Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Death Penalty

村民被控杀人获死刑 证据不足十年未定是否有罪 (Villager Sentenced to Death Waiting 10 Years for Ruling on Guilt after Evidence Found Lacking)
Legal Daily, June 6, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2012-06/06/content_3621345.htm

Human Rights Defenders

Mystery Death of Blind Activist in Hunan
RTHK, June 6, 2012
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20120606/news_20120606_56_845834.htm

For more information on Li Wangyang, see:
Prisoner Profile: Li Wangyang
Human Rights in China
http://www.hrichina.org/content/4761

June Fourth

众多大陆人士来港悼六四 有顾忌相信终会云开雾散 (Large Number of Mainlanders Attending Hong Kong Tiananmen Memorial)
Radio Free Asia, June 5, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/64-06052012125431.html

Law

北京市司法局努力做到四个“提升” 促进监所持续安全稳定 (Four "Enhancements" of Beijing Justice Bureau to Promote Continued Security and Stability in Detention Facilities)
Legal Daily, June 6, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/News_Center/content/2012-06/06/content_3621230.htm

Multilateral

胡锦涛:上合峰会将通过加强打击恐怖主义 (Hu Jintao: SCO Summit to Pass Strengthened Coop Outline on Combating Terrorism)
RTHK, June 6, 2012
http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20120606/news_20120606_55_845708.htm

Related:
胡锦涛主席接受上海合作组织成员国媒体联合书面采访 (Written Interview with Hu Jintao by SCO Member States' Media)
Xinhua News Agency, June 6, 2012
http://gb.cri.cn/27824/2012/06/06/2225s3715257.htm

For more on the SCO, see HRIC's 2011 report:
Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights: The Impact of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
http://www.hrichina.org/research-and-publications/reports/sco

Protests and Petitions

广西警民冲突 30人受伤 (Guangxi: 30 Injured in Clash between Police and Civilians)
Central News Agency, June 6, 2012
http://news.rti.org.tw/index_newsContent.aspx?nid=358951

XUAR

Nine Ethnic Uighurs Jailed in China's Xinjiang
Agence France-Presse, June 6, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/nine-ethnic-uighurs-jailed-chinas-xinjiang-053245566.html