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, August 20, 2007

August 18-20, 2007

News
Corruption
Corruption Storybook Has No Final Chapter
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
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Nearly 5,000 Officials Punished for Extravagance
Xinhuanet, August 20, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/19/content_
6562963.htm


China-EU Association Staff Jailed for Role in Scandal of Officials' Abortive Finnish Trip
Xinhuanet, August 18, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/18/content_
6561005.htm


Death Penalty
Two Drug Traffickers Executed in SW China
Xinhuanet, August 19, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/19/content_
6564743.htm


Disasters
Angry Relatives Clash with Security Forces
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), August 20, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
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Food Security
White Paper: China Builds Food Safety Law Regime, Technological Guarantee System
Xinhuanet, August 17, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/17/content_
6553336.htm


Human Rights Defender – Sun Xiaodi (孙小弟)
甘肃环保人士孙小弟及家人被扰 (Gansu Environmentalist Sun Xiaodi and Family Harassed)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/17/
sunxiaodi/


Human Rights Defender – Hua Huiqi (华惠琪)
简要新闻:北京家庭教会成员华惠琪受公安人员威胁 (In Brief: Beijing Religious Activist Threatened by Police)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/08/17/xinwen/
Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Activist's Mother "Held Hostage" for
Information
Human Rights in China, August 17, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_id
=44569


Human Rights Defender - Wu Lihong (吴立红)
环保人士吴立红的妹妹被警方带走 (Sister of Environmentalist Wu Lihong Taken Away by Jiangsu Police)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/17/
wu/


Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚的妻子袁伟静致最高人民法院的民事起诉状 (Yuan Weijing Sends Civil Pleading to Supreme People's Court)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/17/
yuan/


Media
家属禁接受採访 (Families of Coal Mine Accident Victims Told Not to Talk to Journalists)
Ming Pao, August 20, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070820/cha4.htm

China Reporters Probing Bridge Disaster "Beaten"
Reuters, August 17, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK2236
3220070817?feedType=RSS&f
eedName=worldNews&rpc
=22&sp=true


天网网站服务器遭永久关闭 (Server for Rights Defence Web Site Permanently Closed)
Radio Free Asia, August 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/19/
tian/


博客时评文章被“隐形” 律师告搜狐网违约 (Beijing Lawyer Sues Sohu for Excluding His Articles)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/17/
blogs/


China Bans Negative Reporting Ahead of Party Congress
The Guardian, August 17, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,2150985,00.html
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Olympics
Olympic Pollution Trial: China Orders Million Cars Off Beijing Roads to Clean the Air
The Sydney Morning Herald, August 18, 2007
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/olympic-pollution-trial
-china-orders-million-cars-off-
beijingroads-to-clear-the-air
/2007/08/17/1186857768461.html


Ahead of Olympics, Beijing Steps Up Pressure on Dissidents
Austin American - Statesman, August 17, 2007
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/world
/08/17/0817chinadissidents
.html

Protests and Petitions
简要新闻:北京警方抓走300多访民监控多名异议人士 (In Brief: Beijing Police Take Away 300 Petitioners and Monitor Dissidents)
Radio Free Asia, August 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/08/18/xinwen/

出租司机被黑社会砍死 千人聚温江医院抗议 (1,000 People Protest Knifing to Death of Taxi Driver in Chengdu Hospital)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/17/taxi/