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, June 21, 2010

June 21, 2010

News
Environment

China Devastated by Floods
The Guardian, June 20, 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/20/china-devastated-floods

中国公布第一部饮用水水源地环境保护规划 (China Announces Plan for Protection of Potable Water Sources)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shui-06192010002840.html

Hong Kong
Hong Kong Revises Election Plan ahead of Key Vote
Agence France-Presse, June 21, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j8uVkwqRViPjSFpyFB7tS3ieUIug

涉网上恫言炸中联办 港23岁愤青被捕 (23-yo Hong Konger Arrested for Writing that He Would to Bomb HK's China Liaison Office on the Internet)
People's Daily, June 21, 2010
http://hm.people.com.cn/GB/42275/11924540.html

Human Rights Defender – Chen Yunfei (陈云飞)
陈云飞被警方绑架绝食54小时 网友搭救终获释 (Activist Chen Yunfei Released from Police Abduction following 54-hour Hunger Strike)
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/54-06202010141514.html

June Fourth
Publication of China Crackdown Memoirs Halted
Reuters, June 19, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65I0NY20100619

Labor
Anger Simmers in China's 'Workshop of the World'
Agence France-Presse, June 20, 2010
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i6dXE72OdQB0xSr3DNWEQhJ1ndtA

Law
北京女律师天津西站打人获刑3年 称警方隐瞒事实 (Beijing Lawyer, Sentenced to 3 Years for Aggravated Assault, Says Police Are Concealing the Truth)
The Beijing Times, June 18, 2010
http://news.ifeng.com/society/1/detail_2010_06/18/1635437_0.shtml

我国律师行业被指管理缺位 整体形象每况愈下 (Image of Lawyers Worsens as Legal Profession Is Criticized as Lacking Management)
Outlook, June 21, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100621/u1a5278304.html

Tibet
达赖喇嘛:中国选出的达赖喇嘛15世将不具正统性 (Dalai Lama: PRC-Chosen Dalai Lama Not in Line of Succession)
Radio France Internationale, June 21, 2010
http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/中国/20100621-达赖喇嘛:中国选出的达赖喇嘛15世将不具正统性

XUAR
Uighurs Flee China after Riots
Associated Press, June 20, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100620/ap_on_re_as/as_china_fleeing_uighurs