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, September 07, 2009

September 05-07, 2009

Top News
XUAR Death Penalty for Syringe Stabbings
Radio Free Asia, September 06, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/unrest-09062009171524.html

In Xinjiang, Rumors Hold Sway
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/rumors-09052009185410.html

China's Urumqi Still Edgy After Officials Sacked
Reuters (available at YahooNews), September 06, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090906/wl_nm/us_china_xinjiang

China Xinjiang Chief Survives Political Firestorm
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), September 06, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090906/ap_on_re_as/as_china_protest

HK Reporters Detained Again in Urumqi
South China Morning Post, September 07, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ab9efe62a2093210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Xinjiang Sends 2,100 Officials to Neighborhoods to Appease Uygur, Han Residents
Xinhua, September 06, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/06/content_12005446.htm

5 Dead, 14 Injured in Urumqi Unrest
Xinhua (via Shanghai Daily), September 05, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200909/20090905/article_412874.htm

News
Military
Tanks out in Beijing in 60th Anniversary Rehearsal
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), September 06, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090906/ap_on_re_as/as_china_anniversary

Media
Security Guards A Source of Insecurity in China
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), September 07, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090904/ap_on_re_as/as_china_security_thugs

Internet Censorship
广西网吧实行使用第二代居民身份证认证上网 (People Required to Use New Swipe ID Cards to Enter Internet Cafes in Guangxi)
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guang-09042009233313.html

Rural Issues
State Council Kicks off Rural Pension Plan
South China Morning Post, September 06, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=2aa3b1b558a83210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment
1 Trillion Yuan Bill for Decade of Green Projects
South China Morning Post, September 07, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=09cdfe62a2093210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions
十一前被拘访民国庆后才放 两位访民天安门撒传单被抓(视频) (2 Petitioners Taken away After Distributing Leaflets in Tiananmen Square)
Radio Free Asia, September 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fang-09042009140446.html

Police
No 2 Police Officer Held in Chongqing Crackdown
South China Morning Post, September 07, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=d95efe62a2093210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD