June 24-26, 2006

Top News of the Day

Human Rights Defender – Petitioner - Liu Xinjuan (刘新娟)
上海访民刘新娟鉴定正常却被送入精神病院 (Shanghai Petitioner Liu Xinjuan Sent to Psychiatric Hospital, Despite Having Been Diagnosed as “Normal”)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/06/
23/liuxinjuan/
After petitioning the authorities in Beijing on resettlement issues, Liu Xinjuan was on her way home to Shanghai when she was picked up by Shanghai police and taken to a psychiatric hospital. While in Beijing, a psychiatric expert had diagnosed her as being “psychologically normal.” This is the fifth time in three years that the authorities have forcibly admitted her to mental institutions.

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HRIC Press Release: Petitioner Liu Xinjuan Forcibly Admitted to Mental Hospital for the Fifth Time Human Rights in China, June 22, 2006
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%
5fid=29389&item%5fid=29385

News
Death Penalty
胜利油田一高管被判死缓 (Senior Official of State-owned Enterprise Sentenced to Death with Two-year Reprieve for Corruption)
The Beijing News, June 26, 2006
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0566/2006/06-26/
018@190288.htm

Education
义务教育学校收杂费仍属合法 (Miscellaneous Charges for Education Will Still Be Legal According to Latest Bill)
Nanfang Daily, June 25, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/newdaily/
yw/200606250014.asp

Environment
Guangdong to Go Ahead with Drive Against Pollution
SCMP, June 26, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZ4CHIB7OE.html

Human Rights Defender – Petitioner - Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
Blind Activist and Lawyer Claim They Have Received Death Threats
SCMP, June 24, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZPBEIB7OE.html

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Ching Cheong (程翔)
程翔案即将宣判？关注组再次呼吁 (Hong Kong Newspaper Reports that Verdict on Ching Cheong May Be Announced Soon)
Voice of America, June 25, 2006
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2006-06-25
-voa32.cfm

Human Rights Defender – Journalist - Zhao Yan (赵岩)
北京法院推迟对赵岩判决 (Beijing Court Postpones Verdict for Zhao Yan's Case)
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
06/23/zhaoyan/

Human Rights Defender – Xinjiang - Rebiya Kadeer (热比娅)
Exiled Uyghur Dissident Says Family Detained in Retaliation
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/english/uyghur/2006/06/
23/uyghur_kadeer/

Media
中华全国新闻工作者协会提出《意见》(All-China Journalists Association Issues Opinion to Incorporate CPC's Latest Principles into Journalists' Work)
China Youth Daily, June 26, 2006
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2006-06/26/
content_1428076.htm

On the Table: Fines for Breaking News
SCMP, June 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZRSZJB7OE.html

Politics
Chinese Communist Party Undergoes Democratic Reform to Meet Challenges
People's Daily, June 25, 2006
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200606/25
/eng20060625_277173.html

Population
China Retreats on Selective Abortion Law Plan
Financial Times, June 26, 2006
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/070693de-0486-11db-8981
-0000779e2340.html

Poverty
Migration: China's Answer to Desertification, Poverty
The Times of India, June 22, 2006
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1672371.cms

Protests and Petitions
上合组织峰会当局以各种手法监控访民 (Authorities Use Various Methods to Monitor Petitioners During SCO Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2006
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/
06/23/fangmin/

Public Health
公立医院看病价格划定“上限” (Guangdong Public Hospitals Plan to Place Cap on Fee Schedule)
Nanfang Daily, June 24, 2006
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/
newdaily/gd/200606240035.asp

Over 60% of Epileptics Go Untreated in Rural China
Xinhua (via CRI), June 23, 2006
http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/2946/2006/06/23/48
@106192.htm

Religion
Women Lead Prayers, Revolution in China
The Times of India, June 26, 2006
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
articleshow/1678957.cms

Society
China to Review Enforcement of Law on Minority Autonomy
Xinhua (via China Economic Net), June 23, 2006
http://en.ce.cn/National/Law/200606/24
/t20060624_7494378.shtml

State Security
Think-tank Academic Jailed, Say Colleagues
SCMP, June 26, 2006
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZLLFIB7OE.html

Hong Kong
Laws Exist to Ban Sect, Says Institute; Experts Doubt It
SCMP, June 25, 2006
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZFCNB67OE.html