Access to Justice (司法公正)

“赤壁君子”黄文勋刑满出狱 女友被迫写保证书 (“Chibi Man” Huang Wenxun released from prison, girlfriend forced to write guarantee letter)
Radio Free Asia, May 14, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-05142018102904.html

European diplomats barred from visiting widow of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, sources say
Agence France-Pressem, May 13, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2145904/european-diplomats-barred-visiting-widow-chinese

母亲节，川震维权者黄琦之母发感言 (Mother of Huang Qi, Sichuan earthquake rights defender, sends Mother’s Day reflections)
Voice of America, May 13, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-mother-day-huang-qi-mom-call-20180513/4391878.html

”My son is everything to me”: How China forced lawyer Wang Yu to denounce her human rights award
Hong Kong Free Press, May 13, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/13/son-everything-china-forced-lawyer-wang-yu-denounce-human-rights-award/

China blocks a memorial service to Sichuan earthquake victims
中國打壓民間汶川地震紀念活動
The New York Times, May 12, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/12/world/asia/china-pastor-detained-sichuan-earthquake.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180514/china-pastor-detained-sichuan-earthquake/zh-hant/

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China reports arrests of Uyghurs, Han Chinese for sharing “extremist” content
Radio Free Asia, May 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/content-05102018161549.html

Related:
Xinjiang authorities jail Uyghur Imam who took son to unsanctioned religious school
Radio Free Asia, May 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/imam-05102018155405.html

Eleven lawyers and counting: Pressure from China frustrates defense for arrested Canadian Falun Gong practitioner
The Globe and Mail, May 10, 2018
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-eleven-lawyers-and-counting-pressure-from-china-frustrates-defence/

最高法发出通知要求切实防止裁判文书低级错误反复发生 (Supreme People’s Court urges local courts to prevent repeated, careless mistakes in judgment documents, judges to be held accountable)
Legal Daily, May 10, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-05/10/content_7541996.htm?node=5955

刑事诉讼法修正草案征求社会公众意见 (Draft amendments to Criminal Procedures Law released for public comment: Permit trial in absentia, set up plea bargain system, speed up trial procedures)
Xinhua News Agency, May 10, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-05/10/c_129869067.htm

Death in custody raises questions about new anti-graft oversight
Caixin, May 9, 2018
https://www.caixinglobal.com/2018-05-09/death-in-custody-raises-questions-about-new-anti-graft-oversight-101246477.html

Related:
“First victim” of China’s new anti-graft agency was “left disfigured” after he collapsed and died during interrogation
South China Morning Post, May 10, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2145603/first-victim-chinas-new-anti-graft-agency-was-left

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”Give Liu Xia her freedom”: 24 Hong Kong democrats urge Pres. Xi Jinping to release widow of Peace Prize laureate
Hong Kong Free Press, May 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/10/give-liu-xia-freedom-24-hong-kong-democrats-urge-pres-xi-jinping-release-widow-peace-prize-laureate/

Abide in darkness: China’s war on religion stalls Vatican deal
The Wall Street Journal, May 9, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/abide-in-darkness-chinas-war-on-religion-puts-vatican-deal-in-doubt-1525858496

周强：坚持中国特色社会主义审判制度 (Supreme People’s Court president Zhou Qiang: A socialist trial system with Chinese characteristics in the new era must uphold CPC’s leadership)
Legal Daily, May 9, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-05/09/content_7540968.htm?node=5955

Authorities in Xinjiang’s Kashgar detain Uyghurs at “open political re-education camps”
Radio Free Asia, May 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/camps-05092018154928.html

China to target religious activities of foreign nationals with revised rules
宗教局出台辣招打击境内外国人宗教活动
Radio Free Asia, May 9, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/religious-05092018120457.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/religion-05092018071048.html

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云南楚雄法庭开庭审理7名基督徒 指涉邪教罪 (Yunnan puts 7 Christians on trial for suspected “cult” crimes)
Radio Free Asia, May 8, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junshiwaijiao/ql2-05082018100616.html

衡水警方：司机以辅警拿不出执法证不配合并拍视频，被拘十日 (Hebei driver takes video of auxiliary police who couldn’t show law enforcement credentials is detained 10 days for “refusing to cooperate”)
Jizhou Traffic Police WeChat Public Account, May 8, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2117764

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秦永敏案将于2018年5月11日正式开庭 (Veteran political dissident Qin Yongmin to face trail on May 11 in Wuhan on subversion charges)
Weiquanwang, May 8, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/05/2018511.html

著名人权律师江天勇被转到河南第二监狱 (Human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong transferred to Henan No. 2 Prison)
Weiquanwang, May 8, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/05/blog-post_12.html

学者：新疆再教育营关人或近百万 警察抓人有指标 (Xinjiang police puts nearly 1 million in re-education camp to meet quota: Scholar)
Voice of America, May 8, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/4383631.html

Related:
新疆“培训中心”系统性强迫灌服不明药物 女人停经男人丧失生殖功能 (Xinjiang said to systemically sterilize people at re-education camps)
China Aid, May 4, 2018
http://www.chinaaid.net/2018/05/blog-post_89.html?m=1#.WuzezrGp9L0.whatsapp

Chinese writers arrested for online “slurs” about dairy firm as Beijing tightens grip on social media
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2145060/chinese-writers-arrested-online-slurs-about-dairy-firm

中共中央印发《社会主义核心价值观融入法治建设立法修法规划》 (CPC Central Committee issues plan to “integrate socialists core values into” drafting and revision of laws)
Xinhua News Agency, May 7, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-05/07/c_1122796215.htm

最高检：持续加大刑事申诉案件公开审查力度 (Supreme People’s Procuratorate: Will continue to increase open court hearings of criminal appeals )
Supreme People's Procuratorate, May 7, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-05/07/content_7538610.htm

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河南著名人权捍卫者贾灵敏今日刑满获释 众多维权人士前往迎接 (Veteran human rights defender Jia Lingmin released from Henan prison after 4 years in jail)
Weiquanwang, May 7, 2018
https://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/05/blog-post_54.html

709王全璋律师妻子李文足就王全璋失踪1029天向最高检提起第29次控告 竟遭法警强行驱离 (Police forces Li Wenzu, wife of rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, out of Supreme People's Procuratorate)
Weiquanwang, May 4, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/05/709102929.html

Top Chinese rights lawyer banned from traveling to United States
丁家喜律师被指可能危害国家安全禁出境
Radio Free Asia, May 4, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/ban-05042018135234.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/lawyer-05042018074419.html

检察日报刊文：女性求职，面试官不应问“生不生二孩” (Procuratorate Daily: Employers should not ask about plans for a second child when interviewing female job seekers)
Procuratorate Daily, May 4, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2110561

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Germany says Liu Xiaobo's widow is welcome “at any time”
Associated Press, May 3, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/germany-says-liu-xiaobo-widow-is-welcome-at-any-time/4375772.html

广东全面启动刑案律师辩护全覆盖，试行指定辩护与被告人自愿相结合制度 (Guangdong pilots program to provide defense counsel in all criminal cases, defendants may refuse assigned lawyers)
Legal Daily, May 3, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-05/03/content_7535178.htm

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全国首例英烈保护公益诉讼：保护董存瑞英雄形象 (Hebei prosecutor demands local civil affairs authority, police to protect image of Dong Cunrui in accordance with the new hero law)
Sina, May 3, 2018
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2018-05-03/doc-ifzyqqiq1961755.shtml

“Easier to die than live”: Liu Xia, widow of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, cries out for help in phone call
China Change, May 2, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/02/easier-die-live-liu-xia-widow-chinese-dissident-liu-xiaobo-cries-help-phone-call/

四川阿坝一藏人遭“政治罪名”秘密判刑13年 (Tibetan in Sichuan secretly sentenced to 13 years in jail for “political crime”)
Radio Free Asia, May 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-05022018101117.html

中国施压家庭教会 安徽牧师被判囚三年 (Family church priest in Anhui sentenced to 3 years in jail for “damaging property intentionally”)
Radio Free Asia, May 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql2-05022018093416.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

人民陪审员法表决通过 明确人民陪审员与法官有同等权利 (NPC Standing Committee passes law of People’s Assessors who “have the same rights as judges”)
Xinhua News Agency, April 27, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-04/27/c_1122755575.htm

Related:
中华人民共和国人民陪审员法 (People’s Assessors Law of the People’s Republic of China)
National People’s Congress, April 27, 2018
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/2018-04/27/content_2053975.htm

Access to Justice (司法公正)

709律师续受打压 李和平面临吊照要求听证 (Rights lawyer Li Heping stripped of license to practice following detention)
Radio Free Asia, April 26, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-04262018102336.html

Germany, US renew calls for release of Liu Xiaobo’s widow from house arrest
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2143583/germany-us-renew-calls-release-liu-xiaobos-widow-house

China moves to police its history with new law
The Wall Street Journal, April 26, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-moves-to-police-its-history-with-new-law-1524758002

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Video: “I will not accept gov’t-appointed lawyer unless tortured,” arrested Chinese lawyer Yu Wensheng says
Hong Kong Free Press, April 26, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/26/video-i-will-not-accept-govt-appointed-lawyer-unless-tortured-arrested-chinese-lawyer-yu-wensheng-says/

Prominent Uyghur scholar detained in Xinjiang capital Urumqi: official
Radio Free Asia, April 25, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/scholar-04252018140407.html

China to punish those who “glorify wars of invasion”
Reuters, April 25, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-lawmaking-history/china-to-punish-those-who-glorify-wars-of-invasion-idUSKBN1HW1DX

完善衔接机制加强追逃力度总结试点经验，刑事诉讼法迎来第三次修改，缺席审判制度及速裁程序等拟入法 (NPC Standing Committee proposes amendments to Criminal Procedure Law: Permit trial in absentia, set up plea bargain system, speed up trial procedures)
Legal Daily, April 25, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index/content/2018-04/25/content_7530273.htm

刑事法律援助工作联席会议第一次会议强调，充分发挥刑事法律援助在加强人权司法保障 促进司法公正中的重要作用 (7 departments, including Supreme People’s Court, Supreme People’s Procuratorate, Ministry of State Security, to enhance coordination, improve legal aid for criminal cases and “strengthen judicial protection of human rights”)
Legal Daily, April 25, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-04/25/content_7530388.htm

司法部、全国普法办召开会议要求 以高度的政治责任感组织开展好宪法学习宣传教育活动 (Ministry of Justice launches campaign to promote studying Constitution with “great sense of political responsibility”, combining “Constitutional education with studying Xi Jinping Thought”)
Ministry of Justice, April 24, 2018
http://www.moj.gov.cn/news/content/2018-04/24/bnyw_18562.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

西藏那曲数十名藏人矿山维权 遭当局抓捕殴打 (Police beat, detain over 30 residents in Tibet for protesting against mining in sacred mountains)
Radio Free Asia, April 24, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-04242018101211.html

Uyghurs in XUAR’s Ghulja City held in at least five “political re-education camps”
Radio Free Asia, April 24, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/ghulja-04242018132236.html

最高人民法院、司法部联合发文保障律师诉讼权利和规范律师参与庭审活动 (Supreme People’s Court, Ministry of Justice prohibit lawyers from publishing open letters and statements online in name of “defending rights”)
Legal Daily, April 24, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-04/24/content_7528409.htm

最高法党组会议指出，司法服务保障网络安全和信息化建设 (Supreme People’s Court to promote international judicial cooperation in cyberspace, “actively demonstrate to the international community the superiority of socialist rule by law with Chinese characteristics”)
Legal Daily, April 24, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-04/24/content_7529424.htm

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China airs video confessions from alleged associates of runaway tycoon Guo Wengui
Agence France-Presse, April 24, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/24/china-airs-video-confessions-alleged-associates-runaway-tycoon-guo-wengui/

最高法司法部联合发文：律师不得以维权为由干扰庭审正常进行 (Supreme People's Court, Ministry of Justice: Lawyers can’t interfere with trial for rights defending reasons)
The Paper, April 24, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2092665

Access to Justice (司法公正)

谢阳律师：余文生案件通报与声明 (Rights lawyer Yu Wensheng allegedly fires his legal counsel after arrest confirmation)
Weiquanwang, April 23, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/04/blog-post_27.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

余文生律师昨遭正式逮捕 羁押在徐州看守所 (Rights lawyer Yu Wensheng confirmed of being arrested for subversion, obstructing officers)
Weiquanwang, April 20, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/04/blog-post_44.html

「六四天網」創辦人 黃琦獄中腎衰竭病危 (Pro-democracy website founder Huang Qi critically ill in prison, suffers from kidney failure)
Mingpao, April 20, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180420/s00013/1524160143502

Xinjiang authorities use “burial management centers” to subvert Uyghur funeral traditions
Radio Free Asia, April 19, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/burials-04192018141100.html

Wife of jailed Taiwan activist discusses human rights in U.K.
Focus Taiwan, April 19, 2018
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201804190021.aspx#.Wth6YPtwiUg.twitter

Access to Justice (司法公正)

US could sanction Chinese officials over Xinjiang abuses
Associated Press, April 18, 2018
https://apnews.com/13ee0b95c05249a8be7c0467bf413b6e

Related:
Tens of thousands detained in China's Xinjiang, U.S. diplomat says
Reuters, April 18, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-xinjiang-usa/tens-of-thousands-detained-in-chinas-xinjiang-u-s-diplomat-says-idUSKBN1HP17N

帮助良心犯家属 多名义工遭刑拘多人被约谈 (Volunteers criminally detained in Jiangxi for helping family of prisoners of conscience)
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-04182018115246.html

Chinese court rejects appeal against subversion sentence for “the butcher”
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinese-court-rejects-appeal-against-subversion-sentence-for-the-butcher-04182018112357.html

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Chinese traffic police let offenders off if they post a confession online (and it gets enough likes)
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2142276/chinese-traffic-police-let-offenders-if-they-post-confession

中国公安部长：坚决捍卫国家政治安全 (Head of Ministry of Public Security claims to firmly defend political security)
Voice of America, April 18, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-secutrity-20180417/4352291.html

維權鐵漢吳淦囚8年 上訴維持原判 (Appeal court upholds sentence, sends rights defender Wu Gan to 8 years in jail)
Apple Daily, April 17, 2018
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/china/realtime/article/20180417/58086013

Tibetan farmland seized for new airport
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/farmland-04172018164111.html

Chinese doctor at center of “poison tonic” case released from detention center
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2142164/chinese-doctor-centre-poison-tonic-case-released

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Families of Chinese activists face house arrest, harassment from “smiling tigers”
Reuters, April 16, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights/families-of-chinese-activists-face-house-arrest-harassment-from-smiling-tigers-idUSKBN1HN1BA

吴淦案二审将开庭 父亲徐孝顺被软禁 (Father put under house arrest as rights defender Wu Gan faces trial of second instance)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-04162018110017.html

甄江华的代理律师被通知遭解聘 (Lawyers of rights activist Zhen Jianghua told by police they are fired)
Radio Free Asia, April 16, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-04162018120449.html

最高检印发党组巡视工作5年规划：推动解决司法不公等问题 (Supreme People’s Procuratorate issues 5-year plan for system-wide inspection work , aims include “ensuring the Party's absolute leadership over procuratorial work”)
Supreme People's Procuratorate WeChat Public Account, April 16, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2078727

Related:
China to step up inspections of prosecutors
Xinhua News Agency, April 16, 2018
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201804/16/WS5ad4bbf5a3105cdcf6518943.html

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China’s Xi Jinping says he is opposed to life-long rule
Financial Times, April 16, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/2b449400-413a-11e8-803a-295c97e6fd0b

AP Exclusive: Jailed Chinese pastor’s US family seeks mercy
Associated Press, April 16, 2018
https://apnews.com/5f100e3346814ad28caf2ff2ec1a554c

湖北男子不满被贴罚单发朋友圈辱骂交警，被拘5日 (Hubei man detained 5 days for posting ticket on WeChat and insulting traffic police)
Chutian Metropolis Daily WeChat Public Account, April 13, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2075139

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Uyghur father of two dies after falling ill in Xinjiang re-education camp
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/father-04122018153525.html

Freedom for five men who say they were tortured into confessing
Sixth Tone, April 12, 2018
https://bit.ly/2IOKyl6