Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Tan Kai (谭凯)
被判窃取国家机密的浙江环保人士谭凯刑满出狱 (Zhejiang Environmentalist Tan Kai Released from Jail)
Radio Free Asia, May 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/05/01/chin
a_rights_environment/
Environmental activist Tan Kai (谭凯), sentenced on charges of illegally obtaining state secrets, was released on April 19 after 18 months of imprisonment. In 2005, Tan, a computer repairer, founded a group called Green Watch to look into complaints by local residents in Zhejiang, that pollution from a chemical factory was destroying crops and causing birth defects. He was arrested in December 2005. (Please refer to our "Top News" on August 12-14, 2006 for more background information)
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Civil Society
北京民间智库“仨元学社”被取缔 (Beijing-Based Civil Think Tank "Sanyuan Xueshe" Outlawed)
Radio Free Asia, May 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/05/01/china
_organization/
Corruption
Anti-Triad War Targets Officials Who Shield Crooks
South China Morning Post, May 02, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ5XR4K61F.html
Human Rights Defender - Zan Aizong (昝爱宗)
昝爱宗起诉浙江出版局及杭州公安局案被驳回 (Zan Aizong Loses Lawsuits Against Zhejiang's Press and Publications Bureau and Hangzhou's Public Security Bureau)
Radio Free Asia, May 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/30/china
_rights_court/
Human Rights Defender – Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
高智晟获美国律师委员会“勇敢提倡者”奖 (American Board of Trial Advocates Grants "Courageous Advocacy Award" to Gao Zhisheng)
Radio Free Asia, May 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/05/01/china_r
ights_lawyer/
Human Rights Defender
中国泛蓝联盟被当局定性为非法组织 (Authorities List Pan-Blue Alliance as Illegal Organization)
Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/30/china
_dissident_panblue/
江苏当局阻挠被捕的环保人士吴立红会见律师 (Jiangsu Authorities Bar Lawyer from Meeting Detained Environmentalist Wu Lihong)
Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/30/china_r
ights_environment/
异见人士李金平吁为赵紫阳平反被国保带走 (Dissident Li Jinping Taken Away by Domestic Security Protection Section for Calling for Reassessment of Zhao Ziyang)
Radio Free Asia, May 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/05/01/china_
dissident_detain/
Land Policy
武汉拟让警察负责拆迁执法引争议 (Dispute Grows as Wuhan Considers Involving Police in Eviction Disputes)
Voice of America, April 30, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-04-30-voa29.cfm
Media
Virtually Impossible
South China Morning Post, May 02, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZHEOYV51F.html
外国记者忧中国证书计划影响运作 (Foreign Journalists Worry that Measures on Foreign News Agencies' Work Will Affect Their Operations)
Voice of America, May 01, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-05-01-voa33.cfm
Olympics
简要新闻：“自由西藏学生组织”声明反对奥运圣火途经西藏 (In Brief: "Students for a Free Tibet" Opposes Route of Olympic Torch to Pass Through Tibet)
Radio Free Asia, May 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/05/01/briefing/
Population
杭州村书记讹诈超生户并拐卖儿童 (Zhejiang Village Secretary Threatens Couple to Send 2nd Kid to Orphanage, then Sells Him to Family in Anhui)
Radio Free Asia, May 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/05/01/china_r
ights_rural/
广西容县计生办突击抄家 (Birth Control Authorities in Guangxi Ransack Village Homes)
Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/30/china
_rights_birth/
Protests and Petitions
Dockers in Shekou Strike for Higher Pay
South China Morning Post, May 02, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZA885W51F.html
武汉商场职工代表就企改中经理贪污上访北京 (Seven Worker Representatives of Wuhan Shopping Center Go to Beijing to Petition over Corrupt Manager)
Radio Free Asia, May 01, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/05/01/china_p
etition_beijing/
沧州南唐庄征地纠纷被武警戒严 (Martial Law Applied in Village in Hebei over Land Grab Dispute)
Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/30/china_l
and_clash/r
青岛当局刑事拘留抗拒拆迁户 (Shandong Couple Taken Away over Eviction Protest)
Radio Free Asia, April 30, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/30/china
_demolition_detain/
Macau
Shots Fired at Macau Rally
South China Morning Post, May 02, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZY885W51F.html