Friday, April 24, 2015

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Domestic violence victim in China wins death sentence reprieve
The Guardian, April 24, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/24/domestic-violence-victim-in-china-wins-death-sentence-reprieve

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李彦因家暴杀夫分尸案宣判:死刑改判死缓 (Li Yan, originally sentenced to death for murder of abusive husband, receives two-year reprieve)
Chengdu News, April 24, 2015
http://news.chengdu.cn/2015/0424/1683666.shtml
国务院法制办公室关于《中华人民共和国反家庭暴力法(征求意见稿)》公开征求意见的通知 (PRC Anti-Domestic Violence Law (Draft) (Comments Draft))
Legislative Affairs Committee of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, November 25, 2014
CH:http://www.chinalaw.gov.cn/article/cazjgg/201411/20141100397718.shtml
EN:http://chinalawtranslate.com/en/domestic-violence-law/

最高人民法院最高人民检察院公安部司法部印发《关于依法办理家庭暴力犯罪案件的意见》的通知 (Opinion On Handling Criminal Cases Of Domestic Violence In Accordance With Law)
The Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China, March 4, 2015
CH:http://www.court.gov.cn/fabu-xiangqing-13616.html
EN:http://chinalawtranslate.com/en/dvopinion/

Storming the barriers around China’s judiciary
The New York Times, April 22, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/22/storming-the-barriers-around-chinas-judiciary/

Chinese man gets 14-month jail term for defacing Mao portrait
Reuters, April 23, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/23/us-china-mao-idUSKBN0NE0M120150423

Access to Information (信息公开)

VOA interview cited in case against Chinese dissident
Voice of America, April 23, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/voa-interview-cited-in-case-against-chinese-dissident/2732030.html

Embassy walls provide safe haven for free speech in China
The Globe and Mail, April 23, 2015
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/embassy-walls-provide-safe-haven-of-free-speech-in-china/article24093802/

State Of Rights: media freedom and press access in China
U.S. State Department, April 23, 2015
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2015/04/241040.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Freed Chinese feminist refuses to be silenced
Aljazeera, April 23, 2015
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/04/china-women-rights-activists-150423044736369.html

Related:
Supporting women's rights in China
声援中国女权人士
Human Rights in China, April 22, 2015
EN: http://bit.ly/1Hd5v5D
CH: http://bit.ly/1DTr8Wy

China draft law lets foreign NGOs open offices with government OK
Reuters, April 23, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/24/us-china-parliament-ngos-idUSKBN0NF08L20150424

Government Accountability (政府问责)

发起“六四公祭” 于世文案起诉书首度曝光 (Indictment of Yu Shiwen, who held June Fourth public memorial, revealed)
Radio Free Asia, April, 23, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/6-04232015112303.html

Subversion, public order cases of Tiananmen anniversary activists move closer to trial
Radio Free Asia, April 23, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/closer-04232015105706.html

Former 1989 student leader stopped at Hong Kong border with China
Radio Free Asia, April 24, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-xiong-04232015145533.html

Wanted list reveals nature of Chinese corruption
Financial Times, April 23, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/4a465994-e993-11e4-a687-00144feab7de.html

Related:
China tracks “corrupt” fugitives to Britain
Financial Times, April 23, 2015
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11557711/China-tracks-corrupt-fugitives-to-Britain.html

Former Chinese official goes on trial for corruption
Aljazeera, April 23, 2015
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/4/23/former-chinese-official-goes-on-trial-for-corruption.html

Related:
Associate of Zhou Yongkang, China’s fallen security chief, admits taking bribes
New York Times, April 24, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/world/asia/associate-of-zhou-yongkang-chinas-fallen-security-chief-admits-taking-bribes.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong chief secretary says electoral reform open to future changes
South China Morning Post, April 24, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1774221/hong-kong-chief-secretary-says-electoral-reform-open-future

X marks the spot: A struggle looms in Hong Kong’s legislature over political reform
The Economist, April 25, 2015
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21649541-struggle-looms-hong-kongs-legislature-over-political-reform-x-marks-spot

梁振英林郑月娥首日落区推广政改即遭黄伞军包围 (CY Leung and Carrie Lam encircled by “yellow umbrella army” during first community visit to promote political reform proposal)
Radio France Internationale, April 24, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/政治/20150423-梁振英林郑月娥首日落区推广政改即遭黄伞军包围/

學聯承認三間院校退聯大大削弱學聯代表性及組織能力 (Federation of Students admits that withdrawal of 3 institutions drastically weakens its representative and organizational capacity)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 23, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150423/news_20150423_55_1094459.htm

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

So much for compromise: Hong Kong electoral reform will only benefit one-party state
South China Morning Post, April 24, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1775269/so-much-compromise-hong-kong-electoral-reform-will-only