Access to Justice (司法公正)

Five Uyghur professors from Xinjiang University held in political “re-education camps”
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/professors-09182018151339.html

黄琦案云里雾里 一被告控罪减轻 (Three defendants in Huang Qi case now being dealt with separately, one to receive lesser charge)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-09182018095239.html

“毒糖杀人案” 当事人李锦莲：精神损害赔偿压得太低 将进行申诉 (Li Jinlian to appeal inadequate compensation for 20 years’ imprisonment on wrongful murder conviction)
Beijing News, September 18, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/09/18/506069.html

北京通州法院：未成年人受侵害 六成系“熟人作案 (Beijing Tongzhou Court: 60% of crimes against minors are committed by teachers, relatives, neighbors)
Beijing News, September 18, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/09/18/506015.html

司法部部长：进一步提高政治站位，狠抓律师党建工作 (Minister of Justice: Further elevate politics, fiercely enforce party-work among lawyers)
The Paper, September 18, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2450392

最高法部署司法解释工作:“个别条文”需适时修订 (Supreme People’s Court issues new work plan for fully implementing socialist core values in judicial interpretations)
Beijing News, September 18, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/09/18/505973.html

Uyghur mother of 3 detained in Turkey, fate uncertain
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/turkey-09172018153034.html

Ailing Chinese democracy activist probed for “subversion” over art auction
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/auction-09172018113425.html

China's Xinjiang Muslims live in fear of disappearing into camps
Deutsche Welle, September 17, 2018
https://www.dw.com/en/chinas-xinjiang-muslims-live-in-fear-of-disappearing-into-camps/a-45525980

Access to Information (信息公开)

Watchdog urges United Nations to defy Chinese pressure and let Taiwanese journalists cover events
Hong Kong Free Press, September 19, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/19/watchdog-urges-united-nations-defy-chinese-pressure-let-taiwanese-journalists-cover-events/

The breakdown of the feedback loop
China Media Project, September 19, 2018
http://chinamediaproject.org/2018/09/19/the-breakdown-of-the-feedback-loop/

教育部：坚决清理以境外课程教材替代国家课程教材行为 (Ministry of Education to penalize those using foreign teaching materials in place of domestic ones)
The Paper, September 19, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2456807

Justice Department has ordered key Chinese state media firms to register as foreign agents
The Wall Street Journal, September 18, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-has-ordered-key-chinese-state-media-firms-to-register-as-foreign-agents-1537296756?mod=e2twp

中国网友微信转发非洲猪瘟疫情消息遭处罚 (Five netizens recently summoned or detained for reposting news about “African swine fever” on WeChat group)
Voice of America, September 18, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-chinese-netizens-detained-for-posting-news-on-african-swine-fever-20180918/4576345.html

China’s propaganda mission in 15 characters
China Media Project, September 17, 2018
http://chinamediaproject.org/2018/09/17/chinas-propaganda-mission-in-15-characters/

疑似范冰冰刚说我还活着就又被消声了 (“I am still alive” message on Fan Bingbing’s Weibo appears briefly before being deleted)
Radio France Internationale, September 17, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180917-疑似范冰冰刚说我还活着就又被消声了

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

藏维蒙台港大陆人士联合国前联合抗议习近平 (Human rights organizations from 13 countries protest Xi Jinping outside UN as General Assembly convenes new session)
Voice of America, September 19, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/demonstration-20180918/4577312.html

Identifying the trends in workers’ collective action 2015-17
China Labour Bulletin, September 19, 2018
https://www.clb.org.hk/content/identifying-trends-workers%E2%80%99-collective-action-2015-17

Chinese feminists welcome progress after anti-harassment adverts on Beijing subway win widespread backing
South China Morning Post, September 18, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2164717/chinese-feminists-welcome-progress-after-anti-harassment-adverts

709抓不尽？“律师后俱乐部”再战江湖
China's embattled human rights lawyers set up legal consultancy
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinas-embattled-human-rights-lawyers-set-up-legal-consultancy-09182018113025.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-09182018095145.html

Ejection of Chinese tourists in Sweden sparks outcry, embarrassment
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/tourists-09182018113737.html

敢言教授杨绍政遭开除后又被“断粮” (Against rules, university stops paying professor appealing his dismissal for criticizing authorities)
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-09172018092113.html

Four Tibetan Monks Detained Over Land Protest in Ngaba
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/land-09172018154340.html

浙江著名异议人士、中国民主党人朱虞夫先生或因慈善捐款被当局传唤、抄家 (Zhejiang dissenter summoned, house raided for making charitable donation to political prisoners)
China Human Rights Defenders, September 17, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2018/09/blog-post_69.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Former top Chinese officials call for better protection of human rights and justice for all
South China Morning Post, September 18, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2164770/former-top-chinese-officials-call-better-protection-human-rights

河南南召一村民在看守所羁押期间死亡，家属称死者因上访被刑拘（Villager in Henan dies in detention center, family claims he was detained for petitioning）
Beijing News, September 18, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/inside/2018/09/18/506142.html

13批次药品不合格遭药监局通报 涉吉林双星等8家药企（State Food and Drug Administration lists 13 batches of substandard drugs）
Beijing News, September 18, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/09/18/506106.html

US, EU and China vie for influence in Eastern Europe
Associated Press, September 18, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/2164611/us-eu-and-china-vie-influence-eastern-europe

Chinese foreign minister to attend 73rd UN general assembly session
Sina English, September 18, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/d/2018-09-18/detail-ifxeuwwr5491631.shtml

中澳关系紧张下 孔子学院触发的争议 (Controversy over Confucius Institutes as China-Australia tensions rise)
BBC News, September 18, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/world-45543977

China accuses Taiwan of using students for espionage
The New York Times, September 17, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/17/world/asia/china-taiwan-espionage-students.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Who's afraid of artificial intelligence in China?s
Deutsche Welle, September 18, 2018
https://www.dw.com/en/whos-afraid-of-artificial-intelligence-in-china/a-45546972

Huawei, ZTE deny Indian 5G network ban
Yicai Global, September 17, 2018
https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/huawei-zte-deny-indian-5g-network-ban

阉割版谷歌变身“蜻蜓” 隐私保护受质疑 (Google “Dragonfly” search service for Chinese market enables Chinese authorities to track users via their searches)
Deutsche Welle, September 17, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/34zmV

Google China prototype links searches to phone numbers
The Intercept, September 15, 2018
https://theintercept.com/2018/09/14/google-china-prototype-links-searches-to-phone-numbers/

Hong Kong (香港)

本土研究社：逾300公頃官地閒置　如同14個太古城　可建9萬個過渡房屋單位 (Local NGO Liber Research Community uncovers more than 300 hectares of vacant government land not in development plans)
The Stand News, September 18, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/society/本土研究社-逾300公頃官地未善用-昂船洲地皮閒置8年-應納土地供應選項

Hong Kong leader slammed by labor unions for not giving workers the day off after typhoon Mangkhut
Hong Kong Free Press, September 18, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/17/hong-kong-leader-slammed-labour-unions-not-giving-workers-day-off-typhoon-mangkhut/

“Love wins”: Hong Kong changes same-sex spouse visa policy after historic ruling
Hong Kong Free Press, September 18, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/18/love-wins-hong-kong-changes-sex-spouse-visa-policy-historic-ruling/

Related:
同性伴侶明起可申受養人簽證來港　政府：不代表法律承認同性婚姻 (Same sex spouse visa to be made available, government stresses law does not recognize same sex marriage)
Ming Pao, September 18, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180918/s00001/1537255267264

《紐約時報》撰文　游蕙禎：香港獨立是唯一出路 (In New York Times op-ed, ousted legislator Yau Wai Ching reiterates independence is only way for true democracy and freedom)
The Stand News, September 18, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/游蕙禎-紐約時報-撰文-香港脫離北京獨立是唯一出路/

Related:
Democracy’s demise in Hong Kong
The New York Times, September 16, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/16/opinion/politics/democracys-demise-in-hong-kong.html

Commentary (评论)

China’s labor relations have entered a dangerous new phase, as shown by attacks on Jasic workers and activists
South China Morning Post, September 19, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2164817/chinas-labour-relations-have-entered-dangerous-new-phase

A question of transparency: Could Hong Kong taxpayers be funding Belt and Road projects soon?
Hong Kong Free Press, September 19, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/19/question-transparency-hong-kong-taxpayers-funding-belt-road-projects-soon/

China is replacing the US in a new global order, whether the world likes it or not
South China Morning Post, September 19, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/united-states/article/2164722/china-replacing-us-new-global-order-whether

Will Donald Trump stand up to China?
The New York Times, September 18, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/18/opinion/uighurs-china-human-rights.html

Beware China's role as Hollywood's censor
Washington Examiner, September 18, 2018
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/beware-chinas-role-as-hollywoods-censor

The dangers of digital activism
The New York Times, September 16, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/16/opinion/politics/the-dangers-of-digital-activism.html