Thursday, September 06, 2007

September 6, 2007

News
Death Penalty
Jinan official executed for killing ex-lover
South China Morning Post, September 06, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
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Environment
Draft law on water pollution solicits public opinion
Xinhuanet, September 05, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-09/05/content
_6083093.htm


Food Security
Tainted food ruled out in death of diplomat
South China Morning Post, September 06, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
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Media
Pressing issues
South China Morning Post, September 06, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
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China Pulls Plug on Internet Data Centers Ahead of Party Congress
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/english/china/2007/09/05/china_internet/

Olympics
维权人士杨春林被捕 律师会见受阻 (Lawyers Barred from Meeting Rights Defender on State Secrets Grounds)
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/05/
yangchunlin/


Protests and Petitions
Rights group says Chinese villagers beaten over development land grab protest
Associated Press (via International Herald Tribune), September 05, 2007
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/05/asia/AS-GEN
-China-Land-Protest.php

Related Information
HRIC Press Release: Villagers Beaten, Seedlings Destroyed in Liaoning Land Grab
Human Rights in China, September 04, 2007
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/item?item_id=
44750

重庆逾千警民爆发冲突 (Chongqing Residents Clash with Police over City Authorities' Brutal Law Enforcement)
Ming Pao, September 06, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20070906/cca1.htm

独家:顺德希涌11名土地维权村民被判刑 (Eleven Guangdong Land Grab Protestors Convicted on Public Order Charges)
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/05/
shunde/


北京通州四百多名回民集体上访 (Four Hundred Muslims Petition over Land Grabbing in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/05/china
_rights_land/


定州绳油村发生警民抢尸事件 (Hebei Police Try to Confiscate from Protestors Bodies of Victims of Beating by Corrupt Officials)
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/05/
dingzhou/


近百名东洲村妇女抗议当局拘捕维权村民 (One Hundred Women from Dongzhou, Guangdong Protest the Arrest of Rights Defender)
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/09/05/china
_rights_clash/


Public Health
Regulators scrutinise Mattel's latest recall
South China Morning Post, September 06, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb
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Religion
中国官方持续打压家庭教会 (China Continues to Suppress Protestant House Churches)
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/09/05/
zongjiao/


State Security
EU warns over use of national security excuse
Associated Press (via The Standard), September 06, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=3
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