September 09, 2010

Top News
Human Rights Defender – Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚)
Blind Chinese Legal Activist Released-Reports
Reuters, September 09, 2010
http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-51381720100909

Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚), the blind, “barefoot” lawyer who gained international attention when he was sentenced in 2006 to four years and three months in prison, was released today from the Linyi Municipal Prison in Shandong Province. Chen was first detained in 2006 after filing a class-action lawsuit against the city of Linyi on behalf of its inhabitants over the city’s policy of forced abortions and sterilizations, and was later convicted of “intentional damage of public property” and “gathering people to block traffic.”

Related information:
Blind Lawyer Chen Guangcheng Released after More than Four Years in Prison
盲人律师陈光诚遭监禁4年3个月后获释
Human Rights in China, September 09, 2010
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/189047
http://gb.hrichina.org/public/contents/20897

Related news:
陈光诚刑满9日在当局严密监控下被送回家中 (Chen Guangcheng Escorted Home, Still under Tight Surveillance)
Radio Free Asia, September 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/chgch-09082010203559.html

News
Death Penalty
China Anti-corruption Boss Sentenced to Death
Associated Press, September 09, 2010
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_re_as/as_china_corrupt_official

Environment
调查显示中国地下水污染严重 农村人受害最直接 (Rural Residents Most Affected by Underground Water Pollution)
Xinhua News Agency, September 08, 2010
http://news.eastday.com/c/20100908/u1a5438654.html

Human Rights Defenders
No Trial for Labor Activist
Radio Free Asia, September 08, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/trial-09082010110048.html

Law
赵作海家乡又出错案 5农民蒙冤3年 (Henan: More Wrongfully-convicted Cases Emerge )
China Youth Daily, September 09, 2010
http://society.huanqiu.com/roll/2010-09/1085971.html

Media
青年拍摄农田被淹场面遭乡干部群殴 (Youth Beaten by Cadres for Taking Photos of Flooded Farm)
Dahe Daily, September 09, 2010
http://news.163.com/10/0909/05/6G49ON7100011229.html

China Grants Internet Map Service Licenses to Select Operators
Press Trust of India, September 09, 2010
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/china-grants-internet-map-service-licenses-to-select-operators/108164/on

Related news:
Google 'Yet to Apply for Web Mapping Nod'
China Daily, September 09, 2010
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/7134643.html

Protests and Petitions
Family's Petitions Open Up Can of Corrupt Worms
South China Morning Post, September 09, 2010
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=f22e99ab632fa210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Public Health
Waiting for a Hospital Bed in Beijing — on the Sidewalk
McClatchy Newspapers, September 08, 2010
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/09/08/100264/waiting-for-a-hospital-bed-in.html

Henan Health Officials Criticized for Hiding Tick Bites from Public
Global Times, September 09, 2010
http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-09/571485.html

XUAR
新疆停办少数民族护照 (Xinjiang Stops Processing Passport Applications for Minorities)
Radio Free Asia, September 09, 2010
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xinjiang-09082010140536.html