Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
China Arrests Dissident Lawyer for Subversion
Reuters, October 12, 2006
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNew
s&storyID=2006-10-12T185334Z_01_PEK72098_RTRUKOC_0
_US-CHINA-
Human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng’s defense attorney, Mo Shaoping, has recently learned that Gao was formally arrested on September 21 on “suspicion of inciting subversion of state power." Up until yesterday, his lawyer had not been informed of the charges against Gao, despite repeated inquiries made to the public security bureau. Gao was detained by Beijing police in August.
Religion - Christianity
Catholics Arrested After Vatican Trip
The Independent Online (South Africa), October 13, 2006
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=126&art_i
d=qw1160643421529B252
According to information confirmed by the authorities, two leaders of an underground Catholic church, Shao Zhumin (邵祝敏) and Jiang Sunian (姜溯念), were arrested in Shenzhen on September 25 as they entered the country after visiting the Vatican. The Hong Kong-based Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy said they were accused of illegally leaving China by using other people’s identities and would likely face sentences of about one year in prison. China does not normally grant passports to clergy from underground Catholic churches, to prevent them from having contact with the Vatican.
News
Corruption
一个地方中院院长的“前腐后继” (Corruption in Wuhan Intermediate People's Court)
China Youth Daily, October 13, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-10/13/content_1537236.htm
监督为何层层失守 (Poor Supervision Is Cause of Corruption in China's Courts)
China Youth Daily, October 13, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-10/13/content_1537241.htm
四川法官受贿后将一审七年徒刑改判成无罪释放 (Three Judges in Sichuan Province Prosecuted for Taking Bribes to Overturn Cadre's Sentence)
Xinhuanet, October 13, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-10/13/content_5197298
.htm
Gender
苛责“二奶”维权是道德暴政 (Condemning Defense of Mistresses' Rights Is Unjustified)
China Youth Daily, October 13, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-10/13/content_1536876.htm
Hukou - Reforms
北京将立法管制流动人口 (Beijing City Authorities to Legislate on Regulating Floating Population)
Radio Free Asia, October 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/12/renko/
Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Zan Aizong (昝爱宗)
昝爱宗因言获罪被注销记者证 (Authorities Revoke Journalist Zan Aizong’s Press Card, Zan Preparing Lawsuit)
Radio Free Asia, October 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/12/ZanAi
zong/
Human Rights Defender – Lawyer - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
China Vs. My Husband
Washington Post, October 12, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/11/AR2006101101601.htmldyn/content/a
rticle/2006/10/11/AR2006101101601.html
Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Shi Tao (师涛)
雅虎捐款促新闻自由却对师涛不言悔 (Yahoo! Establishes Scholarship to Promote Press Freedom but Shows No Regret over Shi Tao's Case)
Radio Free Asia, October 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/12/yahoo/
Labor
China Postpones Closure of Unsafe Small Coal Mines
Xinhuanet, October 13, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/12/content_51961
41.htm
Land Policy
昆明长春爆拆迁冲突 (Evictions Lead to Clashes in Kunming and Changchun)
Ming Pao, October 13, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061013/ccb1.htm
台州私房主联名递交罢免动议书 (Apartment Owners in Zhejiang Province Launch Signature Campaign Demanding Impeachment of Officials)
Radio Free Asia, October 12, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/10/12/ba
mian/
Media
Alvin Toffler, Esteemed and Edited in China
Washington Post, October 13, 2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/11/AR2006101101977.htmldyn/content/
article/2006/10/11/AR2006101101977.html
China Unblocks Wikipedia
Editor and Publisher, October 11, 2006
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/online/
article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003251388
Politics
中共中央召开党外人士座谈会 (CPC Holds Meeting with Non-Party Members to Discuss Construction of Harmonious Society)
China Youth Daily, October 13, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-10/13/content_1537201.htm
Public Health
陕西携带乙肝病毒3学生被遣返 (Technical School in Shaanxi Province "Repatriates" Three Students Carrying Hepatitis B Virus)
Beijing Morning Post (via Subidu.com), October 13, 2006
http://www.morningpost.com.cn/article.asp?articleid=59887
Tibet
China Says Border Guards Killed a Fleeing Refugee in Self-Defense
International Herald Tribune, October 13, 2006
http://www.iht.com/bin/print.php?id=3131065
Related Information
HRIC Press Release: HRIC Statement: HRIC Supports Calls for Action on Tibet Shooting
Human Rights in China, October 12, 2006
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5f
id=31042&item%5fid=31038
