Chinese authorities confine a Uyghur widow to her home to avoid 'negative publicity' over her missing son.
Patigul Ghulam in an undated photo
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上海《东方早报》调查记者简光洲周一通过微博宣布离职。因率先披露“三鹿”毒奶粉事件，简光洲离职的消息引起业界同行的关注。
简光洲：“理想已死，先撤了。。。”
《东方早报》调查记者简光洲周一在微博中写道：“东早十年，是我人生中最宝贵的青春，所有的悲欢，所有的梦想，所有的忍受都是因为那份纯真的理想。好吧，理想已死，我先撤了，兄弟们珍重！”
Up to 5,000 petitioners throng the Beijing complaints bureau to file complaints.
Petitioners protesting about medical and land grab issues are detained by police in Beijing, May 8, 2012.
美国东岸数州约400名流亡藏族人士于9月2日下午在首都华盛顿举行“真相的火焰”全球传递活动，并征集签名，呼吁国际社会关注西藏问题。
图片：美国东岸数州约400名流亡藏族人士于9月2日下午在首都华盛顿举行“真相的火焰”全球传递活动。（记者寇天力摄）
The EU's first ever special representative for human rights, Stavros Lambrinidis, has promised to "increase the visibility, the coherence and the effectiveness of EU human rights policy" on the world stage despite tension with EU trade policies.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is a "vehicle for human rights violations," according to a report published Monday by the International Federation for Human Rights.
2012-08-30
Chinese authorities retaliate for bad publicity over an attempted forced abortion.
Officials in the central province of Hunan are continuing to put heavy pressure on a family who spoke out about attempts by the local family planning department to force seven-months-pregnant Cao Ruyi to have an abortion, her husband said on Thursday.
由由亚洲电台 2012-08-31
四川省理塘县理塘寺僧人嘉央丹增星期二被当局拘捕后，下落不明。藏人行政中央星期四发布声明，呼吁国际社会敦促中国政府立即结束西藏危机，还于星期五在大昭寺为自焚藏人举行了官方祈福法会。
Sutirtho Patranobis, Hindustan Times
Beijing, August 28, 2012