Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese anti-censorship activist Zhen Jianghua unable to nominate own lawyer, as supporters expect trial soon
Hong Kong Free Press, July 30, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/30/chinese-anti-censorship-activist-zhen-jianghua-unable-nominate-lawyer-supporters-expect-trial-soon/

藏人倡导母语教育被判刑提上诉 (Tibetan-language education advocate appeals conviction)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-07272018095145.html

广东庭审维权人士禁妻旁听 (Wife of lawyer for 709 cases barred from trial “because she is a witness”)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-07272018094004.html

“We shouldn’t allow Ilham Tohti to become a second Liu Xiaobo”
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/hu-tohti-07272018160529.html

Guangdong Activist Xu Lin tried on charges of “stirring up trouble” for writing songs
China Change, July 27, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/07/28/guangdong-activist-xu-lin-tried-on-charges-of-stirring-up-trouble-for-writing-songs/

天津首例网络水军删帖案告破：高材生缘何变身“水军都督”？ (Tianjin police arrest 16 in first Internet Water Army case)
Tianjin Daily, July 26, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2294242

最高法：在北京、广州筹备增设互联网法院 (Supreme People’s Court to establish Internet courts in Beijing and Guangzhou)
Xinhua News, July 25, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2292691

湖南女子违停被贴罚单，发朋友圈辱骂交警被行政拘留10日 (Woman fined and detained for 10 days for disparaging traffic police on WeChat)
Nanxian Public Security Bureau WeChat, July 25, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2291881

Access to Information (信息公开)

国家文物局：力戒红色旅游中的低俗庸俗恶俗现象 (State Administration of Cultural Heritage issues guidelines for preserving revolutionary artifacts, promoting patriotism)
Legal Daily, July 30, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-07/30/content_7605659.htm?node=5955

浙江网民将描述湖南贪官的打油诗改为当地地名后传播，被罚款 (Netizen is fined for posting limericks on corruption, “spreading false information”)
Changshan News Media WeChat , July 29, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2301605

德州警方：一公号发布疫苗相关文章误导群众，运营者被拘十日 (WeChat public account operator is detained for 10 days for posting vaccine-related information that allegedly misleads public)
Lingxian Public Safety Bureau WeChat, July 28, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2300264

China silencing overseas critics amid crackdown in Muslim region, says U.S. journalist after family detained
Hong Kong Free Press, July 28, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/28/china-silencing-overseas-critics-amid-crackdown-muslim-region-says-us-journalist-family-detained/

假疫苗案：张凯律师评论被封 (Lawyer’s critique of vaccine scandal taken down)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/yf2-07272018093751.html

China puts Guangdong musician on trial who sang about Liu Xiaobo
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/musician-07272018115530.html

Is Western media biased against China? (Part One)
Global Voices, July 26, 2018
https://globalvoices.org/2018/07/26/is-western-media-biased-against-china-part-one/

他在微信群里发大量暴力血腥视频被抓：宣扬恐怖主义 (Man convicted of terrorism for posting gruesome videos in WeChat groups)
Procuratorial Daily, July 27, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2302116

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

【疫苗風波】受害者家屬於北京抗議　要求徹查責任立法規管 (Families of vaccine victims protest in Beijing, demand regulation)
The Stand News, July 30, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/疫苗風波-受害者家屬於北京抗議-要求徹查責任立法規管/

Related:
Faulty vaccine scandal fuels rare public outburst in China
The New York Times, July 30, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/world/asia/china-protest-faulty-vaccines.html

清华教授许章润吁恢复主席任期制 (Tsinghua University law professor Xu Zhangrun publishes article calling for return of presidential term limits and redress for June 4 )
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/wy-07272018104925.html

Related:
許章潤：我們當下的恐懼與期待 (Xu Zhangrun: Our current fears and hopes )
The Initium, July 24, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180724-opinion-xuzhangrun-fear-hope

北京高校左派学生高调声援深圳工人维权 (Beijing university students write open letters to support Shenzhen factory workers’ rights defense action)
Deutsche Welle, July 30, 2018
https://www.dw.com/zh/北京高校左派学生高调声援深圳工人维权/a-44882111?maca=chi-rss-chi-ca-1044-rdf&zhongwen=simp

Related:
佳士科技20员工被刑拘 公安进驻 (20 workers detained for “picking quarrels and provoking troubles”)
Radio Free Asia, July 30, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-07302018100309.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中宣部原副部长鲁炜等3人被提起公诉 均涉嫌受贿 (Former deputy of CPC Propaganda Department and head of Cyberspace Administration Lu Wei charged with bribery)
Beijing News, July 30, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/07/30/497294.html

Related:
Chinese ex-online tsar Lu Wei charged with bribery
BBC News, July 30, 2018
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-45009047

China: Crackdown on Tibetan social groups, new regulations ban social action under guise of fighting “organized crime”
Human Rights Watch, July 29, 2018
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/07/29/china-crackdown-tibetan-social-groups

U.S. embassy’s social media account used to slam China’s vaccine scandal
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2157525/us-embassys-social-media-account-used-slam-chinas-vaccine-scandal

英外相訪京　與李文足等709大抓捕相關人士會面 (U.K. Foreign Secretary meets 709 rights lawyers and their families in Beijing)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 30, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1409715-20180730.htm

中國施壓又一樁 台灣合唱團聯合國機構演出喊卡 (China influence kicks Taiwan primary school choir from UNICEF’s World Peace Choral Festival)
Central News Agency (Taiwan) , July 27, 2018
http://www.cna.com.tw/news/firstnews/201807275002-1.aspx

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

傅政华：尽快实现身份数据与公安联网，让群众一次也不用跑 (Ministry of Justice urges incorporation of new ID technology with public security’s databases and social credit system)
The Paper, July 30, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2303055

法者｜派出所长郑清占：曾自掏腰包装监控，今建成农村小天网 (How a local police chief builds comprehensive surveillance networks in villages)
The Paper, July 26, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2293623

Hong Kong (香港)

【取締民族黨】民族黨要求警方交出監視陳浩天的記錄 (Hong Kong National Party demands surveillance records on convenor Andy Chan in name of procedural justice)
The Stand News, July 29, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/取締民族黨-民族黨要求警方交出監視陳浩天的記錄/

Related:
Pro-independence party asks police to reveal surveillance records of convener Andy Chan
Hong Kong Free Press, July 30, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/30/pro-independence-party-asks-police-reveal-surveillance-records-convener-andy-chan/

China committed to “one country, two systems” for Hong Kong, Foreign Minister Wang Yi tells Britain’s Jeremy Hunt
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2157524/china-committed-one-country-two-systems-hong-kong-foreign

Related:
Hong Kong framework firm: China
Associated Press, July 30, 2018
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2018/07/31/2003697724

香港民主派促减授权票防北京操纵 (Pro-democracy camp urges abolishment of proxy vote to reduce Beijing’s manipulation)
Radio Free Asia, July 30, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-07302018110207.html

Hong Kong-born Nepali, 21, to speak at UN about local ethnic minorities’ fight against racial discrimination
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2157349/hong-kong-born-nepali-21-speak-un-about-local-ethnic

記協年報指中央屢強調「一國先於兩制」　主席楊健興：紅線愈來愈紅，底線愈來愈高 (Hong Kong Journalists Association publishes 2018 Annual Report, chairman Chris Yeung: “The red line becomes redder, the bottom line becomes higher”)
Ming Pao, July 29, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180729/s00001/1532846028519

Related:
風中之燭 —— 國安法陰影中的言論自由
Candle in the wind: National Security law looms over diminishing freedoms
Hong Kong Journalists Association, July 29, 2018
EN: https://www.hkja.org.hk/site/portal/Site.aspx?id=A1-1655&lang=en-US
CH: https://www.hkja.org.hk/site/portal/Site.aspx?id=A1-1655&lang=zh-TW

National security focus and “China factor” hurting free press in Hong Kong, journalism watchdog says
Hong Kong Free Press, July 30, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/30/national-security-focus-china-factor-hurting-free-press-hong-kong-says-journalism-watchdog/

“Beaten black and blue”: Domestic workers still face abuse, wage theft and cramped living in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, July 28, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/28/heads/

Related:
Fighting for the right to stay: For children born in Hong Kong to domestic workers, it’s an uphill battle to get permanent residency
South China Morning Post, July 29, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2157301/will-hong-kong-born-children-foreign-domestic-workers-gain

Hong Kong’s Labour Tribunal ordered to reconsider refusal to hear migrant workers via video
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2157290/hong-kongs-labour-tribunal-ordered-reconsider

Commentary (评论)

网络民主的破灭：极端内容如何一步步操纵我们
The myth of the online echo chamber
BBC News, July 29, 2018
CH: https://www.bbc.com/ukchina/simp/vert-fut-44996579
EN: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180416-the-myth-of-the-online-echo-chamber

Li Maizi: “The Public Interest World Needs a Feminist Education”
China Digital Times, June 27, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/07/li-maizi-the-public-interest-world-needs-a-feminist-education/

Impatient China
China Media Project, July 27, 2018
http://chinamediaproject.org/2018/07/27/impatient-china/