Friday, April 28, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China sentences prominent rights lawyer in closed trial
Reuters, April 28, 2017
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-china-rights-idUKKBN17U0NL

Related:
709大抓捕:锋锐所律师再遭刁难 刘晓原等年检被卡 (709 Crackdown: Fengrui law firm challenged again, annual examination for lawyers including Liu Xiaoyuan delayed)
Radio Free Asia, April 27, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-04272017111057.html

China rights activist Ni Yulan forcibly evicted from newly-rented house, living at a police station
Hong Kong Free Press, April 27, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/04/27/china-rights-activist-ni-yulan-forcibly-evicted-newly-rented-house-living-police-station/

Access to Information (信息公开)

China is world-leading censor with “total control” over news: Press Freedom Group
Radio Free Asia, April 27, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/press-04272017133821.html

China offers rare insight into punishment for speaking with foreign media
The Wall Street Journal, April 27, 2017
https://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2017/04/27/in-china-punishments-for-speaking-with-foreign-media/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China embraces art for the people, by the people
「人民的藝術」在中國
The New York Times, April 27, 2017
EN: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170427/china-social-practice-art/en-us/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170427/china-social-practice-art/zh-hant/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

No hiding place: China releases street names of fugitives holed up abroad
Reuters, April 27, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN17T1VO

中纪委反腐本月打“虎”六人 (Central Commission for Discipline Inspection charges six officials for graft this month)
Radio France Internationale, April 27, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170427-中纪委反腐本月打“虎”六人

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

中共官员呼吁维吾尔青年 “热爱祖国” (Central gov’t official tells Uyghur youth to be patriotic)
Deutsche Welle, April 27, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/中共官员呼吁维吾尔青年热爱祖国/a-38608722

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong protest organizers arrested ahead of expected visit by China’s President
香港逮捕多名活動人士,被指為習近平訪港「清場」
The New York Times, April 27, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/world/asia/hong-kong-protest-arrests-china.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170428/hong-kong-protest-arrests-china/zh-hant/

Related:
Amnesty Int’l urges Hong Kong to halt prosecutions aimed at “punishing dissenting voices”
Hong Kong Free Press, April 27, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/04/27/amnesty-intl-urges-hong-kong-halt-prosecutions-aimed-punishing-dissenting-voices/

楊岳橋指充滿政治目的 質疑為何親中報章預先知拘捕行動 (Alvin Yeung says recent prosecutions are politically motivated, doubts why pro-central gov’t news outlet predicted the arrests)
Mingpao, April 27, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170427/s00001/1493268595645

連串檢控被批政治檢控 梁美芬:七警案後須顯示「公平公正對待不同政見」(Recent arrests criticized for being political persecution, Priscilla Leung: Gov’t’s impartiality towards different political views ought to be shown after “seven police” case)
Mingpao, April 28, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170428/s00001/1493342510338

亚冠杯香港分组赛:广州恒大球迷晒反“港独”标语 (Guangzhou Evergrande fans display anti-Hong Kong independence banner during AFC Champion League match)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 25, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-39705416

EU presses for Hong Kong electoral reform after “politically challenging” 2016
South China Morning Post, April 27, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2091105/european-commission-presses-hong-kong-electoral-reform