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, July 04, 2006

July 4, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Rights Defender – Liu Xiaowu (刘小武)
AIDS Activist Stabbed After Corruption Claim
SCMP, July 04, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZNKGX51PE.html
Henan AIDS activist Liu Xiaowu was stabbed in the back three times by an unknown assailant on June 15, four days after he complained to the Ministry of Health about health officials profiting from free medicine supplied by the central government. He was still receiving treatment on July 3. According to Liu, the police had "not actively" tried to track down his attacker.

News
Children
特殊弱势群体保护遭遇法律空白 (Children of Jailed Parents Have No Legal Protection)
China Youth Daily, July 04, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/04/content_1436006
.htm


监狱服刑人员未成年子女基本情况调查报告 (Survey on the Conditions of Underage Children of Jailed Parents)
China Youth Daily, July 04, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/04/content_
1436001.htm


Death Penalty
跨国境抓回人渣 江苏特大跨国系列绑架杀人案 主犯被执行死刑 (Chinese Police Went to Cambodia to Catch Suspects; Seven Executed for Abduction and Murder)
Legal Daily, July 04, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-07/04
/content_345562.htm


是否刑讯逼供开庭前就要调查 (Allegations of Extracting Confession by Torture in Death Penalty Cases Will Be Investigated Before Trials Begin in Anhui)
Legal Daily, July 04, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-07/04/content
_345559.htm


Education
178万贫困生未获资助 (1.78 Million Poor Students Get No Government Subsidies)
Ming Pao, July 04, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060704/can1.htm

Land Policy
以修的名义,拆 (Authorities Remove Historical Structures in the Name of Repair)
Nanfang Weekend, June 29, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060629/wh/
whxw/200606290043.asp


Law
优化司法环境 力促公平正义 (Measures to Improve the Judicial System)
China Youth Daily, July 04, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/04/content
_1436281.htm


Media
中国评论﹕惡法再辩还是惡法 (Commentary: A Bad Law Remains Bad No Matter How It Is Debated)
Ming Pao, July 04, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060704/caq1.htm

Mainland Gag Would Include Foreign Media
SCMP, July 04, 2006
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZFLGX51PE.html

中国拟重罚违规接青少年顾客网吧 (China Considers Imposing Harsh Punishments on Cyber Cafes Open to Minors)
Voice of America, July 03, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-03-
voa36.cfm


突破网络封锁又添新工具 (New Internet Tools Available to Avoid Being Blocked)
Radio Free Asia, July 03, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/03
/internet_block/


国务院法制办介绍《突发事件应对法(草案)(State Council’s Legislative Affairs Office Introduces Emergency Response Bill)
Chinanews.com, July 03, 2006
http://news.china.com/zh_cn/domestic/945/20060703
/13444571.html


Police
鄢烈山:坏人的基本人权也要保护 (Commentary: Basic Human Rights of Lawbreakers Should also Be Protected)
Nanfang Daily, July 03, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/
spqy/200607030484.asp


Politics
China's Hu in Reformist Pitch Praises Democracy
Reuters (via YahooNews), July 03, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060703/wl_nm/china_
politics_dc_1;_ylt=AgaMUpvuYqIdKQ57Lop5Ya1PzWQA;_
ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
KQ57
Lop5Ya1PzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYw
MlJVRPUCUl


中央党校课题组提交政改报告 (CPC School Submits Report on Political Reform)
Nanfang Weekend, June 29, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060629/xw/
szxw1/200606290005.asp


Public Health
Poor Farmers Risk Lives for Living
Shanghai Daily (via China Daily), July 04, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-07/04/
content_632401.htm


Tibet
西藏文化不会因铁路而消失 (Tibetan Culture Will Not Disappear Because of the New Railway)
China Youth Daily, June 29, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060629/xw/
zmxwzt/200606290013.asp