Hu Jia’s wife allowed to visit him in prison

Jailed rights activist Hu Jia had his hands and feet shackled and was held in solitary confinement, after he talked to fellow inmates about human rights, says his wife.

China in the headlines – 29 September 2008

In the latest wrap-up from news outlets and bloggers across the globe:

• Petitioner Liu Xueli, who applied to use the specially set up Olympic protest zones, is dragged away to a Re-education Through Labour camp.

• Police admit they have detained Chinese activist Ji Sizun, who disappeared on 11 August.

• More on the fake news reports about China's latest space mission.

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Nobel Peace Prize for Chinese dissident?

One expert thinks jailed human rights activist Hu Jia could be in line for the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize; and China isn't happy.

The UN to quiz China on human rights

The United Nations wants China to give full details of the number of people killed in the March riots in Tibet, and it wants to know why officials haven't got rid of labour re-education camps.

China in the headlines – 26 September 2008

In the latest wrap-up from news outlets and bloggers across the globe:

• China's authorities ordered a cover-up of the tainted milk scandal because they feared social unrest, says the Telegraph.

• Cyber-dissident Huang Qi is allowed to see his lawyer, for the first time since he arrested in June.

• Chinese Internet search company Baidu defends itself against claims it censored information online about the milk powder scandal.

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The link between contaminated milk and censorship

As the contaminated infant milk powder scandal deepens the importance of a free media and an uncensored society is becoming all too obvious.

Religious repression on the up in China

In China thousands of people are locked up, in danger of being torture and mistreated, for following banned religions – and it's only getting worse.

China in the headlines – 24 September 2008

In the latest wrap-up from news outlets and bloggers across the globe:

• The religious crackdown on the Uighur people in China's Xinjiang region – as seen through the eyes of some very different media outlets.

• Jailed rights campaigner and dissident Hu Jia is shortlisted for the EU's top human rights award.

• A well-known Chinese TV host asks why the country's baby formula inspectors aren't as exacting as the film censors.

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Propaganda campaign in troubled Xinjiang region

Chinese officials are planning a propaganda campaign to fight against separatism in the Xinjiang region, which is home to the country's Muslim Uighur people.

Prisoner of conscience hopes to return to China

Pro-democracy advocate and Harvard scholar Yang Jianli spent five years locked away in a Chinese jail. He now lives in the US, but he hopes to one day return to China permanently.

China in the headlines – 22 September 2008

In the latest wrap-up from news outlets and bloggers across the globe:

• A Chinese correspondent mulls over at what's likely to happen when the temporary rules, which made it easier for foreign journalists working in China, expire next month.

• In what may become a test case for religious freedom, a Chinese house church is planning to sue local officials for shutting down one of its service.

• An indepth look at the practice and policy of Internet filtering around the world.

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Unused protest parks will be shut down

Beijing's unused Olympic protest parks are to be closed – Chinese officials say they have served their purpose. Okay, well never mind the minor fact that no one actually got to stage a protest in any of the parks.

Chinese bloggers report stern orders from the Government

In the face of the milk crisis in China, bloggers say they have been censored and the media has been manipulated. A number of bloggers have reported journalists covering the tainted milk powder scandal and global financial crisis have received strict orders about what they can report.

China Internet censors clamp down again

Amnesty International's website is reportedly still accessible in China, but the country's censors have again blocked the sites of other human rights and news organisations.

China in the headlines – 19 September 2008

In the latest wrap-up from news outlets and bloggers across the globe:

• An analysis of the how the international media covered the Olympics.

• A human rights group has news about a Chinese petitioner who is being physically and mentally abused in prison.

• A Chinese journalist is stopped from flying to a human rights training course in Switzerland, and then fired from his job.

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Elderly petitioners say rescinding order a mark of progress

Two elderly women who were sentenced to a year in a labour camp after applying to use the Olympic protest zones, have thanked the international community and media for their support.

China in the headlines – 17 September 2008

In the latest wrap-up from news outlets and bloggers across the globe:

• Claims that Chinese authorities concealed the baby milk scandal because of the Olympics.

• The diary of a Chinese journalist attempting to cover a landslide, triggered by the collapse of an illegal mining dump, which killed more than 250 people.

• A look inside the life of a Chinese migrant worker.

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Would-be Beijing protesters still disappearing

There's little sign that the Olympics have brought greater freedom of speech to China, with Beijing officials continuing to clamp down on citizens who apply to protest.

China in the headlines – 15 September 2008

In the latest wrap-up from news outlets and bloggers across the globe:

• China's leaders use the Internet to spread their message.

• The Dalai Lama calls a special meeting to talk about the recent unrest and the future of the Tibetan movement.

• Chinese officials blames the West for inciting unrest in the country Xinjiang region.

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Call to stop young Chinese man’s execution

Execution is inhuman and is never right. We are calling on Chinese authorities to commute the death sentence they have just imposed on a young Beijing man called Yang Jia. You can help.