Human Rights Defender – Yao Lifa (姚立法)

Activist Freed, with Injuries
Radio Free Asia, September 05, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/newspapers-09042011174246.html

Human Rights Defender – Yao Lifa (姚立法)

遭軟禁跳樓脫身 湖北維權者北京被拘 (Elections Advocate Who Fled House Arrest Detained in Beijing)
Ming Pao, August 08, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/9/1/1/2401671/1.html

Human Rights Defender – Yao Lifa (姚立法)

姚立法被失踪满月保安加强 江西独立候选人吁停止打压 (More Security One Month after "Disappearance" of Yao Lifa)
Radio Free Asia, July 20, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yao-07202011102935.html

Human Rights Defender – Yao Lifa (姚立法)

姚立法再被抄家 (Elections Advocate Yao Lifa Again Subjected to Home Search)
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_dissident_a-07142011102209.html

Human Rights Defender – Yao Lifa (姚立法)

Election Activist 'Disappeared'
Radio Free Asia, July 05, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activist-07052011153840.html

Human Rights Defender – Yao Lifa (姚立法)

Scholar Held amid Election Bid
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/elections-06212011164200.html

October 09, 2009

News
Bilateral Ties
中国副主席习近平到访欧洲 (Vice President Xi Jinping on Two-week Tour of Europe)
Radio France Internationale, October 09, 2009
http://www.rfi.fr/actucn/articles/118/article_16664.asp

Education
校長集資辦學遭起訴續：7成網友認為應法外開恩 (Principal Indicted for Raising Funds for School: 70% of Netizens Polled Think Mercy Should be Granted)
China Youth Daily, October 09, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1289302/1.html

Human Rights Defender – Fang Zheng (方政)
Tiananmen Amputee Stands in US -- to Dance
Agence France-Presse, October 09, 2009
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/tiananmen-amputee-stands-in-us--to-dance-20091009-gp81.html

Human Rights Defenders – Liang Liwan (梁丽婉), Yao Lifa (姚立法)
维权人士十一期间遭中国政府非法拘禁 (China Illegal Detains Rights Defenders around National Holiday)
Voice of America, October 08, 2009
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/RIGHTS-ADVOCATES-DETAINED-20091008-63755232.htm

Related information:
Activist Detained after Telling UN Official of Impending Eviction
Human Rights in China, October 7, 2009
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/171995

Related news:
湖北维权人士姚立法被非法拘禁半月 (Hubei Activist Yao Lifa Illegally Detained for Half Month)
Radio Free Asia, October 09, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ylf-10082009092252.html

Human Rights Defenders
十五位知识界人士发布《网络人权宣言》 (15 Intellectuals Publish "International Human Rights Declaration")
Radio Free Asia, October 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/internet-10082009090740.html

Related information:
网络人权宣言 (Internet Human Rights Declaration)
October 8, 2009
http://docs.google.com/View?id=df3tk255_0fvdzvkfn

Unofficial translation: Internet Human Rights Declaration
Under the Jacaranda Tree, October 8, 2009
http://underthejacaranda.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/internet-human-rights-declaration/

Labor
Lift Collapse Kills China Miners
Al Jazeera, October 09, 2009
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/10/2009109316401425.html

Law
全国量刑程序改革试点项目在安徽芜湖启动 (Pilot National Sentencing Procedure Reform Begins in Wuhu, Anhui)
Xinhua News Agency, October 07, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-10/07/content_12190557.htm

Media
China Pledges to Protect Foreign Media
Associated Press, October 09, 2009
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/09/ap/asia/main5373096.shtml

新修订的《新闻记者证管理办法》15日正式施行 (Newly Revised Measures on the Administration of Press Cards Take Effect Oct 15)
Eastday, October 08, 2009
http://news.eastday.com/c/20091008/u1a4712619.html

自由之声网站被“哑” (Sound of Freedom's Website "Muted")
Radio Free Asia, October 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/ziyou-10082009162719.html

Military
China's Military Might Should Not Be Feared, Says Analyst
Channel News Asia, October 09, 2009
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/eastasia/view/1010093/1/.html

Police
Hu Urges More Vigilant Policing
Associated Press, October 09, 2009
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=11ec34444a434210VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

中国在国庆期间“特赦一批囚犯 (China "Grants Special Amnesty to a Group of Prisoners" during Anniversary)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 08, 2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2009/10/091008_china_prisoner_rights.shtml

Protests and Petitions
福建上杭数千村民抗议铅污染 三名医生替儿童化验被扣 (Thousands of Villagers Protest against Lead Contamination in Fujian, Three Doctors Testing Children for Lead Detained)
Radio Free Asia, October 08, 2009
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/lead-10082009094853.html

Society
民族政策寬嚴失當 中央將微調 (Government to Fine-tune Its Strict Policy toward Minorities)
Ming Pao, October 09, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1289109/1.html

XUAR
新疆「7．5」屠殺案情首度披露 (Case Details for Six of the Urumqi "July 5 Incident" Cases Published for the First Time)
Ming Pao, October 09, 2009
http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/9/1/1/1289110/1.html

November 07, 2008

Top News
Human Rights Defender - Yao Lifa (姚立法)
Chinese Rights Activist Reported Missing
The Guardian, November 06, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/06/china-humanrights

Yao Lifa (姚立法), a primary school teacher in Qianjiang, Hubei, disappeared shortly before the election of the Qianjiang Municipal People's Congress on November 12, 2008. Yao, a vocal supporter of direct elections, has competed in Qianjiang’s municipal elections since 1987 and was one of China’s first independent candidates in local elections. In 1998, he won a seat on the 4th Qianjiang Municipal People’s Congress.

Related information:
Prominent Advocate of Direct Local Elections is Disappeared by Authorities
Human Rights in China, November 4, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/73326

News
Environment
Rich Nations Should Ditch 'Unsustainable' Lifestyles: China's Wen
Agence France-Presse (via Google), November 07, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ij4KjwW11cs6axz8P1D4boTcmHOQ

昆明将组建环保警察 (Kunming, Yunnan to Form "Environmental Police Squad")
The Beijing News, November 07, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2008/11-07/008@030224.htm

Food Security
Now China Points Finger at Foreign Milk Products
Reuters, November 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSSP38712420081106

Soft-drink Brand Linked to Burns
Shanghai Daily, November 07, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/shdaily_sing.asp?id=379760

Hong Kong
Proposal to Censor Web May Be Dropped
South China Morning Post, November 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5238f368d127d110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights
China's 'Action Plan' on Human Rights Meets with Skepticism
Los Angeles Times, November 07, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-rights7-2008nov07,0,604983.story

Human Rights Defender - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
两位律师隔玻璃会见郭飞雄 申诉启动受阻 (Guo Feixiong Speaks with Lawyers but Appeal Process Stalled due to Monitoring)
Radio Free Asia, November 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/zhuanlan/xinlingzhilyu/guofeixiong-11062008112723.html

Human Rights Defender
四川民运刘贤斌出狱 九年牢狱不改信念 (Sichuan Democracy Activist Liu Xianbin Released Early from Prison)
Radio Free Asia, November 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/minzhu-11062008101819.html

Media
China Cracks down on Guns, Pornography and Fraud
China Daily, November 06, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-11/06/content_7181869.htm

Multilateral
U.N. Torture Panel to Question China on Abuses
Reuters, November 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4A56XI20081106

Politics
Hunan Prefecture Chief Sacked for Fundraising Scandal
China Daily, November 07, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-11/07/content_7182740.htm

Related information:
湖南吉首非法集资受害群众示威仍持续 (Protests Continue in Hunan over Fake Investment Scheme)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jishou-09252008094736.html

Protests and Petitions
瓮安暴力案开审 (Trial Begins for Weng'an Protest Participants)
The Beijing News, November 07, 2008
http://www.thebeijingnews.com/news/guonei/2008/11-07/008@030228.htm

上海近百访民到杨浦区房管局上访（视频） (Around 100 Shanghainese Petition District Housing Administration)
Radio Free Asia, November 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shanghai-11062008094401.html

山东南沙河镇数百名拒迁户遭暴力袭 (Shandong Villagers Injured in Clash between Hundreds Protecting Their Homes from Destruction and Approx 200 Hired Thugs)
Radio Free Asia, November 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/demolishing_clash-11062008115313.html

Public Health
Chinese Drug Authority Halts Production at Drug Company Citing Contamination
Xinhuanet, November 06, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/06/content_10317918.htm

Taiwan
In Milestone, Taiwan's President Meets Key Chinese Envoy
Washington Post, November 07, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/06/AR2008110601589.html

Tibet
China Rejects 'Semi-independence' for Tibet: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), November 06, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081106/wl_afp/chinatibetdalaidiplomacytalks

July 31, 2008

Bilateral Ties
Bush to Attend Church in China, Urge Religious Freedom
Agence France-Presse (available at Google News), July 31, 2008
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jTCaQ-QMoHDqK5mk7ao7ryoZGzMw

Bush Meets 5 Dissidents from China before Games
New York Times, July 30, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/30/sports/olympics/30prexy.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=sloginef=slogin

China Hits Out at US Ahead of Olympics )
Agence France-Presse (available at Yahoo! News), July 30, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080731/wl_asia_afp/chinausdiplomacyoly2008

Congress Urges President Bush to Raise Human Rights Issue with China
Voice of America, July 30, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-07-30-voa65.cfm?rss=asia

Human Rights Defender - Ni Yulan (倪玉兰)
Activist's Trial Put Off Ahead of Games
Agence France-Presse (available at The Herald Sun), July 30, 2008
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24103549-23109,00.html

Human Rights Defender -Yao Lifa (姚立法)
湖北维权人士姚立法遭严密监控 (Hubei Rights Defender Yao Lifa Closely Watched)
Radio Free Asia, July 30, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yaolifa-07302008083820.html

Human Rights Defender
Lawyer in Shenzhen Jailed for Four Years
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b9611794abf6b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Olympics
HK Protest Sites 'Far from Venues'
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=27a19169cd47b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

中国奥运前夕更多异议人士失去自由 (At the Eve of Olympic Games More Dissidents Lose Freedom)
Radio Free Asia, July 30, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aoyun-07302008170655.html

Chinese Officials Give Club District a Brusque Cleanup
Washington Post, July 30, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/29/AR2008072902389.html

Olympics-Even with "Blue Skies", is Beijing's Air Safe?
Reuters, July 31, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSSP142260

'Free Reporting' to Extend Beyond Games, Official Says Amid Criticism
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=7f719169cd47b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

IOC Press Chief Says Media Not Told of Censorship Plan
Reuters, July 30, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL131393420080731

IOC Admits Internet Censorship Deal with China
Reuters, July 31, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK17034620080731

Mainland Starts Latest Internet Crackdown
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=00f19169cd47b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

各地旅馆得通报疆藏等少数民族住客 (Hotels Ordered to Notify Authorities of Ethnic Minority Guests)
Radio Free Asia, July 30, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aoyun-07302008083516.html

5 Layers of Security for High-Speed Inter-City Rail Link
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=87019169cd47b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

律师成京奥安保防范对象 (Authorities Restrict Lawyers to Utilize Own Methods of Ensuring Safety of Games)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/jingao-07302008111145.html

Security Beefed Up at Tiananmen Ahead of Later Hours
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1c609169cd47b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

China Accused of Inflating Terrorism Threat
Financial Times, July 30, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a6837f82-5dce-11dd-8129-000077b07658.html

China Seeks "Absolute Security" in Tibet for Olympics
Reuters, July 30, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK14102920080730

Police
"Chengguan" Inspectors Detained After Beating Peddler to Death in SW China
Xinhuanet, July 31, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-07/31/content_8867435.htm

Politics
A Shock to 'Hand-Raising Robots'
Asia Times Online, July 31, 2008
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JG31Ad03.html

Protests and Petitions
洛异议社团声援杜导斌 中领馆前抗议至奥运结束 (Protest for Du Daobin at Chinese Embassy until End of Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, July 30, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/dudaobin-07302008173227.html

Religion
内蒙四名传道人被抓 警方使用酷刑 (Four Missionaries Detained and Tortured in XUAR)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/neimeng-07302008100830.html

June 26, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defender - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
狱中郭飞雄儿女入学被拒 张青急请关注 (Children of Imprisoned Rights Defender Guo Feixiong Refused Admission into School)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/guofeixiong-06252008170300.html
When Zhang Qing (张青), wife of imprisoned rights defender Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄), recently tried to register their children for elementary and middle school, they were refused admission. Their son was to begin elementary school in 2007, but he was also refused admission then; Zhang Qing has since been home-schooling him. According to Zhang, local authorities have been threatening the schools to not admit her children. Guo was sentenced to five years' imprisonment and fined 40,000 yuan in 2007 for "illegal business activity" in connection with the publication of Shenyang Political Earthquake《沈阳政坛地震》, a book concerning a political scandal in Shenyang, Liaoning.

Human Rights Defender - Huang Qi (黄琦)
与黄琦同时被捕的同事获释后指公安刑讯迫供 (Volunteer Detained with Huang Qi Released, Reveals Police’s Attempts to Torture Him into Confession)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_detain-06252008110731.html
Pu Fei (蒲飞), a volunteer who worked with rights defender Huang Qi (黄琦) at the quake site, was detained along with Huang and another volunteer, Zuo Xiaofan (左晓凡). Pu was released June 25. According to Pu, during his detention he was forced to study Mainland law and read earthquake relief articles during the day, and grilled under torture at night. He believes that they were attempting to compel him to frame Huang, as they asked him about his work with Tianwang, classified information of the group, and Tianwang's objective in going to the quake site. Pu believes that Zuo has also been released, but he told RFA that he has been unable to contact him.

News
Corruption
Beijing Arrests ‘White House’ Party Chief
Financial Times, June 26, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e2536eee-42d2-11dd-81d0-0000779fd2ac.html

Related story:
阜阳“白宫”举报人蹊跷死亡调查 (Investigation into the Curious Death of Li Guofu, Detained Whistle-Blower for Anhui's Luxurious "White House")
China Youth Online, April 22, 2008
http://zqb.cyol.com/content/2008-04/22/content_2152901.htm

Pillow Talk Lands Officials in Jail
China Daily, June 26, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-06/26/content_6796351.htm

Death Penalty
China Executes Three in Drugs Crackdown
Reuters, June 26, 2008
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK28642920080625

Company Official Sentenced to Death for Bribery
Shanghai Daily, June 26, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200806/20080626/article_364645.htm

Disasters
China Invites World Architects to Design Solar Schools for Quake Areas
Xinhuanet, June 25, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/25/content_8436920.htm

China to Make Quake Tourist Spots
Agence France-Presse (via China Post), June 25, 2008
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national%20news/2008/06/25/162521/China-to.htm

Three Workers Killed in Oil-Tank Blast
Shanghai Daily, June 26, 2008
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200806/20080626/article_364624.htm

Environment
China Building 1st Coal Bed Methane Pipeline to Ease Energy Strains
Xinhuanet, June 25, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/25/content_8435588.htm

China Generates Solar-Power Guidelines
Shanghai Daily (available at Xinhua), June 26, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/26/content_8441329.htm

Human Rights Defender - Jiranbayariin Soyolt
Mongolian Dissident Freed, Months Later
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/mongolia-06252008142657.html

Human Rights Defender - Yao Lifa (姚立法)
姚立法遭身份不明人士恐吓 (Civil Society Activist Yao Lifa Threatened by Unidentified Individual)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_assault-06252008111113.html

Human Rights Defenders
太石村维权领袖冯秋盛因协助外国记者采访被拘留 (Guangzhou Village Rights Defender Feng Qiucheng Detained for Assisting Foreign Reporters)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_taishi-06252008105407.html

Land Policy
NW China Region Launches 900 Mln Yuan Plan to Rebuild Housing
Xinhuanet, June 25, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/25/content_8436906.htm

Media
黄良天﹕网站刊登东海油田文章被关闭 (Website of Former Editor of Outspoken Monthly Baixing, Huang Liangtian, Temporarily Shut Down after Posting Article on East China Sea Oil Field)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/internet_control-06252008111825.html

South China Tiger Snapper Held on Mystery Charge
China Daily, June 26, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-06/26/content_6796256.htm

Olympics
China Worried About Illegal Drugs during Olympics
Voice of America, June 25, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-06-25-voa10.cfm

For China's Olympic Guests, a Not-So-Warm Welcome
Christian Science Monitor, June 25, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0625/p01s08-woap.html

International Torch Relay for Beijing Paralympic Games Cancelled
Xinhuanet, June 25, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/25/content_8436905.htm

IOC Investigates Anti-Dalai Lama Torch Relay Speech
Reuters, June 26, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK26911720080625

Religion
China Extends Christian's Detention
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinachristian-06242008165552.html

Society
Human Flesh Search Engines: Chinese Vigilantes That Hunt Victims on the Web
Times Online, June 26, 2008
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4213681.ece

Taiwan
Tainan Urges Falun Gong to Leave Site
Taipei Times, June 25, 2008
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2008/06/25/2003415684

Tibet
青海隆务寺主持上周五被军警秘密拘捕 (Qinghai Longwu Temple Head Secretly Arrested on June 20 by Military Police)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/tibetan_monks-06252008102915.html

March 7, 2008

News
Education
Urban Chinese Welcome Promise of Free Education
Xinhuanet, March 06, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/06/content
_7732485.htm

Gender
Campaign Launched in China to Stop Domestic Violence
Xinhuanet, March 07, 2008
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/07/content_
7736815.htm

Human Rights
人权观察敦促中国实施人权改革 (Human Rights Watch Urges China to Implement Human Rights Reform)
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/06
/humanrights/

Human Rights Defender- Yao Lifa (姚立法)
民间政治活动人士姚立法被警方传唤 (Civil Society Activist Yao Lifa Summoned)
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03
/06/yao/

Human Rights Defender- Lü Gengsong (吕耿松)
两会当局严密监控杭州异议人士吕耿松妻子及维权人士邹巍 (Lü Gengsong's Wife and Human Rights Defender Zou Wei Tightly Monitored)
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03
/06/lianghui/

Olympics
Top Swimmer Urges IOC Head to Speak Out on China
Reuters, March 06, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=
USL0568567120080305

Politics
'Democratic' Leaders Show Their Loyalty
South China Morning Post, March 07, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af6
2ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=b2ce3f4bd8
488110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=China&s=New

异议人士联名争取回国权 吁中国政府依法核发有效护照 (Exiled Dissidents Urge for Right to Return to China, Get Passports)
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/06
/passports/

Population
China One-Child Rule 'To Remain'
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 06, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7281023.stm

Protests and Petitions
长沙上访经租户被收押在六一零学习班 (Changsha Housing Petitioner Forced into "Study Session")
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/03/06/china
_rights_property/

Protests Suspend Work on Shanghai Maglev
Financial Times, March 06, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1f2e3fc8-ebae-11dc-9493
-0000779fd2ac.html

番禺卡西欧厂数千人罢工抗议　群警出动暴力驱散数人送院 (Thousands Strike in Guangdong; Six Sent to Hospital)
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/06/
panyu/

云南宁蒗买断工龄干部往政府请愿被截 (Yunnan Cadres Blocked from Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, March 06, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2008/03/06/
yunnan/

March 6, 2008

Top News of the Day
Human Rights Defenders - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
郭飞雄妻子张青，于绝食抗议日，致全国两会公开信 (Zhang Qing, Wife of Guo Feixiong, Submits Open Letter to Two Congresses)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008
Guo Feixiong's (郭飞雄) wife, Zhang Qing (张青), has issued an open letter to the NPC and CPPCC. The letter demands that the Chinese Government abolish the Reeducation-Through-Labor system and that it abolish the use of electric shock batons on genitals to torture detainees or suspects. Zhang adds that she is currently on a hunger strike. Guo, a human rights defender and legal advisor who had been involved in numerous controversial cases, was sentenced to five years in prison in November 2007.

Related information:
HRIC Press Advisory: Guo Feixiong’s Wife issues
Statement on the Decision Not to Appeal
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/45706

News
Civil Society
Gov't Officials Told to Facilitate Supervision from Public Members
Xinhuanet, March 05, 2008

Hukou
维权律师上书人大要求修订岐视农村户籍的法律 (Humans Rights Lawyer Demands that NPC Amend Discriminatory Rural Household Registration Laws)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008

Human Rights Defenders - Liu Jie (刘杰)
刘杰申请行政诉讼不予立案 (Liu Jie Not Granted Filing for Administrative Suit)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008

Human Rights Defenders - Yao Lifa (姚立法), Zhang Xianling (张先玲)
姚立法、张先玲两会期间被软禁 (Yao Lifa and Zhang Xianling Under House Arrest During Two Congresses)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008

Land Policy
成都警方凌晨进入太平村强拆民房 (Chengdu Police Forcible Evict Taiping, Chengdu Homes in Pre-Dawn Raid)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008

Media
“爱知行动”的网站被公安局关闭 (Website of Beijing AIDS Action Group, Aizhixing, Closed by Police)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008

Freed Reporter Gets to Cover Congress
South China Morning Post, March 06, 2008

Journalists Frustrated by Red Tape in Access to Ministers
South China Morning Post, March 06, 2008

Olympics
China Gears up for Faithful during the Games
Reuters, March 05, 2008

Population
Bid to Clarify One-Child Policy
South China Morning Post, March 06, 2008

Protests and Petitions
经租户代表王季勇被关押 (Housing Petitioner Wang Jiyong Arrested)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008

江西维权拆迁户被非法拘留 (Jiangxi Relocatees Illegally Detained to Halt Petitioning)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008

两会期间上海当局暴力截访 (Shanghai Authorities Violently Stopping Petitioners During Two Congresses)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008

深圳幼师进行“非暴力不合作”抗议 (Shenzhen Kindergarten Teachers Hold Nonviolent Protest)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008

Public Health
Experts Doubt Financing of Public Hospitals
South China Morning Post, March 06, 2008

Religion
四名中国教徒因散发福音传单被拘留 (Four Detained for Distributing Christian Leaflets in Taizhou, Zhejiang)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008