Chinese Christians arrested: The authorities in China have arrested 12 members of an underground Christian church. At least eight of those arrested face imprisonment in a labour camp on charges of engaging in "feudalistic superstition". The arrests are part of a continuing crackdown on churches operating out of private homes in the country. Although Chinese law recognises religious freedom, the Communist authorities ban all religious activities which are not officially endorsed by the government.…A government official told the BBC that eight of the detainees had been sent for re-education through labour, effectively a prison sentence that under Chinese law requires no trial.
China scraps migrant law: A leading human rights group has praised the Chinese Government for scrapping a controversial rule which allowed extra-judicial detention of the country's huge floating population. The New York-based Human Rights in China group described the repeal of the regulation that let police round up peasants looking for jobs in cities as a step in the right direction.
Couple breathe easier after adoption venture: Bob Glise might deserve a little something extra this Father's Day, considering the lengths he went to for his new adopted daughter, Annie Li. Glise traveled halfway around the world to China—taking seven airline flights and risking exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome—and picked up 9-month-old Annie from the orphanage, completed the adoption process after a few bureaucratic scares, brought her home to Onalaska, and endured a self-imposed 10-day quarantine for just him and Annie.
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