Monday, June 20, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Mother's fight to exonerate executed son highlights gaping holes in justice system
Caixin, June 17, 2016
http://english.caixin.com/2016-06-17/100956066.html

Rights lawyers on trial: China's sharp crackdown shows no sign of letting up
The Christian Science Monitor, June 17, 2016
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2016/0617/Rights-lawyers-on-trial-China-s-sharp-crackdown-shows-no-sign-of-letting-up

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

2 Chinese activists sentenced to over 10 years on subversion charges
The New York Times, June 18, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/18/world/asia/china-lu-gengsong-chen-shuqing.html

Tibetan monk detained a second time, vanishes into police custody
Radio Free Asia, June 17, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/vanishes-06172016151332.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Minitrue: Delete Global Times editorial on bookseller
China Digital Times, June 17, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/06/minitrue-delete-global-times-report-booksellers-retracted-confession/

Supervising supervision
China Media Project, June 17, 2016
https://medium.com/china-media-project/supervising-supervision-6812858d5828#.cse0g8wge

Find-a-journalist app highlights murky media practices in China
The Wall Street Journal, June 17, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/06/17/find-a-journalist-app-highlights-murky-media-practices-in-china/

Chinese media: Attack to defend
Deutsche Welle, June 17, 2016
http://www.dw.com/en/chinese-media-attack-to-defend/a-19337992

Western forces are conspiring to divide China, a top media official says
Quartz, June 20, 2016
http://qz.com/711190/western-forces-are-conspiring-to-divide-china-a-top-media-official-says/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Villagers in southern China defy warnings and press ahead with demonstration to demand chief’s release
South China Morning Post, June 19, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1977349/villagers-southern-china-defy-warnings-and-press-ahead

Related:
China: Wukan leader arrested ahead of planned protests
Al Jazeera, June 19, 2016
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/06/china-wukan-leader-arrested-160619034526131.html

Chinese animal activists are fighting against the centuries-old tradition of eating dogs
Quartz, June 17, 2016
http://qz.com/708170/chinese-animal-activists-are-fighting-against-the-centuries-old-tradition-of-eating-dogs/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Nephew of China's former domestic security tsar jailed for graft
The New York Times, June 17, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2016/06/17/world/asia/17reuters-china-corruption.html

CPC names officials punished for condoning misconduct
Xinhua, June 18, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-06/18/c_135445996.htm

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China-U.S. relations in cyberspace: A half-year assessment
The Diplomat, June 16, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/06/china-us-relations-in-cyberspace-a-half-year-assessment/

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong bookseller defies China by leading protest
Al Jazeera, June 19, 2016
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/06/hong-kong-bookseller-defies-china-leading-protest-160618145552341.html

Related:
Video: Hong Kong’s “bottom line”: Supporters rally around returned bookseller Lam Wing-kee
Hong Kong Free Press, June 19, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/19/video-hong-kongs-bottom-line-supporters-rally-around-returned-bookseller-lam/

Hong Kong bookseller finds associates challenging his account of detention
其他被拘书商及女友反驳林荣基说辞
The New York Times, June 20, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/20/world/asia/hong-kong-bookseller-lam-wing-kee-girlfriend-sing-tao-protest.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160620/hong-kong-bookseller-lam-wing-kee-girlfriend-sing-tao-protest/

专访:铜锣湾书店林荣基“早已被跟踪” (Interview: Causeway Bay Books Lam Wing-kee “has been followed early on”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 19, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/06/160619_hongkong_bookstore_row_lam

【林榮基現身說法】兩日兩刪文 環時再有報道消失 ([Lam Wing-kee explains] Two Global Times articles deleted during two days)
Ming Pao, June 18, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160618/s00001/1466226134825

【銅鑼灣書店事件】環時再發社評 斥林榮基為私利犧牲港穩定 稱反對派應有底線 ([Causeway Bay Books event] Global Times publishes commentary again, to denounce Lam Wing-kee’s sacrificing Hong Kong’s stability for own benefits, says opposition party should have bottom line)
Ming Pao, June 20, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160620/s00001/1466380118967

Bookseller Speaks Out for Freedom of Hong Kong People
Human Rights in China, June 17, 2016
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/bookseller-speaks-out-freedom-hong-kong-people

林榮基兒子:今日赴中 測試會否再遭無理拘留 (Lam Wing-kee’s son: Will go to China today to test if I’d be unjustly detained)
Apple Daily, June 20, 2016
http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/new/20160620/889940/

【音樂會如期舉行】何韻詩:這行動是告訴大家不需要害怕 ([Concert held on the same day] Denise Ho: This action is to tell everyone not to be afraid)
Ming Pao, June 19, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160619/s00007/1466326171982

Related:
Other brands dumped me after Lancome snub, says Hong Kong singer Denise Ho
何韵诗音乐会数千人到场 继Lancôme后其他品牌也取消合作关系
South China Morning Post, Date
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1977382/thousands-turn-out-denise-ho-concert-other-brands-dumped-me
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk-macau-tw/1556c3d2792caef/he-yun-shi-yin-le-hui-shu-qian-ren-dao-chang-ji-lanc-me-hou-qi-ta-pin-pai-ye-qu-xiao-he-zuo-guan-xi

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

“China is the biggest mad house in the world and CPC the worst lunatic”
China Change, June 18, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/06/18/china-is-the-biggest-mad-house-in-the-world-and-ccp-the-worst-lunatic/

“My father never spoke about the persecution he suffered”
Radio Free Asia, June 17, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/persecution-06172016133549.html