Friday, May 04, 2012

Human Rights Defenders

Chen Appeals to US Lawmakers from Hospital
Deutsche Welle, May 4, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15927119,00.html

China Police Detain, Beat Chen Supporters
Agence France-Presse, May 4, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/china-police-detain-beat-chen-supporters-053730093.html

China Says Blind Dissident Can Apply to Study Abroad
Reuters, May 4, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/04/us-china-dissident-chen-idUSBRE8430AV20120504

北京多家媒体评陈光诚事件 批骆家辉“作秀” (Many Beijing Media Outlets Comment on the Chen Guangcheng, Criticize US Ambassador Locke as "Grandstanding")
Beijing Daily, May 4, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/a4e/565af8.html

支聯會戴墨鏡遊行到中聯辦聲援陳光誠 (Hong Kong Activists Hold Demonstration in Support of Chen Guangcheng and Rights Defenders)
HK Commercial Broadcasting, May 4, 2012
http://www.881903.com/Page/ZH-TW/newsdetail.aspx?ItemId=508840&csid=261_341

Media

BBC Accuses China of 'Deliberate' Jamming of World News
Journalism.co.uk, May 4, 2012
http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/bbc-accuses-china-of-deliberate-jamming-of-world-news/s2/a549092/

Protests and Petitions

湖南常德便衣 闹市鸣枪抓人 (Hunan: Plainclothes Officer Fires Gun in Busy Area and Takes Petitioner into Custody)
Southern Metropolis Daily, May 4, 2012
http://epaper.oeeee.com/A/html/2012-05/04/content_1622795.htm

原信访局长因女儿坠亡上访 自称无其他出路 (Former Petition Bureau Head Becomes Petitioner Himself following Daughter's Death)
Legal Daily, May 4, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2012-05/04/content_3547203.htm

Tibet

Tibetan NGOs Must 'Register' or Close
Radio Free Asia, May 3, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/register-05032012134130.html