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Human Rights Defender- Yao Fuxin (姚福信)
China Labour Leader Freed after 7 Years in Jail
Agence France-Presse (via Google), March 17, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hZCINfI4r4UzOK3o0zYwqaxTvL0
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Prominent labor activist Yao Fuxin (姚福信) was released from prison on Monday after serving out his seven-year term. Yao was detained in 2002 after speaking at a peaceful demonstration on behalf of workers demanding back wages and pension payments and charged with “subversion of state power.” Yao endured beatings and persecution from other inmates while in prison.
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Labor Leader Activist Yao Fuxin is Released after Completing Seven-Year Term
Human Rights in China, March 16, 2009
http://hrichina.org/public/contents/143850
Food Security
Fake Food Cases in '08 at 76,500
Xinhua (via China Daily), March 17, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-03/16/content_7581236.htm
河南毒奶粉受害者家长因拒领补偿金受恐吓 (Father Threatened for Refusing Tainted Milk Compensation Money)
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dunai-03162009165101.html
Hong Kong
Diplomats Voice Fears over Macau Entry Row
South China Morning Post, March 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=16c3f24d5af00210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Human Rights Defenders
Chinese Journalist Stranded in Thailand
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/Stranded-03162009115613.html
Labor
陕西安康首例“黑砖厂虐工案”一审主犯被判刑 (Sentencing Reached in Shaanxi Brick Kiln Case)
Xinhuanet, March 17, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-03/17/content_11024593.htm
Media
Officials Ban Media from Plagiarism Court Case
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=632ef2a880600210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Police
3 More Prison Deaths Highlight Need for Reform
South China Morning Post, March 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=c717f24d5af00210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Protests and Petitions
Villagers Arrested after Dam Relocation Protest
South China Morning Post, March 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=7ed6f24d5af00210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
大陆两万名复员军官投诉总政治部 (20 Thousand Demobilized Officers File Complaint against Military)
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jundui-03162009133902.html
Public Health
Gravel Factory Link to Fatal Disease
Shanghai Daily, March 16, 2009
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=394418
Religion
Vatican Sets Up Chinese Web Site
China Post, March 17, 2009
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2009/03/17/200391/Vatican-sets.htm
Society
Crime Warning in Guangdong
South China Morning Post, March 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=6af6f24d5af00210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
State Security
中國加強監管外國人測繪 (China to Strengthen Supervision over Surveying and Mapping by Foreigners)
Ming Pao, March 16, 2009
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20090316/ca11511c.htm
Tibet
'Modern Redesign' of Lhasa Approved
South China Morning Post, March 17, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
a0/?vgnextoid=d6e8045777210210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Bomb Blast in Tibetan Area: Police
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), March 17, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090317/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetunrestblast
XUAR
China Jails 2 Ethnic Minorities for Protests
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), March 17, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090317/ap_on_re_as/as_china_restive_west