Monday, April 18, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China briefly detains rights lawyer Ge Yongxi over Panama Papers post
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 15, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-36055000

Leaked email: ABA cancels book for fear of “upsetting the Chinese government”
Foreign Policy, April 15, 2016
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/04/15/leaked-email-aba-cancels-book-for-fear-of-upsetting-the-chinese-government-american-bar-association-teng-biao/

Access to Information (信息公开)

Publishing platform Medium may be blocked in China, reports say
Reuters, April 15, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/apr/15/medium-blocked-china-internet-censorship

China is using Mr. Bean and Batman to help explain the importance of protecting state secrets
Quartz, April 15, 2016
http://qz.com/662802/china-is-using-mr-bean-and-batman-to-help-explain-the-importance-of-protecting-state-secrets/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

问题疫苗事件志愿律师团律师遭当局警告 (Voluntary lawyers assisting victims in problematic vaccine case warned by authorities)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/xl1-04152016141124.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Pen-pushers and paper tigers: China’s bureaucrats are still good at getting their way
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1936762/pen-pushers-and-paper-tigers-chinas-bureaucrats-are

China, U.S. accuse each other of human rights violations
The Diplomat, April 15, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/04/china-us-accuse-each-other-of-human-rights-violations/

Hong Kong theatre group dedicated to Tiananmen crackdown concerned by dwindling interest from schools
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1936693/hong-kong-theatre-group-dedicated-tiananmen-crackdown

美国国会举办中国酷刑听证会 受害者哭诉被虐遭遇 (U.S. Congress holds hearing on China’s tortures, victims cry recounting their horrors)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/grace-04152016150459.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese Twitter users unsettled at appointment of new managing director
China Change, April 17, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/04/17/chinese-twitter-users-unsettled-at-appointment-of-new-managing-director/

Hong Kong (香港)

Democratic Party lines up young guns to fight Hong Kong Legco elections
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1936758/democratic-party-lines-young-guns-fight-hong-kong-legco

“First academic casualty after Occupy”: Lingnan Uni refuses to renew contract of radical professor
Hong Kong Free Press, April 14, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/04/14/first-casualty-after-occupy-lingnan-refuses-contract-extension-of-radical-professor/

Missing booksellers and HKU’s Johannes Chan cases highlighted in U.S. human rights report
Hong Kong Free Press, April 14, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/04/14/missing-booksellers-and-hkus-johannes-chan-cases-highlighted-in-us-human-rights-report/

【港獨爭拗】如何說服中央接受公投? 羅冠聰指言之尚早 先累積實力([Dispute over Hong Kong’s independence] How to convince Beijing to accept referendum? Demosisto chairman Nathan Law says it’s too early to say, better gather strength first)
Ming Pao, April 17, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160417/s00001/1460860045726

【港獨爭拗】李彭廣:中共革命是否叛國? 籲多看歷史 從根源解決問題 ([Dispute over Hong Kong’s independence] Dr. Li Pang-kwong asks if CPC’s revolution was treason, urging the public to take reference from history, and solve problems from the roots)
Ming Pao, April 17, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160417/s00001/1460877441020

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

认清国家安全形势 树立国家安全观念 (Identify situation of national security properly, construct the concept of national security)
Guangming Wang, April 16, 2016
http://news.gmw.cn/2016-04/16/content_19729528.htm

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Transparency key in fighting graft
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1936780/transparency-key-fighting-graft

中大被梁粉入侵 學生會責無旁貸 (CUHK invaded by member of “CY Leung’s gang”, student association’s responsibility is unshirkable)
InMeddia HK, April 16, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1041818