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News from China with a focus on human rights and religious liberty
Monday, June 21, 2004

Tiananmen Mother Urges Dr. Jiang’s Release [The Epoch Times]
“ Tiananmen Mother” Ding Zilin, sent a letter to Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao, requesting that Dr. Jiang Yanyong be immediately released. Dr. Jiang disclosed to the world the real situation of SARS in China last year, and, just before the... [more]
10:12:32 PM    comments []

Chinese Internet Journalist Du Daobin Sentenced To Four Years Of House Arrest [The Epoch Times]
Chinese Internet journalist and Epoch Times essayist Du Daobin was sentenced to four years of house arrest by a court in Hubei, Province, China, today. He was arrested on October 28, 2003, for publishing articles on the Internet advocating... [more]


10:07:23 PM    comments []

China Must Release SARS Doctor, Human Rights Watch Group Says (Bloomberg.com). June 13 (Bloomberg) -- China government must release Jiang Yanyong, a military doctor who exposed the nation's cover-up of the severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak last year,  Human Rights Watch said on its website. [Yahoo! News - Search Results for China Human Rights]
10:01:54 PM    comments []

Chinese Dissident Detained in Mental Hospital for Twelve Years [The Epoch Times]
Wang Wanxing, a dissident in China, has been detained in a mental hospital for 12 years. His wife has appealed to the Chinese government to release him immediately, or to imprison him as a prisoner of conscience. Human rights organizations... [more]


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China Urges ISPs to Pledge 'Patriotism'. The Chinese government is calling on Internet service providers to sign a "self-discipline pact" meant to stop the spread of information that could harm national security as defined by Beijing. [Associated Press headlines via GoUpstate.com]
9:25:52 AM    comments []

HK legislator's office attacked. Arsonists burn posters and scrawl "traitor" outside the office of pro-democracy legislator Emily Lau. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]
7:42:04 AM    comments []

Taiwan to Hold Annual Military Exercise in August. TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan will hold annual exercises in August to test combat readiness in the face of what Defense Minister Lee Jye said on Monday was a significantly higher likelihood mainland China would use force to recover the island. [Reuters: World]
7:30:46 AM    comments []





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