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.

Friday, August 10, 2007

August 10, 2007

News
Death Penalty

Death Sentence for Official Who Had His Mistress Killed
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
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a0/?vgnextoid=2446fcdbe1
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邯郸金库案两主犯死刑 (Duo Sentenced to Death on Charges of Corruption and Embezzling Public Funds in Hebei)
The Beijing News, August 10, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0564/2007/08-10/018@
282585.htm


Gender
权益活跃人士呼吁维护外嫁女的合法经济权益 (Rights Activists Call for Protection of Lawful Economic Interests of Women Who Have Married Men from Other Localities)
Radio Free Asia, August 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/09/
women_right/


Government
China Tightens Local Oversight
Wall Street Journal, August 10, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118669865619393552.html?
mod=hps_asia_whats_news


Human Rights Defender
维权人士任华等在湖南作调查被暴徒殴打目前失踪 (After Thugs' Beating in Hunan, Whereabouts of Human Rights Lawyer Ren Hua Unknown)
Radio Free Asia, August 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/09/
renhua/


Human Rights Defender - Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫)
朱虞夫周四获准和律师见面 (Zhu Yufu Allowed to Meet Lawyer on August 9)
Radio Free Asia, August 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/08/09/china
_dissident_jail/


Labor
Staff Work Overtime at Toy Factory, Despite Export Ban
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
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a0/?vgnextoid=a806fcdbe1
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Olympics
Car-Free Days to Tackle Pollution
The Standard, August 10, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&
art_id=50917&sid=148780
54&con_type=1&d_str=20070810

Olympic Politics and the 'Known Unknowables'
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
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热日烤京城奥运难顶 (Unbearable Heat May Affect Beijing Olympics)
Ming Pao, August 10, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070810/cha1h.htm

澳大利亚奥委官员谈北京奥运期间的言论自由 (Australian IOC Member Discusses Athletes’ Freedom of Speech During Beijing Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, August 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/08/09/
australia/


Expelled Activists Lash Out
The Standard, August 10, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=3&art_id=50918&sid=148702
56&con_type=1&d_str=
20070810


China Deports 8 Pro-Tibet Activists
Associated Press (via YahooNews), August 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070809/ap_on_re_as/china
_tibet_activists_1;_ylt=AsH8Y
ViZ.NyndeDj4xX3Z7hPzWQA

India's Tibetans Kick Off Year of 'Olympic' Anti-China Protest
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), August 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070809/wl_sthasia_afp/
indiatibetprotestoly2008chn_070
809060525;_ylt=Ath2i5j
_f9aU1fG3kwaZ7jFPzWQA


Before Olympics, a Call for Change
Washington Post, August 08, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content
/article/2007/08/07/AR2007080700659.html


Public Health
Relatives Say Charges Too Lenient for 13 Deaths in Drug Scandal
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=c9f5fcdbe1b
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Society - Ethnic Minorities
Tibetans Clash with Muslims in China's Qinghai
Radio Free Asia, August 09, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/tibetan/2007/08/09/tibetan_
muslims/