Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China delays trial of rights lawyer as supporters flock to court
Radio Free Asia, April 25, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/delays-04252017110328.html

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谢阳案: 围观推迟庭审 辩护律师被换 (Xie Yang case: Trial delayed due to crowd gathering in front of court, Xie’s defense lawyer changed)
Deutsche Welle, April 25, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/谢阳案-围观推迟庭审-辩护律师被换/a-38579686

欧洲八律师团体致函中国关注709抓捕案 (Eight European lawyer groups write letter to China expressing concern over “709 Crackdown”)
Voice of America, April 26, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/eight-european-lawyer-groups-open-letter-to-china/3826003.html

Related:
China: Letter of concern with regard to our colleagues/Chinese lawyers in detention and to the situation of their relatives
IAPL Monitoring Committee on Attacks on Lawyers, April 24, 2017
https://defendlawyers.wordpress.com/2017/04/24/china-letter-of-concern-with-regard-to-our-colleagueschinese-lawyers-in-detention-and-to-the-situation-of-their-relatives/

China sentences Phan Phan-Gillis, U.S. businesswoman, in spying case
華裔美國人被中國法院判處間諜罪
The New York Times, April 26, 2017
EN: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170426/sandy-phan-gillis-china-houston-espionage/en-us/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170426/sandy-phan-gillis-china-houston-espionage/zh-hant/

Detained Taiwanese rights activist in good health, says China
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-taiwan-idUSKBN17S09U

Related:
國台辦稱李明哲身體狀態良好 辦案單位依法保障權益 (Taiwan Affairs Office says Li Ming-che is healthy and says will ensure his legal rights are respected by investigative organs)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 26, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1327176-20170426.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China ups “stability maintenance” alert as PLA veterans head to Beijing
Radio Free Asia, April 25, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/soldiers-protest-04252017133439.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中国:反腐力度加码 腐败程度不减 (China: More anti-graft effort but level of corruption remains the same)
Deutsche Welle, April 25, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/中国反腐力度加码-腐败程度不减/a-38578558

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s vision of the future networked battlefield
The Diplomat, April 26, 2017
http://thediplomat.com/2017/04/chinas-vision-of-the-future-networked-battlefield/

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

新疆维族新生儿取名不能带“分裂”与“宗教”含义 (Baby names with “separatism” and “religious” meaning banned in Xinjian)
Radio France Internationale, April 26, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170426-新疆维族新生儿取名不能带“分裂”与“宗教”含义

Related:
China bans “Muhammad” and “Jihad” as baby names in heavily Muslim region
取名犯禁,維族人今後不能叫「穆罕默德」
The New York Times, April 26, 2017
EN: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170426/china-xinjiang-ban-muslim-names-muhammad-jihad/en-us/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170426/china-xinjiang-ban-muslim-names-muhammad-jihad/zh-hant/

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong police detain pro-independence lawmakers after China protest
The Guardian, April 26, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/26/hong-kong-police-detain-pro-independence-lawmakers-after-china-protest

Related:
梁游今早涉立會非法集結被預約拘捕 青政fb指已準備付一切代價保衛香港 (Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching arrested this morning for illegal assembly in Legco, “prepared to pay anything to protect of Hong Kong”, says Youngspiration on Facebook)
Mingpao, April 26, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170426/s00001/1493190222215

《大公報》時評批挑釁法治 質疑有否批准叫「公民廣場」(Ta Kung Pao commentary says the opposition’s call for reopening of Civic Square is a challenge against rule of law, doubts whether the name “Civic Square” has ever been allowed)
Mingpao, April 26, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170426/s00001/1493168785921

審計報告:未有明確結論顯示普教中較廣東話有效 (Audit report: No evidence shows Mandarin more effective than Cantonese as medium in teaching of Chinese language)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 26, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1327234-20170426.htm

Commentary (评论)

A Taiwanese man’s detention in Guangdong threatens a key pillar of Cross-Straits relations
ChinaFile, April 20, 2017
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/taiwanese-mans-detention-guangdong-threatens-key-pillar-of-cross-straits

For journalism in China, a millennial shift
China Media Project, April 25, 2017
http://cmp.hku.hk/2017/04/25/journalism-china-millennial-shift/