江天勇母亲首次接受外媒采访 呼吁国际关注 (Mother of Jiang Tianyong interviewed by foreign media for the first time, calls for international attention on his case)
Radio Free Asia, February 14, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-02142017105605.html
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Mass protests in Chinese town over proposed aluminum plant
Financial Times, February 14, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/e3333348-f283-11e6-8758-6876151821a6
These LGBT activists staged a gay marriage campaign for Valentine's Day and it's beautiful
Time Out Beijing, February 14, 2017
http://www.timeoutbeijing.com/features/Blogs-LGBT_Blogs/156700/These-LGBT-activists-staged-a-gay-marriage-campaign-for-Valentines-Day-and-its-beautiful.html
Chinese filmmaker who documented labor activists’ fight for workers’ rights in southern China tells of exile in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, February 15, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/culture/film-tv/article/2070745/chinese-filmmaker-who-documented-labour-activists-fight-workers
Government Accountability (政府问责)
二奶反腐再“立功”! 陕官贪腐性丑闻纪委介入调查 (Another “successful” anti-graft case by mistresses! Disciplinary committee involved in investigation against Shaanxi official over sexual scandal)
Radio Free Asia, February 14, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/xl2-02142017113159.html
Former senior Chinese official jailed for 15 years for graft
Reuters, February 14, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN15U073
China investigates former party boss of Bank of Jiangsu over graft
Reuters, February 14, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN15U05Z
Five years later, Bo Xilai’s shadow looms over Chongqing
The Wall Street Journal, February 14, 2017
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2017/02/14/five-years-later-bo-xilais-shadow-looms-over-chongqing/
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Beijing police develop app for citizen crime-busters—jokingly world's 5th intelligence group
Xinhua, February 14, 2017
http://newchina.xinhua.org/archive/20170214/5ee9745adb432b9e3d485953fad378d1.shtml
National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)
Uyghurs are told to confess political “mistakes” in mass meetings
Radio Free Asia, February 14, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/confess-02142017141212.html
Hong Kong (香港)
香港“失踪”书商林荣基:恐惧让我强大 (Hong Kong “disappeared” bookseller Lam Wing-kee: Fear makes me stronger)
Radio France Internationale, February 15, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/ 20170214-香港“失踪”书商林荣基:恐惧让我强大
恐惧成病:艺人怕与遭中国封杀的黄耀明出现同一画像令海报下架 (Poster taken down as celebrity worried that appearing in the same poster as Anthony Wong would lead to banning by China)
Radio France Interntionale, February 14, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170214-恐惧成病:艺人怕与遭中国封杀的黄耀明出现同一画像令海报下架
Employees of missing Hong Kong billionaire are barred from leaving China
The New York Times, February 13, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/13/world/asia/xiao-jianhua-hong-kong-china.html
Police to procure longer-range rubber bullets in time for 20th anniversary of handover—reports
Hong Kong Free Press, February 14, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/02/14/police-procure-longer-range-rubber-bullets-time-20th-anniversary-handover-reports/
Citizen nomination platform suspended following concerns over security of personal data
Hong Kong Free Press, February 14, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/02/14/citizen-nomination-platform-suspended-following-concerns-security-personal-data/