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Human Rights Defenders – Journalists (Li Yuanlong)
Journalist Li Yuanlong Indicted for Subversion
Human Rights in China, February 24, 2006
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid=
27266&item%5fid=27265
Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that journalist Li Yuanlong has been formally indicted on charges of “incitement to subvert state power.” Sources in China told HRIC that Li, formerly a reporter with Bijie Daily in Guizhou Province, was originally detained on September 9, 2005, and was formerly arrested on suspicion of subversion on September 29.
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Death Penalty
男子强奸杀害少女后还敲诈家属 一审被判死刑 (Man Sentenced to Death for Killing and Raping Teenage Girl and Blackmailing Victim's Family)
Xinhuanet, February 27, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-02/27/content_
4232114.htm
Education
Legislature Reviews Education Disparity
People's Daily, February 27, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200602/27/eng20060227_
246312.html
Provinces to Carry Burden of Free Education
SCMP, February 27, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZFCTTH8JE.html
农村初中平均辍学率接近40%（二）(Dropout Rates in Rural Junior High Schools Near 40 Percent)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/25/
nongcun/
Environment
Resistance Casts a Cloud Over Green GDP Concept
SCMP, February 27, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ3JUTH8JE.html
China Detains Man for Spreading Pollution Rumors
Reuters (via YahooNews), February 23, 2006
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK203772.htm
Government
CPC Steps up Efforts to Supervise, Admonish its Officials
People's Daily, February 27, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200602/27/eng20060227
_246222.html
Law
Courts Plead Guilty to Overwork
SCMP, February 06, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ9AOUH8JE.html
Migrant Workers - Female Workers
Guangzhou Vows to Ensure Safe Baby Delivery for Migrant Mothers
Xinhuanet, February 27, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/26/content_
4229207.htm
Police - Crime
Security Problem is 'Not Incurable'
SCMP, February 25, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZDBMUH8JE.html
Poverty
Beijing's 'Poverty Belt' Raises Alarm
SCMP, February 27, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ7JUTH8JE.html
Protests and Petitions
Hunger Strike to Protest Against Crackdown Widens
SCMP, February 27, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ66UTH8JE.html
人大常委会办公厅一年办理群众来信来访近19万件 (Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Receives Some 190,000 Petitions Per Year)
Xinhuanet, February 27, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-02/27/
content_4233415.htm
Congress Head Wants Petition System Improved
SCMP, February 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZB4ITH8JE.html
丁子霖致高智晟公开信: 请回到维权的行列中来 (Founder of Tiananmen Mothers Campaign Ding Zilin Writes Open Letter to Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng, Urging Him to Drop Hunger Strike)
Peacehall, February 23, 2006
http://peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2006/02/
200602232225.shtml
Public Health
Plans Issued to Deal with Public Health Emergencies
Xinhuanet, February 27, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/26/content_
4231227.htm
Tianjin Makes AIDS Prevention Education Compulsory
Xinhuanet, February 27, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/26/
content_4229253.htm
Religion
中国两名地下教会神父遭到逮捕 (Two Pastors of Underground Church Arrested)
RFA, February 24, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/02/24/jiaofu/
State Security
Nation to Ratify Convention on Terrorism
Xinhuanet, February 27, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/27/
content_4232473.htm
Tibet
Dalai Lama Envoys Report Block in Talks with China
Reuters (via YahooNews), February 27, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060226/wl_nm/religion_
china_dalai_dc_1&printer=1;_ylt=Ag2S56P1bZvC8WUKB
6gcXcFn.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-=Ag
2S56P1bZvC8WUKB6gcXcFn.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTA3M
XN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-