Human Rights Defender – Lü Gengsong (吕耿松)

吕耿松出狱誓言为民主战斗到底 公安戒备众民主党人被限制行动 (Writer Lü Gengsong Released from Prison, Vows to Continue Fight for Democracy)
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/min-08232011090133.html

Writer Lü Gengsong (吕耿松) was released from the Xijiao Prison in Hangzhou on August 23, 2011. Lü was convicted of “inciting subversion of state power” in 2008 and sentenced to four years in prison and one year deprivation of political rights following his release. After his release, he was asked to sign a guarantee that he would abide by the conditions of his deprivation of political rights, but he refused to sign.

Related information:
Writer Lü Gengsong Released from Prison; Refuses Conditions of Deprivation of Political Rights
吕耿松刑满获释 拒签保证书
Human Rights in China, August 24, 2011
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5557
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5558

Disasters

Chinese Official Says Train Crash ‘Should Not Have Happened’
New York Times, August 24, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/24/world/asia/24rail.html

Death Penalty

李昌奎再审无关“舆论审判” (Yunnan Farmer Death Penalty Retrial Not a "Trial by Public Opinion")
Xinhua News Agency, August 24, 2011
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/8/9f/89f03f7d02720160/Blog/ee1/8cb303.html

Hong Kong

HKU Seeks Explanation for Police Tactics during Li Keqiang Visit
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=ad1d234849af1310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Related news:
HKU Chief Says Sorry to Students over Li Incident
The Standard, August 24, 2011
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&art_id=114488&sid=33487632&con_type=1&d_str=20110824&fc=2

Law

15年后刑诉法再修改 新增和拟修改主要有七个方面 (Seven Important Aspects to Changes in Criminal Procedure Law Amendment)
Legal Daily, August 18, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/rdlf/content/2011-08/18/content_2876243.htm

全国人大常委会法工委就香港基本法释法草案作说明 (NPC Standing Committee Explains Basic Law Draft Interpretation)
Xinhua News Agency, August 24, 2011
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2011-08/24/content_2898757.htm

Migrant Workers

打工子弟学校“末路” (Migrant Workers Schools at an Impasse)
Southern Metropolis Daily, August 24, 2011
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/b/bd/bbd2f7ac63dcd641/Blog/720/6d0093.html

Public Health

Drug Users Slam Rehab Abuses: Chinese Addicts Report Beatings, Deaths, in Government-Backed Centers
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/abuses-08232011114310.html

Society

Men Attack Mob Angry over Death of Patient
South China Morning Post, August 24, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=e58faee6d77f1310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

XUAR

Malaysia Deports Uyghurs
Radio Free Asia, August 23, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/malaysia-08232011174042.html

維族商人被當恐怖分子辦 (Uyghur Businessmen Treated as Terrorists by Authorities)
Ming Pao, August 24, 2011
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/94/1/1/2415980/1.html

Death Penalty

Death Sentence for Farmer in Yunnan Raises Concerns over Judicial Independence
South China Morning Post, August 23, 2011
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=8702e2b3b22f1310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Environment

南水北调中线工程大规模移民月底完成 (Relocation for the South-North Water Diversion Project to Be Completed by End of August)
Deutsche Welle, August 22, 2011
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15335361,00.html

四川规定擅自发布供水水质情况最高罚30万元 (Sichuan Regs: Max Fine of 300K for Releasing Info on Water Supply Quality w/o Authorization)
China News Service, August 23, 2011
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2011-08-23/124623036974.shtml

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Divided over Foreign Maid's Citizenship Bid
Voice of America, August 22, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Hong-Kong-Divided-Over-Foreign-Maids-Citizenship-Bid-128171538.html

Human Rights Defender – Liu Shihui (刘士辉)

又一维权律师因茉莉花被打压迫害曝光 (Rights Lawyer Liu Shihui Exposes Maltreatment during Detention)
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/mo-08222011101023.html

For translations of Liu Shihui's tweets on his maltreatment, see:
"I've Only Begun to Scratch the Surface": Liu Shihui Reveals Details of 108-Day Detention
Siweiluozi's Blog, August 22, 2011
http://www.siweiluozi.net/2011/08/ive-only-begun-to-scratch-surface-liu.html

Human Rights Defenders

山西异议人士贾甲在晋中监狱服刑不许探监 (Shanxi Dissident Jia Jia Not Permitted Visits in Prison)
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/yi-08222011154444.html

Internet

Chinese Online Commerce Platform Bans Sales of Tools Used to Bypass Internet Censorship
Associated Press, August 23, 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/chinese-online-commerce-platform-bans-sales-of-tools-to-bypass-internet-filters/2011/08/23/gIQA5343XJ_story.html

Some Chinese Surf Freely, for Now
Voice of America, August 22, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Some-Chinese-Surf-Freely-for-Now-128178623.html

Labor

北京社保局：外地打工族离京可领失业金 (Beijing Social Security Bureau: Migrant Workers Can Receive Unemployment Benefits Even If They Leave City)
Beijing Daily, August 23, 2011
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2011-08-23/022523033107.shtml

Public Health

河南6人血液透析感染丙肝 (Henan: 6 Confirmed to Have Contracted Hepatitis C through Hospital Hemodialysis)
Ming Pao, August 22, 2011
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20110822/ca11103p.htm

State Security

外交部称三公经费涉及国家机密今年不公开 (Foreign Ministry: Not Disclosing Spending Because It Contains State Secrets)
Beijing News, August 23, 2011
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2011-08-23/041523034073.shtml

XUAR

5 Uighur Chinese Held in Malaysia Risk Deportation
Associated Press, August 23, 2011
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110823/ap_on_re_as/as_malaysia_china_uighurs

Bilateral Ties

U.S. Biden Prods China on Rights, Controls Keep Dissent at Bay
Reuters, August 21, 2011
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/us-biden-prods-china-on-rights-controls-keep-dissent-at-bay