Thursday, March 02, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China accuses rights activist of “fake news” fabricating torture
Reuters, March 2, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-idUSKBN1690GA

Related:
Statement by lawyers representing Jiang Tianyong regarding the Global Times interview
China Change, March 2, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/03/02/statement-by-lawyers-representing-jiang-tianyong-regarding-the-global-times-interview/

Letter to world leaders by “709” family members includes emerging details of horrific torture
China Change, March 1, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/03/01/letter-to-world-leaders-by-709-family-members-includes-emerging-details-of-horrific-torture/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Police, interceptors swoop on petitioners, activists as thousands converge on Beijing
Radio Free Asia, March 1, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/congress-interceptors-03012017124358.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Former SOE executive sentenced to 16 years for graft
Xinhua, February 28, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-02/28/c_136092190.htm

China replaces top general in charge of tackling military corruption
South China Morning Post, March 2, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2075243/china-replaces-top-general-charge-tackling-military

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China warns against cyber “battlefield” in Internet strategy
Reuters, March 1, 2017
http://in.reuters.com/article/us-china-internet-idINKBN16849M

Related:
中国发布《网络空间国际合作战略》(China publishes “International Cooperation Strategy for Cyberspace”)
Radio Free Asia, March 1, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yl-03012017111633.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong tries to unseat pan-democratic lawmakers in oaths row
Radio Free Asia, March 1, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hongkong-oaths-03012017152559.html

Beijing works the phones in secret push to pick Hong Kong’s next leader
北京通过电话施压的方式暗助心仪的香港特首候选人
The Wall Street Journal, February 28, 2017
EN: https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-hong-kong-elections-beijings-shadow-looms-large-1488288813
CH: http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20170301/BCH160135.asp