Access to Justice (司法公正)

China launches special campaign to rectify miscarriages of justice
Xinhua, April 28, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-04/28/c_134193259.htm

Related:
Hearing reviews 20-year-old rape and murder case
Xinhua, April 29, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-04/29/c_134193313.htm

Police in China's Suzhou detain dozens in dawn raid on activists [re. Lin Zhao memorial service]
Radio Free Asia, April 29, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/suzhou-police-detain-dozens-in-dawn-raid-on-activists-04292015142052.html

See more information on Lin Zhao
http://www.hoover.org/news/letters-and-diaries-chinese-political-activist-lin-zhao-opened-hoover-institution-archives

Access to Information (信息公开)

Publisher of China’s leading pro-reform magazine vows to carry on despite growing pressure from authorities
South China Morning Post, April 28, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1779317/publisher-chinas-leading-pro-reform-magazine-vows-carry

China's new internet rules raise questions over role of agency
Radio Free Asia, April 29, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/rules-04292015104205.html

Cloudy with a chance of censorship: China bans unofficial weather reports
The Wall Street Journal, April 29, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/04/29/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-censorship-china-bans-unofficial-weather-reports/?mod=WSJBlog

China’s scientific progress hinges on access to data
Nature, April 28, 2015
http://www.nature.com/news/china-s-scientific-progress-hinges-on-access-to-data-1.17426

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

The women of the Chinese internet remain defiant
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 30, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-32518852

Related:
”女权五姐妹” 之一武嵘嵘就不接受传唤发布声明 (Wu Rongrong of the “Feminists Five” issues statement on refusing interrogation summons)
Radio Free Asia, April 29, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/3-04292015102833.html

Supporting women's rights in China
声援中国女权人士
Human Rights in China, April 28, 2015
EN: http://bit.ly/1Hd5v5D
CH: http://bit.ly/1DTr8Wy

China’s miners step up protests as industry downturn continues
China Labour Bulletin, April 29, 2015
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/china%E2%80%99s-miners-step-protests-industry-downturn-continues

Chinese labour activists “increasingly targets of violent attacks, intimidation”
Xinhua, April 28, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/1781528/chinese-labour-activists-increasingly-targets-violent-attacks

Counterterrorism (反恐)

Police in Guangdong province practice anti-terrorism drills including the handling of a mock protest by villagers blocking construction of a development.
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1781652/police-southern-china-practice-anti-terrorism-drills-including

Related:
广东江门举行反恐演练 模拟拆迁村民闹事(图) (Jiangmen, Guangdong Province holds anti-terror drills simulating protest by villagers against demolition (with pictures))
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 30, 2015
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/p/2015-04-30/092131780292.shtml

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Crackdown on corruption at Chinese environmental risk assessment agencies
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1779975/crackdown-corruption-chinese-environmental-risk

3 in Guangdong investigated for Party discipline violations
China Daily, April 30. 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-04/30/content_20582869.htm

Eight hospital heads said to be found taking bribes
Caixin, April 29, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-04-29/100805004.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Goldman and IDG put $50 million to work in a Bitcoin company [Note: IDG is a China-based firm]
The New York Times, April 30, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/30/business/dealbook/goldman-and-idg-put-50-million-to-work-in-a-bitcoin-company.html

Related:
Under a 2013 notice issued by the People’s Bank of China, Chinese financial institutions are not permitted to use or interact with Bitcoin:
English: https://vip.btcchina.com/page/bocnotice2013
Chinese: http://www.pbc.gov.cn/publish/goutongjiaoliu/524/2013/20131205153156832222251/20131205153156832222251_.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Officials' assurances on reform “conflicting”
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 30, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150430/news_20150430_56_1096090.htm

陳文敏指政改方案沒回應市民憂慮 (Ex HKU law dean Johannes Chan says political reform package does not respond to citizens’ concerns)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 30, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150430/news_20150430_55_1096119.htm

Related:
李卓人：中央若關心香港內耗 應拆8.31框架 (Pan-dem Lee Cheuk-yan: If Chinese government cares about HK internal friction, August 31 Framework should be dropped)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 29, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150429/news_20150429_55_1095886.htm

Less than half HK’s residents support electoral reforms
Taipei Times, April 30, 2015
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2015/04/30/2003617161

Hong Kong trips again in global press freedom ranking
Hong Kong Economic Journal, April 30, 2015
http://www.ejinsight.com/20150430-hong-kong-trips-again-in-global-press-freedon-ranking/

Related:
去年撐警集會記者遇襲案 警指無足夠證據檢控 (Police say not enough evidence to charge attackers of journalists during last year’s pro-police event)
Apple Daily, April 29, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20150429/53687604

Freedom of the Press 2015: Harsh Laws and Violence Drive Global Decline
Freedom House, April 28, 2015
https://freedomhouse.org/article/freedom-press-2015-harsh-laws-and-violence-drive-global-decline#.VUHjVdKqqko

Freedom of the Press 2015
Freedom House, April 28, 2015
https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/FreedomofthePress_2015_FINAL.pdf

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

YCW conversation–legal reform in China
Young China Watchers, April 28, 2015
http://www.youngchinawatchers.com/ycw-conversation-legal-reform-in-china/

Forced disappearances, brutality, and communist China's politics of fear
Vice News, April 28, 2015
https://news.vice.com/article/forced-disappearances-brutality-and-communist-chinas-politics-of-fear

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China “increases rights of the public” in legal cases against the government
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1778713/china-increases-rights-public-legal-cases-against

Related:
再过几天，最高人民法院《解释》与完成首次大修的《行政诉讼法》将开始实施 (Amended Administrative Litigation Law and SPC interpretation to take effect May 1, aim to facilitate case filing and registration for plaintiffs and enable courts to rule on legality of regulations issued by government)
China Youth Daily, April 28, 2015
http://zqb.cyol.com/html/2015-04/28/nw.D110000zgqnb_20150428_6-01.htm

Cases to be chosen as guide for judges' tough decisions
China Daily, April 29, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-04/29/content_20571870.htm

最高人民法院关于适用《中华人民共和国行政诉讼法》若干问题的解释
SPC Interpretation on the Administrative Litigation Law
Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China, April 22, 2015
CH: http://www.court.gov.cn/fabu-xiangqing-14294.html
EN: http://chinalawtranslate.com/en/allinterpretation/

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese authorities accused of covering up shooting of civilians in Xinjiang protest
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1779695/chinese-forces-shot-civilians-claim-villagers

Concerns over growing Chinese media controls ahead of Press Freedom Day
Radio Free Asia, April 28, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/media-04282015142632.html

China’s Maodun: A free Internet caged by the Chinese Communist Party
The Jamestown Foundation, April 16, 2015
http://www.jamestown.org/programs/chinabrief/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=43797&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=25&cHash=f6c22636760f062a5490d56f4ac599d0#.VUDnJ9JVhHx

China internet regulators announce more explicit rules on web censorship
Wall Street Journal, April 28, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-internet-regulators-put-explicit-new-censorship-rules-in-place-1430233546

Related:
中國網信辦出台「約談十條」加強網絡控制 (China’ cyberspace administration office announces rules for stronger web censorship)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 28, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/04/150428_china_internet_question

”Providing tea” not as innocent as it may appear
China Daily, April 28, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-04/28/content_20567627.htm

互联网新闻信息服务单位约谈工作规定
Provisions on admonishment meetings with internet News Information Services
Cyberspace Administration of China, April 28, 2015
CH: http://www.cac.gov.cn/2015-04/28/c_1115112600.htm
EN: http://chinalawtranslate.com/en/netnewsadmonish/

美國國務院高調呼籲中國釋放記者高瑜 (U.S. State Department calls on China to release journalist Gao Yu)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 28, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/world/2015/04/150428_usa_china_gaoyu

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)

Beijing police recommend charges against civil society advocates
The New York Times, April 28, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/28/beijing-police-recommend-charges-against-civil-society-advocates/

Activists forced to leave hotels ahead of Lin Zhao Memorial
Radio Free Asia, April 28, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/forced-04282015105019.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China says will hunt down serial bribers
Reuters, April 29, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/29/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN0NK08J20150429

Wang Jianlin, a billionaire at the intersection of business and power in China
The New York Times, April 28, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/29/world/asia/wang-jianlin-abillionaire-at-the-intersection-of-business-and-power-in-china.html

Chinese doctor took more than $18m worth of bribes, say reports
The Guardian, April 28, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/28/chinese-doctor-took-more-than-18m-worth-of-bribes-say-reports

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Q. and A.: Ma Jun on using mobile phones to fight pollution
The New York Times, April 28, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/28/q-and-a-ma-jun-on-using-mobile-phones-to-fight-pollution/

How China Uses its Cyber Power for Internal Security
The Diplomat, April 27, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/04/how-china-uses-its-cyber-power-for-internal-security/

Hong Kong (香港)

京官：香港先通过政改再看情况然后才考虑“优化”8.31决定 (Beijing official: HK should first pass political reform proposal before considering “optimization” of August 31 Decision)
Radio France Internationale, April 29, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150429-京官：香港先通过政改再看情况然后才考虑“优化”831决定/

董建華：泛民指方案非真普選是誤導市民 (Ex HK Chief Executive & Vice Chairman of CPPCC Tung Chee-hwa: Pan-dems saying that political reform proposal is not “genuine universal suffrage” is misleading the public)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 29, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150429/news_20150429_55_1095827.htm

Constitutional development may stall indefinitely
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 27, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150427/news_20150427_56_1095320.htm

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Gao Yu’s real crime
The New York Times, April 28, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/29/opinion/gao-yus-real-crime.html

学者杨支柱批评北京警方郭玉闪“非法经营案”起诉意见 (Academic Yang Zhizhu criticizes Beijing police for recommending indictment of Guo Yushan on “illegal business”)
Radio France Internationale, April 27, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150427-学者杨支柱批评北京警方郭玉闪“非法经营案”起诉意见/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Legislature Approves Reform of Jury System
Caixin, April 27, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-04-27/100804171.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

”因家暴杀夫判死缓”是否公正 (On whether it is just to receive a death sentence reprieve for murder of abusive husband)
Hua Xia, April 27, 2015
http://www.huaxia.com/xw/xjbzq/2015/04/4376434.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese magazine warned by censors, future now uncertain
Radio Free Asia, April 27, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/warned-04272015103205.html

Lawsuit over banned memoir asks China to explain censorship
李锐之女起诉中国海关没收其父回忆录
The New York Times, April 27, 2015
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150427/c27memoir/dual/

China’s Internet censor increases scrutiny on news portals
Bloomberg, April 28, 2015
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-28/china-internet-censor-increases-scrutiny-on-online-news-portals

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

“Vulnerable” women activists struggle to rebuild lives after detention
Radio Free Asia, April 27, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/rebuild-04272015131002.html

Related:
Chinese officers harshly interrogated women’s rights activist, husband says
The New York Times, April 27, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/28/world/asia/wu-rongrong-interrogation-china.html

Supporting women's rights in China
声援中国女权人士
Human Rights in China, April 24, 2015
EN: http://bit.ly/1Hd5v5D
CH: http://bit.ly/1DTr8Wy

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Wu Rongrong recounts police threats during interrogation in detention: “before they started taking notes and video recording, they would howl at me: ‘we’ll tie you up, throw you in a cell with men, and let them gang rape you; also, your son is only four, there’ll be trouble ahead with school and work.’
武嵘嵘讲述被拘留审讯期间警察对她的威胁：“他们给我做笔录和同步录音录像开始之前，会给我很大的威胁，比如他们向我吼‘把你捆绑后扔到男号子里去，让他们轮奸你’，还有比如‘你儿子才四岁吧，以后上学和工作都会麻烦了！’……”

Why China arrested, then released, five feminists
The Economist, April 27, 2015
http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2015/04/economist-explains-25

Government Accountability, (政府问责)

China opens corruption inquiry into Sinopec president
The New York Times, April 27, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/28/world/asia/china-opens-corruption-inquiry-into-sinopec-president.html

Related:
China’s antigraft authority takes aim at Sinopec
Wall Street Journal, April 27, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-antigraft-authority-takes-aim-at-sinopec-1430150045

China probes doctor over US$18 million bribes, 100 houses
Channel NewsAsia, April 28, 2015
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-probes-doctor-over/1811466.html

The big bribes in the junior ranks of China's cadres
South China Morning Post, April 28, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1778250/big-bribes-junior-ranks-chinas-cadres

贪官忏悔：收钱后，我成了送钱人的“奴才” (Confession of corrupt official: after accepting bribes, I became a slave to the briber)
People’s Daily, April 28, 2015
http://fanfu.people.com.cn/n/2015/0428/c64371-26916370.html