Access to Justice (司法公正)

Widow of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo “fighting to stay in Beijing,” friend says
Hong Kong Free Press, September 4, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/04/widow-nobel-laureate-liu-xiaobo-fighting-stay-beijing-friend-says/

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成功與劉霞通話 野渡﹕劉霞希望長期留在北京 (Friend: Liu Xia expresses hope to stay in Beijing for the long-term over phone)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 3, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1352088-20170903.htm

傳返回北京家 民運信息中心：成功通話半小時，劉霞哭泣，每天吃抗憂鬱藥 (Information Center for Human Rights & Democracy: Liu Xia cries over 30-minute phone call and says she has to take anti-depressants everyday)
Stand News, September 2, 2017
https://thestandnews.com/china/返回北京家-民運信息中心-成功通話半小時-劉霞哭泣-每天吃抗憂鬱藥/

Chinese rights lawyers fear tighter control after “lecture” by justice minister
South China Morning Post, September 4, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2109383/chinas-justice-minister-promises-harsh-loving

广东维权人士甄江华被警方带走及抄家 (Human rights defender Zhen Jianghua taken by police in handcuffs from Guangdong residence; phone and computer confiscated)
Radio Free Asia, September 3, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/arrest-09032017094953.html

福建周宁一干部挪用扶贫款放高利贷 获刑4年2个月 (Official in Fujian sentenced to 50 months in prison for embezzling poverty relief fund to become loan shark)
China News, September 3, 2017
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2017/09-03/8321050.shtml

Law criminalizing insults to national anthem passed by China’s legislature, with detention for offenders
South China Morning Post, September 4, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2109381/law-criminalising-insults-national-anthem-passed-chinas

Government Accountability (政府问责)

12,000 officials disciplined and 18,000 companies punished in China’s sweeping crackdown against pollution
South China Morning Post, September 2, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2109342/top-level-china-pollution-inspections-wrapping

Overseas Chinese Affairs Office deputy Li Gang removed from his post
South China Morning Post, September 1, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2109403/overseas-chinese-affairs-office-deputy-li-gang-removed

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

From ale to jail: facial recognition catches criminals at China beer festival
Agence France-Presse, September 1, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/01/facial-recognition-china-beer-festival

Hong Kong (香港)

Memorial event for Liu Xiaobo held on Hong Kong beach, calls for release of his widow
South China Morning Post, September 4, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2109562/memorial-event-liu-xiaobo-held-hong-kong-beach-calls-release

Related:
香港支联会海祭刘晓波促还刘霞自由 (Hong Kong Alliance mourns Liu Xiaobo by the sea and presses for Liu Xia’s freedom)
Radio Free Asia, September 3, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-09032017092747.html

200人遊行聲援在囚政治犯 高喊袁國強下台 (200 people march in support of jailed political prisoners and demand Rimsky Yuen to step down)
Inmediahk, September 3, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1051851

Demosisto party slams gov’t teaching materials on Chinese national identity
Hong Kong Free Press, September 2, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/02/demosisto-party-slams-govt-teaching-materials-chinese-national-identity/

Hong Kong scraps 24-hour BBC World Service radio channel despite criticism
Reuters, September 4, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-media-bbc/hong-kong-scraps-24-hour-bbc-world-service-radio-channel-despite-criticism-idUSKCN1BF0EG

周永康狱中家书：没有民主何来法治 (Alex Chow’s letter to family from prison: no democracy, no rule of law)
Inmediahk, September 2, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170903-周永康狱中家书没有民主何来法治

HK independence banners fly at CUHK
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 4, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1352211-20170904.htm

Commentary (评论)

Our universities are a frontline in China's ideological wars
Australian Financial Review, August 30, 2017
http://www.afr.com/opinion/columnists/our-universities-are-a-frontline-in-chinas-ideological-wars-20170830-gy74br

Democracy and human rights are vital for the rule of law—and so is legality
South China Morning Post, September 4, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2109596/democracy-and-human-rights-are-vital-rule-law-and-so

The Hong Kong gov’t’s new, poisonous political culture: All criticism is politics, all critics are ill
Hong Kong Free Press, September 2, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/02/governments-new-poisonous-political-culture-criticism-politics-critics-ill/