十二届全国人大常委会第三十一次会议在京举行(NPC’s Standing Committee holds 31st meeting in Beijing)
National People’s Congress, Dec 22, 2017
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/syxw/2017-12/22/content_2034302.htm
北京警校一哥涉害死維權人士 被美列入制裁名單 (US sanctions Party Secretary of Beijing People’s Police College over death of human rights defender Cao Shunli)
Apple Daily, December 22, 2017
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/china/realtime/article/20171222/57612456
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Small step toward accountability: US sanctions a Chinese official over death of Cao Shunli
China Human Rights Defenders, December 22, 2017
https://www.nchrd.org/2017/12/small-step-toward-accountability-us-sanctions-a-chinese-official-over-death-of-cao-shunli/
人民陪审员法一审：选任学历降至高中 (First draft of People’s Assessors Law lowers education requirement of lay jurors to high school level)
The Paper, December 22, 2017
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2017-12-22/doc-ifypwzxq5276268.shtml
法官法拟修改：非因法定情形法官不被调离审判岗位 (Judges Law draft revision protects judges from arbitrary removal)
Beijing News, December 22, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/12/22/469694.html
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法官法检察官法修订草案一审:拟设两级遴选委员会(Judges and Procuratorates Law revision proposes two tiers of selection committees)
The Paper, December 22, 2017
http://news.sina.com.cn/o/2017-12-22/doc-ifypwzxq5301225.shtml
China adds new protections for graft suspects amid detention system overhaul
Reuters, December 22, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-lawmaking-corruption/china-adds-new-protections-for-graft-suspects-amid-detention-system-overhaul-idUSKBN1EG0EG
Two Uyghur students die in China’s custody following voluntary return from Egypt
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/students-12212017141002.html
Chinese army “spared no-one” in 1989 mass killings in Beijing: UK cables
英国近期解密六四事件外交档案
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/tianmen-revelations-12212017131357.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/yl-12202017105100.html?searchterm:utf8:ustring=%E5%85%AD%E5%9B%9B