Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Fewer Chinese citizens filing petitions against authorities as Beijing tries to curb use
South China Morning Post, August 23, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2107944/fewer-chinese-citizens-filing-petitions-against

Chinese activist Jiang Tianyong's subversion trial dismissed as sham
The Guardian, August 22, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/22/chinese-activist-jiang-tianyong-subversion-trial-dismissed-as-sham

Related:
Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers, Defenders and International Reactions: A Brief Chronology
Human Rights in China, June 6, 2017
http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-defenders-and-international-reactions-brief-chronology

Poet held in southern China over planned poetry anthology remembering Liu Xiaobo
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/poet-08222017110033.html

Related:
广州诗人浪子参与编选刘晓波纪念诗集被拘 (Guangzhou poet Liangzi involved in compiling Liu Xiaobo commemorative poetry anthology is arrested)
Voice of America, August 23, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/guangzhou-poet-detained-by-police/3997017.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Second academic journal published by Cambridge University Press says China tried to block articles
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2107746/second-academic-journal-says-china-tried-block-articles

Hong Kong (香港)

又卷入"占中"案件 黄之锋再次受审 (Another "Occupy" case, Josuhua Wong stands trial again)
Deustche Welle, August 22, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/律师江天勇煽颠罪庭审结束-择日宣判/a-40188593

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong "can’t help but laugh" after learning of record turnout for protest march against his jailing
South China Morning Post, August 23, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2107923/hong-kong-activist-joshua-wong-cant-help-laugh-after

Commentary (评论)

The jailing of the Occupy trio: Was that a judgement… or an opinion piece?
Hong Kong Free Press, August 23, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/23/jailing-occupy-trio-judgement-opinion-piece/