Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Access to Information (信息公开)

10 Most Censored Countries
Committee to Protect Journalists, April 21, 2015
http://www.cpj.org/2015/04/10-most-censored-countries.php

This chart explains everything you need to know about Chinese internet censorship
Foreign Policy, April 20, 2015
https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/04/20/this-chart-explains-everything-you-need-to-know-about-chinese-internet-censorship/

Gao Yu's family under surveillance amid security clampdown in Beijing
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-gaoyu-04202015131747.html

Related:
HRIC statement: Heavy Sentence for Gao Yu Exposes Hollowness of “Rule by Law” in China
中国人权声明:重判高瑜暴露中国“依法治国”的虚伪
Human Rights in China, April 17, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/heavy-sentence-gao-yu-exposes-hollowness-rule-law-china
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/sheng-ming/zhong-pan-gao-yu-bao-lu-zhong-guo-yi-fa-zhi-guo-de-xu-wei

高瑜案的警示 (Gao Yu’s case as a warning to us)
Human Rights in China Biweekly, April 20, 2015
http://biweekly.hrichina.org/article/27396

China national security law to address “harmful moral standards”
Reuters, April 20, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/20/us-china-security-idUSKBN0NB0UU20150420

Related:
“维护国家网络空间主权”拟入法 (New draft legislation includes “protection of national cyber sovereignty”)
The Beijing Times, April 21, 2015
http://epaper.jinghua.cn/html/2015-04/21/content_191728.htm

US teacher deported after sending text messages critical of China’s Tibet policies
The Nanfang, April 21, 2015
https://thenanfang.com/us-teacher-deported-writing-text-message-critical-chinas-tibet-policies/