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Media - Internet Censorship
雅虎公司卷入第三位中国异见人士被判刑案 (Yahoo! Allegedly Involved in Conviction of Another Dissident Writer in China)
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2006
The U.S. Internet Company Yahoo! has been accused of helping the Chinese authorities to identify dissident writer Jiang Lijun, who was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment in 2003, according to the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders. This is the third time that Yahoo! has been implicated in the convictions of Chinese dissidents by disclosing their clients’ e-mail information to the government.
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
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Children - Trafficking of Children
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Death Penalty
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Human Rights
China's Silence Boosts Tyrants
International Herald Tribune, April 20, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/04/19/
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Congress Panel Will Discuss Rights Record
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Human Rights Abuses and Authoritarian Rule Dominate in China
Voice of America, April 20, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-04-19-voa34.cfm
Media
Help U.S. Firms Free China's Web
International Herald Tribune, April 20, 2006
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/04/19/opinion/
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Police - Abuses
讨论：在中国刑讯逼供为何禁而不止？(Discussion: Why Has China Still Not Banned the Use of Torture to Extract Confessions?)
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/04/19/kuxing/
Public Health - HIV-AIDS/STDs
血友病人感染艾滋上海讨说法 (Hemophiliac Patients with HIV/AIDS Protest Against a Pharmaceutical Plant in Shanghai)
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/04/19/aids/
Religion
讨论：中国没有人因为信仰被逮捕？ (Discussion: Has Anyone Been Arrested for Their Religious Beliefs in China?)
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/
2006/04/19/xinyang/
Rural Issues
Farmers in China Face Great Wall
Los Angeles Times, April 20, 2006
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