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, September 13, 2007

September 13, 2007

News
Environment
Planet’s Most Polluted Sites Unveiled
Financial Times, September 12, 2007
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1d4c0916-6156-11dc-bf25-
0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-
0000779e2340.html


Gender
SKorea Probes School Sex Trips to China
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), September 12, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070912/wl_asia_afp/lifestyl
eskoreachinaeducationsex_0
70912072704;_ylt=
AveAJY0CESGVLUVlVqmxGEZPzWQA


Human Rights Defender
组织北京异见人士聚会 维权人士张文和被绑架 (Beijing Rights Defender Taken Away for Organizing Dissidents' Gathering)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/12/
zhangwenhe/


Labor
香港“大学师生监察无良企业行动”指责迪士尼忽视劳工权利 (Hong Kong NGO Condemns Disney over Violations of Labor Rights)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/12/hongkong
_labor/


Land Policy
杭州特困残疾户再被强行迁出 (Destitute Disabled Person Forcefully Sent to Home for the Elderly in a Hangzhou Eviction)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/12/
hangzhou/


Media
`Massive' Spy Damage Sparks Call for Tighter Net Controls
Reuters (via The Standard), September 13, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=3&art_id=53357&sid=153490
71&con_type=1&d_str
=20070913


Chinese Web Filtering 'Erratic'
BBC, September 13, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6990842.stm

China Disconnects 18,400 Illegal Websites
Shanghai Daily, September 11, 2007
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200709/
20070911/article_330778.htm


An Opportunity for Wall Street in China's Surveillance Boom
International Herald Tribune, September 10, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/09/11/business/
11security.php


Protests and Petitions
顾秀莲强调:探索做好妇联信访工作长效机制 (All-China Women's Federation to Explore the Strengthening of Long-Term Mechanism for Petitioning Work)
Legal Daily, September 13, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2007-09/13/content_
700124.htm


China to Evict Petitioners Before Olympics
Christian Science Monitor, September 13, 2007
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0913/p01s06-woap.html

广东东莞塘厦镇因征地纷争爆发警民冲突 (Hundreds of Guangdong Villagers Clash with Local Authorities over Land Grab)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/12/
land/


Public Health
54 Killed in Health Emergencies in Aug
China Daily, September 12, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-09/12/content_
6101752.htm


艾滋病传播真相被隐瞒 河南负责官员未受罚 (Henan Officials That Were Involved in Blood Trade in 1980s and 1990s Remain Unpunished)
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/12/
henan/


Kidney Patient's Battle Against Negligence
South China Morning Post, September 12, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb3
29d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=4016cfe1a5
5f4110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News