Access to Justice (司法公正)

Shanghai woman missing, believed detained after inking poster of President
“泼墨女孩”一天内被广泛传播 中国网民赞其勇敢
Radio Free Asia, July 5, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/ink-07052018111115.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf2-07052018092434.html

UN experts seek urgent release of widow of human rights activist Liu Xiaobo
South China Morning Post, July 5, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2153817/un-experts-seek-urgent-release-liu-xiaobos-widow

Related:
联合国专家呼吁中国政府释放刘霞 (UN experts urge China to release Liu Xia)
Voice of America, July 5, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-un-experts-seek-urgent-release-of-window-of-chinese-dissident-liu-xiaobo-20180704/4467713.html

河北衡水法院将“老赖”拍成“大片”，在每场电影开始前公映 (Hebei court broadcasts debtors’ personal information as “movie trailer” in local theaters)
Higher People’s Court of Hebei Province, July 5, 2018
http://www.hebeicourt.gov.cn/public/detail.php?id=30456

Stern Hu: Australian former Rio Tinto executive released from Chinese jail
The Guardian, July 4, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/04/stern-hu-australian-former-rio-tinto-executive-released-from-chinese-jail

网上点赞刺警行为 男子被行拘10日 (Netizen jailed for 10 days after applauding police-stabbing suspect online)
Beijing News, July 4, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/07/04/493784.html

谢阳：709案是中国司法史的屈辱标志 (Human rights lawyer on 709 Incident: a disgrace in legal history of China)
Radio Free Asia, July 4, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/wy-07042018105845.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China's Xi Jinping warns again graft fight not yet over
Reuters, July 5, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics/chinas-xi-jinping-warns-again-graft-fight-not-yet-over-idUSKBN1JV03I

上海检察院原检察长陈旭受贿案一审开庭 (Corruption trial begins for former Chief of Shanghai People’s Procuratorate)
Legal Daily, July 5, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-07/05/content_7587133.htm?node=5955

中央纪委 国家监委：逾27000人违反八项规定被查 (Over 27,000 officials investigated in first five months of 2018 for violating CPC Eight-point Regulation)
People's Daily, July 5, 2018
http://tv.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0705/c61600-30127800.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Top Hong Kong court grants UK lesbian right to spousal visa
Reuters, July 3, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-britain-lgbt/hong-kong-court-grants-british-lesbian-right-to-spousal-visa-idUSKBN1JU083

Related:
“Why should we give up our life?”: lesbian expat criticizes “pure discrimination” of Hong Kong gov’t after court victory
Hong Kong Free Press, July 5, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/05/give-life-lesbian-expat-criticises-pure-discrimination-hong-kong-govt-court-victory/

楊潤雄：今屆政府不重推國教科　用港人接受方式推行　黃之鋒：國教分拆上市 (Secretary of Education will not re-launch “national education” as independent subject, Joshua Wong warns diminishing academic freedom)
The Stand News, July 5, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/楊潤雄-今屆政府不重推國教科-用港人接受方式推行-黃之鋒-國教分拆上市/

Hong Kong’s Law Society and Bar Assoc. condemn “unjustified, derogatory and personal attacks” against judge
Hong Kong Free Press, July 5, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/05/hong-kongs-law-society-bar-assoc-condemn-unjustified-derogatory-personal-attacks-judge/

Related:
Joint statement of the Law Society of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Bar Association in response to personal attacks on a judge
香港律師會與香港大律師公會　就一名法官受到人身攻擊發表的聯合聲明
Law Society of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Bar Association, July 4, 2018
EN: https://hkba.org/sites/default/files/20180704%20-%20Joint%20Statement%20-%20Attacks%20on%20the%20Judiciary%20%28English%29.pdf
CH: https://hkba.org/sites/default/files/20180704%20-%20Joint%20Statement%20-%20Attacks%20on%20the%20Judiciary%20%28Chinese%29.pdf

Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong ordered to pay HK$8,000 legal fees after losing compensation claim
South China Morning Post, July 4, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2153787/hong-kong-democracy-activist-joshua-wong

Commentary (评论)

評QT判決：同性伴侶權利之法律戰 (QT judgment: definition of marriage unchanged, same-sex couples’ legal rights still unequal)
The Stand News, July 4, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/lgbtq/評qt判決-同性伴侶權利之法律戰/

【觸不得的紅線．3】我曾把自己當中國人 — 專訪西藏流亡政府駐台代表 (I used to identify as Chinese, says Dalai Lama’s former translator)
The Stand News, July 4, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/台灣/觸不得的紅線-3-我曾把自己當中國人-專訪西藏流亡政府駐台代表/

China’s Belt and Road: exporting evangelism?
The Diplomat, July 4, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/07/chinas-belt-and-road-exporting-evangelism/