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.

Monday, July 28, 2008

July 26-28, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
Rights Issue Looms as Bush Heads to China
Washington Post, July 28, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/27/AR2008072701448.html

Death Penalty
China Remains Top Executioner
The Press Association (via Google), July 25, 2008
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5ilYLA5IUjjvxm4nSGNW1ZxZoaShQ

Disasters
Quake Couples Get Right to Have More Kids
China Daily, July 26, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/26/content_6879101.htm

Hong Kong
Equality Laws Have Passed Us by, Say HK Gays
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=d9cd0bea05f5b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defender - Hu Jia (胡佳)
当局拒绝家人在胡佳生日时探监 (Authorities Refuse Family Visit on Hu Jia's Birthday)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_jail_hujia-07252008112908.html

IMAR
政府包起律師阻民告官 內蒙地方官陰招 百姓有苦難訴 (IMAR Authorities Engage Lawyers to Prevent Masses from Appealing)
Ming Pao, July 28, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080728/cca1.htm

North Korea
中国境内的朝鲜难民和支持者受到抓捕和打压 (North Korean Refugees and Supporters Persecuted and Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/cao-07272008172246.html

Olympics
奥运前夕京沪加强对维族藏族人的监控 (Authorities Increase Inspection and Control of Uyghurs and Tibetans in Beijing and Shanghai)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ao-07272008172847.html

Beijing Lockdown: Network of 400,000 Spies Dims Hope for New Freedom Games Have Instead 'Stunted the Growth of Civil Society'
The Globe and Mail, July 26, 2008
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080726.CHINALEGACY26/TPStory/TPInternational/

Beijing Organizers Say Promises Fulfilled for Summer Olympics; Criticism Continues as Thousands Pour into City for Games
Wall Street Journal, July 28, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121718858750087955.html

China Group Asserts That It Bombed Buses; Officials Play Down Claims on Video, Which Includes Threats to Olympics
Washington Post, July 26, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601370.html

Eleven Days to Clean Air? Olympic Host Says Yes
Christian Science Monitor, July 27, 2008
http://features.csmonitor.com/olympics08/2008/07/27/eleven-days-to-clean-air-olympic-host-says-yes/

Fun May Be a Casualty of Beijing's Effort for a Perfect Olympic Games
Los Angeles Times, July 26, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-fun26-2008jul26,0,7824207.story

IOC's Rogge Quiet on Human Rights for Reasons of State
Reuters, July 28, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idUSL632487320080726

The Cost of the Beijing Olympics
The Guardian, July 28, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/jul/28/olympicgames2008.china1

Official Denies Plan to Divert Water from Parched Provinces
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ccef904a9da5b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
Scheme for Petition Liaisons Criticised
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=138615d1a056b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Rural Issues
Govt Spotlights Rural Environment Protection
China Daily, July 26, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-07/26/content_6879191.htm

Three Gorges
三峡工程中被拆迁移民的最后抗议 (Final Protest of the Three Gorges Émigrés)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sanxia-07252008105549.html

Tibet
China Plans Sweeping Purge of Tibetan Monasteries
The Telegraph, July 27, 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2463385/China-plans-sweeping-purge-of-Tibetan-monasteries.html

甘南玛曲三名藏人被秘密判刑 (Three Tibetans Secretly Sentenced in Gannan TAP, Gansu)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tibetan-07252008113420.html

拉萨武警进驻乃琼寺 严禁僧人出入 (Lhasa Armed Police Garrison Neqoin Monastery; Prohibit Monks from Entering or Exiting)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/la-07272008172603.html

Official in Talks on Tibet Urges 'Legal Education'
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=9a3715d1a056b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
Uygur Activists Question New Outfit's Abilities
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=af084bbf0506b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD