Received Death Threats
SCMP, June 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZPBEIB7OE.html

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
程翔案即将宣判?关注组再次呼吁 (Hong Kong Newspaper Reports that Verdict on Ching Cheong May Be Announced Soon)
Voice of America, June 25, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-25
-voa32.cfm


Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Zhao Yan (赵岩)
北京法院推迟对赵岩判决 (Beijing Court Postpones Verdict for Zhao Yan's Case)
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
06/23/zhaoyan/


Human Rights Defender – Xinjiang - Rebiya Kadeer (热比娅)
Exiled Uyghur Dissident Says Family Detained in Retaliation
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/uyghur/2006/06/
23/uyghur_kadeer/


Media
中华全国新闻工作者协会提出《意见》(All-China Journalists Association Issues Opinion to Incorporate CPC's Latest Principles into Journalists' Work)
China Youth Daily, June 26, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-06/26/
content_1428076.htm


On the Table: Fines for Breaking News
SCMP, June 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZRSZJB7OE.html

Politics
Chinese Communist Party Undergoes Democratic Reform to Meet Challenges
People's Daily, June 25, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200606/25
/eng20060625_277173.html


Population
China Retreats on Selective Abortion Law Plan
Financial Times, June 26, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/070693de-0486-11db-8981
-0000779e2340.html


Poverty
Migration: China's Answer to Desertification, Poverty
The Times of India, June 22, 2006
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1672371.cms

Protests and Petitions
上合组织峰会当局以各种手法监控访民 (Authorities Use Various Methods to Monitor Petitioners During SCO Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
06/23/fangmin/


Public Health
公立医院看病价格划定上限” (Guangdong Public Hospitals Plan to Place Cap on Fee Schedule)
Nanfang Daily, June 24, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/
newdaily/gd/200606240035.asp


Over 60% of Epileptics Go Untreated in Rural China
Xinhua (via CRI), June 23, 2006
http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/2946/2006/06/23/48
@106192.htm


Religion
Women Lead Prayers, Revolution in China
The Times of India, June 26, 2006
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
articleshow/1678957.cms


Society
China to Review Enforcement of Law on Minority Autonomy
Xinhua (via China Economic Net), June 23, 2006
http://en.ce.cn/National/Law/200606/24
/t20060624_7494378.shtml


State Security
Think-tank Academic Jailed, Say Colleagues
SCMP, June 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZLLFIB7OE.html

Hong Kong
Laws Exist to Ban Sect, Says Institute; Experts Doubt It
SCMP, June 25, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZFCNB67OE.html