Release of China’s draft security law sparks fears of further erosion of citizens’ freedoms
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1788339/release-chinas-draft-security-law-sparks-fears-further
Thursday, May 07, 2015
Counterterrorism (反恐)
Access to Justice (司法公正)
丈夫街头殴打妻子 哈尔滨开首份《家庭暴力告诫书》(Harbin man admonished by police after publicly beating wife as city tests out a “Domestic Violence Admonishment System”)
New Evening Newspaper, May 6, 2015
http://hlj.ifeng.com/news/detail_2015_05/07/3871337_0.shtml
Courts in China face balancing act on domestic abuse
家暴受害者杀夫案,法院夹在法理与民意之间
New York Times, May 6, 2015
EN: http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/06/courts-in-china-face-balancing-act-on-domestic-abuse/
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150507/c07chinacourts/
Chinese rights lawyer marks ten months under house arrest
Radio Free Asia, May 6, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyer-05062015160836.html
人权律师浦志强案进入审查起诉关键期 (Rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang’s case enters critical investigation and prosecution stage)
Voice of America, May 7, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/latest-development-of-rights-attorney-20150507/2753348.html
Supreme People’s Court interprets the Administrative Litigation Law
Supreme Court Monitor, May 6, 2015
http://supremepeoplescourtmonitor.com/2015/05/
Related:
最高人民法院关于适用《中华人民共和国行政诉讼法》若干问题的解释
SPC Interpretation on The Administrative Litigation Law
Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China, April 22, 2015
CH: http://www.court.gov.cn/fabu-xiangqing-14294.html EN: http://chinalawtranslate.com/en/allinterpretation/
Access to Information (信息公开)
Controversy erupts as policeman kills attacker in train station
Caixin, May 6, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-05-06/100806988.html
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
China Law Translate, May 6, 2015
http://chinalawtranslate.com/en/foreign-ngo-draft-2/
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Chinese artist “warned off” 1989 Tiananmen activist photo project
Radio Free Asia, May 6, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-64photos-05062015153018.html
天安门母亲坚称永不放弃诉求 山东11公民家庭纪念六四 (Tiananmen mothers insist they will never give up their demands as 11 Shandong families commemorate June Fourth)
Radio Free Asia, May 6, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql3-05062015100719.html
Errant officials to be penalized for pollution
China Daily, May 7, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-05/07/content_20643404.htm
China military says some not taking graft fight seriously
Reuters, May 6, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/07/us-china-corruption-defence-idUSKBN0NS05M20150507
Critics say Xi’s anti-graft campaign shouldn’t be just about counting tigers
The Wall Street Journal, May 6, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/05/07/critics-say-xis-anti-graft-campaign-shouldnt-be-just-about-counting-tigers/
Retired Chinese health ministry official “investigated for corruption”
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1788065/retired-chinese-health-ministry-official-investigated-corruption
Hong Kong (香港)
香港中大學生反對 解放軍訪校活動延遲 (Visit by PLA troops postponed as CUHK students oppose)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 6, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/05/150506_cuhk_pla_protest
Related:
Chinese University postpones visit by Hong Kong PLA troops
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1787914/chinese-university-postpones-visit-hong-kong-pla
Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)
境外NGO法 攘外為了安內 (Foreign NGO Management Law: Repressing external forces to silence internal ones)
On.cc, May 6, 2015
http://hk.on.cc/cn/bkn/cnt/commentary/20150506/bkncn-20150506000318106-0506_05411_001.html