Access to Justice (司法公正)

涉嫌严重违纪违法，河北省公安厅原副厅长陈庆恩退休5年被查 (Former deputy director of Hebei public security bureau investigated 5 years after his retirement for serious disciplinary, legal violations)
The Paper, September 8, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2422094

Kunshan self-defense case: Justice, or stability maintenance?
China Digital Times, September 7, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/09/kunshan-self-defense-case-justice-or-stability-maintenance/

Ailing rights activist “beaten” by prosecutor in China's Sichuan: Lawyer
Radio Free Asia, September 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/huangqi-beating-09072018132253.html

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四川维权人士黄琦看守所内遭迫害 (Sichuan activist Huang Qi tortured in detention as authorities attempt to coax confession, family calls for medical parole as health deteriorates)
Radio Free Asia, September 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-09072018092220.html

Prominent Chinese rights activist “released” on bail, but surveillance continues
Radio Free Asia, September 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/prominent-chinese-rights-activist-released-on-bail-09072018094248.html

代理肺结核案 陈科云将失律师资格 (Guangzhou lawyer Chen Keyun disqualified for representing tuberculosis victims in rights defense case)
Radio Free Asia, September 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-09072018092746.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

中国修改历史教科书 习近平姿态惹注意 (CPC amends history textbooks, Cultural Revolution no longer narrated as "mistake," classified under "difficult explorations")
Voice of America, September 10, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-mao-becomes-mistakes-free-again-in-chinese-history-textbooks-20180909/4563936.html

陕西重拳打击“假记者、新闻敲诈” (Shaanxi launches special campaign for the centralized rectification of public opinion, cracking down on fake journalists and news extortion)
Beijing Youth Daily, September 10, 2018
http://zqb.cyol.com/html/2018-09/10/nw.D110000zgqnb_20180910_3-08.htm

天津庭审央视刘芳菲港商丈夫遭检察院酷刑致死案 (State media gagged as trial begins on death of Hong Kong businessman Liu Xiyong following torture, wife's Weibo posts deleted)
Voice of America, September 8, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/case-of-cctv-anchor-husband-in-tianjin-20180908/4563090.html

As China faces record-breaking flood levels, authorities arrest two women for spreading “rumors” [H1] of health risks
Global Voices, September 7, 2018
https://advox.globalvoices.org/2018/09/07/as-china-faces-record-breaking-flood-levels-authorities-arrest-two-women-for-spreading-rumors-of-health-risks/

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China clamps down on public discussion of African swine flu outbreaks
Radio Free Asia, September 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/outbreaks-09072018110830.html

Fake news is in the eye of the beholder: China is centralizing efforts to stop online “rumors”
Hong Kong Free Press, September 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/08/fake-news-eye-beholder-china-centralising-efforts-stop-online-rumours/

China arrests Uighur editor, newspaper directors for being "two-faced"
Committee to Protect Journalists, September 7, 2018
https://cpj.org/2018/09/china-arrests-uighur-editor-newspaper-directors-fo.php

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China outlaws large underground Protestant church in Beijing
Reuters, September 10, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-religion/china-outlaws-large-underground-protestant-church-in-beijing-idUSKCN1LQ07W?

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Crackdown on Christian churches intensifies in China
Voice of America, September 7, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/crackdown-on-christian-churches-intensifies-in-china/4561700.html

北京、成都、郑州三家庭教会同日被查封 (Three family churches in Beijing, Chengdu and Zhengzhou were closed down on the same day)
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/yf2-09102018095043.html

四川老兵继续维权与警察冲突遭喷辣椒水 (Sichuan veterans are sprayed with pepper water by police during petitioning)
Voice of America, September 10, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-sichuan-veterans-clashed-with-police-whiling-demanding-rights-20180910/4564714.html

聲援深圳工運學生悼「毛」被帶走 (Jasic protest supporters taken away from gathering on Mao Zedong’s memorial)
Ming Pao, September 10, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180910/s00013/1536517466359

Wife of Chinese activist locked up over June 4 liquor labels on a mission to ensure he is not forgotten
South China Morning Post, September 8, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2163328/mainland-chinese-woman-mission-ensure-husband-locked-2016

Rights groups urge release of Chinese anti-censorship activist facing subversion charge
Hong Kong Free Press, September 7, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/07/rights-groups-urge-release-chinese-anti-censorship-activist-facing-subversion-charge/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

U.N. rights chief Bachelet takes on China, other powers in first speech
Reuters, September 10, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-un-rights/rights-chief-bachelet-takes-on-china-other-powers-in-first-speech-idUSKCN1LQ0QI

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联合国人权高专对中国关押大批维吾尔人的指称“深感不安” (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is "deeply disturbed" by allegations of a large number of Uighurs detained in China)
Voice of America, September 10, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-bachelet-takes-on-china-eu-us-and-saudi-led-coalition-in-first-speech-20180910/4564682.html

阻拦强拆反被打 报警却被指骚扰(Attempt to stop forced demolition brought beating, calling for police help led to harassment charge)
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-09102018094946.html

「被噤聲」的中國P2P受害者：抗議遭毆打、回家被監控，只好自殺留下遺書 (Silenced P2P victim beaten and under surveillance scorns government in suicide note, family complains of forced cremation)
The News Lens, September 9, 2018
https://www.thenewslens.com/article/103750

US recalls top diplomats after three Taipei allies in Latin America switch recognition to Beijing
South China Morning Post, September 8, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2163345/us-recalls-diplomats-countries-switched-ties-taiwan-beijing

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Panama seeks “respect” for Taiwan snub after US recalls envoys
Hong Kong Free press, September 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/10/panama-seeks-respect-taiwan-snub-us-recalls-envoys/

北京疏散大坂机场旅客台湾人要认“中国人”方可获救 (Taiwanese tourists stranded in Osaka Kansai airport requested to admit they are "Chinese" before Chinese embassy offers help)
Radio France Internationale, September 7, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180907-北京疏散大坂机场旅客台湾人要认中国人方可获救

China Is detaining Muslims in vast numbers. The goal: “Transformation”
The New York Times, September 8, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/08/world/asia/china-uighur-muslim-detention-camp.html
CN: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180908/china-builds-a-vast-network-of-detention-camps-to-transform-muslims/zh-ha/

Related:
China: Massive crackdown in Muslim region
Human Rights Watch, September 9, 2018
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/09/09/china-massive-crackdown-muslim-region

Chinese authorities continue to destroy mosques in Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, September 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/chinese-authorities-continue-to-destroy-mosques-in-xinjiang-09072018171910.html

维族人受迫害 人权组织要求制裁中国 (In just-released report, Human Rights Watch states that China should be condemned and sanctioned by international community for persecution of Uyghurs)
Deutsche Welle, September 10, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/34bxX

“Palau against China!”: The tiny island standing up to a giant
The Guardian, September, 8, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/sep/08/palau-against-china-the-tiny-island-defying-the-worlds-biggest-country

美议员致信蓬佩奥 要求谴责中国打压维吾尔人 (In joint letter, U.S. senators urge Secretary of State to condemn Chinese authorities’ crackdown on Uyghurs)
Radio Free Asia, September 7, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/hj-09072018110034.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Is Taiwan becoming a surveillance state[H2] ? Privacy advocates sound alarm
South China Morning Post, September 9, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2163365/taiwan-becoming-surveillance-state-privacy-advocates-sound-alarm

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

上海官方工会文件首次将“境外敌对势力”与境外NGO挂勾(For the first time, official Shanghai union document links "outside hostile forces" with foreign NGOs)
Radio France Internationale, September 9, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180909-上海官方工会文件首次将境外敌对势力与境外ngo挂勾

民警依法履职致公民权益受损拟不担责 (New draft regulations to exempt police officers from liability if violation of civil rights was in course of rightful execution of duty)
Beijing News, September 9, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/09/09/503966.html

China’s little-noticed “new police law” gives vastly expanded legal powers to public security apparatus
China Change, September 6, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/09/06/chinas-little-noticed-new-police-law-gives-vastly-expanded-legal-powers-to-public-security-apparatus/

Hong Kong (香港)

Sacrifices Hong Kong made for high-speed rail to mainland China: Is it worth it?
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/2163423/sacrifices-hong-kong-made-high-speed-rail-mainland

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Passengers blacklisted by mainland will not be able to buy high-speed rail tickets from Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, September 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/08/passengers-blacklisted-mainland-will-not-able-buy-high-speed-rail-tickets-hong-kong/

林鄭月娥冀市民不要排斥單程證制度　審批權一直在內地 (Carrie Lam warns mention of “sovereign area” steps on China's red line as citizens suggest retaking One-way Permit approval powers)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 9, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1416876-20180909.htm

Commentary (评论)

Why Beijing will sacrifice its middle class in trade war with Donald Trump
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/china-economy/article/2163165/why-beijing-will-sacrifice-its-middle-class-trade-war

Hong Kong must bravely confront the problems of “one country, two systems”
South China Morning Post, September 9, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2163267/hong-kong-must-bravely-confront-problems-one

Clean out your wardrobes: Hong Kong Occupy activist convicted partly on the evidence of his shirt
Hong Kong Free Press, September 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/09/clean-wardrobes-hong-kong-occupy-activist-convicted-evidence-shirt/

周日話題﹕709，中國法治史黑暗的一章 (709: the darkest chapter in China’s rule of law)
Ming Pao, September 9, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180909/s00005/1536430176205

What to say when you’re a Chinese Communist Party official
Hong Kong Free Press, September 8, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/08/say-youre-chinese-communist-party-official/

Bolder plans on schools, health and tax needed for Chinese to benefit from reforms
South China Morning Post, September 8, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2163248/bolder-plans-schools-health-and-tax-needed-chinese-benefit-reforms

When freedom takes some strange forms in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, September 8, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2163374/when-freedom-takes-some-strange-forms-hong-kong

废除死刑路漫漫 (Abolishing death penalty is a long, winding road)
Deutsche Welle, September 8, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/34Uue