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.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

June 14, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties

Canberra Bites Back After Swipe
The Standard, June 14, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3
&art_id=46771&sid=140484
47&con_type=1&d_str=20070614

Children
1,000 Child Slaves in Brick Factories)
South China Morning Post, June 14, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=e87d3b488d52311
0VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne


Death Penalty
Chinese Teacher Gets Death for 18 Rapes
Associated Press (via YahooNews), June 13, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070613/ap_on_re_as/china_
teacher_rape_3;_ylt=Ao3g5b
c_JHeWXLrYSnh2S9xPzWQA

Environment
专家:科技难救湖泊污染 (Experts Say Lake Pollution Cannot Be Solved by Technology Alone)
Ming Pao, June 14, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070614/caa1.htm

Labor
Survey: Employment Discrimination Persists in China
Xinhuanet, June 13, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-06/13/content_
6238655.htm


Media
上网记录至少存60天 (Record of Internet Use to Be Kept at Least 60 Days to "Suppress Online Pornography")
The Beijing News, June 14, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0546/2007/0613/021@2
69089.htm


江苏两记者被拘:孑木案法律援助难 傅涛被继续关押 (Jiangsu Reporter Jie Mu, a.k.a. Sun Lin, Barred from Meeting Lawyer, While Detention for Another Journalist Continues)
Radio Free Asia, June 14, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/06/13/j
iemu/


Yahoo's China Policy Rejected
BBC, June 14, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6747095.stm

Yahoo's Internet Photo Site Flickr.com Blocked in China
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), June 13, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070613/tc_afp/chinainterne
tyahoo_070613123615


Migrant Workers
中国拟定农民工养老新办法 (China Considers New Pension System for Migrant Workers)
Radio Free Asia, June 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/06/13/
nongmin/


Olympics
Beijing Games Become Catch-All for Causes
Reuters, June 14, 2007
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=
sportsNews&storyID=2007-06-
13T113843Z_01_NOOTR_
RTRMDNC_0_India-302856-1.xml


FBI Offers to Assist China with Olympic Security
Reuters (via YahooNews), June 14, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070613/us_nm/china_usa_
fbi_dc_2


2008 Beijing Olympic Image May Suffer
Associated Press (via YahooNews), June 13, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070613/ap_on_re_as/beiji
ng_labor_abuses_1;_ylt=An1l9
EQFx16S6LJ2bo3r4g1PzWQA

Protests and Petitions
內蒙5000警民冲突 (5,000 Inner Mongolians Clash with Police over Resettlement Compensation)
Ming Pao, June 14, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070614/cac1.htm

湖南女贩离奇死亡 死者儿子“袭警”被抓 (After Hunan Hawker's Mysterious Death, Her Son Is Taken Away for Assaulting a Police Officer)
Radio Free Asia, June 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/06/13/
nufan/


湖北残疾人上访被押回 江苏维权人士被禁上网 (Disabled Petitioner Taken Back to Hubei, Jiangsu Rights Defender Barred Access to Internet)
Radio Free Asia, June 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/06/13/
weiquan/