Thursday, May 25, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Jailed Chinese lawyer force-fed medication, wife says
Agence France-Presse, May 23, 2017
https://www.yahoo.com/news/jailed-chinese-lawyer-force-fed-medication-wife-says-035633472.html

This visualization shows China’s jailed, murdered and missing political prisoners
The Huffington Post, March 19, 2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/political-prisoners-china-database_us_589a1d83e4b09bd304be3300

Badiucao: Two years on, 709 relatives’ alliance grows
China Digital Times, May 24, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/05/badiucao-two-years-709-relatives-alliance-grows/

Repatriated cartoonist “being mistreated” in police detention center: Wife
Radio Free Asia, May 25, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/cartoonist-05242017102621.html

全面加强人民法院党的建设 (Zhou Qiang, Chief Justice and President of SPC: Comprehensively enhance party-building in People’s Courts)
Legal Daily, May 24, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-05/24/content_7179132.htm?node=5955

Access to Information (信息公开)

全国政府网站“晒家底”了:九成合格但还有个别“僵尸” (Nationwide gov’t website inspection: 90% pass but still some “zombie” sites)
Legal Daily, May 24, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-05/24/content_7179205.htm

Is the Belt and Road project the answer to China's economic woes? Some aren't so sure.
Global Voices, May 25, 2017
https://globalvoices.org/2017/05/25/is-the-belt-and-road-project-the-answer-to-chinas-economic-woes-some-arent-so-sure/

China censored Google's AlphaGo match against world's best Go player
The Guardian, May 24, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/24/china-censored-googles-alphago-match-against-worlds-best-go-player

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Officials in China's Zhejiang forcibly install cameras in Protestant churches
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/officials-in-chinas-zhejiang-forcibly-install-cameras-in-protestant-churches-05242017110721.html

Chinese construction workers in Saipan still fighting for their wages
China Change, May 24, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/05/24/chinese-construction-workers-in-saipan-still-fighting-for-their-wages/

Beijing urges all Chinese to be responsible with public statements after outcry over overseas student’s speech
South China Morning Post, May 24, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2095570/beijing-urges-all-chinese-be-responsible-public-statements-after

Taiwan same-sex marriage ruling brightens outlook for gay rights in China
Reuters, May 25, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-lgbt-china-idUSKBN18L0E6

Government Accountability (政府问责)

第三批中央环保督察组进驻满月 超3000人被问责 (A month after dispatch of 3rd group of environmental inspection teams, over 3000 people held accountable)
China News, May 24, 2017
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2017/05-24/8232281.shtml

Related:
China dispatches high-profile environment inspection teams
Xinhua, April 24, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-04/24/c_136232676.htm

Former top prosecutor in Shanghai accused of taking bribes
South China Morning Post, May 25, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2095626/former-top-prosecutor-shanghai-accused-taking-bribes

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

文化部将对50家主要网络表演平台开展执法检查 (Ministry of Culture investigates 50 live streaming sites for illegal content)
China News, May 24, 2017
http://www.chinanews.com/cul/2017/05-24/8232694.shtml

Related:
China shuts some live streaming sites, punishes companies
The Washington Post, May 24, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-shuts-some-live-streaming-sites-punishes-companies/2017/05/24/709b3834-4054-11e7-b29f-f40ffced2ddb_story.html

头像也要实名,像像社交率先推出“头像实名制” (Profile photo should also be real: Face99 social media platform 1st to implement “profile photo real name registration”)
China News, May 24, 2017
http://www.chinanews.com/it/2017/05-24/8233100.shtml

Foreign firms grapple with China’s “punitive” cybersecurity laws
South China Morning Post, May 24, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2095595/foreign-firms-grapple-chinas-punitive-cybersecurity-laws