Human Rights Defender - Mao Hengfeng (毛恒凤)
访民毛恒凤被判两年半 看守所内受凌辱 (Petitioner Mao Hengfeng Sentenced to 2-1/2 Years, Humiliated in Detention Center)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/16/maohenf
eng/
On January 12, Shanghai petitioner Mao Hengfeng was sentenced to 2-1/2 years’ imprisonment on charges of damaging property. Her husband said the charge was related to her breaking two lamps, which were damaged when the authorities beat her in a guesthouse. Mao told her husband that the charges were trumped-up, and he related that she protested throughout the trial. Before the trial, Mao had been held in extremely unsanitary conditions and subjected to humiliating treatment.
Related Information:
HRIC Press Release: Mao Hengfeng Sentenced to 2-1/2 Years for
Breaking Lamps
Human Rights in China, January 16, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid=32
150&item%5fid=32149
News
Bilateral Ties
China Urges Quick Darfur Solution Ahead of President Visit
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 16, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070116/wl_asia_afp/sudanchinad
iplomacy_07011616513838
Pope to Convene Special Meeting on China: Media Source
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), January 16, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070116/wl_asia_afp/vaticanpop
ereligion_070116185540
Children
U.S. Families Puzzled by Tighter China Adoptions
Reuters (via YahooNews), January 17, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070117/lf_nm/china_adoption_u
sa_dc_1
Death Penalty
Killer's Widow Files Appeal
South China Morning Post, January 17, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZ6O16F0XE.html
Education
新疆贫困中小学生提前实现免费入学 (Free Schooling Made Available One Year Earlier Than Planned for Low-Income Elementary School Students in Xinjiang)
China Youth Daily, January 17, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-01/17/content_1645416.htm
Environment
69亿难解山西采煤沉陷难题 (6.9 Billion Yuan Not Enough to Solve Environmental Problems Caused by Coal Extraction in Shanxi)
The Beijing News, January 17, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0547/2007/0110/031@234669.
htm
洋垃圾大举侵入佛山 (Foshan, Guangdong, Invaded by Foreign Garbage)
Nanfang City News, January 17, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200701170115.asp
Freedom of Speech
公安威胁芳草如果继续在海外发表文章就拘捕她 (Anhui Police Threaten to Arrest Political Prisoner's Wife over Diary Publication Abroad)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/01/16/china_dissident/
Labor
东莞工人偷裤遭反锁示众 (Guangdong Worker Handcuffed to Factory Door for 7 Hours for Stealing One Pair of Jeans)
Ming Pao, January 17, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070117/ccg1.htm
Media
张桂芳：“媒体造成治安问题扩大化” 广州再增2000警力 (Cadre Blames Media for Exaggerating Seriousness of Crime in Guangzhou)
Nanfang City News, January 17, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/jwxy/200701170118.
asp
大同不能以打击“假记者”为真凶开脱！ (Commentary: Authorities Must Not Let Off Killers of "Fake Reporter" Who Exposed Illegal Shanxi Coal Mine)
Nanfang City News, January 17, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/spqy/200701170484
.asp
南海村民受访后被抓 放松外媒采访政令能走多远？ (Guangdong Petitioner Arrested After Being Interviewed by Foreign Media)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/16/nanhai/
四川记者陈宇被传唤近21个小时后获释 (Sichuan Journalist Held for 21 Hours, Told Not to Talk to Foreign Media)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/16/chen/
奥组委：恶搞会徽告你侵权 (Altering Emblem of Beijing Olympics Violates Copyright Law)
Nanfang City News, January 17, 2007
http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/southnews/djjz/200701170126.asp
Police
逾九成群众对社会治安满意 (Over 90 Percent of Those Interviewed Find Public Order Satisfactory)
Legal Daily, January 17, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-01/17/content_516950.htm
Old-Man Politics Dies with Last 'Immortal'
South China Morning Post, January 17, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZ19IMD0XE.html
Population
Reshaping the Population Problem as a Human Resources Powerhouse
People's Daily, January 17, 2007
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200701/16/eng20070116_34172
1.html
Protests and Petitions
无锡松下200员工停工抗议厂方隐瞒镉中毒事实 (200 Workers on Strike in Jiangsu over Cover-up of Cadmium Poisoning)
EastDay.com, January 17, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/c/20070117/u1a2571634.html
刑警拒杀上司二奶被追杀 (Policeman Receives Death Threats After Reporting Request by Supervisor's Wife to Kill Mistress)
Ming Pao, January 17, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070117/cca1.htm
Religion
中国家庭教会又有教徒被抓 (More Members of Protestant House Church in Henan Taken Away)
Radio Free Asia, January 16, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/01/16/zongjiao/
Hong Kong
Detainees Need Access to Own Counsel: Expert
South China Morning Post, January 17, 2007
http://hongkong.scmp.com/hknews/ZZZUO16F0XE.html
No Booking for Birth, No Entry to HK
South China Morning Post, January 17, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/topnews/ZZZ1IHMD0XE.html