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Human Rights Defender - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚案证人陈光和被当局刑拘 (Chen Guangcheng's Witness Placed Under Criminal Detention)
Radio Free Asia, December 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/04/chen/
Chen Guanghe (陈光和) has been held under criminal detention since December 3 on charges of forging evidence. He said he would testify in the retrial for the rights defender Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚) but was abducted by unknown figures one day before the trial. The local authorities denied any involvement in the abduction. Chen Guangcheng's lawyer put forward Chen Guanghe's written testimony in the retrial but was rejected on the grounds that he did not attend the trial.
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Civil Society
民间上书延阻南水北调 (Civil Society Advocacy Delays South-North Water Transfer Project)
Nanfang City News, December 05, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200612050035
.asp
仲裁机构的性质应当定位为非营利机构 (Commentary: Arbitration Bodies Should Be Regarded as Non-Profit Organizations)
Legal Daily, December 05, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-12/05/content_477127.htm
Phase-Two Selection Launched for NGOs in PRC Poverty Reduction Work
Asian Development Bank (via Harold and Doan Ltd.), December 05, 2006
http://www.harolddoan.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid
=2841
Death Penalty
包头“10•03”灭门惨案凶手被判死刑 (Man Sentenced to Death for Murdering Three in Inner Mongolia)
Xinhuanet, December 05, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-12/05/content_5436813.htm
上海:重案嫌犯未满20岁要收集出生证明防止错杀 (Judicial Opinion in Shanghai Imposes Procedural Safeguards on Cases that May End up with Capital Punishment)
Xinhuanet, December 04, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2006-12/04/content_5432605.htm
Serial Rapist Gets Death Penalty in East China
Xinhuanet, December 04, 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-12/04/content_5432661
.htm
Food Security
Manager Arrested for Garbage in Lard
AP( via YahooNews), December 04, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061204/ap_on_re_as/china_lard_1
Human Rights
“要形成尊重和保障人权的文化” (A Culture of Respecting and Protecting Human Rights Should Be Developed: Cadre)
The Beijing News, December 05, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0548/2006/1205/015@226692.htm
Inner Mongolia
呼和浩特反盗版行动受谴责 (Anti-Piracy Campaign Condemned for Harming Mongolian Culture)
Radio Free Asia, December 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/04/daoban/
Labor
劳动仲裁案年均增三成 (Labor Disputes Increase by 30 Percent Annually in Beijing)
The Beijing News, December 05, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2006/12-05/015@22664
0.htm
Law
引领社会通向公平正义和谐 (A Summary of the Penal Discussion on Administrative Review)
Legal Daily, December 05, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-12/05/content_477068.htm
律师收费政府指导价引争议 谁为法律援助买单 (Government's Recommended Standard for Legal Fees Leads to Controversy)
Legal Daily, December 05, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2006-12/05/content_477334
.htm
中国司法改革 海内外不同评说 (Chinese and Foreign Media Divided on China's Legal Reforms)
Voice of America, December 04, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-12-04-voa58.cfm
Media
公安部审查<我和毛泽东的虚空奇缘>一书 (Blogger Interrogated for Writing Book About Mao Zedong)
Radio Free Asia, December 04, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/12/04/book/
Olympics
北京增加奥运采访自由 各方反应 (Different Groups Comment on Media Freedom Protection During Olympics)
Voice of America, December 04, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-12-04-voa2.cfm
Poverty
China's Private Sector Aids Poverty Alleviation
China Daily, December 04, 2006
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2006-12/04/content_74
9270.htm
Protests and Petitions
杭州3000退休干部市府抗议 (3,000 Retired Cadres Protest Retirement Plans in Zhejiang)
Ming Pao, December 05, 2006
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20061205/cac1.htm
Public Health
新婚夫妻因乙肝闹离婚 法院不支持丈夫诉讼请求 (Shanghai Court Rejects Divorce Claim over Hepatitis B)
EastDay.com, December 05, 2006
http://whb.eastday.com/w/20061205/u1a224409.html
State Security
保密法修订草案稿将尽快上报国务院 (Proposed Amendments to State Secrets Law to Be Sent to State Council Soon)
Legal Daily, December 05, 2006
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2006-12/05/content_477056
.htm
Tibet
Beijing Steps up Movement to Integrate Tibet
Phayul.com, December 05, 2006
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?article=Beijing+
steps+up+movement+to+integrate+Tibet&id=14952rate+Tibet&i
d=14952