Friday, October 26, 2007

October 26, 2007

News
Death Penalty

男子为求钱财绑架活埋女人大代表 被执行死刑 (Guangdong Kidnapper Executed for Murdering People's Congress Delegate)
EastDay.com, October 26, 2007
http://news.eastday.com/s/20071026/u1a3187393.html

Environment
Olympics Chief Repeats Pollution Warning
South China Morning Post, October 26, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
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a0/?vgnextoid=1e81f6fb487d5
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Government
Official Shuts School in Mother's Honor
Reuters (via The Standard), October 26, 2007
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat
=3&art_id=55707&sid=15980955&con_type=1&d_str=
20071026&fc=8
55&con_type=1&d_str=20071026&fc=8

Human Rights Defender - Yang Chunlin (杨春林)
律师会见杨春林被警察粗暴中止 (Meeting with Yang Chunlin Halted When Lawyers Asked About Alleged Torture in Detention)
Radio Free Asia, October 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/25/
yang_chunlin/


Human Rights Defender
触怒党官维权人士徐祥被拘留 (Rights Defender Xu Xiang Detained After Angering Hunan Party Cadre)
Radio Free Asia, October 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/25/
xuxiang/


Human Rights Defender – Zheng Enchong (郑恩宠)
郑恩宠及其律师希就媒体侵犯名誉权进行沟通 (Zheng Enchong and His Lawyer Seek Communication with Media over Defamation Claims)
Radio Free Asia, October 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/25/
zheng_enchong/


Law
中国拟立法严防滥用权力限制人身自由 (China Considers Legislating Against Excessive Limitations on Personal Liberties)
Radio Free Asia, October 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/25/
quanli/


Media
Hainan Court Jails 'Fake Reporters' for Blackmail
South China Morning Post, October 26, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62e
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The Sound, Not of Music, but of Control
New York Times, October 24, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/25/world/asia/25shang
hai.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
emc=r
ss&oref=slogin


Migrant Workers
重庆市全国首设农民工日 (Chongqing Sets November's First Sunday as Migrant Workers' Day)
Radio Free Asia, October 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/25/
nongminri/


Olympics
UNEP Lauds 'Greening' of Olympics by China
Xinhua (via China Daily), October 25, 2007
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/2007-10/25/content_
6207681.htm


Politics
党代表返乡 全城夹道欢迎 (Classes Cancelled in Jiangsu So Students Can Welcome Cadre's Return from CPC Meeting)
Ming Pao, October 26, 2007
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20071026/cac1.htm

Protests and Petitions
Shenzhen Residents in Compensation Protest
South China Morning Post, October 26, 2007
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ec
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无锡的上访者被关进精神病院 (Jiangsu's Petitioners Detained in Psychiatric Hospital)
Radio Free Asia, October 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/25/
shangfang1/


湖南学法班扣押并虐待访民 (Petitioning Sisters Taken to "Law Class" in Hunan; Zheng Dajing Tortured)
Radio Free Asia, October 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2007/10/25/china_
petition_abuse/


十七大后访民盼望新政出台 保障基本人权尊严 (Petitioners Wish for New Policies to Protect Basic Rights and Dignity After CPC Meeting)
Radio Free Asia, October 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/25/
shangfang/


安徽池州发生群体事件 (NGO Says Anhui Villagers Attack Police Station over Unfair Law Enforcement; Denied by Police)
Radio Free Asia, October 25, 2007
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2007/10/25/
Anhwei/