Friday, September 28, 2012

Environment

环保组织呼吁增加“按日记罚”等重要环境制度 (Environmental Group Calls for Adding Significant Institutions such as Public Interest Litigation in Environmental Protection Law)
Legal Daily, September 28, 2012
http://news.sina.com.cn/green/news/roll/2012-09-28/150525275552.shtml

Hong Kong

Press Intimidation Alleged in HK as Apple Daily Photographer Faces Court
South China Morning Post, September 28, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1048857/press-intimidation-alleged-hk-apple-daily-photographer-faces-court

Human Rights Defenders

維權人士被勸離京 泄十八大開會日子 (Rights Activists Told to Leave Beijing, Hinting Days of 18th Party Congress)
Ming Pao, September 28, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2783432/1.html

Police

Officers Trying Evil Eye to Get Rid of Vendors
Shanghai Daily, September 28, 2012
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2012/09/28/Officers+trying+evil+eye+to+get+rid+of+vendors

Prisons

北京:家属、律师可预约会见在押的服刑罪犯 (Beijing: Family and Lawyers Can Arrange Meetings with Criminal Suspects in Detention)
Xinhua News Agency, September 28, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2012-09/28/content_3878285.htm

Protests and Petitions

拆迁户抗议无安置遭警驱散 (Anhui: Police Disperse Protest by Evictees Who Had Not Been Relocated)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/protest-09272012093835.html

湖北村民與警衝突一死一傷 (1 Dead, 1 Injured in Clash between Hubei Villagers and Police)
Ming Pao, September 27, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2782962/1.html

Society

Vanishing Languages Saved for Posterity
China Daily, September 28, 2012
http://english.sina.com/life/2012/0928/511395.html