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, June 27, 2007

June 27, 2007

News
Death Penalty

大毒枭刘招华一审判处死刑 (Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Death in Guangzhou)
The Beijing News, June 27, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2007/06-27/018@
272315.htm


In Brief: Death Sentence for Taiwanese Kingpin in Heroin Ring
South China Morning Post, June 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=bef4caa06c863110
VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New


Government
Tougher Penalty Sought for Emergency Cover-ups
China Daily, June 26, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-06/26/content_
902189.htm


Law
全国人大代表呼吁:应设立律师权利救济程序 (NPC Delegate Calls for Establishment of New Procedure to Protect Lawyers' Rights to Carry Out Professional Duties)
Legal Daily, June 27, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-06/27/content_
647297.htm


Media
Internet Intervention - How Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft Sold Their Souls to China
Good Magazine, June 27, 2007
http://www.goodmagazine.com/section/Provocations/internet
_intervention


纽约时报记者东莞采访遭厂方羁押 政府警察无能为力? (New York Times Journalists Detained by Guangdong Toy Factory for 9 Hours, Find Local Authorities Useless in Seeking Their Release)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/06/26/
dongguan/


Online Media Keep Up Pressure on China's Propaganda Czars
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/china/2007/06/25/china_internet/

Olympics
Activists Press China with 'Genocide Olympics' Label
Christian Science Monitor, June 26, 2007
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0626/p13s01-woaf.html

Police
西安发生多宗城管冲突 (Xi'an Management Authorities Involved in Several Clashes)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/06/26/china_
police_riot/


Politics
Hu's Policy Speech Prepares Ground for Political Theory
South China Morning Post, June 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=6715caa06c863110
VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Protests and Petitions
江西两兄弟抵制拆迁入狱 (Final Court Finds Brothers Innocent of Resisting Illegal Eviction in Jiangxi)
The Beijing News, June 27, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2007/06-27/018@
272322.htm


港商代表北京请愿被软禁 (Six Hong Kong Business People Placed Under De Facto House Arrest for Trying to Petition in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/06/26/china_
petition_beijing/


Public Health
Hepatitis Carriers Sue Taiwan Firm for Discrimination
South China Morning Post, June 27, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb3
29d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=ceb4caa06c863110
VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Rural
China's Farmers Need a Second Liberation
Asia Times Online, June 27, 2007
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/IF27Cb01.
html


中国农村生活安全隐患多 (Hygiene and Other Problems Plague China's Rural Areas)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/06/26/
rurallife/


Xinjiang
京促巴国缉22疆独犯 (China Urges Pakistan to Arrest 22 People Who Advocate Independence for Xinjiang)
Ming Pao, June 27, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070627/caf1.htm

Hong Kong
Push for Direct Elections for Hong Kong
Financial Times, June 26, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/6c756c34-23f4-11dc-8ee2-000b5
df10621,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e23
40.html