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 21, 2009

July 21, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
Hu Jintao's Son Linked to Namibia Graft
The Australian, July 21, 2009
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25810295-32682,00.html
Related information:
Central Propaganda Department Censorship Order on the Case of Hu Haifeng, Son of Hu Jintao
China Digital Times, July 22, 2009
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/07/central-propaganda-department-censorship-order-on-the-case-of-hu-haifeng-son-of-hu-jintao/
Human Rights Defender – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
人权组织推动刘晓波诺贝尔和平奖提名 (NGO Democratic Forum for China Calls for Liu Xiaobo to be Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize)
Voice of America, July 20, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/2009-07-20-voa54.cfm

Human Rights Defenders
刘建永逃亡美国 回顾事件经过 (Independent Chinese Pen Center Member Liu Jianyong escaped to US)
Radio Free Asia, July 20, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/liu-07202009140440.html

Law
山東網民揭貪官遭閉門審訊 (Shangdong Whistleblower Netizen's Trial Held behind Closed Doors)
Ming Pao, July 21, 2009
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20090720/ca11323i.htm

河南杞县被传"核泄漏" 宣传部称没必要公开信息 (After Rumors of Radioactive Material Leak Cause Residents to Flee Town, Local Propaganda Bureau Says Releasing through Open Government Information Unnecessary)
Xinhua News Agency, July 21, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-07/21/content_11742645.htm

Multilateral
Australia Hopes to Raise China/Rio Case at ASEAN
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), July 20, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090721/wl_nm/us_china_australia

Police
'A Place of Torture without Human Rights'
South China Morning Post, July 21, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=94c0d15cc5892210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
广西上访产妇判刑一年 母子被秘密关押逾三百天 (Guangxi Petitioner Given Suspended Sentence; Had Been Secretly Detained with Infant Son for 300+ Days)
Radio Free Asia, July 20, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guangxi-07202009173902.html

汕头农村分地露黑幕 数千农民游行抗争 (Thousands of Guangdong Villagers Protest Suspicious Division of Land)
Radio Free Asia, July 20, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shantou-07202009171243.html

浙江平阳出动近百特警对付失地农民 (In Zhejiang, around 100 Special Police Officers Dispatched to Deal with Peasants Demonstrating against Appropriated Land)
Radio Free Asia, July 20, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/pingyang-07202009102807.html

Religion
Falun Gong Seeks U.S. Support in Internet Censor Fight
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), July 20, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090720/wl_nm/us_china_internet_falungong

State Security
Prisoner of the System
South China Morning Post, July 21, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=01a8d15cc5892210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR
新疆当局阻南疆维人游北疆 首次承认大学生7.5游行 (XUAR Authorities Prevent Southern XUAR Uyghurs from Travelling to North XUAR, and Acknowledge Students Present at July 5 Demonstration)
Radio Free Asia, July 20, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinjiang-07202009091816.html