Access to Justice (司法公正)

Daughter of Swedish bookseller snatched in China fears he faces years in jail
The Guardian, February 8, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/08/daughter-gui-minhai-swedish-bookseller-china-fears-jail

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Foreign passport no “amulet” in China: State media
Reuters, February 8, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/foreign-passport-no-amulet-in-china-state-media-9938834

Lawyer urges medical parole for detained Chinese Umbrella Movement supporter Ji Sizun
Hong Kong Free Press, February 7, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/07/lawyer-urges-medical-parole-detained-chinese-umbrella-movement-supporter-ji-sizun/

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四川藏族僧人获释但狱中受虐身残 (Tibetan monk released but crippled after 6 years in Sichuan prison)
Radio Free Asia, February 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-02072018100826.html

司法部：刑事辩护全覆盖是对人权的一个重要保障 (Ministry of Justice claims legal counsel in all criminal defenses means important protection of human rights)
Chinanews.com.cn, February 8, 2018
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2018/02-08/8444287.shtml

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充分发挥律师工作联席会议平台作用, 推动律师制度改革向纵深发展 (Ministry of Justice to build “national uniformed credit information platform” for lawyers)
Legal Daily, February 7, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-02/07/content_7471162.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

Mercedes-Benz owner Daimler issues second apology to China over Dalai Lama post – China media
Agence France-Presse, February 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/08/mercedes-benz-owner-daimler-issues-second-apology-china-dalai-lama-post-china-media/

张晓舟：在中国，嘻哈连献媚的机会都没了 (In China, Hip Hop doesn’t even have the chance to flatter socialism)
The Initium, February 7, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180110-culture-chinesehiphop/

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深入开展“净网2018”专项行动，为网友营造风清气正网络空间 (Ministry of Public Security launches “Purifying the Internet 2018” initiative to create a “clean and upright” cyberspace for netizens)
Legal Daily, February 7, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-02/07/content_7471146.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Pushing the trade union to take gender discrimination in China seriously
China Labor Bulletin, February 8, 2018
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/pushing-trade-union-take-gender-discrimination-china-seriously

流亡美国异议人士呼吁中国政府释放王全璋 (Dissidents in America urge Chinese government to release rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang)
Radio Free Asia, February 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ck-02072018100057.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

“Extraordinary” China is best at implementing social doctrine of the church, says top Vatican official
Hong Kong Free Press, February 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/08/extraordinary-china-best-implementing-social-doctrine-church-says-top-vatican-official/

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香港退休主教批评梵蒂冈向中国让步 (Former Hong Kong Bishop Joseph Zen criticizes Vatican for conceding in face of China)
Radio Free Asia, February 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/yl-02072018102802.html

Chinese girl, 12, sells her hair for US$48 to buy phone to call her migrant worker mother
South China Morning Post, February 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2132478/chinese-girl-12-sells-her-hair-us48-buy-phone-call-her-migrant

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

“Black Mirror” technology: Chinese police don high-tech glasses to nab suspects
Agence France-Presse, February 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/08/black-mirror-technology-chinese-police-don-high-tech-glasses-nab-suspects/

Hong Kong (香港)

Three more New Territories land activists granted bail ahead of top court appeal
Hong Kong Free Press, February 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/08/three-new-territories-land-activists-granted-bail-ahead-top-court-appeal/

Police illegally gathered evidence against asylum seekers who housed Edward Snowden in Hong Kong, lawyers claim
South China Morning Post, February 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2132511/police-illegally-gathered-evidence-against-asylum-seekers

Close to one in five ethnic minority individuals in Hong Kong are living in poverty, government report shows
South China Morning Post, February 8, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2132469/close-one-five-ethnic-minority-individuals-hong-kong-are

林荣基专访：到台湾继续开铜锣湾书店 (Bookseller Lam Wing-kee to open bookstore in Taiwan)
Deutsche Welle, February 7, 2018
http://bit.ly/2BN8YMv

Commentary (评论)

黎恩灝：中梵協議的兩個「不是」 (Two misunderstandings about the China-Vatican agreement)
Mingpao, February 8, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180208/s00012/1518027260425

公民廣場案落幕後的法治思考 — 餘波末了，震盪有餘 (Rule of law after the Civic Square case - the shockwave continues)
Medium, February 7, 2018
http://bit.ly/2nSSIQz

Why Joshua, Nathan, Alex and the Umbrella Movement would be an excellent choice for the Nobel Peace Prize
Hong Kong Free Press, February 7, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/07/joshua-nathan-alex-umbrella-movement-excellent-choice-nobel-peace-prize/

The deafening silence on China's human rights abuses
Al Jazeera English, February 2, 2018
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/deafening-silence-china-human-rights-abuses-180131074213813.html

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面對中國侵犯人權 震耳欲聾的沉默 (The deafening silence on China's human rights abuses)
Stand News, February 6, 2018
http://bit.ly/2Ecywjt