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, July 07, 2009

July 07, 2009

Top News
XUAR
China Detains 15 over Ethnic Brawl Linked to Riot
Reuters, July 07, 2009
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-40859520090707

Death Toll in Xinjiang Riot Rises to 156
Xinhua News Agency, July 07, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/07/content_11663866.htm

Han Chinese Clash with Police
Financial Times, July 07, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dbd76e6a-6ab0-11de-ad04-00144feabdc0.html

Police Arrests 1,434 Suspects in Connection with Xinjiang Riot
Xinhua News Agency, July 07, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/07/content_11664739.htm

Xinjiang to Adopt Curfew in Capital City Tonight
Xinhua News Agency (via China Daily), July 07, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/07/content_8389466.htm

News
Green Dam
海尔宏基开始预装过滤软件 (Haier, Acer Begin Pre-installing Censor Software)
Radio France Internationale, July 04, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/115/article_14663.asp

Human Rights Defender – Ni Yulan (倪玉兰)
北京维权人士倪玉兰狱决定提出申诉 (Imprisoned Rights Defender Ni Yulan to File for Appeal)
Radio Free Asia, July 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/weiquan-07062009145646.html

Human Rights Defenders
上海异见人士韩立法再被劳教 (Shanghainese Dissident Han Lifa again Sentenced to Reeducation-Through-Labor)
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/laogai-07062009135828.html

Land Policy
成都暴力征地拆迁 鸣枪恐吓村民 (Shots Fired to Intimidate Villagers in Violent Land Requisition in Chengdu)
Radio Free Asia, July 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chengdu-07062009091941.html

Media
In Latest Upheaval, China Applies New Strategies to Control Flow of Information
New York Times, July 08, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/world/asia/08beijing.html

Related news:
Savvy Internet Users Defy China's Censors on Riot
Agence France-Presse (via Google News), July 06, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jlMPMzVRIgHQFdLL_ShBYw_af3Vw

Police
Police Treatment of Corpses Rapped
Shanghai Daily, July 07, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200907/20090707/article_406628.htm

Protests and Petitions
苗族護土抗爭 400人械鬥11傷 (Land Protest in Guizhou Leaves 11 Injured)
Ming Pao (via Sina.com), July 07, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1191279/1.html