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, May 02, 2007

May 2, 2007

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Tan Kai (谭凯)

被判窃取国家机密的浙江环保人士谭凯刑满出狱 (Zhejiang Environmentalist Tan Kai Released from Jail)
Radio Free Asia, May 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/05/01/chin
a_rights_environment/

Environmental activist Tan Kai (谭凯), sentenced on charges of illegally obtaining state secrets, was released on April 19 after 18 months of imprisonment. In 2005, Tan, a computer repairer, founded a group called Green Watch to look into complaints by local residents in Zhejiang, that pollution from a chemical factory was destroying crops and causing birth defects. He was arrested in December 2005. (Please refer to our "Top News" on August 12-14, 2006 for more background information)

News
Civil Society
北京民间智库“仨元学社”被取缔 (Beijing-Based Civil Think Tank "Sanyuan Xueshe" Outlawed)
Radio Free Asia, May 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/05/01/china
_organization/


Corruption

Anti-Triad War Targets Officials Who Shield Crooks
South China Morning Post, May 02, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ5XR4K61F.html

Human Rights Defender - Zan Aizong (昝爱宗)
昝爱宗起诉浙江出版局及杭州公安局案被驳回 (Zan Aizong Loses Lawsuits Against Zhejiang's Press and Publications Bureau and Hangzhou's Public Security Bureau)
Radio Free Asia, May 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/30/china
_rights_court/


Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟获美国律师委员会“勇敢提倡者”奖 (American Board of Trial Advocates Grants "Courageous Advocacy Award" to Gao Zhisheng)
Radio Free Asia, May 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/05/01/china_r
ights_lawyer/


Human Rights Defender
中国泛蓝联盟被当局定性为非法组织 (Authorities List Pan-Blue Alliance as Illegal Organization)
Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/30/china
_dissident_panblue/


江苏当局阻挠被捕的环保人士吴立红会见律师 (Jiangsu Authorities Bar Lawyer from Meeting Detained Environmentalist Wu Lihong)
Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/30/china_r
ights_environment/


异见人士李金平吁为赵紫阳平反被国保带走 (Dissident Li Jinping Taken Away by Domestic Security Protection Section for Calling for Reassessment of Zhao Ziyang)
Radio Free Asia, May 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/05/01/china_
dissident_detain/


Land Policy
武汉拟让警察负责拆迁执法引争议 (Dispute Grows as Wuhan Considers Involving Police in Eviction Disputes)
Voice of America, April 30, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-04-30-voa29.cfm

Media
Virtually Impossible
South China Morning Post, May 02, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZHEOYV51F.html

外国记者忧中国证书计划影响运作 (Foreign Journalists Worry that Measures on Foreign News Agencies' Work Will Affect Their Operations)
Voice of America, May 01, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-05-01-voa33.cfm

Olympics
简要新闻:“自由西藏学生组织”声明反对奥运圣火途经西藏 (In Brief: "Students for a Free Tibet" Opposes Route of Olympic Torch to Pass Through Tibet)
Radio Free Asia, May 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/05/01/briefing/

Population
杭州村书记讹诈超生户并拐卖儿童 (Zhejiang Village Secretary Threatens Couple to Send 2nd Kid to Orphanage, then Sells Him to Family in Anhui)
Radio Free Asia, May 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/05/01/china_r
ights_rural/


广西容县计生办突击抄家 (Birth Control Authorities in Guangxi Ransack Village Homes)
Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/30/china
_rights_birth/


Protests and Petitions
Dockers in Shekou Strike for Higher Pay
South China Morning Post, May 02, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZA885W51F.html

武汉商场职工代表就企改中经理贪污上访北京 (Seven Worker Representatives of Wuhan Shopping Center Go to Beijing to Petition over Corrupt Manager)
Radio Free Asia, May 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/05/01/china_p
etition_beijing/


沧州南唐庄征地纠纷被武警戒严 (Martial Law Applied in Village in Hebei over Land Grab Dispute)
Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/30/china_l
and_clash/r


青岛当局刑事拘留抗拒拆迁户 (Shandong Couple Taken Away over Eviction Protest)
Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/30/china
_demolition_detain/


Macau
Shots Fired at Macau Rally
South China Morning Post, May 02, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZY885W51F.html