Campaigners call for global response to ‘unprecedented’ oppression in Xinjiang
The Guardian, April 19, 2021
Monday, April 19, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Exclusive | China blocks US think tank Centre for Strategic and International Studies website following critique on sanctions
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2021
中国前总理温家宝撰文忆母谈公平正义 遭禁止转发(Authorities disable reposting of article by former Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's article in memory of his mother which discusses fairness and justice)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 19, 2021
反制冰岛：北京制裁批评中国的冰岛律师(Countering Iceland: Beijing sanctions Icelandic lawyer who criticizes China)
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Rights Attorney Formally Arrested For 'Subversion' in China's Shaanxi: Wife
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2021
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陕西律师常玮平被捕遭异地羁押 余文生狱中遭群殴(Shaanxi lawyer Chang Weiping is formally arrested; lawyer Yu Wensheng is beaten in prison)
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2021
中国紧缩言论空间 多位学者返国后被捕或失踪(China tightens space for speech, many overseas scholars are arrested or missing after returning to China)
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Despite Tensions, U.S. and China Agree to Work Together on Climate Change
搁置分歧，美中同意合作应对气候变化
The New York Times, April 19, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
California lawsuit against Chinese tech giant raises a thorny question: Can the plaintiffs remain anonymous?
The Washington Post, April 19, 2021
Huawei ‘may have eavesdropped on Dutch mobile network’s calls’
The Guardian, April 19, 2021
What's next for Jack Ma's Ant Group after China orders revamp?
Reuters, April 19, 2021
The limits of China’s taming of tech
Financial Times, April 18, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong elections overhaul: pro-establishment lawmakers urge government to require candidates to publicly disclose foreign citizenship
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2021
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Nearly 130 civil servants fail to take required pledge of allegiance to Hong Kong government, with most facing dismissal
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2021
Mass Prosecutions Send Chills Across Hong Kong’s Political Spectrum
The Diplomat, April 17, 2021
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Vice minister backs jailing of Lai, others
The Standard, April 19, 2021譚得志申終止聆訊 指煽動罪違憲條文籠統 官：有旁聽者舉政治手勢 法庭非遊樂場(Tam Tak Chi applies for permanent stay of proceedings, says sedition charges breach Basic Law and provisions overly broad)
Stand News, April 19, 2021UK urges China to stop prosecuting HK democracy activists
Agence France-Presse, April 18, 2021Beijing hits back at Western criticism of Hong Kong court’s hefty sentences for Jimmy Lai, opposition figures
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2021
Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai and his media empire face uncertain future
The Guardian, April 16, 2021
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Next Digital group enters negotiation to sell firm which owns Taiwan’s Apple Daily newspaper
Hong Kong Free Press, April 19, 2021
觀塘區議員李煒林 宣布退出公民黨 一星期三區議員退黨或辭職(District councilor Li Wai Lam quits Civic Party, becomes one of three quitting the party or post in a week)
Stand News, April 19, 2021
Two more bureaucrats join management at Hong Kong’s RTHK amid government-mandated editorial overhaul
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2021
Some parents, educators question why children were allowed to play with toy guns at Hong Kong police event, while force’s chief hits out at critics and slams doxxing of school
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2021
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人民日報批評港大學生會抹黑國安教育和「一國兩制」(People's Daily slams HKU student union for “smearing” national security education and "one country, two systems")
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 19, 2021
Exclusive | Beijing’s national security office in Hong Kong takes over second hotel
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2021
Trudeau Visa for Hong Kongers Gets Over 500 Applications
Bloomberg, April 17, 2021
Exclusive: Hong Kong gov’t spent millions on failed lobbying bid to defeat Washington’s Human Rights and Democracy Act
Hong Kong Free Press, April 19, 2021
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