April 21, 2009

News

Children
Aids Treatment Still Eludes Children
South China Morning Post, April 20, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0873c68b571c0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=china&s=n

Disasters
Lawmakers Review Draft Law on War, Disaster Plans
South China Morning Post, April 21, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7923dae51f3c0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=

Government
Mandatory Audit Before Leaving Office in Guangdong
China Daily, April 21, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-04/21/content_7699180.htm

Human Rights Defender - Yuan Weijing (袁伟静)
袁伟静又遭看守人围攻殴打 (Yuan Weijing Beaten for Attempting to Leave Her Home)
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/chen_guangcheng-04202009112241.html?encoding=simplified

成都陈云飞、自贡刘正有被传唤 (Sichuan's Rights Advocates Summoned)
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/minzhu-04202009133530.html

June 4th
Dissident Defends Role of Democracy Leader
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ee5b7a1260ab0210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=hong+kon

Related News
Hong Kong Students Vote to Condemn Tiananmen Square Violence
Voice of America, April 17, 2009
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-04-17-voa11.cfm?rss=asia

Migrant Workers
千万留乡农民工尚未再就业 (10m Migrant Workers Not Reemployed After Returning to Their Home Villages)
Radio France Internationale, April 21, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/112/article_13288.asp

Police
China to Clamp Down on Inmate Abuse
Associated Press (available at YahooNews), April 20, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090420/ap_on_re_as/as_china_prisons

Protests and Petitions
北京严防访民抗议活动 南站警戒传截访打人致死（组图,视频）(Beijing Clamps Down Petitioners; 1 Reportedly Beaten to Death by Interceptors)
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-04202009133143.html

Tibet
Tibet Arsonist Gets Suspended Death Sentence
Agence France-Presse (available at YahooNews), April 21, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090421/wl_afp/chinarightstibetunrestsentence

四川藏民拒耕示威与警方冲突 (Tibetans, Chinese Police Clash in Sichuan )
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/tibetan_protest-04202009103244.html?encoding=simplified