Access to Justice (司法公正)

China turns down parole bid from jailed Nobel Peace Laureate
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/parole-08132015111306.html

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Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo receives permission for family visit in prison
Hong Kong Free Press, August 13, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/08/13/chinese-human-rights-activist-liu-xiaobo-receives-permission-for-family-visit-in-prison/

定远老妇不堪家暴杀死丈夫村民求轻判 (Elderly woman from Dingyuan kills husband in sleep after 40 years of domestic abuse, son and villagers petition for lenient sentence)
Anhui Financial Network, August 14, 2015
http://www.ahcaijing.com/html/2015/anhui_0814/7895.html

女子频遭家暴出走“再婚” 因犯重婚罪被判处拘役5个月 (Woman who fled frequent domestic abuse to remarry is detained for 5 months for violating bigamy laws)
Daqingwang, August 13, 2015
http://heilongjiang.dbw.cn/system/2015/08/13/056746710.shtml

Access to Information (信息公开)

天津8.12大爆炸55死701傷 津警：網傳只峰背景是謠言 (Tianjin explosion: 55 dead, 701 injured, Tianjin police deny info that Ruihai Int’l Logistics’ legal representative Zhi Feng is son of Tianjin vice mayor)
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/tc/national/14f2a168c945061/tian-jin-8-12-da-bao-zha-50-si-701-shang-wu-fa-que-ding-wei-hua-pin-zhong-lei-shu-liang

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Minitrue: media directives on Tianjin port explosions
China Digital Times, August 13, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/08/minitrue-explosions-in-tanggu-open-economic-zone-tianjin/

Inferno: The new rules of disaster management in authoritarian countries
The Economist, August 15, 2015
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21660982-new-rules-disaster-management-authoritarian-countries-inferno-tianjin

The Tianjin explosion, as chronicled on Chinese social media
The Diplomat, August 13, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/08/the-tianjin-explosion-as-chronicled-on-chinese-social-media/

Netizen voices: volunteer 50 cent standards slipping
China Digital Times, August 13, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/08/netizen-voices-declining-standards-in-volunteer-fifty-centism/

Mapping the invisible scourge
The Economist, August 15, 2015
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21661053-new-study-suggests-air-pollution-even-worse-thought-mapping-invisible-scourge

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

被抓律师今安在，有心民众盼回家 (Rights defenders call for vocal support from citizens inside china for lawyers’ release)
Voice of America, August 14, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-lawyers-20150813/2916915.html

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示威者聚集中国驻美使馆，抗议镇压维权律师 (Demonstrators gather at Chinese embassy in U.S. to protest crackdown on rights lawyers)
Voice of America, August 14, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/media/video/chinese-lawyers-20150814/2917620.html

Courageous Voices 向强权说“不！”
Human Rights in China, August 13, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/courageous-voices
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xiang-qiang-quan-shuo-bu

Artist Ai Weiwei says China at “critical point”
Reuters, August 13, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/13/us-china-artist-germany-idUSKCN0QI1SL20150813

Dismay as church crosses removed in China
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 13, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-33898635

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Hong Kong’s Cardinal John Tong issues “urgent appeal” against China cross removals
Hong Kong Free Press, August 13, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/08/13/hong-kongs-cardinal-john-tong-issues-urgent-appeal-against-china-cross-removals/

NGOs, volunteer groups take pollution fight into their own hands
Caixin, August 13, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-08-13/100839309.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Obama is set to discuss rights issues with China
The New York Times, August 14, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/14/world/asia/obama-is-set-to-discuss-rights-issues-with-china.html

Related:
On-the-record briefing on the 19th U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue
U.S. Department of State, August 13, 2015
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2015/08/246092.htm

HRIC Commentary: U.S.–China Human Rights Dialogue
Human Rights in China, August 12, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/hric-commentary-us-china-human-rights-dialogue

中共中央印发《中国共产党巡视工作条例》 (CPC issues CPC Inspection Work Regulations)
Legal Daily, August 14, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150814/Articel01001GN.htm

几乎所有冤案都有刑讯逼供——《财经》平冤系列报道之十 (Almost all wrongly decided cases involve torture: Caijing Righting Injustices Report Series No. 10)
Caijing Magazine, August 13, 2015
http://yuanchuang.caijing.com.cn/2015/0813/3946668.shtml

Former provincial official expelled from CPC
China Daily, August 14, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-08/14/content_21595968.htm

Maoming Deputy Party Chief detained on graft allegations
Caixin, August 13, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-08-13/100839317.html

中国原国家旅游局副局长霍克被双开 (Huo Ke, China's former deputy director of tourism, expelled from Party for corruption)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/hc1-08132015140012.html

最高检依法决定对徐建一立案侦查 (SPP decides to prosecute [former FAW Corp chairman and NPC member] Xu Jianyi)
Legal Daily, August 14, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150814/Articel01007GN.htm

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

OK Supercomputer: China’s Tianhe-1A shut down after Tianjin blast
The Wall Street Journal, August 14, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/08/14/ok-supercomputer-chinas-tianhe-1a-shut-down-after-tianjin-blast/

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong convicts 2 in 2014 cleaver attack on journalist
The New York Times, August 13, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/14/world/asia/hong-kong-convicts-2-in-2014-cleaver-attack-on-journalist.html

National Security and Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

太原南站发生砍人事件？警方：系反恐演习 (Was there a knife attack at Shanxi Taiyuan south train station? Police: No—it was counterterrorism training)
Legal Daily, August 13, 2014
http://society.people.com.cn/n/2015/0814/c229589-27464890.html

China to intensify public security patrols
China Daily, August 13, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-08/13/content_21592672.htm

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Hong Kong universities must uphold the absolute principle of academic freedom
South China Morning Post, August13, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1848942/hong-kong-universities-must-uphold-absolute-principle

Is China on the cusp of change?
The Diplomat, August 14, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/08/is-china-on-the-cusp-of-change/

Four questions Chinese people want answered after deadly Tianjin blast
Tea Leaf Nation, August 13, 2015
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/08/13/four-questions-chinese-people-want-answered-after-deadly-blast-tianjin-citizen-media/