Lawyers protest assault against female lawyer
China Digital Times, April 20, 2015
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/04/lawyers-protest-assault-female-lawyer/
Monday, April 20, 2015
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Access to Information (信息公开)
Ching Cheong blasts arrest of Gao Yu
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 18, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150418/news_20150418_56_1092958.htm
Related:
HRIC statement: Heavy Sentence for Gao Yu Exposes Hollowness of “Rule by Law” in China
中国人权声明：重判高瑜暴露中国“依法治国”的虚伪
Human Rights in China, April 17, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/heavy-sentence-gao-yu-exposes-hollowness-rule-law-china CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/sheng-ming/zhong-pan-gao-yu-bao-lu-zhong-guo-yi-fa-zhi-guo-de-xu-wei
高瑜案的警示 (Gao Yu’s case as a warning to us)
Human Rights in China Biweekly, April 20, 2015
http://biweekly.hrichina.org/article/27396
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Chinese activist more determined after lockup
Associated Press, April 20, 2015
http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/cae69a7523db45408eeb2b3a98c0c9c5/Article_2015-04-19-AS--China-Woman%20Activist/id-22dc405e7a684052a7b26213bb6b8573
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China's feminist five: “This is the worst crackdown on lawyers, activists and scholars in decades”
The Guardian, April 17, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/apr/17/chinas-feminist-five-this-is-the-worst-crackdown-on-lawyers-activists-and-scholars-in-decades 女权五女之～大兔泪目：这一次，你们比我更坚强勇敢 (“The Feminist Five”’s Datu in tears: This time, you all are stronger, braver than I)
Boxun, April 20, 2015
http://boxun.com/news/gb/china/2015/04/201504201804.shtml HRIC Law Note: Five detained women released on “guarantee pending further investigation”
中国人权法律备忘录：五位被拘女权活动人士取保候审
Human Rights in China, April 13, 2015
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/en/hric-law-note-five-detained-women-released-guarantee-pending-further-investigation CH:http://www.hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-ren-quan-fa-lu-bei-wang-lu-wu-wei-bei-ju-nu-quan-huo-dong-ren-shi-qu-bao-hou-shenSupporting women's rights in China
声援中国女权人士
Human Rights in China, April 16, 2015
EN: http://bit.ly/1Hd5v5D
CH: http://bit.ly/1DTr8Wy
NGOs stepping up efforts to help migrant workers in China
Channel News Asia, April 20, 2015
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/ngos-stepping-up-efforts/1794868.html
Government Accountability, (政府问责)
Top Zhou aide indicted for graft
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 18, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150418/news_20150418_56_1092957.htm
China says using young, educated anti-graft officials as “fox hunters”
Reuters, April 18, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/18/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN0N909U20150418
Hong Kong (香港)
Pan-democrats plan rival political reform campaign
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 20, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150420/news_20150420_56_1093250.htm
Related:
Government to promote reform proposal to public
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 19, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150419/news_20150419_56_1093167.htmBeijing will never keep its vow, says Alan Leong
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 17, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150417/news_20150417_56_1092856.htm
HK justice department accused of dragging feet on police brutality complaints
Channel News Asia, April 17, 2015
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/hk-justice-department/1790566.html
Scholarism questions motive behind arrests
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 17, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150417/news_20150417_56_1092891.htm
Uni review urged over “meddling”
The Standard, April 20, 2015
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp
University of Hong Kong plan to enforce student visits to mainland China sends ripples across campus
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1769303/hku-make-mainland-china-experience-compulsory
Counterterrorism (反恐)
China kills 2 alleged terror suspects near Vietnam border
The Hindu, April 17, 2015
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/south-asia/china-kills-2-alleged-terror-suspects-near-vietnam-border/article7113815.ece
Friday, April 17, 2015
Access to Information (信息公开)
China jails journalist over leaked “state secrets”
高瑜涉「為境外非法提供國家秘密罪」被判七年
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 17, 2015
EN: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-32346382
CH: http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/04/150417_china_gaoyu_sentence
Related:
HRIC statement: Heavy Sentence for Gao Yu Exposes Hollowness of “Rule by Law” in China
中国人权声明：重判高瑜暴露中国“依法治国”的虚伪
Human Rights in China, April 17, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/heavy-sentence-gao-yu-exposes-hollowness-rule-law-china CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/sheng-ming/zhong-pan-gao-yu-bao-lu-zhong-guo-yi-fa-zhi-guo-de-xu-wei
外國記者會認為高瑜案判刑無根據 (The Foreign Correspondents' Club HK finds no basis for Gao Yu’s conviction)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 17, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150417/news_20150417_55_1092845.htmHuman Rights Commissioner Strässer on conviction of Chinese journalist Gao Yu
Federal Foreign Office (Germany), April 17, 2015
http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/EN/Infoservice/Presse/Meldungen/2015/150417_MRHH-GaoYu.html
江苏盐城千万富翁拍城管打人遭群殴 照片被删除 (Multimillionaire from Yancheng, Jiangsu beaten by a group of urban management officers for having photographed them attacking citizens, posted photos deleted)
Legal Daily, April 17, 2015
http://www.onmoon.com/chs/2015/04/17/830332.html
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Graft, front and center
News China, May, 2015
http://www.newschinamag.com/magazine/graft-front-and-center#id:2217#date:16:29
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Chinese tech center denies U.S. allegations over supercomputer use
Wall Street Journal, April 16, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-tech-center-denies-u-s-allegations-over-supercomputer-use-1429195553?tesla=y
Hong Kong (香港)
Scholarism warns pan-dems against wavering
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 17, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150417/news_20150417_56_1092680.htm
Scholarism student arrested
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 17, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150417/news_20150417_56_1092685.htm
Hong Kong protester “beaten by police” demands attackers be charged
The Guardian, April 17, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/17/hong-kong-protester-ken-tsang-pro-democracy
Hongkongers rejoice at curbs on mainland visitors
Financial Times, April 17, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/7446b6d6-e4b0-11e4-9039-00144feab7de.html
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Appeals to be heard in more timely manner
China Daily, April 16, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-04/16/content_20446493.htm
Courts to accept more cases, more quickly
Global Times, April 16, 2015
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/917092.shtml
Related:
关于人民法院推行立案登记制改革的意见 (Opinion Concerning People’s Court’s Implementation of Case Filing Registration System Reform)
The Supreme People’s Court, April 15, 2015
http://www.court.gov.cn/fabu-xiangqing-14152.html
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Update–Good or bad? Five Chinese female activists released on “bail”
China Law and Policy, April 14, 2015
http://chinalawandpolicy.com/
Pushing back against the authorities in China “according to the law”
支持者称女权五女应获得国家赔偿
The New York Times, April 16, 2015
EN: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150416/c16authorities/en-us/
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150416/c16authorities/
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Supporting Women's Rights in China
Human Rights in China, April 9, 2015
EN: http://bit.ly/1Hd5v5D
CH: http://bit.ly/1DTr8WyMost recent page update: Since being released from detention, Li Tingting has been closely monitored: police drive-by her home every fifteen minutes, and her mobile phone is not functioning normally. A close friend, Xiao La, attempted to visit Li TIngting and has not been heard from since.
据网友在推特上发布的消息，获释后的女权五姐妹受到警方严密监控，15日，李婷婷的密友小辣前去探望李婷婷，此后失去联系。该报道说，李婷婷的家门口每15分钟就会有一辆自行车巡逻经过，而且其手机无法正常使用。
【女权五姐妹受到警方严密监控，密友小辣探望李婷婷后失联】15日 刚被释放的李婷婷目前仍遭到警方严密监控，家门口每十五分钟就会有一辆自行车巡逻经过，而且无法正常使用手机。小辣 今天前往探望李婷婷，至今失去联系。 图左为“小辣”。 pic.twitter.com/2vMAfcgOj6
— 向莉 (@alicedreamss) April 15, 2015Related:
HRIC Law Note: Five detained women released on “guarantee pending further investigation”
中国人权法律备忘录：五位被拘女权活动人士取保候审
Human Rights in China, April 13, 2015
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/en/hric-law-note-five-detained-women-released-guarantee-pending-further-investigation CH:http://www.hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-ren-quan-fa-lu-bei-wang-lu-wu-wei-bei-ju-nu-quan-huo-dong-ren-shi-qu-bao-hou-shen
Police detain “at least 10” in clashes with pollution protesters in China's Guangdong
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/clashes-04152015102825.html
Hong Kong (香港)
Two-thirds of Hong Kong's Chinese history teachers opposed to curriculum revision
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2105
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1767160/two-thirds-chinese-history-teachers-opposed
Related:
「中國歷史科問卷調查」結果 (Chinese history curriculum survey: results)
Hong Kong Professional Teachers’ Union, April 15, 2015
EN: https://www.hkptu.org/11516
Role of Hong Kong judiciary under debate in reform row
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2105
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1767156/role-hong-kong-judiciary-under-debate-reform-row
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Access to Justice (司法公正)
女律师：在北京通州法院遭法官法警连续殴打 (Female lawyer: Suffered repeated beatings by court officials and court police in Tongzhou, Beijing)
Xinhua, April 14, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2015-04/14/c_127685952.htm
China details judicial, social reform measures to effectively advance rule of law
Xinhua, April 14, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-04/13/c_134147438.htm
China calls on Dalai Lama to “put aside illusions” about talks
Reuters, April 14, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/15/us-china-tibet-idUSKBN0N608720150415
Access to Information (信息公开)
China to strengthen ideological education at grassroots
Xinhua, April 14, 2015
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/916804.shtml
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Despite release, feminists’ case shows China’s hostility toward civic action
The New York Times, April 14, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/15/world/asia/out-of-beijing-jail-chinese-women-activists-still-under-eye-of-the-police.html
Related:
HRIC Law Note: Five detained women released on “guarantee pending further investigation”
中国人权法律备忘录：五位被拘女权活动人士取保候审
Human Rights in China, April 13, 2015
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/en/hric-law-note-five-detained-women-released-guarantee-pending-further-investigation CH:http://www.hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-ren-quan-fa-lu-bei-wang-lu-wu-wei-bei-ju-nu-quan-huo-dong-ren-shi-qu-bao-hou-shenSupporting women's rights in China
Human Rights in China, April 14, 2015
EN: http://bit.ly/1Hd5v5D
CH: http://bit.ly/1DTr8Wy“Beijing Five” feminist activists still face charges after release from prison
Vice News, April 15, 2015
https://news.vice.com/article/beijing-five-feminist-activists-still-face-charges-after-release-from-prison
China accuses prominent NGO of “breaking the law”
Reuters, April 11, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/14/us-china-rights-ngo-idUSKBN0N50MA20150414
Related:
China threatens human rights group linked to detained feminists
The Guardian, April 14, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/14/china-threatens-ngo-which-pushed-for-feminists-releaseChina targets rights group Yirenping after activists' release
Response to China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs accusation against Yirenping
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 15, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-32313650
China Change, April 14, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/04/15/response-to-chinas-ministry-of-foreign-affairs-accusation-against-yirenping/
Public to have more environmental input
China Daily, April 15, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-04/15/content_20436720.htm
Government Accountability, (政府问责)
Anti-corruption agency welcomes whistleblowing
Xinhua, April 14, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-04/14/c_134150079.htm
Related:
巡视将“剑指问题不讲情面” (Investigators will be “focused on problems, not sentiments)
Legal Daily, April 14, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150414/Articel04003GN.htm Police chief took 2.76m yuan in bribes
China Daily, April 14, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-04/14/content_20434350.htm
China imposes greater fines for environmental violations in 2014
Xinhua, April 14, 2015
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/national/China-imposes-greater-fines-for-environmental-violations-in-2014/shdaily.shtml
ICTs and Human Rights, (信息技术与人权)
Chinese hackers “have been spying on Asian governments for a decade”
The Telegraph, April 13, 2015
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet-security/11532477/China-accused-of-decade-long-cyber-espionage-campaign-in-Asia.html
Blog post on new public security document by CCCPC and State Council
China Law Translate, April 14, 2015
http://chinalawtranslate.com/blog-post-on-new-public-security-document/
Hong Kong (香港)
Basic Law clear on universal suffrage, says top Beijing official in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1766844/basic-law-clear-universal-suffrage-says-top-beijing-official
Upbeat CY Leung “confident” Hongkongers and Legco will back political reform proposal
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1766097/cy-leung-confident-hongkongers-will-back-political-reform
Hong Kong police commissioner sued for HK$2m over protest assault claims
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1766539/hong-kong-police-commissioner-sued-hk2m-over-protest-assault-claims
China urges U.S. not to interfere in Hong Kong affairs
Xinhua, April 14, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-04/14/c_134150419.htm
Counterterrorism (反恐)
China ready for SCO cooperation on law enforcement security
Xinhua, April 15, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-04/15/c_134150903.htm
China orders authorities to strengthen security in the wake of attacks blamed on Uygur militants
South China Morning Post, April 14, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1766100/china-orders-authorities-strengthen-security-wake-attacks-blamed
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