Monday, November 19, 2007

November 17-19, 2007

News
Death Penalty

中方对联大决议暂停死刑表示遗憾 (China Regrets UN's Resolution Calling for Moratorium on Executions)
The Beijing News, November 18, 2007
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2007/11-18/
011@030201.htm


Human Rights Defender
维权人士李国宏被判劳教 (Rights Defender Li Guohong Sentenced to RTL)
Radio Free Asia, November 18, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/18/li/

Human Rights Defender – Liu Jie (刘杰)
万人上书十七大组织者呼吁为刘杰讨公道 (Launchers of Open Letter Call for Justice for Liu Jie)
Radio Free Asia, November 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/16/
liujie/


Human Rights Defenders
维权人士李国宏仍被拘 唐荆陵等被国保警察骚扰 (Rights Defender Still Detained; Human Rights Lawyer Harassed During Trip)
Radio Free Asia, November 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/16/
liguohong/


Human Rights Defender - Shi Tao (师涛)
高琴声及俞陵要求杨致远帮助营救亲人 (Yahoo! Founder Urged to Seek Release of Jailed Internet Activists)
Radio Free Asia, November 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/11/16/yahoo/

Labor
Companies Face Increasing Awareness of Workers' Rights
South China Morning Post, November 19, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
cb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=eb1601743a25
6110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=Ne


Media
China's Aggressive Internet Censorship
Forbes.com, November 16, 2007
http://www.forbes.com/leadership/careers/2007/11/15/china
-internet-censorship-
cx_1115oxford.html

Olympics
西方媒体轮番给北京奥运造谣 如此"新闻自由"? (Western Media Creates Rumors Against Beijing Olympics)
Global Times (via Xinhua), November 19, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/olympics/2007-11/19/content_
7102759.htm


8万安保人员保驾奥运 (Beijing Olympics Employ 80,000 Security Officers)
The Beijing News, November 17, 2007
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/olympic/2007/11-17/
011@012327.htm


China to Quash Protests at Olympics
Associated Press (via YahooNews), November 16, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071116/ap_on_re_as/olympics
_protesters_1;_ylt=AmliVc
cFHhFKpl_5PGLDBzlPzWQA

Police
中国五年来查出超期羁押逾3.3万人 (33,000 People Detained Beyond the Period Allowed by Chinese Law in the Past 5 Years)
BBC, November 17, 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_7090000/
newsid_7099500/7099540.stm


Politics
中共啟动內部程序 民主评议国家領导人选 (CPC Invites Internal Comments on Candidates for State Leadership)
Ming Pao, November 19, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20071119/caa5.htm

Protests and Petitions
河南郏县违规征地事件调查 (Illegal Land Grab in Jia County, Henan Province Being Investigated)
China Youth Daily, November 19, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-11/19/content_1960736.htm

花楼街再曝打人逼迁 居民申请组民间“护房队” (Wuhan Residents Beaten Again for Refusing Eviction, Questioned by Police for Setting Up "Apartment Protection Team")
Radio Free Asia, November 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/16/
hualoujie/


Beijing "Hutong" Family Hold Out Against Bulldozers
Reuters (via YahooNews), November 16, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071116/wl_nm/china_rede
velopment_dc_2;_ylt=AtI9DM
H4lzcp_xhmyt4aIp1PzWQA

云南陆良重判8名维权农民 (Yunnan Court Passes Harsh Sentences for 8 Rights Defenders)
Radio Free Asia, November 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/11/16/
nongmin/


Public Health
乙肝检查详情只通知个人 用人单位强查乙肝罚款数目太少 (Conference Participants Question Deterrence Effect of Fines for Compulsory Hepatitis B Testing)
Nanfang City News, November 19, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/
200711190516.asp


Three Gorges
Three Gorges Work Continues Amid New Round of Concerns
Wall Street Journal, November 19, 2007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119521762330795704.html?
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