Access to Justice (司法公正)

709婚礼受阻 维权人士遭软禁 (Rights activists under house arrest for planning to wed on July 9, third anniversary of 709 Incident)
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-07032018092431.html

無綫專訪「709事件」維權律師王宇　稱當局曾以其子要挾認罪 (Human rights lawyer arrested in 709 Incident was forced to plead guilty as authority threatened to destroy her son’s future)
Mingpao, July 2, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180702/s00004/1530527610771

李文足等709家屬計劃到多間看守所探望被捕維權人士 (709 lawyers’ family members visit detained rights lawyers and activists in jails)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 3, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1404894-20180703.htm

中国律协章程加强党建：律师要跟党走 (All China Lawyers Association adds Party ideology into charter)
Radio Free Asia, July 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-07022018093913.html

Police detain dissident in China's Hunan on “orders from higher up”
曾撰文批评习近平而因言获罪　作家彭佩玉近日再度被抓
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/police-detain-dissident-in-chinas-hunan-07032018120408.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/writer-07032018074107.html

Uyghur exile group leader’s mother died in Xinjiang detention center
Radio Free Asia, July 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/mother-07022018164214.html

遭拆迁七旬老人坠楼身亡 警方认定自杀受质疑 (Elderly protester’s fall from local government building ruled as suicide by police, families disagree)
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-07032018092155.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

上海学童遇袭 官方封锁消息 (Authorities disperse protests and ban news coverage on Shanghai school killing)
Radio Free Asia, July 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/gf1-07022018094055.html

中国人大副校长忠告学生不要告密 (Vice President of Renmin University advises students against snitching)
Radio France Internationale, July 2, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180702-中国人大副校长忠告学生不要告密

All aboard Xi Jinping’s train of Thought as city decorates subway carriages with propaganda
South China Morning Post, July 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2153582/all-aboard-chinas-propaganda-express-xi-jinpings-new

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Top Chinese rights lawyer resigns from ruling party in protest
不满被律协抹黑 湖南律师文东海宣布退党
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/resigns-07032018132714.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/gf2-07032018092759.html

党庆前夕 浙江嘉兴爆发警民冲突 (Protesters in Jiaxing City occupy government building, clashing with police)
Radio Free Asia, July 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-07022018094233.html

河南杞县一家庭教会被断电及罚款 (House church in Henan is fined and cut off electricity for “illegal gathering”)
Radio Free Asia, July 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql2-07022018093635.html

Chinese woman denied teaching certificate because of height
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 3, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-44700473

湖南尘肺病人再赴广东深圳维权 (Hundred black lung patients from Hunan demand compensation in Shenzhen, turned away empty handed)
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/yf2-07032018092545.html

ICT and Human Rights (信息技术与人权）

China firm develops “laser gun”
Channel NewsAsia, Jul y 3, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-firm-develops--laser-gun--10494818

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

China Deploys Police, Restricts Online Discussion in Malho Ahead of Dalai Lama’s Birthday
达赖喇嘛寿辰临近 青海黄南藏区强化防控
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/birthday-07052018151848.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-07032018093355.html

Hong Kong (香港)

警毆明報記者 投訴課列無法追查 明報嚴正要求更徹底調查 事主將覆核 (Ming Pao reporter’s assault complaint against police dismissed as “not pursuable,” complainant to file appeal)
Mingpao, July 3, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180703/s00002/1530555040992

Related:
Reporter slams Hong Kong police complaints office after claims he was beaten by officers rejected despite video footage of incident
South China Morning Post, July 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2153486/reporter-slams-hong-kong-police-complaints

Hard for ethnic youth to find jobs
The Standard, July 3, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=197417&sid=4&sid=4

Support for same-sex marriage in Hong Kong grows as new study shows attitudes to LGBT community are changing in city
South China Morning Post, July 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2153635/support-same-sex-marriage-hong-kong-grows-new-study-shows

Silenced in God’s name: sexual harassment at Hong Kong churches must be stopped
Hong Kong Free Press, July 3, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/03/silenced-gods-name-sexual-harassment-hong-kong-churches-must-stopped/

Commentary (评论)

专访：回归廿一年 香港法治面对内忧外患？ (Interview with former HKU Law dean: a look at rule of law in Hong Kong 21 years after the Handover)
Deutsche Welle, July 1, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/30TCd

The dark side of the Chinese dream
The Nation, July 3, 2018
https://www.thenation.com/article/dark-side-chinese-dream/

港人政治權利與所謂「觸碰國家底線」 (Hong Kong people’s political rights and "crossing country’s bottom line")
inmediahk.net, July 4, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1058080