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Human Rights Defender - Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
譚作人囚5年：坐牢是光榮 (Tan Zuoren Sentenced to Five Years: My Honor to Go to Prison)
Ming Pao, February 10, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100210/gaa1.htm
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Sichuan Activist Sentenced to Five Years for “Inciting Subversion of State Power”
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/173295
譚作人案判決書 (Verdict on Tan's Case)
Ming Pao, February 10, 2010
http://news.mingpao.com/20100210/gaa1a_er.htm
News
Death Penalty
China Issues Guidelines to Limit Death Penalty Use
Xinhua News Agency (via
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/09/content_9453134.htm
Related Information:
最高人民法院关于贯彻宽严相济刑事政策的若干意见 (Full Text: SPC's Guidelines on Handling Criminal Cases with A Policy of "Justice Tempered with Mercy")
Xinhua News Agency, February 10, 2010
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2010-02/10/content_12960937.htm
Environment
China Releases First National Pollution Census
Associated Press (via Yahoo! News), February 09, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_as/as_china_pollution_census
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Beijing Considers Pollution Tax
Financial Times, February 09, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d5668418-15c2-11df-ad7e-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1
Food Security
China Calls for New Checks amid Milk Scare
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 09, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_asia_afp/chinafoodsafetymilkchild
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廣東奶糖驗出三聚氰胺超標 (Milk Candy Products in Guangdong Found with Melamine Exceeding Legal Limit)
China News Agency (via Ming Pao), February 10, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100210/ca31156a.htm
Human Rights Defender - Ai Weiwei (艾未未)
China Artist-activist Says Google Email Hacked
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 10, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/wl_afp/chinausitinternetgoogleart
Human Rights Defender - Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎)
RFA独家首发：日众议院特别委员长牧野在国会接见冯正虎(组图，视频) (Member of Japan's House of Representatives Seishu Makinoa Meets Feng)
Radio Free Asia, February 09, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fzh-02092010120648.html
Human Rights Defenders
山東青年顛覆國家罪成判囚 (Shandong Activist Xue Mingkai Jailed 1.5 Years for Subversion)
Hong Kong Cable Television, February 10, 2010
http://cablenews.i-cable.com/webapps/news_video/index.php?news_id=325454&category=
Law
李庄二审宣判 当庭表示认罪有假 (Beijing Lawyer Li Zhuang Sentenced to Prison at Second Trial; Li Denounces Authorities to Mislead Him into A Plea Bargain that Spares Jail Terms)
Radio Free Asia, February 09, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lz-02092010155133.html
Media
HK Reporters Manhandled And Held Briefly by Police
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7ab67f23013b6210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD
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成都公安再以暴力阻港記採訪 (TV News Video: Chengdu Police Force HK Reporters to Stop Filming and Interviewing)
Now TV (via YouTube), February 10, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/v/ABM7UGkCWCw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl
Protests and Petitions
上海高压访民被拘留软禁 民众关注冯正虎周五回国 (Shanghai Authorities Tighten Grip on Petitioners)
Radio Free
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/fangmin-02092010121136.html
XUAR
Across
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/10/content_9454925.htm
