December 08, 2009

News
Death Penalty
Five Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Death
Agence France-Presse (via South China Morning Post), December 08, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=730ae654f0a65210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Disasters
8 Killed, 26 Injured in China School Stampede
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), December 08, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091208/ap_on_re_as/as_china_school_stampede

Environment
China's Climate Stance at Copenhagen
China Daily, December 08, 2009
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009copenhagenclimate/2009-12/08/content_9137682.htm

Human Rights
《零八宪章》周年 声援研讨相继开展 ("Charter 08" Seminars Held in Different Places in China Before the Anniversary of "Charter 08" Release)
Radio Free Asia, December 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/08-12072009095732.html

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
Wife Wants Dissident Released or Put on Trial
Associated Press (via South China Morning Post), December 08, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=05c9e654f0a65210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related News:
Prominent Chinese Dissident Liu Xiaobo Begins second year in Prison
The Daily Telegraph, December 08, 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/6757514/Prominent-Chinese-dissident-Liu-Xiaobo-begins-second-year-in-prison.html

Human Rights Defender - Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫)
国际人权日前夕民主人士失踪软禁 (Pro-democracy Activists Taken Away or under House Arrest ahead of International Human Rights Day)
Radio Free Asia, December 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquan-12072009144843.html

Human Rights Defenders
阿里木江被判刑十五年提出上诉 (Alimujiang Yimiti Files Appeal against His 15-year Sentence)
Radio Free Asia, December 07, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jidutu-12072009114036.html

Internet Censorship
內地嚴打 三大BT網站關閉 (Authorities Shut down 3 Major Online File-sharing Sites)
Ming Pao, December 08, 2009
http://news.mingpao.com/20091208/ccb1.htm

Labor
无劳动合同医院不鉴定 深圳百余农民工遭遇尘肺门 (100+ Workers in Shenzhen Suffer Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Those without Labor Contracts Denied Hospital Check)
China National Radio, December 08, 2009
http://www.cnr.cn/china/newszh/yaowen/200912/t20091208_505725043.html

Law
国务院正欲修改《拆迁条例》 (State Council Plans to Revise "Regulation on Demolishing and Eviction")
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 08, 2009
http://epaper.nddaily.com/H/html/2009-12/08/content_962037.htm

Related News:
北大五教授致信全国人大建言废改《拆迁条例》 (5 Professors of Beijing University Write to NPC, Suggest to Abolish or to Amend "Regulation on Demolishing and Eviction")
Southern Metropolis Daily, December 08, 2009
http://epaper.nddaily.com/A/html/2009-12/08/content_961955.htm

Police
Gang Jailed for Kidnapping Teens
South China Morning Post, December 08, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=873ae654f0a65210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Tibet
Tibetans Jailed for Dalai Lama Web Images: Group
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), December 08, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091208/wl_asia_afp/chinatibetunrestrights