709律师家属群体等获“奥斯卡中国自由人权奖”, 颁奖典礼在好莱坞星光大道举行 (Families of 709 lawyers receive “Oscar Award for Freedom And Human Rights in China,” award ceremony held on Hollywood Walk of Fame)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ck-02272017105652.html
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Access to Information (信息公开)
China’s top colleges to face ideological inspections
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2073329/chinas-top-colleges-face-ideological-inspections
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Hundreds of Volkswagen workers in northeast China demand equal pay
China Labor Bulletin, February 27, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/hundreds-volkswagen-workers-northeast-china-demand-equal-pay
As atheist China warms to the Vatican, religious persecution “intensifies”
Cable News Network, February 28, 2017
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/28/asia/china-religious-persecution-christianity/index.html
广东潮州村民抗议村官卖地 6人刑拘 (Villagers in Chaozhou, Guangdong protest sale of land by village officials, 6 people detained)
Radio Free Asia, February 27, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-02272017102304.html
Government Accountability (政府问责)
U.N. human rights experts unite to condemn China over expulsions of Tibetans
联合国人权专家谴责中国驱逐藏区僧尼
The New York Times, February 27, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/world/asia/china-tibet-buddhists-larung-gar.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170228/china-tibet-buddhists-larung-gar/
Former China Resources chairman Song Lin pleads guilty to corruption
South China Morning Post, February 27, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2074354/former-china-resources-chairman-song-lin-stands-trial
National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)
China holds mass police rally in Xinjiang as hundreds sent to anti-terror “frontline”
Reuters, February 27, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-xinjiang-idUSKBN1670BB
Hong Kong (香港)
Britain flags concern about confidence in Hong Kong's system
Reuters, February 25, 2017
http://in.reuters.com/article/hongkong-britain-politics-idINKBN16403A
香港特首选战正式打响 (Hong Kong CE election race officially begins)
Deutsche Welle, February 25, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/香港特首选战正式打响/a-37718404
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There's talk that Beijing could override Hong Kong's election result if it doesn't like the winner
Global Voices, February 25, 2017
https://globalvoices.org/2017/02/25/theres-talk-that-beijing-could-override-hong-kongs-election-result-if-it-doesnt-like-the-winner/
Commentary (评论)
China’s imprisonment of Uyghur academic Ilham Tohti has dire consequences
Hong Kong Free Press, February 26, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/02/26/chinas-imprisonment-uyghur-academic-ilham-tohti-dire-consequences/
Explainer: Why Hong Kong’s leadership race is neither free, fair, nor representative
Hong Kong Free Press, February 27, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/02/27/explainer-hong-kongs-leadership-race-neither-free-fair-representative/
Why everyone should support China’s banned feminist voice group
The Diplomat, February 28, 2017
http://thediplomat.com/2017/02/why-everyone-should-support-chinas-banned-feminist-voice-group/