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, June 17, 2008

June 17, 2008

News
Disasters

Prosecutors Join Inquiry into Quake-Collapse Schools
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b6aff0396429a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b6aff0396429a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Flood Warning after Chinese Rains
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 16, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7456827.stm

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
China Dissident Huang 'Arrested'
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 16, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7457452.stm

Human Rights Defender
维权网站中华申正网站长任尚燕被拘押一月 (Rights Defense Website Operator Xiang Yan Detained for a Month)
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weiquan-06162008104020.html

Law
中国首次大规模法律清理启动 (China Begins Large-Scale Re-Examination of Laws)
Legal Daily, June 17, 2008
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0705/2008-06/17/content_880946.htm

内地首个“法治指数”杭州出炉 政府做“体检” (Hangzhou Publishes China's First "Rule of Law Index")
Net Ease, June 17, 2008
http://money.163.com/08/0616/03/4EHFSJ3U002524SC.html

Olympics
Beijing Fury at Aussies' Smog Boycott
The Sydney Morning Herald, June 17, 2008
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/06/16/1213468333272.html

Immigration Chief Warns of Disruption to Games
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1ac9f0396429a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=&s=0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1ac9f0396429a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=&s=

Torch Security Tight in Capital of Uyghur Region
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9781f0396429a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9781f0396429a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Police
桂林民间传统龙舟赛被上千名警察驱散 (Guilin Traditional Dragon Boat Races Stopped by 1,000 Police Officers)
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guilin-06162008104136.html

Politics
中国共产主义青年团章程 (CPC to Keep Notice on Youth Corps Regulations)
China Youth Daily, June 17, 2008
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2008-06/17/content_2225751.htm

Protests and Petitions
政府加强控制访民 成都村民示威持续 (Government Tightens Control of Petitioners as Chengdu Villagers Continue with Protests)
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chengdu-06162008120759.html

江西数名支持民主及反贪腐人士聚会遭警方冲击 (Jiangxi Police Harass Pro-Democracy and Anti-Corruption Activists)
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fanfu-06162008171516.html

Public Health
北京将率先实现全民医保 (Beijing Municipality to Take Initiative on Universal Medical Insurance)
China Youth Daily, June 17, 2008
http://news.cyol.com/content/2008-06/17/content_2226043.htm

Tibet
Dalai Lama Offers to Send Peace Agents
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=87cff0396429a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD0a0a0/?vgnextoid=87cff0396429a110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

西藏流亡政府:要求一般自治 (Tibetan Government-in-Exile Request Autonomy)
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tibet-06162008165649.html