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Ramadan Curbs on China¡¯s Muslims - 9/08/2008
Radio Free Asia
HONG KONG¡ªChina is stepping up restrictions on its Muslim Uyghur population during the fasting month of Ramadan, following a string of violent attacks in its northwestern region of Xinjiang.
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Phones Blocked for Activist¡¯s Family - 9/05/2008
Radio Free Asia
HONG KONG¡ªIn the run-up to the Paralympic Games in Beijing, people close to a prominent jailed blind activist have suddenly found their access to telecommunications limited.
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Quake Parents Barred from Protesting - 9/03/2008
Radio Free Asia
HONG KONG¡ªChinese police have thwarted a bid by angry parents to confront Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao about poor school construction during his visit to a middle-school near the epicenter of May¡¯s devastating earthquake, witnesses said.
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Protester's Mother Pays Price - 9/02/2008
Maureen Fan, Washington Post Foreign Service
BEIJING, Sept. 1 -- During the Olympics, China quashed all applications from people hoping to demonstrate in officially sanctioned "protest pens." Police also stopped protests by foreigners sympathetic to the pro-Tibet movement.
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Origin of bodies in exhibit questioned - 9/01/2008
AP via LJWorld.com
An anatomical donation form that was presented as having been signed by people whose bodies have been featured in an exhibit here was not authentic, according to officials with Union Station, where the ¡°Bodies Revealed¡± show has been for months.
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Doctors join push to end organ trade - 8/28/2008
Annabel Stafford, The Age
AUSTRALIAN doctors will turn in Chinese hospitals that sell the organs of executed prisoners to Australian patients as part of a global push to stamp out the illegal trade in human organs.
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U.S. says China missed rights opportunity at Olympics - 8/27/2008
Reuters
China missed an opportunity to show progress on human rights and religious freedom during the Olympic Games, the White House said on Monday, after eight Americans were deported for protesting.
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