Access to Justice (司法公正)

广东：一起特大拐卖儿童案一审宣判26人被判刑 (Guangdong sentences 26 child traffickers to up to suspended death penalty)
Xinhua News Agency, February 1, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/legal/2018-02/01/c_1122352520.htm

司法部公示对42名律师的处罚决定，6人因干扰诉讼活动被罚 (Ministry of Justice punishes 42 lawyers, including 6 for interfering with prosecution)
Legal Daily, February 1, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1979019

Tibetan nun dies after years of ill health following prison term
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/nun-01312018153945.html

孙林“煽动颠覆国家政权案”即将开庭 (Citizen journalist Sun Lin faces inciting subversion trial in Nanjing)
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-01312018103235.html

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被控提供国家机密 黄琦案移送四川绵阳法院 (Huang Qi, website owner charged with leaking state secrets, transferred to local court in Mianyang, Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-01312018103421.html

Macau’s plan to exclude foreign judges from national security cases violates Basic Law, says top lawyer
Hong Kong Free Press, January 31, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/31/macaus-plan-exclude-foreign-judges-national-security-cases-violates-basic-law-says-top-lawyer/

Access to Information (信息公开)

China to block overseas VPN services from end of March
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-to-block-overseas-vpn-services-from-end-of-march-01312018102313.html

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Interview: Young Chinese developer drops circumvention project over “doxing” threat
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/threat-01312018103837.html

《劉曉波紀念詩集》周四出版 港台兩地有售 (Collection of poems commemorating Liu Xiaobo published and on shelf in Hong Kong and Taiwan from Thursday)
Mingpao, January 31, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180131/s00004/1517402847961

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The death of Shanghai’s iconic independent bookstore
The Diplomat, January 31, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/the-death-of-shanghais-iconic-independent-bookstore/

China orders Muji to destroy catalog over “problem map”
Associated Press, January 31, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-orders-muji-to-destroy-catalog-over-problem-map/2018/01/31/45b5e940-066d-11e8-aa61-f3391373867e_story.html

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无印良品回应问题地图：漏绘钓鱼岛等属实，已按要求整改 (Pressed by China, Japanese retailer Muji destroys “problem map” with “errors” concerning Taiwan and Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands)
The Paper, January 30, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1975469

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国律师关于尊重和保障律师执业权利的声明 (Lawyers sign statement calling for respect and protection of lawyers’ rights in China)
Weiquanwang, February 1, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/02/blog-post.html

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逾2000人联署声援维权律师 国保软硬兼施图击破 (Over 2,000 join signature campaign in support of rights lawyers despite police intimidation)
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/lawyer-01312018071012.html

公民社会自由度调查 中朝沙特垫底 (Report finds China, North Korea and Saudi Arabia worse performers of civil society freedom)
Deutsche Welle, January 31, 2018
http://bit.ly/2GBNJw8

中国各地疫苗患儿家长北京乞讨求助 (Parents of tainted vaccine victims petition for financial aid at health authority in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, January 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-01312018102845.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

31省份监察委主任全选出 省级监察委密集挂牌 (Heads of supervisory commission elected in 31 provinces)
Chinanews.com, February 1, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0201/c1001-29798961.html

充当涉黑组织“保护伞” ，广东清远29名公安民警被处分 (City in Guangdong punishes 29 police officers for shielding local mafia)
Yangcheng Evening News, January 31, 2018
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1977601

安徽“垃圾非法倾倒长江案”刑拘5人 环保部门将提公益诉讼 (Anhui criminally detains 5 for dumping industrial waste into Yangtze River, as environment authority pledges to press public interest charges)
The Beijing News, January 31, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/01/31/474755.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

CNNIC发布第41次《中国互联网络发展状况统计报告》 (CINNIC's Internet development report says netizens in China totaled 772 million by end of 2017)
Cyberspace Administration of China, January 31, 2018
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2018-01/31/c_1122346138.htm

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

Mainland spokesperson stresses punishment for national security violations
Xinhua News Agency, January 31, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/s/2018-01-31/detail-ifyreuzn0583937.shtml

China lashes out at Taiwan over cancellation of flights
Associated Press, January 31, 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-lashes-out-at-taiwan-over-cancellation-of-flights/2018/01/31/b33a4a00-065f-11e8-aa61-f3391373867e_story.html

Hong Kong (香港)

立法會新界東補選 陳國強被裁定提名無效 (James Chan Kwok-keung, member of Sha Tin District Council, disqualified and banned from LegCo by-election over political beliefs)
Radio Television Hong Kong, February 1, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1378597-20180201.htm

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Second Hong Kong opposition candidate banned from running in Legislative Council by-election
South China Morning Post, January 31, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2131455/second-hong-kong-opposition-candidate-banned-running

UK Foreign Office urges respect for rights after Agnes Chow banned from Hong Kong election
Hong Kong Free Press, February 1, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/01/uk-foreign-office-urges-respect-rights-agnes-chow-banned-hong-kong-election/

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Theresa May must not sacrifice Hong Kong for trade favors from the People’s Republic
Hong Kong Free Press, February 1, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/01/theresa-may-must-not-sacrifice-hong-kong-trade-favours-peoples-republic/

Baptist U lifts suspensions on student pair involved in Hong Kong campus protest
South China Morning Post, February 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2131575/baptist-u-lifts-suspensions-student-pair-involved-hong-kong

Beijing envoy in Hong Kong urges preparedness against “significant political and legal incidents” this year
South China Morning Post, February 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2131452/beijing-envoy-hong-kong-urges-preparedness-against

Hong Kong citizens move to Taiwan in waves after political upsets
Voice of America, January 31, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/hong-kong-citizens-move-to-taiwan-in-waves-after-political-upsets/4232788.html

Commentary (评论)

香港納入黨國體制對台灣的警訊 (Warning for Taiwan after Hong Kong being included in the 
“Party-State”)
Inmediahk, February 1, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1054935

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How English can save Hong Kong from becoming “just another Chinese city”
South China Morning Post, February 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2131336/how-english-can-save-hong-kong-becoming-just-another-chinese

Hong Kong health crisis in need of long-term cure
South China Morning Post, February 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2131478/hong-kong-health-crisis-need-long-term-cure

Disqualified: How the gov’t compromised Hong Kong’s only free and fair election
Hong Kong Free Press, January 31, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/31/disqualified-hong-kong-govt-compromised-citys-free-fair-elections/

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北京將會後悔DQ香港眾志 (Beijing will regret disqualifying Demosistō)
The House News Bloggers, February 1, 2018
http://bit.ly/2nvIllr

口炮党人选集 | 新极权下没有所谓公民社会 (There is no so-called civil society under neo-totalitarianism)
China Digital Times, January 31, 2018
http://bit.ly/2BJwW6B

China: Families of Interpol targets harassed
中国：国际刑警红色通告人员家属被骚扰
Human Rights Watch, January 31, 2018
EN: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/01/31/china-families-interpol-targets-harassed
CH: https://www.hrw.org/zh-hans/news/2018/01/31/314426