Thursday, June 23, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese lawyers say judicial officials barred them from advising Wukan protest chief
South China Morning Post, June 22, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1979700/chinese-lawyers-say-judicial-officials-barred-them

Detained Chinese rights activist Yang Maodong “looks very weak,” refuses to end hunger strike—lawyer
Hong Kong Free Press, June 23, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/23/detained-chinese-rights-activist-looks-very-weak-refuses-to-end-hunger-strike-says-lawyer/

Related:
Sister Says Guo Feixiong Will Not Stop Hunger Strike
杨茂平: 郭飞雄会活着走出监狱吗?
Human Rights in China, June 15, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/case-update/sister-says-guo-feixiong-will-not-stop-hunger-strike
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/ge-gen-zong/yang-mao-ping-guo-fei-xiong-hui-huo-zhao-zou-chu-jian-yu-ma

Fears grow for “disappeared” wife of detained Chinese activist
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/wife-06222016145702.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Websites called on to excise “malignant” comments
China Digital Times, June 22, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/06/websites-called-excise-malignant-comments/

China bans media coverage of ongoing protests in Guangdong's rebel village
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-bans-media-coverage-of-ongoing-protests-in-guangdongs-rebel-village-06222016113157.html

中国国信办要求网站不要一味追求点击率 (Cyberspace Administration of China demands websites not to blindly seek clicks ratio)
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/nu-06222016111123.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China's one-time “democracy” village protests for fourth straight day
Reuters, June 22, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-wukan-idUSKCN0Z81D2

环保组织首对毒跑道事件发起公益诉讼 (Environmental protection organization initiates public interest litigation concerning poisonous running tracks)
Legal Daily, June 23, 2016
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0623/c1001-28471231.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Woman on China’s list of most wanted corruption suspects overseas surrenders to authorities
South China Morning Post, June 23, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1979858/woman-chinas-list-most-wanted-corruption-suspects

Two more Chinese activists detained for promoting alcohol with Tiananmen massacre tribute
Hong Kong Free Press, June 22, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/22/two-more-chinese-activists-detained-for-promoting-alcohol-with-tiananmen-massacre-tribute/

Teaching Tiananmen to a new generation
The New York Times, June 22, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/22/world/asia/china-tiananmen-rowena-he.html

How to smear your enemies and silence your critics, Chinese Communist Party style
Quartz, June 23, 2016
http://qz.com/712187/how-to-smear-your-enemies-and-silence-your-critics-chinese-communist-party-style/

如何认定处理 “对抗组织审查行为” (How to recognize and handle “behaviors resisting investigation”)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection News, June 23, 2016
http://csr.mos.gov.cn/content/2016-06/22/content_35440.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

Spell out how Hongkongers who break mainland law are dealt with, CY Leung says in letter to Beijing
South China Morning Post, June 21, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1978402/beijing-pressed-answers-hong-kong-bookseller

Activist Joshua Wong, 19, fails in bid to lower minimum age to stand in Legco polls from 21
South China Morning Post, June 22, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1979291/activist-joshua-wong-19-fails-bid-lower-minimum-age-stand

Hong Kong lawmakers call for review of scope of notification system in wake of bookseller detention cases
South China Morning Post, June 23, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1979364/hong-kong-lawmakers-call-review-scope-notification-system

Abuse of police power has worsened since the Occupy protests, say human rights group
Hong Kong Free Press, June 23, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/23/abuse-of-police-power-has-worsened-since-the-occupy-protests-say-human-rights-group/

“Long Hair” Leung Kwok-hung arrested over alleged HK$250,000 payment from media tycoon Jimmy Lai
被指收黎智英25万未申报 梁国雄:欲加之罪何患无辞
Hong Kong Free Press, June 23, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1979866/long-hair-leung-kwok-hung-arrested-over-alleged-hk250000
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk-macau-tw/1557b697ad70c2d/bei-zhi-shou-li-zhi-ying-25-wan-wei-shen-bao-liang-guo-xiong-yu-jia-zhi-zui-he-huan-wu-ci