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.

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

July 19, 2006

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Xinjiang
China Mum on Fate of Detained Canadian
The Globe and Mail, July 18, 2006
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC
.20060718.CHINA18/TPStory/National

Chinese authorities are rejecting all of Canada's requests for information on the fate or whereabouts of detained Uighur activist Huseyincan Celil. Mr. Celil was sentenced to death in absentia for founding a political party in Xinjiang in the 1990s. After escaping from China, he was allowed into Canada as a political refugee in 2001 and became a Canadian citizen. He was arrested in Uzbekistan in March 2006 and extradited to China last month.

News

Death Penalty
北京一批重犯今天上午被执行死刑 (Two Executed for Murders in Beijing)
Xinhuanet, July 18, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-07/18/content
_4849494.htm


林氏兄弟列车上袭警致一死两伤被判重刑 (Brothers Sentenced to Death for Murdering Policeman on Train)
Xinhuanet, July 17, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-07/17/
content_4844636.htm


陕西潼关县一民警参与绑架杀害堂侄被执行死刑 (Shaanxi Policeman Executed for Taking Part in Kidnapping and Murder)
Xinhuanet, July 17, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-07/17/
content_4844388.htm


新疆石河子两凶犯残害妇女被判极刑 (Two Men Executed for Murdering and Raping Two Women in Xinjiang)
Xinhuanet, July 14, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-07/14/content
_4832623.htm


云南丽江:杀警凶犯一审被判死刑 (Yunnan Man Sentenced to Death for Murdering Policeman)
Xinhuanet, July 14, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-07/14/content
_4832640.htm


Environment
深圳水库漂垃圾恐污食水 (Rubbish in Shenzhen Reservoir May Be Polluting Water Supply)
Ming Pao, July 19, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060719/ccd1.htm

Sewage Disposal a Big Headache
SCMP, July 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ9AOAP7PE.html

Warning of Ecological Disaster over Farmland Pollution
SCMP, July 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZI7BMUAPE.html

US$175 Bln Earmarked for Environmental Protection
People's Daily, July 17, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-07/17
/content_642870.htm


Human Rights
不要让举报人消失 (Protecting the Rights of Anonymous Whistleblowers)
China Youth Daily, July 19, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/19/content_
1451336.htm


实名举报 换来两次辞退一年劳教 (Woman Dismissed Twice and Sent for Reeducation-through-Labor for Reporting Accounting Fraud at Tax Bureau)
China Youth Daily, July 19, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-07/19/content_1451321.htm

Human Rights Defenders - Liu Beixing (刘北星)
宜宾维权农民代表刑满 政府不许回老家 (Released Human Rights Defender Not Allowed to Go Home)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07
/18/weiquan/


Human Rights Defenders - Petitioners
上海访民跳楼自杀 (Shanghai Petitioner Made Homeless by Forced Eviction Commits Suicide)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/07/18/shangfang/


Labor
中国大学毕业生供求关系严重失调 (Serious Unemployment for China's University Graduates)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07
/18/xuesheng/


Law - Labor
四部法律提上立法日程 劳动者权益有望获进一步保护 (Four Bills Get on Legislative Agenda; Workers’ Rights May Be Further Protected)
Legal Daily, July 19, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-07/19/
content_354929.htm


Media
102 Wireless Services Companies
Reuters (via China Daily), July 18, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2006-07/18
/content_643675.htm


黑客就入侵中国民革网接受专访 (Man Who Hacked into China's Official Webpage Interviewed by RFA)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
18/heike/


Politics
欧阳五﹕《莺莺沉冤》與中共反腐战 (Commentary: Sex and CPC's Anti-Corruption War)
Ming Pao, July 19, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060719/fab1.htm

Politics – Rural Issues
中国全国政协拟设立农民界别 (CPPCC Considers Establishing Organization to Represent Farmers)
Radio Free Asia, July 18, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
18/nongmin/


Protests and Petitions
票务糾紛深圳僧人暴动 (Shenzhen Monks Riot in Ticket Dispute)
Ming Pao, July 19, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20060719/caa1.htm

Religion
吉林河南四川家庭教会成员被关押扣留 (Protestant House Church Members in Jilin, Henan and Sichuan Detained)
Radio Free Asia, July 17, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/07/
17/jiaohui/


Rural Issues
专家对中国解决三农问题不乐观 (Experts Not Optimistic About Agricultural Reforms)
Voice of America, July 19, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-07-18
-voa70.cfm


Rural China: Too Little, too Late
Asia Times Online, July 19, 2006
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business
/HG19Cb01.html


Society
Wealth Has Brought Insecurity on Mainland, Survey Finds
SCMP, July 19, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZM7BMUAPE.html

Tibet
Thousands Head to Temple on Dalai Lama Rumour
Reuters, July 18, 2006
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=world
News&storyID=2006-07-18T072433Z_01_PEK264923_RTRU
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