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, July 10, 2006

July 8-10, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Religious Practitioner - Jia Zhiguo (贾治国)
中国天主教地下教会一主教被扣押 (Catholic Bishop Jia Zhiguo Detained)
Voice of America, July 10, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-07-voa33.cfm
The US-based Cardinal Kung Foundation has reported that 72-year-old Bishop Jia Zhiguo, a leader of China’s underground Catholic church,, was taken from his hospital bed in Hebei Province on June 25. The authorities reportedly said Jia had to be given several day’s “education.” His current whereabouts are unknown.

Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚将在两周内在临沂受审 (Chen Guangcheng to Be Tried in Shandong on July 20)
Radio Free Asia, July 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
07/chenguangcheng/
Human rights defender Chen Guangcheng will be tried on July 20 on charges of intending to damage public property and inciting people to disrupt traffic. His wife believes the charges are a response to his exposure of human rights violations related to the one-child policy. He has been under detention for 10 months.

News
Death Penalty
最高法收回死刑复核权 推动死刑二审开庭审理 (Higher People's Courts Across the Country to Hold Open Appeal Trials for Death Penalty Cases Starting July 1)
Xinhuanet, July 09, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-07/09/
content_4809627.htm

China Sentences Sect Members to Death for Murders
Reuters (via YahooNews), July 07, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060707/wl_nm/crime_
china_sect_dc_1;_ylt=AvFw3m6AV_XYk0zrCrhd5p1PzWQA;
_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl_XYk0zr
Crhd5p1PzWQA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMl
JVRPUCUl

基督教家庭教会核心成员被判处死刑 (Core Member of Protestant House Church Sentenced to Death)
Radio Free Asia, July 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07
/07/jiaohui/

Human Rights Defenders – Liao Yiwu (廖亦武)
异议人士离境难 廖亦武争出国权 (Dissident Writer Liao Yiwu’s Request to Leave the Country Refused for the Eighth Time)
Voice of America, July 10, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-10-voa1.cfm

Taishi Activist Held over Bike Licence
SCMP, July 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZY2KLUAPE.html

Land Policy
Land Seizures Provoke Growing Anger in China
Reuters (via YahooNews), July 07, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060707/lf_nm/
china_land_dc_1

Law
最高院眼中的“治本之策”浮出 (Supreme People's Court Proposes Solution to Non-enforcement of Court Decisions)
Nanfang Weekend, July 06, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/zm/20060706/xw/
szxw1/200607060008.asp

Media
网名涉反日遭封杀 (Internet Users Protest Web Portals for Blocking Game Users Who Adopt Anti-Japanese Usernames)
Ming Pao, July 10, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060710/cab1.htm

对比对中国惩罚媒体法律不同反响 (Different Responses to the Clause on Punishing Media in the “Draft Law on Handling Suddenly-Occurring Incidents”)
Voice of America, July 08, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-08-voa10.cfm

欧洲议会通过议案谴责国际网络公司见利忘义 (European Parliament Passes Motion to Condemn Multinational Internet Companies for Assisting Authoritarian Countries)
Radio Free Asia, July 08, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006
/07/08/ouzhou/

重庆新规定：个人家中上网须在公安局备案 (New Regulation: Chongqing Residents Must File Report with Public Security Bureau to Go Online)
Radio Free Asia, July 07, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/
shenrubaodao/2006/07/07/chongqing/

Migrant Workers
东莞两月3小童失踪 (Three Children of Migrant Workers Gone Missing in Dongguan in Past 2 Months)
Ming Pao, July 10, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060710/caa1.htm

Poverty
驻京周记﹕解决贫富悬殊的收入分配改革 (Commentary: Reforms Should Aim to Narrow Income Gap)
Ming Pao, July 10, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060710/cci1.htm

Public Health
72.7％的公众担心药品安全 (72.7% of Interviewees Worried About Drug Safety)
China Youth Daily, July 10, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/
10/content_1441216.htm

Bird Flu Whistle-blower Gets Jail Term for Graft
SCMP, July 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZO0Z9P7PE.html

Religion
Protestant Preacher Jailed for Seven Years
SCMP, July 10, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZX7XX51PE.html

地下教会领袖张荣亮被判刑七年半 (Protestant House Church Leader Zhang Rongliang Given 7-1/2 Year Sentence)
Radio Free Asia, July 09, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/
mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/09/zhangrongliang/

Xinjiang
维吾尔人关注活动人士被遣返中国 (Uyghur Rights Groups Concerned over Repatriation of Three Activists to China)
Voice of America, July 07, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-07-voa32.cfm

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