Human Rights Defenders
Activist Tortured by Police, Claims Wife
South China Morning Post, June 01, 2007
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Anti-pollution activist Wu Lihong (吴立红) was tortured by police from Yixing, Jiangsu Province, his lawyer Ms Zhu alleged on May 31. Zhu said she was only allowed to see Wu for the first time on May 30, even though Wu had been in custody for more than six weeks. Wu told Zhu that police refused to let them meet earlier due to the fact bruises on his body had not disappeared. During their meeting, Zhu reportedly saw black and blue marks on Wu's arms. [For more information on Wu's case please refer to our top news for April 24, 2007]
News
Children
同德围有条儿童乞丐村 (Guangzhou Has a Village of Child Beggars)
Nanfang City News, June 01, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200706
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Environment
Polluted Lake Spurs Race for Water
The Standard, June 01, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&ar
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China's Climate Change Plan Due Ahead of G8 Summit
Reuters (via YahooNews), May 31, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070531/ts_nm/china_dc_
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Food Security
Panamanian Firms Blamed for Poisonings
South China Morning Post, June 01, 2007
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China Blames Media for Food Safety Scaremongering
Reuters (via YahooNews), May 31, 2007
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Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
陈光诚投诉在狱中挨饿 (Chen Guangcheng Gets Insufficient Food in Jail)
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/05/31/china_ri
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June 4th
简要新闻∶ 天安门母亲发表“六四”18周年座谈纪要 (In Brief: "Tiananmen Mothers" Issue Transcript of Roundtable on 18th Anniversary of June 4th Crackdown)
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/05/31/xinwen/
Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Tiananmen Mothers Roundtable Calls for Official Accountability
Human Rights in China, May 31, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_id
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Land Policy
Developer Accused of Dirty Tricks
South China Morning Post, June 01, 2007
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Media
人权观察：北京收紧外国媒体报道自由度 (Human Rights Watch: Beijing Tightens Control on Foreign Media's Reports)
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/31/
press_freedom/
Olympics
Beijing Officials Vow a Green Games As Private-Car Count Tops 3 Million
South China Morning Post, June 01, 2007
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Beijing to Invest More Than $3 Bln in Pollution Control in 2007
Xinhuanet, May 31, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-05/31/content_
6181212.htm
Protests and Petitions
盲道上盲人被撞再被打 贵阳某派出所殴打盲人/盲人堵路讨说法 (Blind People Block Road to Protest Police Beating in Guiyang)
Nanfang City News, June 01, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200706
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Protest Opening for War Victims
The Standard, June 01, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3&art
_id=45772&sid=13861818&con_type=1&d_str=20070601
维族访民在北京与警察发生激烈冲突 (Uyghur Petitioners Clash Violently with Riot Police in Beijiing)
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/31/
weizu/
深圳外企工人三年罢工抗议近十次 (Workers for a Shenzhen-Based Foreign Enterprise on Stike for Almost 10 Times in 3 Years)
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/05/31/
shenzhen/
Public Health
Corrupt Drug Chief Blamed for Scandals
South China Morning Post, June 01, 2007
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