Posts tagged with "Human Rights"
Friday, 9. February 2007, 11:37:59
ABSURDIST, Human Rights, Sexuality
By Eugenia Chien
AlterNet
Pacific News Service
November 12, 2005Eugenia Chien writes for New California Media, an association of over 700 print, broadcast and online ethnic media organizations founded by Pacific News Service and members of ethnic media.Lost Sparrow, Sister Lotus and other Chinese women are changing the rules between the sexes -- and prompting government censorship -- as they post intimate details of their lives online.
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Friday, 9. February 2007, 11:11:56
ABSURDIST, Human Rights, Sexuality
By Hannah Beech
Time Magazine
Jan. 15, 2006Li Li has lost exact count of how many men she has bedded, but she knows the number is far above 100. "I don't keep statistics," says the former journalist, 27. But she isn't averse to kissing and telling. For the past couple of years, Li has kept a blogwritten under the pen name Muzi Mei that has chronicled everything from her penchant for orgies and Internet dating to her skepticism toward marriage when it means staying faithful to one man.
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Wednesday, 24. January 2007, 01:06:27
Human Rights, Politics, China Watch
In Search of Acceptable Cooperation
China's leaders want to foster civil society, and control it
By Berthold Kuhn
Magazine for Development And Cooperation
07/2006Professor Dr. Berthold Kuhn is currently working at the NGO Research Institute of Tsinghua University in Beijing. His post is subsidised by the Centre for International Migration and Development (CIM) in Frankfurt. email: berthold.kuhn@t-online.deThe Chinese government is experimenting at several different levels – by encouraging partnerships between the State and independent agencies for instance, and by tolerating unregistered organisations. It is difficult to predict whether official recognition of rights will follow next. However, international cooperation can have a positive influence.Read more...
Friday, 19. January 2007, 23:57:45
Human Rights, Media Control, Injustice
By Peter Ford
The Christian Science Monitor
January 19, 2007A reporter's killing after a coal-mine visit raises questions of legitimate journalism and a growing problem of extortion.SHUI GOU CUN, CHINA - On Wednesday afternoon last week, in this remote farming village tucked into the snow-dusted hills of Shanxi Province, Lan Chengzhang was beaten to death in the frozen mud of a walled courtyard.
At first glance, he died a martyr to press freedom, courageously investigating conditions in the notoriously dangerous illegal coal mines that dot the region. But as local authorities here launch a campaign against "fake journalists" extorting money from mine owners in return for not reporting their activities, doubts have surfaced about just what Mr. Lan was doing when he met his death.
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Wednesday, 17. January 2007, 04:11:34
Human Rights, Politics
Scoop
New Zealand's Independent News Media
12 June 2006Speech: US State Department
U.S. Department of State
The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in the Development of Democracy
Barry F. Lowenkron, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
Remarks to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Washington, DC
June 8, 2006
(Part 2)
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Wednesday, 17. January 2007, 04:08:00
Human Rights, Politics
Scoop
New Zealand's Independent News Media
12 June 2006Speech: US State Department
U.S. Department of State
The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in the Development of Democracy
Barry F. Lowenkron, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
Remarks to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Washington, DC
June 8, 2006
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Sunday, 14. January 2007, 04:39:02
Activism, Human Rights, Gao Qinrong, Injustice
Jonathan Ansfield
China Digital Times
2006-12-16Google the name of journalist Gao Qinrong in English today and the top results show a smattering of reports from overseas rights groups and a few news outlets – some noting his early release from prison in Shanxi province earlier this month (see
AFP) (
Article at Yahoo.com, the content has been withheld), but most predating it. Now Google Gao in Chinese (高勤荣) . Reams of fresh material pop up, making Gao a cause celebre for advocates of greater media supervision and free expression in China.
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Sunday, 14. January 2007, 01:11:20
Human Rights, Media Control, Injustice, Gao Qinrong
By Xu Ying
yWeekend (Original Chinese article)
January 4, 2007(Translation by
ESWN)
Later December last year, Gao Qinrong forwarded his appeal materials to the National People's Congress. He said that the materials will be forwarded to the Supreme Court and his appeal will have bright prospects. Gao Qinrong was involved in the report on the Shanxi Fake Irrigation Project and was named a hero reporter for exposing fakery. Later, he was sentenced to 13 years in prison (12 years time served) for "pimping, embezzlement and fraud." After deducting time for good behavior he actually served eight years.
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Friday, 12. January 2007, 21:22:31
Media Control, Human Rights, ABSURDIST
By Edward Cody
The Washington Post
January 8, 2007PENGSHUI, China -- All his life, Qin Zhongfei has been an ardent reader, a lover of literature and an amateur poet. But the drama he lived in this little mountain town, Qin said, has taught him that putting his thoughts into verse can be dangerous in China.
"I used to write poetry all the time, but I haven't written any lately," he said with a wan smile, repeatedly wringing his hands and wiping his high forehead during a recent interview. "This was a huge disaster."
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Wednesday, 10. January 2007, 23:47:31
Human Rights, Civil Society
Agnes Chong
Open Democracy
22-9-2005Alongside China’s breakneck economic development, its non-governmental organisations are finding their voice and securing recognition from the Chinese public and state, reports Agnes Chong.
China’s non-governmental organisations have come a long way in safeguarding their existence in society and in playing an important role in supporting the country’s economic development. For over two decades, the “third sector” has been allowed to assist the state in filling in the gaps of service provision where the state and the market have failed to deliver.
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