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.

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

September 5, 2007

Top News of the Day
Olympics

Public Urged to Keep Tabs on Olympic Protests
South China Morning Post, September 05, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0954660c1
51d4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

The official Xinhua news agency issued a series of guidelines instructing spectators, athletes, and officials attending the Olympic Games on how to react to any potential protests. The guidelines ask people who witness protests to report them immediately to police, volunteers and any venue managers nearby, and to under no circumstances engage in physical conflict.

News
Bilateral Ties
Bid to Block Rights Meeting Fails
The Standard, September 05, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3
&art_id=52816&sid=15228112&con_type=1&d_str=20070905
1
2&con_type=1&d_str=20070905


Children
China Refutes on Child Labor Abuse Accusation by Overseas Groups
Xinhuanet, September 04, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/04/content_
6663765.htm


Environment
China Closes 400 Companies for Pollution
Associated Press (via YahooNews), September 04, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070904/ap_on_re_as/china
_environment_1;_ylt=
Au6cgBczid2WILsASbDYgEtPzWQA
czid2WILsASbDYgEtPzWQA

Government
Panel Set to Target Human Trafficking
People's Daily, September 04, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6254117.html

Human Rights Defender - Zhao Yan (赵岩)
赵岩传本月16日获释 (Zhao Yan to Be Freed on September 16)
Ming Pao, September 05, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070905/cae1.htm

Human Rights Defender – Huseyin Celil (塞利尔)
简要新闻:加籍维吾尔族人士塞利尔被监禁18个月后,亲属到监狱探视 (In Brief: Family Visits Huseyin Celil in Prison 18 Months After His Detention)
Radio Free Asia, September 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/09/04/
xinwen/


Human Rights Defender - Liu Shenggui (刘生贵)
四川宜宾大塔农民维权代表被逮捕 (Sichuan Rights Defender Formally Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, September 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/
04/data/


Law
Jury System Still Work in Progress
People's Daily, September 04, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6254175.html

Media
十七大前又一网站论坛被封 (Another Internet Forum Blocked Ahead of the 17th CPC National Congress)
Radio Free Asia, September 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/04/
internet/


Military
“塔利班用中国造武器袭击英军” ("Taliban Uses Chinese Weapons to Attack the British Army")
BBC, September 04, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_6970000/
newsid_6977200/6977297.stm


Olympics
Beijing to Build Religious Worship Center in Olympic Village
Associated Press (via Wall Street Journal), September 04, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20070904-701468-
search.html?KEYWORDS=China&COLLECTION=autowire/
6month
search.html?KEYWORDS=China&COLLECTION=
autowire/6month


当局以“诽谤罪”逮捕维权代表 青岛错埠岭拆迁继续 (Qingdao Representative of Evictees Formally Arrested on Defamation Charges)
Radio Free Asia, September 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/04/
chaiqian/


Protests and Petitions
汕尾东洲再有维权村民被捕 (Villagers' Representative Taken Away by Police in Dongzhou, Guangdong After 12-Day-Long Protest)
Radio Free Asia, September 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/04/china_
rights_rural/


Public Health
上海妇女注射假疯狗疫苗后死亡 (Shanghai Woman Dies from Fake Rabies Vaccine)
Radio Free Asia, September 04, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/04/china_
medicine/


State Security
国家测绘局局长:5年全国查处测绘违法案2725件 (China Investigated 2,725 Cases of Illegal Surveying and Mapping in Past 5 Years)
Legal Daily, September 05, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-09/05/content_
694494.htm