Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Family of jailed Uyghur scholar faces severe hardship, social isolation
Radio Free Asia, April 26, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/family-04262016135942.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Tibetan marvel character rewritten to appease China
China Digital Times, April 26, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/04/tibetan-marvel-character-whitewashed-appease-china/

Will China really show a new “tolerance” for free speech on the internet?
Hong Kong Free Press, April 26, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/04/26/will-china-really-show-a-new-tolerance-for-free-speech-on-the-internet/

Medium: A publisher's perspective
Monday Note, April 25, 2016
https://mondaynote.com/medium-a-publisher-s-perspective-206f75bbc9a#.nvk3pahk3

ABA to lawmakers: We didn’t bow to China
The Wall Street Journal, April 27, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/04/27/aba-denies-censoring-book-by-chinese-activist-in-letter-to-lawmakers/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Behind global crackdown on NGOs, recognition of their power
Christian Science Monitor, April 25, 2016
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/2016/0425/Behind-global-crackdown-on-NGOs-recognition-of-their-power

China set to crack down on foreign NGOs in move that “targets civil society”
Radio Free Asia, April 27, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/targets-04262016124641.html

China aims to tighten grip on religion as believers grow
Voice of America, April 26, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/china-religion/3303157.html

中国呼吁将世维会秘书长“绳之以法” (China calls for punishing Secretary General of World Uighur Congress Dolkun Isa by law)
Voice of America, April 26, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-china-india-visa-row-20160426/3302977.html

百名律师联名吁济南当局停止迫害冯延强律师 (Over 100 lawyers jointly petition Jinan authorities to cease repression of lawyer Feng Yanqiang)
Voice of America, April 27, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-new-more-than-100-chinese-lawyers-joint-protest-the-jinan-authorities-suppressing-20160426/3303493.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://www.hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-da-gui-mo-zhen-ya-wei-quan-lu-shi-he-huo-yue-ren-shi

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China pollution scandal: air, water in school near toxic site normal, say officials
South China Morning Post, April 27, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1938925/china-pollution-scandal-air-water-school-near-toxic

China's Communist Youth League pledges to stamp out corruption among officials
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1938512/chinas-communist-youth-league-pledges-stamp-out

Chinese corruption gets House of Cards treatment with Communist mini-series
The Guardian, April 26, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/26/house-of-cadres-china-gets-netflix-treatment-with-communist-mini-series

Hong Kong (香港)

Missing bookseller case “most serious challenge” to HK’s system since 1997 handover, EU says
Hong Kong Free Press, April 26, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/04/26/missing-bookseller-case-most-serious-challenge-to-hks-system-since-1997-handover-eu-says/

Related:
Stop interfering in Hong Kong affairs, Beijing warns European Union
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1938622/stop-interfering-hong-kong-affairs-beijing-warns-european

Unravelling the mystery of the missing booksellers
Al Jazeera, April 26, 2016
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/101east/2016/04/unravelling-mystery-missing-booksellers-160426100856349.html

Ming Pao columns left blank in protest over editor firing replaced with drawings in Toronto edition
Hong Kong Free Press, April 26, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/04/26/ming-pao-columns-left-blank-in-protest-over-editor-firing-replaced-with-drawings-in-canadian-edition/

環時社評提銅鑼灣書店、明報「開天窗」及港獨:港人願意世界這樣看他們的城市嗎? (Global Times talks about Causeway Bay Books, Ming Pao’s blank columns and Hong Kong independence advocacy: Are Hong Kong people willing to let the world look at their city this way?)
Ming Pao, April 27, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160427/s00001/1461717248883

梁振英斥港獨要考慮法律政治經濟後果 香港民族黨:如有充足證據,請從速拘控 (CY Leung warns of legal, political and economic consequences of Hong Kong’s independence, Hong Kong National Party: “Please arrest us as soon as possible if there is sufficient evidence”)
Ming Pao, April 26, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160426/s00001/1461678134451

香港記者協會譴責特首梁振英帶頭不尊重新聞自由 (Hong Kong Journalists Association denounces chief executive CY Leung’s lead in mocking press freedom)
InMedia HK, April 26, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1042006

BBC中文新聞部擬遷香港 員工反對憂安全受威脅 (BBC plans to move Chinese service to Hong Kong, staff slams the plan, worried about their safety)
Apple Daily, April 26, 2016
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/china/20160426/55033042