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, June 11, 2007

June 9-11, 2007

News
Civil Society

拆迁公投三成反对或延工程 (China's First "Referendum" on Eviction May Delay Project)
Ming Pao, June 11, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070611/cca1.htm

Corruption
Confess Now, China Urges Corrupt Officials
Reuters (via YahooNews), June 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070608/wl_nm/china_cor
ruption_dc_1;_ylt=AvIxowbLtD0
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Death Penalty
China Urged to Cut Back Executions Before Olympics
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), June 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070610/wl_asia_afp/oly2
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10030841;_ylt=AsJe_.boV
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Disasters
600,000 Displaced by Flooding in Southern China
International Herald Tribune, June 11, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/10/asia/china11.php

Environment
China Mulls Banning Food in Ethanol Fuel Production
Xinhuanet, June 11, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/11/content_62
24333.htm


Human Rights Defender
In Brief: Police Block Rights Activist from Attending Course in Europe
South China Morning Post, June 11, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
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a0/?vgnextoid=a257c6a90
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Torture Probe Delays China Environmentalist's Trial
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), June 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070609/wl_asia_afp/china
environmentpollutionwaterrigh
ts_070609062121;_ylt=AiPy
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Human Rights Defender – Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
郭飞雄控告看守所人员刑讯逼供 (Guo Feixiong Sues Detention Officers over Torture)
Radio Free Asia, June 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/06/08/china_
rights_guofeixiong/


June 4th
Fading Echoes in Tiananmen Square
Washington Post, June 10, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article
/2007/06/08/AR2007060802413.html


Law
China Gives Public More Leeway to Disagree with Gov't Decisions
Xinhuanet, June 08, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/08/content_6
217625.htm


Media
《成都晚报》因六四广告已有七人被开除 (Seven from Chengdu Evening News Dismissed over June 4 Ad)
Radio Free Asia, June 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/06/08/china_m
edia_64/


Olympics
Report: Child Labor Making Olympics Gear
Associated Press (via YahooNews), June 10, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070611/ap_on_re_as/china
_olympics_labor_2;_ylt=Ag.1
G.DIEX0_gOJ79Y_c0_9PzWQA

Population
孕妇逃避强行引产坠楼身亡 (Seven-Month-Pregnant Woman from Hebei Fell and Died Trying to Escape Forced Abortion)
Radio Free Asia, June 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/06/08/china
_rights_birth_death/


Protests and Petitions
In Brief: Rally Against Chongqing Dog Cull
South China Morning Post, June 11, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
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a0/?vgnextoid=a257c6a9095
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Strike at China Christmas Tree Factory
Associated Press (via YahooNews), June 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070609/ap_on_re_as/chin
a_factory_strike_1;_ylt=AqAHUI
h79kjJe5PUFUC8auRPzWQA

黑龙江失地农民“不要奥运要人权” (Heilongjiang-Based Victims of Land Grab: We Want Human Rights Not Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, June 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/06/08/h
elongjiang/


Public Health
Bogus Blood Protein Found in 18 Hospitals
South China Morning Post, June 11, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=4e55474cf3
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Tibet
Report: China Resettles Tibetan Nomads
Associated Press (via YahooNews), June 10, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070610/ap_on_re_as/china
_human_rights_1;_ylt=ApW2
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Xinjiang
Chinese Leave Guantánamo for Albanian Limbo
New York Times, June 10, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/world/europe/10rese
ttle.html?_r=2&n=Top%2fNews
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