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, July 09, 2008

July 9, 2008

News
Disasters

Sichuan Quake Death Toll Rises to 69,197
Xinhuanet, July 08, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/08/content_8511125.htm

Environment
China Power Woes May Worsen before Olympics
Reuters, July 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSPEK3710520080708

Human Rights
国际人权组织发起“释放中国八位良心犯”行动 (International Rights Groups Campaign for Release of 8 Chinese Prisoners of Conscience)
Radio Free Asia, July 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_humanrights-07082008120110.html

Human Rights Defenders
贵州公安扣留李树芬死亡真相民间调查小组 (Guizhou Police Detain Activists Who Investigated Weng'an Teen's Death)
Radio Free Asia, July 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_detain-07082008112507.html

Labor
Caseloads Surge as Labourers Air Gripes
South China Morning Post, July 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8dbc35a2cd30b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Drop in Coal Mine Deaths
Shanghai Daily, July 08, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200807/20080708/article_366066.htm

Law
逼供致人亡一审判无期 (Official Sentenced to Life after Torturing Suspect to Death during Interrogation)
The Beijing News, July 09, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2008/07-09/018@085354.htm

中国上万名人士再次呼吁废除劳教制度 (Over 15,000 Chinese Call for Abolition of Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Radio Free Asia, July 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/laojiao-07082008104755.html

Migrant Workers
Law Proposed to Help Migrants Sue for Back Pay
South China Morning Post, July 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f66c35a2cd30b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Olympics
10万反恐大军拱卫京奥 (100,000-Strong Anti-Terrorism Troops to Protect Beijing Olympics)
Ming Pao, July 09, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080709/caa1.htm

Bocog and CCTV Reaffirm Uncensored Coverage
South China Morning Post, July 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0d7b35a2cd30b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&

京奥运临近 港新闻网解封 (China Unblocks Hong Kong News Websites -- Except "Apple Daily" -- ahead of Olympics)
Ming Pao, July 09, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080709/gdb1.htm

'Frugal Olympics' Have Become Anything But
South China Morning Post, July 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=450935a2cd30b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Smog Tarnishes 'Gold Standard' for Olympics
South China Morning Post, July 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=95c544ef0c30b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=News

'Anti-China Forces' Will Not Disrupt Olympics: Media
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), July 08, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080708/ts_afp/oly2008chnchinacountdownmedia_080708074205;_ylt=Agxyf7xYiMZI44_wkLh0Mt9PzWQA8074205;_ylt=Agxyf7xYiMZI44_wkLh0Mt9PzWQA
Beijing 'Failing Pollution Test'
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 08, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7494656.stm

China Says Key Pollution Levels Down Slightly
Reuters, July 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK19689120080708

China TV to Scrap Time Gap for Live Games Broadcast
Reuters, July 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK3261520080708

FACTBOX: Fortress Beijing: Security Steps for the Olympics
Reuters, July 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSSP8896720080708

IOC Hails Beijing "Gold Standard"
Reuters, July 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUSN0343734020080708
Related Information
HRIC Statement: Rights Crackdown Intensifies a Month before the Games
Human Rights in China, July 8, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/63047
Protests and Petitions
Beichuan Parents to Petition Beijing over 'Tofu' Schools
South China Morning Post, July 09, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=367c35a2cd30b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
甘孜理塘宣布在达赖喇嘛生日当天实行戒严 (Authorities in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Impose County-wide Curfew on Dalai Lama's Birthday)
Radio Free Asia, July 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/tibetan_human_rights-07082008122526.html

奥运前中国拘押千名西藏僧人 (Chinese Government Detains 1,000 Tibetans ahead of Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, July 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tibet-07082008172112.html