Monday, February 08, 2010

February 08, 2010

News
Food Security
China Seizes More Melamine-tainted Milk Powder
Reuters, February 07, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6170G920100208

Human Rights Defender – Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
中國維權人士譚作人9日宣判 (Verdict in Tan Zuoren Trial to Be Announced Tuesday)
Central News Agency, February 07, 2010
http://iservice.libertytimes.com.tw/liveNews/news.php?no=329336&type=%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E
Related news:
譚作人妻子:宣判後即上訴 (Wife: Tan Zuoren Will Appeal Sentence Following Pronouncement)
Ming Pao, February 08, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1421299/1.html
Human Rights Defenders
Dissidents Named for Peace Prize
Radio Free Asia, February 05, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/dissidents-02052010123907.html

Labor
Work Safety Gaps Suffocate Miners
China Daily, February 08, 2010
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/08/content_9440601.htm

Media
撰文刪帖 宣傳部「一條龍」控輿論 (Hunan Propaganda Department Accused of Controlling Public Opinion after Posts Criticizing Government Deleted from Public Forum)
Ming Pao, February 08, 2010
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/94/1/1/1422090/1.html

Protests and Petitions
长沙拆迁访民遭虐 北京拆迁案重开庭 (Changsha Evictees Petitioning in Beijing Harassed)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chang-02072010160733.html

Tibet
Dalai Lama's Discourse Lands 5 Tibetans in Trouble
Times News Network, February 06, 2010
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/Dalai-Lamas-discourse-lands-5-Tibetans-in-trouble/articleshow/5542943.cms

XUAR
Blogger Describes Xinjiang as an 'Internet Prison'
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 03, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8492224.stm

乌市誓言严打疆独 世维会指有维族人失踪 (Urumqi Vows Crackdown on Independence Movement)
Radio Free Asia, February 07, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/wu-02072010110031.html

新疆再刑拘兩名手機短信傳播“分裂言論”者 (XUAR Criminally Detains Two for Sending "Separatist" Text Messages)
China Review News, February 08, 2010
http://www.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1012/2/4/2/101224244.html