Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Widow of late Chinese dissident “in Yunnan” as traditional mourning period ends
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/liuxia-yunnan-08292017163909.html

Related:
Liu Xiaobo’s death breathes life into China-Norway trade talks
The Diplomat, August 28, 2017
http://thediplomat.com/2017/08/liu-xiaobos-death-breathes-life-into-china-norway-trade-talks/

澳門司警以涉刑事案為由拘民間公投委員 (Macau police arrest referendum activists on criminal charges)
Apple Daily, August 29, 2017
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20140829/52846932

法检两院组织法迎来大修 (Organic Law of the People's Courts and People's Procuratorates to be revised)
Legal Daily, August 28, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-08/28/content_7297044.htm

司法部副部长：进一步完善法律援助制度 确保各项改革任务落地生效 (Vice Minister of Justice: further improve legal aid system, ensure various reforms implemented)
Central People’s Government, August 28, 2017
http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2017-08/29/content_5221343.htm

Missing Chinese rights lawyer’s brother detained, released by police
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/brother-08282017173233.html

中国多所大学成立党委教师工作部改善意识形态“薄弱” (Several universities in China set up Party committee work groups for teachers to address the problem of ideological “weakness”)
Radio France Internationale, August 29, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170829-中国多所大学成立党委教师工作部改善意识形态薄弱

Access to Information (信息公开)

Typhoon Hato aftermath: Macau arrests two people for “spreading rumors”, as ex-Observatory chief investigated
Hong Kong Free Press, August 29, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/29/typhoon-hato-aftermath-macau-arrests-two-people-spreading-rumours-ex-observatory-chief-investigated/

傳協：傳媒收「高層要求」多正面報道少問責 批愚弄公眾扭曲專業 (Macau Journalists Association: Reporters ordered by bosses to cover typhoon from the positive side and question the gov’t less)
Mingpao, August 30, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170830/s00001/1504053842179

新闻出版广电总局要求规范报刊单位及其所办新媒体采编管理 (SAPPRFT demands to regulate editorial management of newspaper units and their new media platforms)
The Paper, August 28, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1778329

Press groups slam Macau's ban on four Hong Kong journalists
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/macau-journalists-08292017152210.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

网友呼吁为中国维权律师获国际人权奖投票 (Netizens call for voting for Wang Quanzhang for international human rights award)
Voice of America, August 29, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/netizens-call-for-voting-for-wang-quanzhang-for-international-award/4004924.html

投诉：三百多参加核试的退伍兵再次到陕西省政府上访 (Over 300 veterans from nuclear weapon squad petition at local gov’t in Shaanxi for better pension and healthcare)
Weiquanwang, August 29, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/08/blog-post_57.html

黑龙江省“五大生”和民代教师共300多人在省信访局上访维权 (Over 300 teachers in Heilongjiang petition at provincial bureau for letters and visits for pensions and healthcare)
Weiquanwang, August 29, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/08/300.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China urged to end illegal practice of enforced disappearances
Voice of America, August 29, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/china-enforced-disappearances/4005098.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

在上海，B站等互联网企业都在推进党建工作：企业带着责任感，产品充满正能量 (In Shanghai, popular video streaming website and other Internet enterprises push forward in party building)
Shanghai Observer, August 28, 2017
http://www.shobserver.com/news/detail?id=63352

Chinese tech firms are at the cutting edge of artificial intelligence—But at what cost?
Global Voices, August 28, 2017
https://globalvoices.org/2017/08/28/chinese-tech-firms-are-at-the-cutting-edge-of-artificial-intelligence-but-at-what-cost/

The evolution of China's Great Firewall: 21 years of censorship
Global Voices, August 30, 2017
https://globalvoices.org/2017/08/30/the-evolution-of-chinas-great-firewall-21-years-of-censorship/

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

七名新疆哈萨克族留学生逃抵土耳其 (Seven Kazakh students from Xinjiang evade Egyptian police and arrive in Turkey)
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-08292017103701.html

Hong Kong (香港)

饒戈平：香港不能以自治為由 免除實施《國歌法》責任 (Chinese Basic Law Committee official: Hong Kong can’t be exempted from the responsibility of implementing the National Anthem Law on autonomy grounds)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 29, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1351245-20170829.htm

Disqualified lawmakers say they will not stand for re-election or fight request to repay wages in court
Hong Kong Free Press, August 28, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/28/disqualified-lawmakers-say-will-not-stand-re-election-fight-request-repay-wages-court/

“This is a joke”: Hong Kong democratic lawmaker Helena Wong latest to be denied entry to Macau
Hong Kong Free Press, August 30, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/30/joke-hong-kong-democratic-lawmaker-helena-wong-latest-denied-entry-macau/

Commentary (评论)

How many times can the world turn its head…The case for Wang Quanzhang
China Law and Policy, August 30, 2017
http://chinalawandpolicy.com/2017/08/30/how-many-times-can-the-world-turn-its-head-the-case-for-wang-quanzhang/

China is risking the lives of political prisoners by denying them medical care
ChinaFile, August 28, 2017
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/china-risking-lives-of-political-prisoners-denying-them-medical-care

Political storm: Macanese rebuff judging eyes from Hong Kong, as army aids typhoon clean-up
Hong Kong Free Press, August 29, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/29/political-storm-macanese-rebuff-judging-eyes-hong-kong-army-aids-typhoon-clean/