Friday, July 27, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

709家属许艳:一份关于余文生律师的维权清单,告诉您什么是维权路! (On the road of a human rights defender: A chronology by Yu Wensheng’s wife)
China Human Rights Defenders, July 26, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2018/07/709_26.html

人民陪审员法施行满三月:随机抽取解决了“陪而不审”等问题 (Using randomized appointments solves the problem of “flower vase” lay assessors)
The Paper, July 27, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2296934

Access to Information (信息公开)

Detention and deletion follow Beijing embassy blast
China Digital Times, July 26, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/07/detention-and-deletion-follow-beijing-embassy-blast/

国家网信办会同五部门依法处置“内涵福利社”等19款短视频应用 (Authorities punish 19 video app platforms for “vulgar” contents)
People’s Daily, July 27, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0727/c1001-30174363.html

Video sharing site Bilibili removed from app stores amid Beijing’s content “clean up”
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/tech/start-ups/article/2157103/video-sharing-site-bilibili-removed-app-stores-amid-beijings-content

Related:
B站宣布整改措施:扩编一倍以上审核人力,在武汉建立新审核中心 (Bilibili announces doubling supervision staff, building supervision center in Wuhan to strengthen content supervision)
36kr.com, July 27, 2018
http://36kr.com/p/5145292.html

秦永敏在香港出书成为“颠覆国家政权罪”证据 (Qin Yongmin’s publication in Hong Kong used as evidence of “subversion of state power”)
Radio France Internationale, July 26, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180726-秦永敏在香港出书成为颠覆国家政权罪证据

假疫苗案:中宣部禁止媒体报道 (China’s central propaganda department prohibits media reports on fake vaccine)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/ql1-07272018094123.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Beijing police claim man behind explosion at U.S. embassy had “paranoid personality disorder”
Hong Kong Free Press, July 27, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/27/beijing-police-claim-man-behind-explosion-us-embassy-paranoid-personality-disorder/

Related:
中国淡化处理美国驻京大使馆外爆炸案 (China downplays explosion outside U.S. embassy)
Voice of America, July 27, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-china-us-embassy-explosion-20180726/4501075.html

广东维权人士遭迫害 亲属受株连 (Guangdong rights defender’s family interrogated, interview materials destroyed)
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-07262018092803.html

「結石寶寶之家」發起人趙連海﹕兒女曾打問題疫苗 公安阻發聲 (Rights defender who led protest in tainted powdered-milk case warned to stay silent on vaccine scandal)
Ming Pao, July 27, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180727/s00013/1532627992889

Related:
【專訪】忍無可忍 趙連海對中國政府的大控訴 (Rights defender Zhao Lianhai slams authorities over vaccine scandal )
The Stand News, July 26, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/專訪-忍無可忍-趙連海對中國政府的大控訴/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

U.S. urged to sanction Chinese officials overseeing sweeping crackdown in Muslim region
Hong Kong Free Press, July 27, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/27/us-urged-sanction-chinese-officials-overseeing-sweeping-crackdown-muslim-region/

Related:
新疆人权危机严重 美国国会听证调查 (U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China holds hearing on Xinjiang human rights crisis)
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/wy-07262018112044.html

Tibetan nomads denied licenses for much-needed motorbikes
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/motorbiles-07262018154641.html

Gay Games team renamed “Taipei”
Taipei Times, July 27, 2018
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2018/07/27/2003697448

Related:
被剥夺东亚青运主办权台湾今提申复不排除声请国际仲裁 (Taiwan to raise appeal against withdrawal of right to host youth games, considers international arbitration)
Radio France Internationale, July 27, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/港澳台/20180726-被剥夺东亚青运主办权台湾今提申复不排除声请国际仲裁

Ex-assistant chairman of China’s banking regulator gets 16 years in prison for corruption, state media says
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2157097/ex-assistant-chairman-chinas-banking-regulator-gets-16

“既想当大官、又想发大财”的他,受贿2.7亿、造成损失29亿! (Former member of CPC Standing Committee and former deputy governor of Anhui province tried for accepting bribes of RMB 270 million)
Beijing News, July 27, 2018
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2018-07-27/doc-ihfvkitx9631626.shtml

Minority groups in China facing repression, says Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom
Business Standard, July 27, 2018
https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/minority-groups-in-china-facing-repression-says-ministerial-to-advance-religious-freedom-118072700700_1.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Marco Rubio: Google, other U.S. companies are aiding Chinese surveillance
Washington Examiner, July 26, 201 8
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/marco-rubio-google-other-us-companies-are-aiding-chinese-surveillance

China's Xinjiang Province: A surveillance state unlike any the world has ever seen
Spiegel Online, July 26, 2018
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/china-s-xinjiang-province-a-surveillance-state-unlike-any-the-world-has-ever-seen-a-1220174.html

Related:
China's crimes against humanity you've never heard of
CNN, July 26, 2018
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/26/opinions/xinjiang-china-caster-intl/index.html

Hong Kong (香港)

The last days of a Hong Kong street for singing your heart out
The New York Times, July 27, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/27/world/asia/hong-kong-mong-kok-pedestrian-zone.html

Commentary (评论)

Wake up to the security risks in Chinese tech dominance
Financial Times, July 27, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/233f7dce-9013-11e8-9609-3d3b945e78cf