Thursday, April 14, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Judge rules against couple in China's first same-sex marriage case
South China Morning Post, April 13, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1935722/judge-rules-against-couple-chinas-first-same-sex

Related:
Couple vows to appeal ruling against same-sex marriage
China Digital Times, April 13, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/04/judge-china-rules-gay-couple-cannot-marry/

維權律師浦志強遭取消執業資格 (Rights defender Pu Zhiqiang’s law license revoked)
Ming Pao, April 14, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160414/s00004/1460618935976

Access to Information (信息公开)

Three cheers for China’s cyber-volunteers
China Media Project, April 13, 2016
http://cmp.hku.hk/2016/04/13/39684/

Should Internet censorship be considered a trade issue?
ChinaFile, April 13, 2016
http://www.chinafile.com/conversation/should-internet-censorship-be-considered-trade-issue

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

The Southern street movement: China’s lonely warriors
China Change, April 13, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/04/13/the-southern-street-movement-chinas-lonely-warriors/

Police remove bail conditions on 5 Chinese feminists detained last year
The New York Times, April 14, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/14/world/asia/china-feminist-five-beijing.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China punishes hundreds of officials over vaccine scandal
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1935826/china-punishes-hundreds-officials-over-vaccine-scandal

China to prosecute former graft buster for suspected corruption
Reuters, April 13, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-idUSKCN0XB05P?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

World’s first Tiananmen museum to close as organizers complain of political “targeting”
Hong Kong Free Press, April 14, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/04/14/worlds-first-tiananmen-museum-to-close-as-organisers-complain-of-political-targeting/

China to prosecute Taiwanese in fraud case despite acquittals in Kenya
The New York Times, April 14, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/14/world/asia/china-to-prosecute-taiwanese-in-fraud-case-despite-acquittals-in-kenya.html

2015 saw sharp increase in “repression and coercion” in China—U.S.
Radio Free Asia, April 13, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-rights-04132016175820.html

中国发表报告列举美国不良人权纪录 (China issues report listing out U.S. poor human rights records)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 14, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/04/160414_china_usa_human_rights

Hong Kong (香港)

政府回應美國人權報告:外國政府不應干預香港特區內部事務 (Hong Kong government responds to U.S. human rights report: Foreign government should not intervene in HKSAR internal affairs)
Ming Pao, April 14, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160414/s00001/1460625202117