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1. News - World

   White House rejects citizen petition to build a Star Wars-style Death Star

   Posted Jan 14th 2013, 12:00am by MCT

   ... that can be exploited by a one-man starship". The petition, which garnered 34,000 signatures, had called for construction to begin by 2016. Under current policy, the White House will respond ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1127256/white-house-rejects-citizen-petition-build-star-wars-style-death-star
2. News - China

   Zhu Ling petitioners await response from Obama on 19-year-old poisoning case

   Posted May 07th 2013, 11:12am by Amy Li

   ... News China Comment Blogs Zhu Ling White House Petition Sun Wei Amy Li A White House petition signed by many Chinese netizens gets enough signatures Apparently frustrated by their own ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1232112/chinese-appeal-obama-help-solve-19-year-old-zhu-ling-poisoning-case
3. Petitioners should be able to resort to the courts

   Posted May 03rd 2009, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Petitioner Petitioning Protest Economic downturns exacerbate social unrest and prompt people to air grievances. The central government has responded to the current crisis by directing ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/678984/petitioners-should-be-able-resort-courts
4. News - China - HUMAN RIGHTS

   Controversial list of 'illegal' petitioners is halted

   Posted May 13th 2013, 12:00am by Keith Zhai

   ... News China Petitioning Detention State Bureau for Letters and Calls Human Rights Keith Zhai keith.zhai@scmp.com Officials put an end to a controversial system of ranking grievances ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1236325/controversial-list-illegal-petitioners-halted
5. News - China - JUSTICE

   'Petition mother' Tang Hui's determined fight for justice over daughter's rape

   Posted Apr 25th 2013, 04:30pm by WU NAN

   ... News China Tang Hui Justice Rape Petitioning Labour Camp Focus Wu Nan Tang Hui, whose daughter was kidnapped, raped and sold to a brothel six years ago, should be bitter but is calmly ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1222895/i-want-my-daughters-rapists-dead-mothers-hard-labour-love
6. Appeal for change

   Posted Nov 17th 2010, 12:00am by Frank Ching

   ... Beijing Beijing Petitioner Petitioning Politics Psychiatric Hospital Frank Ching China's most recent white paper on human rights, issued in September, claimed continued progress, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/730700/appeal-change
7. Beijing should do more to right official wrongs

   Posted Mar 15th 2010, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Ethics Petitioning Politics of the People'S Republic of China Petitioning rulers to resolve grievances and disputes is an ancient remedy of last resort for the powerless. The abolition of kings and emperors democratised it. Parliaments are now magnets for so many petitions on all manner of social, political and personal causes that they have formal procedures and rules ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/708660/beijing-should-do-more-right-official-wrongs
8. Comment - Blogs

   Make the official taste of tofu sweet: Chinese have fun with White House petition website

   Posted May 08th 2013, 11:49am by Ivan Zhai

   ... Comment Blogs News China White House Petition Zhu Ling Ivan Zhai It's long believed that China is “the country of copycats”. However, Chinese netizens are sometimes very creative, especially when using the website of the White House to make jokes about their own political system. A petition on the White House’s site has quickly become a new  favourite pastime for mainland ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1232861/more-chinese-netizens-petition-white-house-website
9. News - Hong Kong

   Citizens' Radio activists in court

   Posted May 06th 2013, 02:43pm by LO WEI

   ... News Hong Kong Citizens' Radio Crime Lo Wei lo.wei@scmp.com The trial of four Citizens’ Radio activists for unlicensed broadcasting opened in Eastern Court in Sai Wan Ho on Monday. The four – Tsang Kin-shing, Lo Hum-chau, Ko Wah-bing and Poon Tat-keung – were charged with setting up unlicensed telecommunications and transmitting messages in broadcasts between 2007 and 2011, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1231390/citizens-radio-activists-court
10. News - China - EQUALITY

    Lawyers petition NPC commission to legalise gay marriage

    Posted May 17th 2013, 12:00am by Mimi Lau

    ... News China Gay marriage Petition National People's Congress Mimi Lau in Guangzhou mimi.lau@scmp.com The petition by 10 activists comes ahead of the international day against homophobia and laments the lack of protection for same-sex couples Ten rights lawyers petitioned a key National People's Congress commission yesterday, calling for legitimising same-sex marriage ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1239296/lawyers-petition-npc-commission-legalise-gay-marriage

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