Human Rights Defenders

Ai Weiwei Refused Public Hearing for Tax Case
Reuters, March 29, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/29/ai-weiwei-refused-public-hearing

Gao Zhisheng, Detained Chinese Lawyer, Visited by Family
The New York Times, March 28, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/29/world/asia/family-reports-prison-visit-with-long-missing-chinese-rights-lawyer.html

Internet

Online Tributes to Zhao Ziyang Pass Censors
South China Morning Post, March 28, 2012
http://topics.scmp.com/news/china-news-watch/article/Online-tributes-to-Zhao-Ziyang-pass-censors

Multilateral

BRICS Summit Shadowed by Tibet Protests
Agence France-Presse, March 29, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/brics-summit-shadowed-tibet-protests-210849281.html

Politics

兩會期間被迫封口 押解回渝 (Zhang Mingyu Kept under Watch during NPC/CPPCC)
Ming Pao, March 29, 2012
http://news.mingpao.com/20120329/caa2.htm

Protests and Petitions

江苏苏州三名维权村民到北京上访后失踪 (Three Jiangsu Petitioners Go Missing in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/suz-03282012152743.html

Religion

江苏公安阻牧师见外媒强迫旅游 (Police Escort Pastor onto "Trip" to Keep Him from Meeting with Foreign Journalists)
Radio Free Asia, March 28, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/js-03282012095141.html

Tibet

四川阿壩再有藏僧自焚亡 (Another Monk Self-Immolation in Ngawa, Sichuan)
Ming Pao, March 29, 2012
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20120329/ca41515a.htm

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Government Wins Appeal in Maids' Battle for Residency
Reuters, March 28, 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/28/us-hongkong-abode-filipino-idUSBRE82R0CB20120328

国务院决定任命梁振英为香港特别行政区第四任行政长官 (State Council Appoints Leung Chun-ying HK's New Chief Executive)
Legal Daily, March 28, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2012-03/28/content_3465433.htm

Human Rights Defenders

Independent Candidate Stripped, Beaten
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/liu-ping-03272012102859.html

高智晟家人获准前往监狱探望 (Imprisoned Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Permitted Family Visit)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 28, 2012
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2012/03/120328_gaozhisheng_alive.shtml

Protests and Petitions

江苏丹阳上访女精神病院关10年 (Jiangxi Petitioner Locked in Psychiatric Hospital for 10 Years)
Southern Metropolis Daily, March 28, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/e/53/e53a0a2978c28872/Blog/b32/129ae0.html

Tibet

Dalai Lama Seen as Instigator and Solution in China-Tibet Struggle
Voice of America, March 27, 2012
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Dalai-Lama-Seen-as-Instigator-and-Solution-in-China-Tibet-Struggle-144450435.html

Related news:
Dalai Clique's Separatist Attempt Doomed to Fail: Tibet Governor
EastDay, March 28, 2012
http://english.eastday.com/e/120328/u1a6453641.html

Tibetan Exiles Rally around Delhi Self-Immolator
The New York Times, March 28, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/29/world/asia/tibetan-exiles-rally-around-delhi-self-immolator.html

外交部：反对美国会议员借涉藏问题干涉内政 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs Voices Opposition to U.S. Senate Panel's Resolution on Tibet)
China News Service, March 28, 2012
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2012-03-28/181624188959.shtml

Related news:
US Senate Panel Cites China Repression in Tibet
The Associated Press, March 27, 2012
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/03/27/us-senate-panel-cites-china-repression-in-tibet/

Death Penalty

全球執行死刑激增 陸仍居首 (China Still #1 in Executions)
Central News Agency, March 27, 2012
http://www.cna.com.tw/News/aOPL/201203270190.aspx

Hong Kong

Media Hail Historic Win But Warn of Challenges Ahead
South China Morning Post, March 27, 2102
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=c2a5f20aa1f46310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Labor

China Blames Cover-up for Mining Rescue Delay
China Daily, March 27, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-03/26/content_14917015.htm

Media

毕节驻贵阳办官员问记者：你是为人民还是为党服务 (Guiyang Official to Journalists: Do You Serve the People or the Party?)
Caijing, March 27, 2012
http://politics.caijing.com.cn/2012-03-27/111777425.html

Related news:
Official: Journalists Should Serve the Party, Not the People
Shanghai Daily, March 27, 2012
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2012/03/27/Official+journalists+should+serve+the+Party+not+the+people

Politics

Primetime Dramas Return to Chongqing 'Red Channel'
China Daily, March 26, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-03/26/content_14917630.htm

Tibet

Four Held over Anti-Chinese Protests
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/detain-03252012155013.html

第二位流亡藏人在印度自焚 (India: A Second Tibetan in Exile Self-Immolates in Protest)
Deutsche Welle, March 27, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15838650,00.html

XUAR

新疆喀什襲擊案主犯判死刑 (Man Sentenced to Death for Kashgar Attack)
Ming Pao, March 27, 2012
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20120327/ca20842p.htm

Hong Kong

Hong Kong's Elite Heed Beijing, Pick Leung Leader
The Associated Press, March 25, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/hong-kongs-elite-heed-beijing-pick-leung-leader-052546840.html

Related information:
胡椒抗衝擊 梁當選「第一噴」 政團4．1大遊行抗梁 (Police Use Pepper Spray on Anti-Leung Protestors)
Ming Pao, March 26, 2012
http://news.mingpao.com/20120326/gab1.htm

梁振英：特區有責任就23條立法 (Leung Chun-ying: The SAR Is Responsible for National Security Legislation)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 25, 2012
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20120325/news_20120325_55_828602.htm

Hong Kong's Messy Election Campaign
The New York Times, March 24, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/24/opinion/hong-kongs-messy-election-campaign.html

Pair Held over Hacking of Mock Poll
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=af885b67e0a46310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

香港能否继续“独特” (Can Hong Kong Continue Being "Unique"?)
Deutsche Welle, March 26, 2012
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15837799,00.html

Related information:
内地真心愿意香港继续“独特” (China Sincerely Wants HK to Continue Being "Unique")
Global Times, March 26, 2012
http://news.sina.com.cn/pl/2012-03-26/075224174450.shtml

Human Rights Defenders

被拘押的广西维权律师杨在新转为监视居住 (Yang Zaixin Moved from Detention to Residential Surveillance)
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hc-03232012141721.html

Related information:
Guangxi Lawyer Yang Zaixin Put under Residential Surveillance after Nine Months in Detention
被羁押的广西维权律师杨在新转成监视居住
Human Rights in China, March 23, 2012
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5936
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5937