June 26, 2009

News

Green Dam
US Seeks to Stop Use of Web Filter on New PCs
South China Morning Post, June 26, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=9f297cd406812210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

PC Makers Race to Comply with China's Web Filter
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), June 25, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_on_re_as/as_tec_china_internet_pc_makers

财政部否认参与绿坝 网民向中国网审下战书 (Ministry of Finance Denies Involvement in Green Dam, Netizens "Declare War" on Internet Censorship)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/luba-06252009163830.html

Human Rights Defenders -- Liu Xiaobo, 刘晓波
China Rejects International Concern for Jailed Dissident
Voice of America, June 25, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-06-25-voa8.cfm?rss=asia

Labor
Law Urged to Protect Workers Against Heat
South China Morning Post, June 26, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c0097cd406812210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Law
Veteran Lawyer Urges Colleagues to Fight for the Rule of Law
South China Morning Post, June 26, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5699303e73312210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Seeks to Expand State Compensation
China Daily, June 26, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/25/content_8324011.htm

Media
Google Investigating China Service Outages
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), June 26, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090625/wl_asia_afp/chinacomputerinternetcensorshipgoogle

Govt Steps up Heat on Google
China Daily, June 26, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/26/content_8324498.htm

Migrant Workers
泛珠三角9省区将签订省际农民工维权合作协议 (9 Provinces in Pan-Pearl River Delta Sign Migrant Workers' Rights Agreement)
Eastday, June 26, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20090626/u1a4461553.html

Protests and Petitions
上访遭打压 维权被拘押 (Petitioners Suppressed, Rights Defenders Detained)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shangfang-06252009151345.html

上海数十访民突遭软禁 每周传郑恩宠已成常态 (Shanghai Petitioners under House Arrest, Zheng Enchong Summoned Every Week)
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-06242009133650.html

北京访民再次发动大规模示威抗议 (Beijing Petitioners Stage Large-scale Protest Again)
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-06242009114317.html

齐齐哈尔处置一起群体性上访事件 (Workers in Heilongjiang Punished After Organizing A Mass Petition)
Net Ease, June 26, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0625/13/5CLI3OVF0001124J.html