Protests and petitions
Five Chinese villagers injured by police in land protest, group says
AP via YahooNews.com, May 4, 2005
It is reported that five villagers in southwestern China had been assaulted and detained by Sichun Police for mobilizing over 2,000 villagers to participate in a demonstration, demanding for reasonable compensation for land conscription of the local authority. Local government admitted the confrontation but denied detention of villagers.
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/050504/ap/d89s6g980.html
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Peasant Advocates Hospitalized in Clash with Officials
Human Rights in China Press Release, May 3, 2005
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%
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Children - Trafficking
Trafficked Uyghur Children May Not See Home Again
Radio Free Asia, May 3, 2005
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2005/05/03/uyghur_children/
Detention – Shi Tao (師濤)
Family vows to appeal for Shi Tao’s sentence
山西记者师涛被判重刑家人将上诉
Voice of America, May 4, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-05-04-voa39.cfm
Detention – Xu Wanping (許萬平)
Police yet to release rights activist Xu Wanping after Xu taken away for interrogation
民运人士许万平被警方问话未释放
Dajiyuan, May 5, 2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/5/5/n911306.htm
Media – Press freedom
Liu Hongbin (刘洪彬) has the right to return to his home country, says Committee to Protect Journalists
记者权益组织吁允许刘洪彬回国
Voice of America, May 4, 2005
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2005-05-04-voa83.cfm
Labour
China’s sweatshops running out of workers
Asia Times Online, May 5, 2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GE05Ad03.html
Labour – Protests
Workers of a shoe factory protest against no time-off on Labour holiday
黄金周假期仍上班 广州台资鞋厂工人抗议
Epoch Times, May 5, 2005
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/5/5/5/n911203.htm
NGOs
Civil society groups rely on Beijing
Asia Times Online, May 4, 2005
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GE05Ad02.html
Police - Abuse
Dissident writer Li Guotao (李國濤) beaten up by Shanghai police for attempting to visit friends
李国涛再遭警察毒打，狱委表示强烈关注
Boxun.com, May 5, 2005
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/05/2005050
41521.shtml
Protests and Petitions
Protest concerns close Tiananmen
China National News, May 4, 2005
http://story.chinanationalnews.com/p.x/ct/9/id/13f4de5c1b2f89
ea/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/
Activists silent in Beijing, but rowdy in Hong Kong
The Japan Times, May 5, 2005
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/makeprfy.pl5?nn20050
505a2.htm