February 11, 2010

Top News of The Day

Human Rights Defender - Gao Zhisheng (高智晟)
EU: China Must Clarify Fate of Human Rights Lawyer
Associated Press (via Jamaica Observer), February 10, 2010
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/missing_7403669

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Top EU Official Asks China to Account for Missing Chinese Lawyer Gao Zhisheng
Human Rights in China, February 10, 2010
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/173310

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Bilateral Ties
Australia Urges China for Speedy Rio Resolution
Reuters (via Yahoo! News), February 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/bs_nm/us_china_rio

中國稱保護力拓案被告權益 (China Says Will Protect Defendants' Rights in Rio Tinto Case)
United Daily News (via Ming Pao), February 11, 2010
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20100211/ca41623v.htm

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China Indicts 4 Rio Tinto Executives
The Wall Street Journal, February 10, 2010
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704140104575057311774494140.html

Human Rights Defender - Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)
維持原判 劉曉波在庭上只說一句話︰我無罪 (Original Judgment Upheld; Liu Only Says: I Am Innocent)
China News Agency, February 11, 2010
http://www.cna.com.tw/ShowNews/Detail.aspx?pNewsID=201002110122&pType0=aALL&pTypeSel=0

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China Upholds Jail Term for Leading Dissident
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100211/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsdissidenttrial

US And EU Decry Ruling over Chinese Dissident
Reuters (via Financial Times), February 11, 2010
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e916b780-16d0-11df-afcf-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1

China Says It Has 'No Dissidents'
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo! News), February 11, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100211/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsdissidentdenial

Human Rights Defender - Tan Zuoren (谭作人)
网站删谭作人 央视唱颂歌 (Blogs, Internet Posts Removed for Mentioning "Tan Zuoren")
Radio Free Asia, February 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tanzuoren-02102010123353.html

RFA独家:谭作人提出上诉 民间续告震灾渎职人（视频，组图） (Tan Zuoren Appeals; Other Quake Activists Continue Work of Legal Action against Official Malfeasance)
Radio Free Asia, February 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/tanzuoren-02102010160424.html

Human Rights Defenders
毒奶受害家長趙連海被控尋釁滋事罪 料月底開審 (Parent of Tainted Milk Victims Zhao Lianhai Officially Charged with "Provoking An Incident", Expected to Face Trial Later This Month)
Radio Television Hong Kong , February 11, 2010
http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20100211/news_20100211_55_646862.htm

Protests and Petitions
北京为两会在春节前清理访民 (Authorities Remove Petitioners from Beijing Ahead of NPC and CPPCC Sessions)
Radio Free Asia, February 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/petitioner_beijing-02102010115558.html

Tibet
Tibetan Kidnaps Prison Guard
Radio Free Asia, February 10, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/kidnapping-02102010152136.html

XUAR
Trekking 1,000km in China for e-Mail
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 11, 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8506601.stm