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 14, 2009

July 14, 2009

News
Human Rights Defenders — Feng Zhenghu(冯正虎)
中国活动人士冯正虎数次回国被拒 (Chinese Activist Prohibited to Return to China)
Voice of America, July 13, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2009-07-13-voa32.cfm
Politics
Security for Anniversary Intensifies After Riots
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e76c8e7341572210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Migrant Workers
中国两代农民工已有差异 当局政策应尽快调整 (Intergenerational Differences among Migrant Workers Emerge, Finetuning of Urban Policies Needed)
China News Agency (via Eastday), July 14, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20090712/u1a4499956.html
Government
China to Sack Officials Who Mishandle Protests
Reuters, July 13, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE56C0U520090713
XUAR
China Officials: Police Kill 2 Uighur Men, Wound 1
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), July 13, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090714/ap_on_re_as/as_china_protest
Chinese Intellectuals Call for Release of Uighur
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), July 14, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090714/ap_on_re_as/as_china_outspoken_uighur
Public Health
2014年居民医疗费用70%由政府和社会支付 (Gov't Will Pay 70pc of Health Care Expenses by 2014: Report Estimates)
Eastday, July 12, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20090712/u1a4499956.html
Disasters
China Reports 384 Deaths in Natural Disasters in First Half Year
Xinhua News Agency, July 13, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/13/content_11702628.htm
Blue Book: West China Still Struggling
China Daily, July 14, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/14/content_8423969.htm
Police
云南一日发生三起城管暴力执法致7人受伤 (7 Injured by Urban Management Officers in Yunnan)
Net Ease (via Net Ease), July 13, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0713/11/5E3LSLSI00011229.html
Human Rights Defenders
大连维权律师王永航因代理法轮功案件被秘密逮捕 (Rights Defense Lawyer Secretly Arrested for Representing in Falun Gong Case)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wang_yonghang-07132009150145.html
严晓玲案维权人士遭拘捕 律师会见要求被拖延 (Activists on Yan Xiaoling's Case Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yanxiaoling-07132009092550.html
Law
Citing Need for Unity, Beijing Urges Lawyers to Avoid Rioting Cases
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), July 14, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2d728e7341572210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD