李铁告深圳公安非法拘留 (Activist Li Tie's Suit against Shenzhen Police for Illegal Detention Heard in Court)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/litie-06192009084436.html
Internet Censorship
China Disables Some Google Functions
New York Times, June 20, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/20/world/asia/20beijing.html
Media
Outspoken Media Advocate Quits University Post amid Pressure
South China Morning Post, June 20, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8cf1d1a7a69f1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Labor
安徽砂廠爆炸16死 (16 Die in Anhui Factory Explosion)
Singtao Daily (via Sina.com.hk), June 22, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1175504/1.html
Land Policy
广东阳江征地暴打农民 村民爬桥求救 (Violent Land Dispute in Yangjiang, Guangdong Continues; Villagers Unfurl Banner on Guangzhou’s Zhuhai Bridge Calling for Attention)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yangjiang-06192009112919.html
Olympics
Study: Beijing's Air Worse than at Past Olympics
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), June 20, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090620/ap_on_re_as/as_china_pollution_study
Police
19岁学生摘树叶遭4名城管群殴 市民围住现场 (19 Year-old Student Beaten by Four Urban Management Officials for Picking a Tree Leaf)
Chongqing Daily (via Net Ease), June 20, 2009
http://news.163.com/09/0620/09/5C8AEC4N00011229.html
Protests and Petitions
Guangdong Hit By Second Bout of Unrest
South China Morning Post (via South China Morning Post), June 21, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=af99bf8829ef1210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Order Restored Peacefully after Unrest in C China City
Xinhua News Agency, June 21, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/21/content_11576546.htm
Related news:重庆石柱县检察院与上访者签双向承诺 (Procuratorate in Shizhu County, Chongqing Signs Bilateral Commitment with Petitioners)
City in Central China Rocked by Violent Riots: Residents
Agence France-Presse (via Google News), June 21, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5grv95F6xL8VxUpQCugnbSVfvlwfg
The Beijing News (via Xinhua News Agency), June 22, 2009
http://cq.xinhuanet.com/news/2009-06/22/content_16877689.htm
数千名外地访民于京游行抗议 (Several Thousand Petitioners Demonstrate in Beijing, Many Intercepted and Detained)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-06212009144813.html
Tibet
Tibetan Monks Tell Tale of Escape from China
New York Times, June 20, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/world/asia/21tibet.html
西藏高官﹕還會再有騷亂 (Tibetan Autonomous Region Party Secretary: Another Uprising Is Possible)
Ming Pao (via Sina.com.hk), June 22, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1175423/1.html