Monday, June 06, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

残疾妻子遭家暴法律援助来撑腰 (Legal aid helps disabled wife suffering domestic violence)
Anhui Legal Daily, May 26, 2016
http://news.163.com/16/0526/14/BO0FGGG900014AED.html

云南整治医院强制消费, 各地医疗机构自查自纠 (Yunnan to rein in compulsory hospital fees, medical institutions in all areas to self-investigate and correct)
Xinhua, May 26, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2016-05/26/c_1118934373.htm

青海局召开全省寄递渠道“扫黄打非”、反恐禁毒工作培训班 (Qinghai Postal Administration starts province-wide training to fight pornography, terrorism, and narcotics)
China Post, May 31, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2016-05/31/c_129029291.htm

沈阳五三派出所建该市首家互联网警务工作室, “互联网+派出所”引来8万“铁粉”(Shenyang Wusan police substation establishes city's first Internet police work room, its WeChat account has 80,000 die-hard followers)
Legal Daily, May 31, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160531/Articel02014GN.htm

最高法公布侵害未成年人权益被撤销监护资格典型案例, “虎”父“狼”母虐童被撤监护资格 (SPC announces typical case for removal of guardianship rights as a consequence of human rights abuse of a minor by “tiger” dad and “wolf” mom)
Legal Daily, June 1, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160601/Articel03003GN.htm

Hundreds of Chinese lawyers condemn police attack on attorney in courtroom
South China Morning Post, June 6, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1966874/hundreds-chinese-lawyers-condemn-police-attack-after

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律师立案不果反被殴打 走出法院几半裸 (Lawyer beaten in court, walks out half naked)
Radio Free Asia, June 5, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-06052016112639.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China Daily signs deal with Fairfax Media, enters Australian market
China Daily, May 27, 2016
http://m.chinadaily.com.cn/en/2016-05/27/content_25499648.htm

空港经济区举办《反家庭暴力法》专题讲座 (Hangzhou Airport Economic Zone holds special conference on Anti-Domestic Violence Law)
Xiaoshan Net, June 1, 2016
http://kg.xsnet.cn/html/2016/kgdt_0601/11280.html

China’s environmental journalists shine despite dark times for local media
China Dialogue, May 27, 2016
https://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/8953-China-s-environmental-journalists-shine-despite-dark-times-for-local-media#.V1FXfW4fNFA.twitter

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

依法规范和引导境外非政府组织在华活动, 访全国人大常委会法工委有关负责人 (Interview with NPCSC Legislative Work Committee spokesperson on lawfully regulating, guiding activities of Foreign NGOs in China)
Qiushi Theory, May 31, 2016
http://www.qstheory.cn/dukan/qs/2016-05/31/c_1118938323.htm

Government Accountability (政府问责)

依法惩治“蝇贪”力推“绿色 精准预防”, 浙江两年查近400件扶贫职务案 (Forcefully promote “targeted prevention” techniques to lawfully punish “fly-sized” corrupt officials: Zhejiang investigates nearly 400 cases of embezzlement involving poverty assistance)
Legal Daily, May 24, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160525/Articel03004GN.htm

多关押5年半,为何不给国家赔偿? (Man was sentenced to 1 year but imprisoned for 6.5, so why no state compensation?)
Legal Daily, June 1, 2016
http://news.sina.com.cn/pl/2016-06-01/doc-ifxsqxxs8134189.shtml

Related:
死刑改判1年徒刑,当事人理应获得国家赔偿 (Youth’s death sentence changed to 1-year term after serving 6.5 years should get state compensation)
Today's Topics, June 2, 2016
http://view.news.qq.com/original/intouchtoday/n3544.html

海南检方抗诉诈骗案获改判 (After protest, Hainan Procuratorate gets not-guilty verdict in fraud case changed to 10-year prison term)
Legal Daily, June 1, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160601/Articel03006GN.htm

六四27周年天安门母亲祭奠亲人向政府提出的三项诉求不变 (On 27th anniversary of June Fourth the Tiananmen Mothers’ three demands to the government remain the same)
Radio Free Asia, June 4, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-06042016112310.html

Related:
Tiananmen Mothers: No amount of power can rub out June Fourth
天安门母亲群体:“六四惨案”二十七年祭
Human Rights in China, June 1, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/tiananmen-mothers-no-amount-power-can-rub-out-june-fourth
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/xin-wen-fa-bu/tian-men-mu-qin-qun-ti-liu-si-can-er-shi-qi-nian-ji

焦点对话:六四事件,无尽的余波与后果 (Focus Dialogue: June Fourth incident, the endless repercussions and consequences)
Voice of America, June 3, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/media/video/VOAWeishi-20160603-Pro-and-Con-1/3360361.html

On 27th anniversary, relatives to visit graves of Tiananmen dead
Radio Free Asia, June 3, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-tiananmen-06032016162256.html

Related:
June Fourth: Support the Call for Truth, Accountability, and Compensation
六四:支持“真相、问责、赔偿”诉求
Human Rights in China, June 3, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/june-fourth-support-call-truth-accountability-and-compensation
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/sheng-ming/liu-si-zhi-chi-zhen-xiang-wen-ze-pei-chang-su-qiu

China’s youth think Tiananmen was so 1989
Foreign Policy, June 3, 2016
https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/06/03/chinas-youth-think-tiananmen-was-so-1989-protester-crackdown-historical-memory/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s Great Firewall is harming innovation, scholars say
Time, June 2, 2016
http://time.com/4354665/china-great-firewall-innovation-online-censorship/

Chinese cyber spies hack Taiwan ruling party: security firm
Hong Kong Free Press, June 2, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/02/chinese-cyber-spies-hack-taiwan-ruling-party-security-firm/

Untangling China’s cybersecurity laws
Wall Street Journal, June 3, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/06/03/untangling-chinas-cybersecurity-laws/

Hong Kong (香港)

Thousands rally in Hong Kong to mark Tiananmen anniversary
香港万众纪念六四,烛光点亮维多利亚公园
The New York Times, June 4, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/world/asia/hong-kong-mark-tiananmen-square-anniversary.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160605/hong-kong-mark-tiananmen-square-anniversary/

Related:
HKFP Lens: “We are proud of Hong Kong”: Silence and candles as city pays tribute to Tiananmen dead
Hong Kong Free Press, June 5, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/05/hkfp-lens-we-are-proud-of-hong-kong-silence-and-candles-as-city-pays-tribute-to-tiananmen-dead/

Tiananmen vigil ignored by some Hong Kong activists amid ideological split
Agence France-Presse, June 4, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/04/tiananmen-vigil-ignored-by-some-hong-kong-activists-amid-ideological-split

观察:六四晚会人数减 年轻人争议身份认同 (Observation: Numbers done for June Fourth commemoration, young people dispute identity)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 4, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/06/160604_ana_hongkong_june_fourth

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

熊选国在新疆法治论坛(2016)会议上指出, 推动“去极端化”工作更系统 (XUAR Party leader at 2016 Xinjiang Rule of Law Conference: Must make “extremism removal” more systematic)
Legal Daily, May 31, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160531/Articel02011GN.htm

上合组织2015年协助消灭150余名恐怖分子 (Shanghai Cooperation Organization helped “eliminate” 150 terrorists in 2015)
Xinhua, May 31, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2016-05/31/c_1118965345.htm

狄伯杰:印中关系莫被“反恐分歧”绑架 (Di Bojie: Sino-Indian relationship should not be hijacked by “differences of opinion over counterterrorism”)
Global Times, June 1, 2016
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/1152/2016-06/8995916.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

The historian of the Tiananmen movement and the June Fourth massacre—An interview with Wu Renhua (Part one of two)
China Change, June 3, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/06/03/the-historian-of-the-tiananmen-movement-and-the-june-fourth-massacre-an-interview-with-wu-renhua-part-one-of-two/

The historian of the Tiananmen movement and the June Fourth massacre—An interview with Wu Renhua (Part two of two)
China Change, June 4, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/06/04/the-historian-of-the-tiananmen-movement-and-the-june-fourth-massacre-an-interview-with-wu-renhua-part-two-of-two/