Tuesday, March 01, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Where are China's human rights lawyers?
Al Jazeera, February 29, 2016
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/02/china-human-rights-lawyers-160224072207598.html

Related:
Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers and Defenders
中国大规模镇压维权律师和活跃人士
Human Rights in China, February 5, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-and-defenders
CH: http://hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-da-gui-mo-zhen-ya-wei-quan-lu-shi-he-huo-yue-ren-shi

Slaying of Beijing judge prompts horror in China’s embattled legal community
Wall Street Journal, February 29, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/02/29/slaying-of-beijing-judge-prompts-horror-in-chinas-embattled-legal-community/

The case of Zhang Kai: Refuting lies, clarifying the facts, and setting the record straight
China Change, February 29, 2016
http://chinachange.org/2016/02/29/the-case-of-zhang-kai-refuting-lies-clarifying-the-facts-and-setting-the-record-right/

中国首部反家暴法今起实施 “同居暴力”纳入其中 (China’s first Anti-domestic Violence Law takes effect, “violence in cohabitation” taken into account)
China News, March 1, 2016
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2016/03-01/7778031.shtml

Access to Information (信息公开)

China party to punish former tycoon for microblog posts
Reuters, March 1, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-cyber-idUSKCN0W33I3

Related:
批習「媒體姓黨」遭清算 任志強微博被封 學者:已到二次文革邊緣 (Ren Zhiqiang’s weibo blocked for criticizing Xi’s comment of “media for serving the party”, an academic describes this as the verge of a second Cultural Revolution)
Apple Daily, February 29, 2016
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/international/art/20160229/19509790

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China’s state media is lying about a detained labor activist, some workers say
Quartz, March 1, 2016
http://qz.com/621390/chinas-state-media-is-lying-about-a-detained-labor-activist-some-workers-say/

北京再有拆迁户被烧死 警方阻止围观拍照 (Another death in fire at household to be forcibly demolished in Beijing, police forbids on-looking and photo taking)
Radio Free Asia, February 29, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-02292016115311.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Exclusive: Major powers team up to tell China of concerns over new laws
Reuters, February 29, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-lawmaking-idUSKCN0W225P

Legislature lost 25 members to graft since last year's meeting
Caixin, February 29, 2016
http://english.caixin.com/2016-02-29/100914088.html

Don’t expect China’s corruption inspectors to work miracles
The Wall Street Journal, February 29, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/02/29/dont-expect-chinas-corruption-inspectors-to-work-miracles/

Q. and A.: Minxin Pei on the future of Communist rule in China
The New York Times, March 1, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/01/world/asia/china-pei-minxin-communist-party.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Missing Hong Kong booksellers paraded on Chinese TV
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 29, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35685999

Related:
I sneaked into mainland China illegally to help an investigation...and gave up my British citizenship too, says missing Hong Kong bookseller Lee Po
李波:自愿偷渡做证人 已决放弃居英权 外界炒作难回港
South China Morning Post, March 1, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1918997/i-sneaked-mainland-china-illegally-help-investigation-and
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/153303996f4f00c/li-bo-zi-yuan-tou-du-zuo-zheng-ren-yi-jue-fang-qi-ju-ying-quan-wai-jie-chao-zuo-nan-hui-gang

Detained bookseller’s claims difficult to believe, say Hong Kong lawmakers
Hong Kong Free Press, March 1, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/01/detained-booksellers-claims-difficult-to-believe-say-hong-kong-lawmakers/

【書店5人失蹤】黎棟國指李波無透露如何離港 跨境執法破壞「一國兩制」? 黎:看不到資料證實 ([Disappearance of 5 booksellers] Secretary for Security Lai Tung-kwok: Lee Bo did not disclose how he left Hong Kong; when asked if enforcement of law across border damages One Country Two Systems, “there is no evidence purporting to that”)
Ming Pao, March 1, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160301/s00001/1456796648729

HK anti-China activist runs in key by-election
Agence France-Presse, February 29, 2016
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2016/02/29/2003640500

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

The fight against inequality: Martin Luther King and China's labor activists
NGOs in China, February 29, 2016
http://ngochina.blogspot.hk/2016/02/the-fight-against-inequality-martin.html