Monday, August 21, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Liu Xia appears for first time since husband Liu Xiaobo's funeral
Reuters, August 19, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/19/liu-xia-appears-for-first-time-since-husband-liu-xiaobos-funeral

Related:
Video: Another mysterious clip purporting to depict wife of dissident Liu Xiaobo emerges
Hong Kong Free Press, August 21, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/21/__trashed-10/

再有劉霞影片流出 旁白男細聲提示「下一句」 (Another video of Liu Xia released online, male whispers instructions in the background)
Hkcnews, August 21, 2017
https://www.hkcnews.com/article/6329/劉曉波-劉霞-6329/再有劉霞影片流出-旁白男細聲提示「下一句」

Liu Xiaobo’s Death is a Stain on the CPC, International Community Must Press for Liu Xia’s Freedom
刘晓波之死是中共污点,国际社会必须施压让刘霞获得自由
Human Rights in China, July 13, 2017
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/liu-xiaobos-death-stain-cpc-international-community-must-press-liu-xias-freedom
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/liu-xiaobos-death-stain-cpc-international-community-must-press-liu-xias-freedom

維權律師江天勇明受審 妻籲圍觀 (Wife of rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong calls for attention as Jiang faces trial on Tuesday)
Mingpao, August 21, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20170821/s00013/1503252133730

709家属:亲人不回绝不休 (Families of 709 lawyers and activists issue statement saying they will never stop until family members return home)
Weiquanwang, August 19, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/08/709_19.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

陸歌曲情定揚州下架 疑諷江澤民 (Rap song making Jiang Zeming innuendo is banned in China)
Central News Agency, August 20, 2017
http://www.cna.com.tw/news/acn/201708200072-1.aspx

Cambridge University Press censorship “exposes Xi Jinping's authoritarian shift”
The Guardian, August 20,2017
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/20/cambridge-university-press-censorship-exposes-xi-jinpings-authoritarian-shift

Related:
Editor fears chilling effect after articles blocked in China
South China Morning Post, August 19, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2107491/editor-fears-chilling-effect-after-articles-blocked

Don't like our rules? Then leave, China newspaper says after journal censored
Reuters, August 21, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-censorship-journal-idUSKCN1B103J

China bans sensitive, long, and “weird” company names
China Digital Times, August 18, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/08/china-bans-long-weird-sensitive-company-names/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

上海46万“镇保”失地农民的49名代表第35次到上海市社会保障局维权 (49 representatives of farmers who lost their lands protest at Shanghai social security authority for 35th time)
Weiquanwang, August 20, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/08/464935.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

十九大維穩 WhatsApp被失靈 傳內地為全面封鎖試水溫 (WhatsApp temporarily goes offline in China; the authorities said to be planning on a complete ban)
Apple Daily, August 20, 2017
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20170820/20126850

Hong Kong (香港)

Tens of thousands protest in Hong Kong over jailing of democracy activists
Reuters, August 20, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-politics-idUSKCN1B00CK

Related:
Hong Kong urged to free jailed pro-democracy protesters in open letter
The Guardian, August 18, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/18/a-letter-to-china-hong-kongs-democrats-should-be-honoured

数以万计港人游行 声援黄之锋等政治犯 (Tens of thousands of Hong Kongers march to support Joshua Wong and other political prisoners)
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-08202017155236.html

“It may be hot outside, but not hotter than our anger”: Protest against activist jailings attracts young and old
Hong Kong Free Press, August 21, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/21/may-hot-outside-not-hotter-anger-protest-activist-jailings-attracts-young-old/

如不信一國兩制 范太:最好離開香港 (Rita Fan: if you don’t believe in “one country, two systems,” you better leave Hong Kong)
Sing Tao Daily, August 20, 2017
http://std.stheadline.com/daily/news-content.php?id=1651317&target=2

Hong Kong presents a test of China’s good faith
Financial Times, August 20, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/d4ec4902-8593-11e7-8bb1-5ba57d47eff7

外交部駐港公署:堅決反對外國政府干預香港港司法 (Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong: Firmly oppose foreign gov’t’s interference of justice in Hong Kong)
Mingpao, August 20, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170820/s00001/1503231755804

Commentary (评论)

Legal terrorism? Hong Kong’s all-out attack on pro-democracy parties Demosistō & the League of Social Democrats
Hong Kong Free Press, August 21, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/21/legal-terrorism-hong-kongs-attack-pro-democracy-parties-demosisto-league-social-democrats/

如不信一國兩制 范太:最好離開香港 (Rita Fan: if you don’t believe in “one country, two systems,” you better leave Hong Kong)
Sing Tao Daily, August 20, 2017
http://std.stheadline.com/daily/news-content.php?id=1651317&target=2