Tuesday, April 03, 2007

April 3, 2007

News
Bilateral Ties

China, Sudan Vow to Boost Military Exchanges
People's Daily, April 02, 2007
http://english.people.com.cn/200704/02/eng20070402_36
3135.html


Death Penalty
What Price Human Rights?
South China Morning Post, April 03, 2007
http://focus.scmp.com/focusnews/ZZZ0QUWTYZE.html

Education
Illiterate Ranks Swell Amid Urban Drift
The Standard, April 03, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?
we_cat=3&art_id=41472&sid=129792
07&con_type=1&d_str=20070403

Freedom of Speech
云南纪录片展因涉文革题材被无限期推迟 (Documentary Exhibition in Yunnan Delayed Indefinitely for Including Film of Cultural Revolution)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/02/china_
freedom_speech_movie/


Human Rights
老党员讨欠款不明死亡 法院不准家属验伤见尸 (Henan Court Bars Family from Looking Into Mysterious Death of Old CPC Member)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/02/
luoyang/


Human Rights Defender - Yan Zhengxue (严正学)
简要新闻:严正学案拟于四月五号开庭 (In Brief: Yan Zhengxue to Stand Trial on April 5)
Radio Free Asia, April 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwen/2007/04/02/xinwen/
- yan


Human Rights Defenders
维权警察被“鉴定”为精神异常 剥夺司法权利 (Wuhan Policeman and Rights Defender "Certified" as Mentally Abnormal and Deprived of Judicial Rights)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/02/
policeman/


浙江渔民维权代表林柄长被关押三个月后取保释放 (Zhejiang Rights Defender Lin Bingzhang Released on Bail After 3 Months of Detention)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/02/Chin
a-release/


Land Policy
China Tears Down Home Amid Standoff
Associated Press (via YahooNews), April 03, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070403/ap_on_re_as/china
_home_dispute_1;_ylt=Av2kn
bC_9a7nL_qtqNed_GlPzWQA

Law
一律师为会见权打官司 (Beijing Lawyer Sues Liaoning Public Security Bureau for Turning Down His Requests to Meet Client)
China Youth Daily, April 03, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-04/03/content_1720306
.htm


律师可代理劳动教养案件 (New Regulation in Chongqing Allows Legal Representation in Reeducation-Through-Labor Cases)
Legal Daily, April 03, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/bm/2007-04/03/content_57
8909.htm


Media
"Nail House" Stories Fire Up Chinese Netizens
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/politics/2007/04/02/chin
a_nailhouse/


Olympics
长安街沿线公交将装摄像头 (Beijing to Install 3,600 CCTV Cameras in Public Transportation This Year)
The Beijing News, April 03, 2007
http://news.thebeijingnews.com/0553/2007/04-03/015@
253250.htm


Christian Leaders Arrange Care for 2008 Olympics
Spero News, March 29, 2007
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idarticle=8734

Protests and Petitions
辽宁退休干部县政府请愿 要求停止克扣退休金 (Hundreds of Retired Cadres in Liaoning Petition Illegal Reduction of Retirement Funds)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/02/
heishan/


江苏和浙江两会期间上访的访民受惩处 (Two Punished for Petitioning Activities During Two Sessions in Jiangsu and Zhejiang)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/02/China-
Petitioner/


广西三合口村拆迁户表示对司法和上访失去信心 (Victims of Land Grab in Guangxi Say They Have Lost Faith in Effectiveness of Petitioning and Lawsuits)
Radio Free Asia, April 02, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/02/china_d
emolition_clash/


Religion
安徽及辽宁分别再有家庭教会受到当局打压 (Protestant House Church Members in Anhui and Liaoning Persecuted by Local Authorities)
Radio Free Asia, April 03, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/02/China-r
eligion/