Access to Justice (司法公正)

709案：余文生家属促官派律师退出 (Family members of detained 709 lawyer Yu Wensheng urge government-appointed lawyers to withdraw from case)
Radio Free Asia, September 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-09112018102404.html

Tibetan protester released from prison before serving full term
Radio Free Asia, September 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/released-09112018164449.html

北京錫安教會牧師稱返回會堂後　被不明人士帶往渡假村 (Church of Zion branch evicted after official ban, priest and staff detained in undisclosed location for several hours)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 11, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1417268-20180911.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese turn to Internet “experts” for sensitive topics
Agence France-Presse, September 12, 2018
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2018/09/12/2003700278

China's small farmers pose huge challenge in swine fever battle
Channel NewsAsia, September 12, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-s-small-farmers-pose-huge-challenge-in-swine-fever-battle-10707254

范冰冰消失百日后 中国娱乐业的寒蝉效应 (Chilling effect on China’s entertainment industry evident as Fan Bingbing’s disappearance reaches 100 days)
BBC News, September 12, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-45489778

China restricts online coverage of burning incense and praying in religious crackdown
Agence France-Presse, September 11, 2018
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/11/china-restricts-online-coverage-burning-incense-praying-religious/

Related:
中国强化互联网宗教信息管控 (China strengthens control over online religious content)
Radio Free Asia, September 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/hc-09112018103506.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

”They cannot stop us from praying”: China shuts down prominent Christian church
Hong Kong Free Press, September 11, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/11/cannot-stop-us-praying-china-shuts-prominent-christian-church/

Related:
China continues crackdown on house churches
China Digital Times, September 11, 2018
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/09/china-continues-crackdown-on-home-churches/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

四川经信委原副主任伍丕光被公诉，涉嫌滥用职权罪、受贿罪 (Former deputy director of Sichuan Economic and Information Committee prosecuted for abuse of power and accepting bribes)
The Paper, September 12, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2433610

重庆市查处党员干部和公职人员涉黑涉恶问题55件72人 (72 Party members, officials under investigation for involvement in Chongqing “protective umbrella” triad crimes)
The Paper, September 12, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2431809

财政部纪检组原组长莫建成受贿4259余万元今日受审 (Former head of Ministry of Finance discipline inspection team tried for accepting bribes of more than 42.59 million yuan)
Beijing News, September 12, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/09/12/504750.html

中国福利彩票发行管理中心原主任王素英接受纪律审查和监察调查 (Former director of China Welfare Lottery Management Center investigated for serious disciplinary, legal violations)
People's Daily, September 12, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0912/c1001-30289210.html

公安机关对网贷平台涉嫌非法集资案件进行集中网上登记 (Public security organs conduct centralized online registration of suspected illegal fund-raising cases on online lending platforms)
People's Daily, September 12, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0912/c1001-30288691.html

Beijing dismisses reports of enormous abuses in Xinjiang
SupChina, September 11, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/09/11/beijing-dismisses-reports-of-enormous-abuses-in-xinjiang/

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China says Human Rights Watch report on Xinjiang suppression “full of prejudice and distorted facts”
Hong Kong Free Press, September 11, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/11/china-says-human-rights-watch-report-xinjiang-suppression-full-prejudice-distorted-facts/

China vows to protect the authority of police
The Diplomat, September 11, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/09/china-vows-to-protect-the-authority-of-police/

Related:
China mulls new laws to boost police powers, “authority”
Radio Free Asia, September 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-mulls-new-laws-to-boost-police-powers-09112018114908.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Netease issues apology for content lapses
China Media Project, September 11, 2018
http://chinamediaproject.org/2018/09/11/netease-issues-apology-for-content-lapses/

Related:
说实话惹祸？ 网易财经宣布整改 (Netease's financial channel announces rectification, rumored to stem from article proposing higher threshold for paying personal income tax)
Radio Free Asia, September 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf2-09112018102228.html

China installing QR codes on Uighur Muslim homes as part of mass security crackdown
The Independent, September 11, 2018
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-uighur-muslims-xinjiang-province-qr-codes-security-crackdown-hrw-a8532156.html

Hong Kong (香港)

High-speed rail passengers’ personal data will be transferred “outside Hong Kong”
South China Morning Post, September 12, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/12/high-speed-rail-passengers-personal-data-will-transferred-outside-hong-kong/

Related:
私隐不保：高铁港客资料直送北京 (High-speed rail passengers’ data sent to Beijing, concerns over privacy as wifi collects personal data “regardless of border”)
Radio France Internationale, September 11, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/社会/20180911-私隐不保高铁港客资料直送北京

Former Hong Kong chief executive CY Leung threatens to launch legal action in the UK against city lawmaker
South China Morning Post, September 11, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2163743/former-hong-kong-chief-executive-cy-leung-threatens-launch

Related:
Leung brings libel battle to UK
The Standard, September 12, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=200104&sid=4&sid=4

Pro-Beijing politician’s attack on Hong Kong judges as “sinners of society” earns stiff rebuke from leader Carrie Lam
Hong Kong Free Press, September 11, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2163689/pro-beijing-politicians-remarks-calling-hong-kong-judges

Commentary (评论)

「歐威爾式帝國」（Orwellian Empire）的宗教網絡管控 (Religious network control in style of Orwellian Empire)
inmediahk.net, September 12, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1059429

观点：高铁“一地两检”──中国的强势 港人的无力 (Commentary: High-speed rail and co-location arrangement—China’s might, Hong Kong’s powerlessness)
BBC News, September 12, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-45480618

Interview: “The U.S. is taking the issue of the concentration camps quite seriously”
Radio Free Asia, September 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/wuc-sanctions-09112018160816.html

Is the trade war hurting Xi Jinping politically?
ChinaFile, September 10, 2018
http://www.chinafile.com/conversation/trade-war-hurting-xi-jinping-politically