Human Rights Defender - Yan Zhengxue (严正学)
严正学被浙江法院以煽动颠覆罪判刑三年 (Yan Zhengxue Sentenced to 3 Years' Imprisonment for Inciting Subversion)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/13/china
_dissident_trial/
On April 13, Yan Zhengxue (严正学) was sentenced to three years' imprisonment on charges of "inciting subversion" by a local court in Zhejiang and deprived of political rights for a year. Yan's lawyer will discuss with him whether or not to appeal the decision.
News
Death Penalty
八旬妇运毒判死缓 (80-Year-Old Woman from Guizhou Sentenced to Death with 2-Year Reprieve over Opium Trafficking)
Ming Pao, April 16, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070416/ccf1.htm
凶手因故意杀人一审被判死刑 (Hebei Man Sentenced to Death for Vehicular Manslaughter)
Legal Daily, April 16, 2007
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/misc/2007-04/16/content_59
1847.htm
Education
个子矮就不能当老师吗 (Letter to Editor: Why Can't Short Men Be Teachers Under Sichuan Measures?)
China Youth Daily, April 16, 2007
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2007-04/16/content_1734221.
htm
Human Rights Defenders
右派人士在京举行座谈纪念 会后组织者铁流被监控 ("Rightist" Tie Liu Monitored After Holding Seminar in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/13/
you/
Land Policy
江苏徐州拒绝迫迁的村民受到暴力威胁 (Thugs with Kitchen Knives Threaten Jiangsu Villagers for Ignoring Government Eviction Order)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/13/china
_demolition/
Law
四川自贡法院终于受理维权村民控告公安案 (Sichuan Local Court to Try Land Dispute After 10 Months of Delay)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/13/china_ri
ghts_rural/
Media
钉户事件：媒体网络促维权开民智 (Media and Internet Facilitate Rights Defense Campaign in "Nail House" Incident)
Voice of America, April 13, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-04-13-voa41.cfm
Olympics
中国评论﹕京奥运门票涉侵私隐宜三思 (Commentary: Method of Selling Olympics Tickets Infringes on Privacy)
Ming Pao, April 16, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070416/caz1.htm
Politics
Impromptu Remarks Reveal the Party's Pressure for Reforms
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZNNORUG0F.html
Social Justice 'Most Important Reform'
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chitoday/ZZZZ9MSRG0F.html
Protests and Petitions
官员指八成上访有理 (Xinjiang Official Says 80 Percent of Petitions Are Reasonable)
Ming Pao, April 16, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070416/cag1.htm
上海200多访民抗议官方歪曲报道遭拘留 (200 Shanghai Petitioners Detained for Protesting Report on Success of Petitioning System in Official Newspaper)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/13/
shangfang/
Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Shanghai Petitioners Detained Following Protests
Human Rights in China, April 12, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_i
d=35890
上海370名冤民上书新任市委书记习近平 (370 Petitioners Write Open Letter to New Party Secretary of Shanghai Seeking Justice)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/04/15/x
ijinping/
重庆工人游行当局被迫释放领头者 (As Laid-off Workers Protest, Chongqing Authorities Release Labor Activist)
Voice of America, April 15, 2007
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/w2007-04-15-voa29.cfm
Hundreds of Ex-Soldiers Petition Beijing for Jobs
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2007
http://china.scmp.com/chimain/ZZZO8MRUG0F.html
青岛企图自焚抗议拆迁的夫妇被正式逮捕 (Qingdao Couple Formally Arrested over Self-Immolation in Land Dispute)
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/04/13/china
_demolition_clash/
Religion
构建和谐社会 借力神佛 (Support from Religions Needed to Build Harmonious Society)
Ming Pao, April 16, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070416/cha1.htm