Access to Justice (司法公正)

中共中央办公厅机关建立法律顾问和公职律师制度 (General Office of the CPC Central Committee sets up legal consultants system and puts lawyers on gov’t payroll)
Xinhua News Agency, September 28, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0928/c1001-29563782.html

“非新闻”卢昱宇案二审维持原判有期徒刑4年 (Appeal court upholds previous verdict and sentences citizen journalist Lu Yuyu to four years in prison)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-09272017104558.html

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Chinese Court upholds 4-year jail term for press freedom prize winner Lu Yuyu
Hong Kong Free Press, September 28, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/28/chinese-court-upholds-4-year-jail-term-press-freedom-prize-winner-lu-yuyu/

解读《律师办理刑事案件规范》的重点条款 (Interpretation of important provisions of the Lawyers Code of Conduct for Handling Criminal Cases)
Legal Daily, September 27, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/xwzx/content/2017-09/27/content_7330937.htm

Related:
全国律协关于印发《律师办理刑事案件规范》的通知 (All China Lawyers Association Notice on Issuing Lawyers Code of Conduct for Handling Criminal Cases)
All China Lawyers Association, September 26, 2017
http://www.acla.org.cn/article/page/detailById/21220

李明哲妻李净瑜要求探监 称中国无权剥夺探视权 (Lee Ching-yu, wife of Lee Ming-che, demands to visit Lee in prison and says China has no right to deprive her of such rights)
Voice of America, September 27, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/4046425.html

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Wife of Taiwanese activist detained in mainland China asks for visit
Associated Press, September 27, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2113099/wife-taiwanese-activist-detained-mainland-china-asks

Access to Information (信息公开)

WhatsApp services disrupted ahead of China’s Communist Party congress
South China Morning Post, September 28, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2112832/whatsapp-services-disrupted-ahead-china-communist-party

Beijing party boss promises to eradicate online political rumors ahead of key Communist congress
South China Morning Post, September 27, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2113041/beijing-party-boss-promises-eradicate-online-political

China's Weibo looks to reward citizen censors with iPhones, tablets
微博招千名网民监督员帮删贴
Voice of America, September 27, 2017
EN: https://www.voanews.com/a/china-social-media-firm-weibo-looks-to-reward-citizen-censors-with-iphones-tables/4047067.html
CH: https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-weibo-citizen-censors-20170927/4046287.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

毒奶粉患儿父亲郭利广州维权遭保安驱赶 (Guo Li, father of victim of China’s poisonous milk powder, protests against company in Guangzhou and is chased by security guards)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-09272017104519.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Interpol opens annual meeting in China
Voice of America, September 26, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/interpol-opens-annual-meeting-in-china/4044728.html

Related:
Is China using Interpol to try to bring back political dissidents from the U.S.?
Pacific Standard, September 28, 2017
https://psmag.com/news/is-china-using-interpol-to-try-to-bring-back-political-dissidents-from-the-u-s

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

WTO Filing: U.S. asks China not to enforce Cybersecurity Law
Voice of America, September 26, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/us-china-cybersecurity/4044804.html

The walls are closing in: China finds new ways to tighten Internet controls
The Washington Post, September 26, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/the-walls-are-closing-in-chinafinds-new-ways-to-tighten-internet-controls/2017/09/26/2e0d3562-9ee6-11e7-b2a7-bc70b6f98089_story.html

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

下月10日起广州地铁安检逐步升级：人走安检门，物过安检机 (Guangzhou beefs up security checks in subway starting next month)
The Paper, September 27, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1808442

十九大期间外国人禁止入藏 (Foreigners banned from entering Tibet during 19th National Party Congress)
Deutsche Welle, September 27, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/十九大期间外国人禁止入藏/a-40702695

Xinjiang authorities jail six Uyghur students on return from Turkey
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/students-09272017160616.html

Chinese police order Xinjiang's Muslims to hand in all copies of the Quran
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/chinese-police-order-xinjiangs-muslims-to-hand-in-all-copies-of-the-quran-09272017113203.html

Hong Kong (香港)

朱耀明稱為入獄作準備 認為入獄是公民抗命運動一部分 (Chu Yiu-ming says he is getting ready to go to prison and thinks jail time is part of public disobedient movement)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 28, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1356313-20170928.htm

港司法獨立排名跌　袁國強：無絲毫損傷 (Ranking shows Hong Kong’s judicial independence has dropped; Rimsky Yuen: there is absolutely no harm)
Mingpao, September 28, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170928/s00001/1506565940154

英監管局確定何君堯屬「非執業律師」 將跟進其操守投訴 (British Solicitors Regulation Authority: Junius Ho is not practicing in the UK and they will follow up the complaint against his “kill mercilessly” comment)
Apple Daily, September 27, 2017
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20170927/57263317

Related:
嶺大學生校內遊行 促譴責校董何君堯 限校方三日內覆 (Lingnan University students march to condemn board member Junius Ho and press the university to respond in three days)
Inmediahk, September 27, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1052346

向习近平示威促释放刘晓波 港示威者拒绝保释 (HK activists refuse bail and protest for the release of political prisoners in China)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-09272017104856.html

Growing sense of cynicism in Hong Kong after Occupy, co-founder Chan Kin-man says
South China Morning Post, September 28, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2113112/growing-sense-cynicism-hong-kong-after-occupy-co-founder

Occupy protester seeks compensation from police over malicious prosecution and abuse of power
Hong Kong Free Press, September 27, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/27/occupy-protester-seeks-compensation-police-malicious-prosecution-abuse-power/

Ex-CUHK philosophy prof. says he was told to avoid “sensitive topics” in front of mainland academics
Hong Kong Free Press, September 28, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/28/ex-cuhk-philosophy-prof-says-told-avoid-sensitive-topics-front-mainland-academics/

Commentary (评论)

司法部副部长熊选国：加快推进公共法律服务体系建设 (Xiong Xuanguo, Vice-Minister of Justice: Streamline the establishment of public legal service system)
Legal Daily, September 27, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-09/27/content_7330555.htm

校园议港独 讲师：维护言论自由无可争议 (CUHK lecturer on discussion of Hong Kong independence at schools: There is no controversy when it comes to defending freedom of speech)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/wsw-09272017104938.html

Prison is an inevitable part of Hong Kong's exhausting path to democracy
The Guardian, September 28, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2017/sep/28/prison-hong-kong-exhausting-path-democracy-joshua-wong