Monday, April 27, 2015

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China child abuse cases spark further calls for legal reform
Radio Free Asia, April 24, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/cases-04242015110635.html

China, in suspending woman’s death sentence, acknowledges domestic abuse
The New York Times, April 24, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/25/world/asia/china-suspends-death-sentence-for-li-yan.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese activist Hu Jia breaches Xi Jingping’s wall
The Australian, April, 25, 2015
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/chinese-activist-hu-jia-breaches-xi-jingpings-wall/story-e6frg6so-1227319428004

Lawsuit over banned memoir asks China to explain censorship
The New York Times, April, 25, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/26/world/asia/china-lawsuit-over-banned-li-rui-memoir-censorship.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese feminist activist “subjected to eight-hour grilling, bullying by police”
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1776260/chinese-feminist-activist-subjected-eight-hour-grilling-bullying

Related:
Chinese woman activist says interrogated a week after release
Reuters, April 25, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/25/us-china-activist-idUSKBN0NG09D20150425

Supporting women's rights in China
声援中国女权人士
Human Rights in China, April 24, 2015
EN: http://bit.ly/1Hd5v5D
CH: http://bit.ly/1DTr8Wy

Work tensions rise in China, despite calls for harmony
Wall Street Journal, April 24, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/04/24/work-tensions-rise-in-china-despite-calls-for-harmony/

北京公安局发维权人士郭玉闪起诉意见书 (Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau recommends indictment of rights defender Guo Yushan)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 27, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/04/150425_guo_yushan_china_investigation

Fears for safety of Chinese activist who supported Hong Kong's democracy movement
Radio Free Asia, April 24, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/fears-04242015131010.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

羁押1172天后被判无罪 男子获国家赔偿 (Man receives state compensation after being detained for 1172 days and declared not guilty)
Legal Daily, April 27, 2015
http://www.fawan.com/Article/fwkx/2015/04/27/122951285925.html

中国百名外逃贪官红色通缉令后已有第一名嫌犯被捕 (First of 100 fugitive officials arrested on suspicion of corruption)
Radio France Internationale, April 26, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150426-中国百名外逃贪官红色通缉令后已有第一名嫌犯被捕/

Related:
China investigates three senior army officers suspected of graft
Reuters, April 26, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/27/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN0NI07120150427

“民運”分子以探親為由試圖入境 港政府拒絕 (Hong Kong government refuses entry to Democracy Movement participant attempting to return to China to visit sick mother)
Global Times, April 27, 2015
http://www.hkcd.com/content/2015-04/27/content_925933.html

Rampant mining damaging one of China's largest mangroves – and authorities “turning blind eye”
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1776571/guangxi-locals-claim-authorities-turning-bind-eye-rampant-mining

China looks to stub out consumer-safety scandals
The Wall Street Journal, April 24, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-looks-to-stub-out-consumer-safety-scandals-1429873173?tesla=y

Hong Kong (香港)

Protests hit Carrie Lam's neighbourhood “bus parade” to promote Hong Kong electoral reform
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1775687/hong-kong-chief-secretary-carrie-lam-visit-kennedy-town-tai

Related:
恐遭示威者再追击传官员宣传政改或只在巴士上挥手了事 (Fearing more clashes with protestors, HK officials avoid interacting with residents during political reform package promotion tour, only wave from open buses)
Radio France Internationale, April 25, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150425-恐遭示威者再追击传官员宣传政改或只在巴士上挥手了事/

黃之鋒:若官員繼續落區 學民思潮繼續追擊 (Joshua Wong: If officials continue doing community visits, Scholarism will continue approaching them)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 27, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150427/news_20150427_55_1095209.htm

Pan-democrats start their own reform campaign
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 26, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150426/news_20150426_56_1095078.htm

村上春樹:香港年輕人自發而起 是新的示威形態 (Haruki Murakami: Hong Kong youth’s spontaneous initiatives is a new form of protest)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 27, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150427/news_20150427_55_1095303.htm