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15.05.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières

"Journalist gets four years for exposing Communist Party corruption in Shandong"

Shandong: Journalist gets 4 years sentence for exposing Communist Party corruption [ID 96769]

13.05.2008 - Source:Committee to Protect Journalists 

"Chinese journalist sentenced to four years"

Shandong province: Journalist who had written critically about local officials, was sentenced to four years in prison [ID 96651]

07.05.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières

"Repression of journalists continues with two more arrests"

Journalist Naranbilig put under house arrest for a year; writer Zhou Yuanzhi arrested [ID 96443]

06.05.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières

"Deputy editor removed because of editorial about Tibet"

Deputy editor of the daily Nanfang Dushi Bao removed because of editorial about Tibet [ID 96284]

05.05.2008 - Source:Freedom House 

"The Worst of the Worst: The World's Most Repressive Societies 2008"

Report on the most repressive regimes and human rights violations committed by them in 2008 [ID 96648]

30.04.2008 - Source:BBC News

"Two killed in Tibet-linked clash"

Dari County, Qinghai province: Attempted arrest of alleged riot leader led to shooting in which policeman and suspect died [ID 96026]

30.04.2008 - Source:BBC News

"Chinese police find child slaves"

Guangdong province: Chinese police rescue more than 167 children of ethnic Yi minority sold to work as slave labourers in factory in town of Dongguan [ID 96033]

30.04.2008 - Source:Human Rights Watch

"Tibetan Protesters Denied Fair Trial"

Tibet: According to HRW, trials of 30 Tibetans accused of participating in violent protests on 14 March 2008  did not meet minimum international standards of due process; sentences ranged from 3 years to life imprisonment [ID 96123]

30.04.2008 - Source:Human Rights in China 

"Monthly brief; April 2008"

Monthly update on media censorship, petitions and protests, human rights defenders and labour [ID 96168]

30.04.2008 - Source:US Department of State

"Country Report on Terrorism 2007"

Country Reports on Terrorism (including detailed list of terrorist organisations) [ID 96334]

29.04.2008 - Source:BBC News

"China jails 17 over Tibet riots"

Lhasa: A court in Tibet has jailed 17 people for taking part in riots, state media says [ID 95964]

29.04.2008 - Source:Guardian

"China jails 30 for Tibet protests"

First sentences since riots began on 10 March 2008; 6 monks are among the 30 people who received prison sentences between 3 years and lifelong [ID 96006]

28.04.2008 - Source:Human Rights Watch

"Walking on Thin Ice. Control, Intimidation and Harassment of Lawyers in China"

Report on the situation of lawyers (international standards for lawyers; legal rule and party rule; violence against lawyers; intimidation; prosecution for perjury; limits on ability to represent clients; control over lawyers licenses) [ID 96010]

23.04.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières

"With foreign media still barred from Tibet, what is the government hiding?"

Reporters Without Borders demands foreign news media to be allowed back immediately into Tibet and nearby provinces with Tibetan population [ID 95805]

21.04.2008 - Source:BBC News

"China seeks to 'educate' Tibetans"

China launches an "education" campaign in Tibet designed to undermine support for the Dalai Lama and separatism [ID 95585]

21.04.2008 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture

"Impossibility for Mr. Hu Jia to appeal his sentence [CHN 009 / 1107 / OBS 141.6]"

HIV / Aids activist Hu Jia has been sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison for “inciting subversion of state power”; he has not been allowed to contact his lawyer in order to appeal the decision; according to reports, his health state is deteriorating [ID 95994]

21.04.2008 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture

"Arbitrary detention of Ms. Zheng Mingfang [CHN 008 / 1007 / OBS 132.1]"

Tianjin, Ji County: Human rights defender Zheng Mingfang has been sentenced to re-education through labour (RTL) for 2 years; her family has not received any detention order and has not been permitted to see her; according to former inmate of the RTL-camp Zheng Mingfang is held at, her health is deteriorating and she is going blind [ID 95998]

19.04.2008 - Source:Guardian

"Tibetan protesters defy police crackdown in Western China"

Qinghai: Police beat and detain Tibetian monks and others calling for release of protesters held after demonstrations last month, say activist groups [ID 95447]

18.04.2008 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture

"Reject of the appeal lodged by Mr. Lü Gengsong [CHN 003 / 0807 / OBS 099.2]"

Human rights activist Lü Gengsong sentenced to 4 years in jail and 1 year of deprivation of political rights for “inciting subversion of state power”; his appeal has now been rejected by Zhejiang Provincial High Court [ID 95989]

17.04.2008 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières

"European Union urged to intercede on behalf of well-known Tibetan TV presenter arrested more than two weeks ago"

European Union urged to intercede on behalf of well-known Tibetan TV presenter arrested more than 2 weeks ago [ID 95456]

16.04.2008 - Source:BBC News

"'Arms found' in China monasteries"

Gansu: Weapons and explosives are found in 11 Buddhist monasteries, according to state media [ID 95342]

16.04.2008 - Source:Committee to Protect Journalists 

"Tibetan TV producer detained in China"

Western Qinghai province: Authorities should release or publicly charge a Tibetan TV producer who has been detained for more than two weeks, CPJ says [ID 95373]

16.04.2008 - Source:Committee to Protect Journalists 

"Tibetan TV producer detained"

Tibetan TV presenter detained since more than 2 weeks [ID 95479]

15.04.2008 - Source:BBC News

"China 'gold medal' for executions"

China put to death at least 470 people last year but may have killed up to 8,000, Amnesty International says [ID 95197]

15.04.2008 - Source:Guardian

"China will execute 374 people during Olympics, Amnesty estimates" , Author: Allegra Stratton

Human rights activists highlight use of capital punishment ahead of summer's games [ID 95384]