Civil Society
Centre for Human Rights Shut Down: Beijing Aims to Silence Dissent
Asia News, July 18, 2009
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=15822&size=A
On July 17, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Civil Affairs shut down the law research center Open Constitution Initiative, confiscating its computers and documents. The action was ostensibly because OCI, which was established to provide legal consultation and assistance to the public, had not registered with the government as a civil society organization. Rather, it had registered as a company, as authorities would not accept its registration as an NGO.
Related information:
Law Research Center Is Shut Down as Authorities Tighten Control on Civil Society Groups
Human Rights in China, July 17, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/170300
News
Disasters
1,000 Flee Homes after Chemical Leak
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), July 20, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=482d0a6ba8692210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Human Rights Defenders
Silence after China Blogger Amoiist Tweets Arrest SOS
Guardian, July 17, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/17/china-blogger-amoiist-arrest-twitter
广州九名民主人士登山游玩被警察带走 (9 Democracy Activists Taken into Custody while Hiking in Guangzhou)
Radio Free Asia, July 19, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/9-07192009161907.html
Related information:Law
China: Tweetting a Detention Experience
Global Voices Online, July 20th, 2009
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/07/20/china-tweetting-a-detention-experience/
山东网民被控诽谤官员遭审判 (Netizens from Shandong Charged for Libel Online)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 20, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_8150000/newsid_8158400/8158484.stm
Media
Censorship Issue Settled as Authorities Silence Booming Mainland Twitter Clone
South China Morning Post, July 20, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=97a4f16dad392210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
Poverty
China Charity Fund to Support 10,000 Extremely Poor People
Xinhua News Agency, July 20, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/20/content_11737598.htm
Public Health
China's Medicine Watchdog Launches Pharmaceutical Safety Program
Xinhua News Agency, July 18, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/18/content_11728898.htm
State Security
政府信息公开一年观察:一些部门以保密需要搪塞 (Some Departments Make Use of State Secert to Avoid Open Information: State Media)
Outlook (via Xinhua News Agency), July 20, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-07/20/content_11737392.htm
XUAR
After Riots, China to Promote Anti-separatist Laws
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), July 20, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090720/ap_on_re_as/as_china_protest
Xinjiang Riots Pre-planned at 50 Places: State Media
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), July 19, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090719/wl_nm/us_china_xinjiang
Xinjiang Widens Crackdown on Uighurs
Financial Times, July 19, 2009
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5aa932ee-747c-11de-8ad5-00144feabdc0.html
