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Police – Abuse /
Tibet
Tibetan, Blinded, Freed from Jail, Five Still Held for Slaughterhouse Fire
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2006
A Tibetan nomad has been freed from detention after allegedly being blinded as a result of severe beating while in the custody of the Sichuan public security authorities. The man, who is named Sogya, was arrested last August along with five other Tibetans after storming into and setting fire to a Chinese-owned slaughterhouse.
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/social/2006/02/01/tibet_fire/
News
Corruption
大 学教授举报腐败 女儿险遭绑票 (Daughter of Professor Who Complained About Corruption of Local Officials in Jiangsu Province Allegedly Kidnapped)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/01/fubai/
Education
教育部强调严禁挪用农村义务教育经费发放工资 (Education Ministry Stresses Prohibition Against Rural Villages Using Funds for Compulsory Education to Pay Wages)
People's Daily, February 02, 2006
http://edu.people.com.cn/GB/1053/4071826.html
Environment
9B Yuan to Be Spent on Protection of Wetlands
SCMP, February 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZHC6TJRGE.html
China's Pollution Galvanises Peasants to Action
Reuters (via YahooNews), February 02, 2006
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK339684.htm
Environment – Harbin Toxic Spill
China to Continue Dealing with Songhua River Pollution
People's Daily, February 02, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200602/02/eng20060202_
239773.html
Human Rights Defenders
北京维权人士叶国柱在狱中受迫害 (Beijng-Based Rights Activist Ye Guozhu Allegedly Abused in Jail)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/01/
yoguozhu/
讨论：中国维权律师在骚扰和暴力下办案 (Discussion: Violence and Harassment Threaten Human Rights Lawyers in China)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/01/weiquan/
Human Rights Defenders – Lawyers - Zheng Enchong (鄭恩寵)
被关押律师郑恩宠之妻回信反驳狱方指称 (Wife of Jailed Rights Lawyer Zheng Enchong Rebuts Accusations of Prison Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/01/
zhengenchong/
Labor - Industrial Accidents
China Fireworks Deaths Blamed on Child
AP( via YahooNews), February 02, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060202/ap_on_re_as/china_
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OchrstIoYBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHN
lYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--
Coal Mine Blast Kills 23 in North China
AFP (via YahooNews), February 02, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060202/wl_asia_afp/
chinaminingaccident;_ylt=AiNeonG9XlrhRsVBxv80sjUBxg8F;_
ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--XlrhRsV
Bxv80sjUBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BH
NlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--
Land Policy – Resettlement
Row over Evictions May Erupt in Violence
SCMP, February 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZLC6TJRGE.html
Law - Juvenile Justice
未成年罪犯同时具备3种情形法院应当宣告缓刑 (Court Should Grant Juvenile Criminals Suspended Sentences Under Certain Conditions)
Xinhuanet, February 02, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-02/02/content_
4128143.htm
Media - Internet Censorship
Internet Firms 'Bowed to Beijing'
BBC, February 02, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4672518.stm
Lawmakers Blast US Firms Helping China Censor Internet
Voice of America, February 02, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-02-01-voa86.cfm
Military
4,000 PLA Officers Set for Audit by End of 2010
China Daily, February 02, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-02/01/
content_516644.htm
Police
深圳街头将安装20万摄像探头 (Shenzhen to Install 200,000 Surveillance Cameras in Public Areas to Fight Crime)
Radio Free Asia, February 02, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/01/
shenzhen/
Police - Prisons
Job Agency Gives Light to Lives of Ex-Inmates
China Daily, February 02, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-02/02/
content_516790.htm
Protests and Petitions
Elderly Protester Freed After 'Vow' to Drop Flood Demands
SCMP, February 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZR96Z6SGE.html
上访村缘何被拆? (Why Was the "Petition Village" in Beijing Demolished?)
Wen Wei Po, February 02, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=
CH0602020029&cat=002CH
Rural Issues - Taxation
内地免农税 农民过丰年 (Farmers Have an Happy New Year Holiday After Agricultural Tax Is Scrapped)
Wen Wei Po, February 02, 2006
http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?cat=002CH&news
_id=CH0602020001
Social SecurityGovt Grants Senior Citizens Favorable Treatment
Xinhuanet, February 02, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/01/content_
4127480.htm
Xinjiang
Putonghua Push in Uygur Nursery Schools
SCMP, February 02, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZN96Z6SGE.html
中国维族未满18岁不得进清真寺 (Uygurs Under the Age of 18 Barred from Entering Mosques)
Dajiyuan.com, February 02, 2006
http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/6/2/2/n1209364.htm