February 9, 2007

Top News of the Day
Death Penalty
Uyghur Activist Executed in China
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/breaking_news/2007/02/08/uy
ghur_execute/
Ismail Semed, an ethnic Uyghur, was executed by a shot to his heart in Urumqi on February 8 for "attempting to split the motherland". This charge was based on the allegation that he was a founding member of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, which Beijing has outlawed as a terrorist group. Semed told the trial court that his confession was coerced. Two other Uyghurs who testified against him have since been executed.

News
Death Penalty
A Matter of Life and Death
Beijing Review, February 08, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/08/content_5715918
.htm

Human Rights Defender – Ching Cheong (程翔)
程翔送广州囚禁 (Ching Cheong Sent to Guangzhou to Serve Prison Term)
Ming Pao, February 09, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070209/gbb1.htm

Human Rights Defender – Huseyin Celil (塞利尔)
Celil's Desperate Family Had Given Up Hope
The Globe and Mail, February 08, 2007
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.2007020
8.wcelil0208/BNStory/International/

Human Rights Defender – Liu Xinjuan (刘新娟)
上海市民上访维权被强送精神病院 (Liu Xinjuan Escapes from a Shanghai Psychiatric Hospital After Forced Admission)
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/08/li/

Law
赔钱减刑，合法？合理？合情？ (Are Damages for Lesser Punishments Justified?)
Nanfang Weekend, February 08, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/zmzg/20070208082
5.asp

Media
Beijing Tightens Media Grip with Penalty Points System
South China Morning Post, February 09, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZPWY6EXXE.html

王楠7败痛哭　教练怒赶记者 (Coach Yells at Journalists After Their Coverage of Olympic Gold Medalist's Bad Performance)
Nanfang City News, February 09, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/dgtt/200702080427.
asp

Official Denies Banning Books
South China Morning Post, February 09, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ7TYW7XXE.html

广西电视台两名记者帮农民工讨薪遭到暴力殴打 (Two Journalists Beaten for Covering Migrant Workers' Back-Pay in Guangxi)
EastDay.com, February 09, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070209/u1a2619121.html

中国当局拒绝国际笔会中国分会秘书长张裕入境 (Secretary-General of Chinese PEN from Sweden Barred from Entering China After PEN's Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/08/china_freedom_
speech/

Migrant Workers
Migrant Workers' Top Ten Cities
Xinhuanet, February 08, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/08/content_5715473
.htm

Multilateral Relations
Mixed Reaction at Development Meet to China's Africa Aid Push
Associated Press (via YahooNews), February 09, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070209/wl_asia_afp/chinaafricade
velopmentaidvietnam_070209014750

Politics
Jockeying Intensifies Ahead of China Party Summit
Reuters (via YahooNews), February 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070208/wl_nm/china_politics_d
c_1

Population
China to Name Those Who Skirt Child Policy
Associated Press (via YahooNews), February 08, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070208/ap_on_re_as/china_one_chi
ld_1

Protests and Petitions
随州村民代表在被迫签署“不上访保证书”后获释 (Village Representative from Hubei Released Only After Signing a "No-Petitioning Assurance Letter")
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/02/08/china_rights
_petition/

Public Health
Plan Issued for Dealing with Mass Illness Incidents
Xinhuanet, February 08, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-02/08/content_571591
8.htm

Religion
香港法轮功学员曾爱华案周一开庭 (Falungong Practitioner Who Resided in Hong Kong to Be Tried in Shanghai)
Radio Free Asia, February 08, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/02/08/trail/