This a summary of stories being carried on Radio Free Asia today December 10, 2009. Please use the links to go directly to the relevant RFA language website to listen to the stories or read original language transcripts. Some items are translated into English and are available on RFA’s English language page.
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- Laotians proud of their country after spectacular SEA Games opening ceremony. Laos wins one more gold in weightlifting, three bronze in Taekwondo, Karate.
- Many more Lao officials will study Vietnamese history, Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, Marxism-Leninism in Hanoi.
- Tibetan NGOs say Chinese govt “wants to use world’s concerns about environment to justify colonization of Tibet, forced removal of nomadic herders from their homes.”
- Dalai Lama attends Nobel Peace Prize anniversary in Melbourne, expresses concern for peoples of Africa, indigenous Australians. Urges recording of culture.
- Tibetan diaspora in Nepal hails Dalai Lama on anniversary of his winning Nobel Peace Prize 20 years ago.
- Bhutan’s Secretary for International Boundaries tells Parliament that Chinese soldiers intruded into Bhutan as many as 17 times in 2009 alone.
- Obama acknowledges criticism of his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, but hopes it will subside if he reaches goals, including cutting nuclear weapons, tackling climate change.
- Tibetan monks, Amazon Indians, Malawi farmers, Inuits from Greenland exchange ideas on global warming at alternative forum in Copenhagen on sidelines of UN talks.
- Japan PM calls Burmese junta to ensure free and fair elections.
- 88 Generation Students and monks call on international community to press junta on genuine democracy process on Human Rights Day.
- International Human Rights Day ceremonies held in Burma. One of them (in Pyi City) was banned.
1. Vietnam Head of State to meet Pope tomorrow. Vietnamese Defense Minister visiting U.S. and France.
2. Vietnam has won six gold medals at SEA Games so far.
3. Nine missing after held for rare protest attempt in Laos in November.
4. U.S., NK agree on need to resume nuke talks. NK accepts SK swine flu aid offer.
5. Obama: Others ‘more deserving’ of Nobel prize.
1. Martial law enacted in restive Tibetan-populated Yajiang county in Sichuan. VIDEO
2. Open letter warns Chinese authorities not to jail Charter 08 matermind Liu Xiaobo.
3. Rallying Chinese activists detained on World Human Rights Day.
4. Shanghai citizens support Tokyo-stranded dissident Feng Zhenghu with relay hunger strike on World Human Rights Day.
5. Chinese download and P2P Web site eMule ordered to shut down.
6. Shanghai home owners petition Minhang District government over half-constructed buildings. VIDEO
7. Peasants in southern China’s Fuqing City stop police car attempting to rescue detained representative. VIDEO
8. Police bar 1000s of workers from petitioning in provincial capital Changsha.
9. Chinese kin suspected in killing girl over preference for boy.
10. Taiwan issues rights award to Radio Free North Korea. PHOTOS
11. U.S. envoy ends visit to NK on nuke talks.
12. Yu Keping, author of Democracy is a Good Thing, major player in China’s political process, calls for greater civic participation in article on China’s political system.
13. China to resettle 440K for water project.
14. Chengdu to shut down all coal mines by Dec. 15.
15. Chinese Petitioners Alliance marks first anniversary.
16. All China Women’s Federation: China needs anti-domestic violence legislation.
17. A Sword and a Shield, a book about China’s human rights lawyers, published in HK.
18. Panel: Surging property prices stoke bubble fears in China.
19. Garlic prices soar in China amid swine flu scare.
1. 5000 attend Human Rights Day in Phnom Penh. NGO Working Group calls for freedom of expression, justice, embrace of diversity, and end to discrimination.
2. 11 years after unidentified assailants tossed hand grenades into demonstration led by opposition leader Sam Rainsy, perpetrators are still at large.
3. 100 celebrate Human Rights Day in Chikor Village Krom Village in Koh Kong province with peaceful demonstration protesting loss of land to developers.
4. Kampong Thom Provincial Police seek arrest of Banteay Rongieng villager for refusing deal from local authorities in land dispute. Villager has escaped, hiding in jungle.
5. On Human Rights Day, activists appeal to govt to release prisoners jailed for protesting against authorities seizing their lands.
6. Producers of fish sauce in Kampot province wonder why their well-known product cannot be exported overseas.
7. Cham people in Cambodia want to revive their ethnic identity.
1. Bosworth’s visit to NK: NK understands necessity of resuming six-party talks.
2. Progress in U.S.-NK bilateral talks: INTERVIEW with former NK diplomat Young Hwan Ko.
3. State Dept on U.S.-NK talks.
4. NK accepts SK offer to provide 500K doses of tamiflu.
5. WHO update on NK swine flu. No deaths confirmed yet.
6. Howard Berman, chairman of House Foreign Affairs Committee, sends bipartisan letter to Obama requesting robust support for bilateral diplomacy, int’l broadcasting, UN.
7. Movement within Japanese govt not to allow NK women’s soccer team to participate in East Asia Cup due to unsolved kidnapping issue.
- Obama receives Nobel prize. Reactions from international human rights organizations.
- Climate conference and China’s ecology.
- Owners of Uyghur Internet Web sites, such as Diyar, Salkin and others, under arrest. Brother of Diyar owner speaks on the issue.
- Human rights meeting in Holland. Uyghur former Tiananmen incident leader Orkesh Dolet attends.
- U.S. Congressional resolution on Urumqi event.
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