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.

Sunday, December 09, 2007

December 8 – 10, 2007

News
Environment

China, West Squabble over Targets
Associated Press (via YahooNews), December 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071208/ap_on_re_as/bali_climate_conference_67

中国农村3亿人口饮用水不达标 (Three Hundred Million Rural Residents Drink and Use Substandard Water)
Radio Free Asia, December 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/07/water/

Freedom of Speech
文化部限制卡拉OK播放未经审批的歌曲 (Beijing Culture Department Censors Unapproved Karaoke Videos)
Radio Free Asia, December 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/07/karaoke/

Human Rights
“世界人权日”回首中国今年人权状况 (Activists and Lawyer Review Human Rights Situation in China for 2007 on Human Rights Day)
Radio Free Asia, December 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/07/humanrights/

Human Rights Defender - Chen Shuqing (陈树庆)
简要新闻:陈树庆二审上诉案被判维持原判 (In Brief: Chen Shuqing's Appeal Rejected on October 29)
Radio Free Asia, December 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/12/08/xinwen/#2

Human Rights Defender
大学副教授郭泉遭撤销教务 发表公开信违宪违法涉密? (Associate Professor Demoted After Publishing Open Letters Urging Political Reforms)
Radio Free Asia, December 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/07/guo/

Human Rights Defender - Yang Chunlin (杨春林)
黑龙江更多农民要罢官分地 (Heilongjiang Police Send Yang Chunlin's Case to Procuratorate Again)
Radio Free Asia, December 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/07/heilongjiang/

Labor
China's Slave Families Struggle to Expose Dirty Little Secret
The Age (Australia), December 08, 2007
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/chinas-slave-families-struggle-to-expose-dirty-little-secret/2007/12/07/1196813021595.html

Law
刑侦改革成效十年数字 (Ten-Year Figures Show Effects of Criminal Investigation Reforms)
Legal Daily, December 10, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-12/10/content_758157.htm

Media
China Media Less Aggressive in Foreign Coverage
New York Times, December 10, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/07/world/asia/07china.html

China Bans Hollywood Movies to Protect Its Own Film Industry
The Independent, December 07, 2007
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article3231233.ece

家用电脑被监视 网络封锁加剧 (Internet Censorship Stepped Up; Activists' Personal Computers Monitored)
Radio Free Asia, December 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/12/07/wangluo/

北京公安突然检查《明报》驻京办事处 (Police Suddenly Check Hong Kong Newspaper's Beijing Office)
Radio Free Asia, December 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/07/china_media/

Olympics
Amnesty Asks China to Free Anti-Olympic Activists
Reuters, December 08, 2007
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK6744720071208

中国在奥运前夕加强打压民间组织 (Chinese Authorities Suppress Social Organizations Ahead of Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, December 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/12/07/china_ngo/

NY Mayor Urged Promote Rights in China
Associated Press (via YahooNews), October 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071209/ap_on_re_as/olympics_media_1

Protests and Petitions
Despair for Family in 10-Year Battle for Injury Compensation
South China Morning Post, December 10, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d423dec7a3fb6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests on the Rise in China as Dongzhou Marks Bloodshed
Radio Free Asia, December 07, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2007/12/07/china_unrest/

Three Gorges
Dam Victims Tell of Hopelessness
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), December 10, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=94f2dec7a3fb6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD