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.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

September 11, 2007

News
Corruption
Supervisors Appointed to Keep an Eye on Village Heads
Xinhuanet, September 10, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/10/content_
6698475.htm


Law
中国评论﹕公捕大会 侵犯人权 (Commentary: Public Display of Criminal Suspects Violates Human Rights)
Ming Pao, September 11, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070911/caz1.htm

Media
For China's Censors, Electronic Offenders Are the New Frontier
Washington Post, September 10, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content
/article/2007/09/09/AR2007090901979.html
dyn/
content/article/2007/09/09/AR2007090901979.html


新青年论坛被暂停登陆 昝爱宗等个人博客被关 (Internet Forum and Individual Blogs Shut Down Ahead of CPC Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/
10/forum/


网站被勒令删除河南艾滋病血祸报告 (Website Ordered to Remove Report on Transfusion of HIV-Contaminated Blood in Henan)
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/
10/aids/


Olympics
Terrorism "Big Threat" to Olympics
Xinhuanet, September 11, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/11/content_
6700963.htm


Interpol to Help at 2008 Beijing Games
Associated Press (via YahooNews), September 10, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070910/ap_on_re_as/oly
_beijing_security_1;_ylt=
AoMXU
NbPPdRf4GUgfZbZnbFPzWQA

Will Darfur Trigger a 2008 Olympic Boycott?
Voice of America, September 10, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/english/Africa/2007-09-10-voa4
.cfm


Protests and Petitions
江苏新安政府强迁 老妇被打重伤昏迷 (Jiangsu Old Woman Remains in Coma 2 Weeks After Being Beaten During Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/10/
xinan/


成都温江维权代表到京上访被押送回乡 (Petitioner Sent Back to Chengdu Hometown from Beijing and Warned Not to Talk to Media)
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/
10/chengdu/


郑明芳上访再遭殴打 揭公安局长接待日实况 (Petitioner Zheng Mingfang Beaten by Police Again on Petitioner Reception Day)
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/
10/zheng/


工厂为制止上访日夜监视被打残的承包户 (Xinjiang Woman Paralyzed by State-Owned Factory Cadre in a Land Grab Dispute)
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/10/china_
land_contract/


杭州维权人士杨云彪被判刑 (Zhejiang Eviction Protestor Sentenced to 2 Years' Imprisonment on Charges of "Obstructing Execution of Official Duties")
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/10/
yang/


Public Health
Act Now in HIV Battle or Pay Later, UN Aids Fighter Warns
Reuters (via South China Morning Post), September 11, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
b329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=f613742c130
f4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News


Most Toy Recalls Caused by Poor Design, Says New Study
South China Morning Post, September 11, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=5943742c13
0f4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New


Operation Where Everyone Gets a Cut
South China Morning Post, September 11, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=6403742c13
0f4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New


China to Inspect Six Major Hospitals
Xinhuanet, September 10, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/10/content_
6700124.htm


Religion
China Ordains Successor to Bishop
BBC, September 11, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6987169.stm

Tibet
Activists Say Tibet Railway Is `Tool of Conquest'
Taipei Times, September 10, 2007
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/
09/10/2003378050