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Human Rights Defender - Li Hong (力虹)
浙江诗人颠覆罪判6年 (Zhejiang Poet Sentenced to Six Years for Inciting Subversion)
Ming Pao, March 20, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070320/cad1.htm
Writer Zhang Jianhong (张建红), whose pen name is Li Hong (力虹), was sentenced to six years in prison by a local court in Zhejiang on "inciting subversion" charges. He said he would appeal. The charge was based on the 63 articles he published on overseas websites that were found to defame China's state power and social system. Zhang's lawyer said those articles included views which supported human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng.
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Corruption
云南高院严查违规收取“缓刑费” (Yunnan Higher People's Court Investigates "Reprieve Fees" Practice in Local Court)
Legal Daily, March 20, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-03/20/content_5
63448.htm
Death Penalty
隐瞒病史酿车祸被判死缓 (Cadre Sentenced to Death with 2-Year Reprieve in Beijing over Vehicular Manslaughter and Hiding His Epilepsy)
The Beijing News, March 20, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0567/2007/03-20/014@
249895.htm
Top Court Upholds Four Death Sentences for Murder
South China Morning Post, March 20, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZJECVAGZE.html
Human Rights Defender - Wang Xiaoning (王小宁)
'Yahoo Betrayed My Husband'
Weird, March 20, 2007
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72972-0.html?
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Human Rights Defender
中国批准陆铿四月返乡 流亡人士回国权再受瞩目 (Elderly Dissident Who Left China During June 4th Allowed to Visit Family in Yunnan)
Radio Free Asia, March 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/19/lu/
Land Policy
薛涌：当我们房子被拆迁的时候 (Commentary: Evictees Receiving Lower-than-Market-Value Compensation Unjustified)
Nanfang City News, March 20, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/20070320
0472.asp
Law
Court Rejects Writer's Bid to Overturn Ban on Prison Book's Reprint
South China Morning Post, March 20, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZWE4WAGZE.html
Olympics – Media
Free Media for Games = Media Free of Bad News, One City Says
South China Morning Post, March 20, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZMF4WAGZE.html
Protests and Petitions
两会后访民陆续被放 当局仍然加紧盘查 (Beijing Authorities Continue to Step Up Monitoring Against Petitioners After the "Two Sessions")
Radio Free Asia, March 20, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/19/f
angmin/
甘肃：无故不接访公安领导将停职 (Gansu Establishes Regulation to Suspend Senior Police Officers for Refusing Petitioners)
Nanfang City News, March 20, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/djjz/20070320
0131.asp
防止到京上访 泛蓝联盟成员被强制旅游 (Pan-Blue Alliance Member Returns from "Forced Travels" with Official Escorts to Prevent His Petitioning During Two Sessions)
Radio Free Asia, March 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/19/
fanlan/
针砭时弊民警遭辞退 体制内之声诚可贵 (Police Officer Dismissed for Criticizing Practices to Obstruct Petitioners)
Radio Free Asia, March 19, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/03/19/wu/
Public Health
Campaign to Stop Prejudice over Hepatitis B
South China Morning Post, March 20, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZWJBVAGZE.html
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Nanfang City News, March 20, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/2007032
00086.asp
Three Gorges
三峡库区酝酿再次开发性移民 (Three Gorges Area to Relocate Last Stage of Residents)
Nanfang City News, March 20, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/sjjj/2007031905
06.asp