Access to Justice (司法公正)

人民法院报微博煽动人民“推墙”？左派惊呼下删文 (Did the People’s Court News’ weibo incite people to “push the wall”? Leftists alarmed as post is deleted)
Radio France Internationale, May 13, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150513-人民法院报微博煽动人民“推墙”？左派惊呼下删文/

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People’s Court News, May 11, 2015
[Good evening friends] We’ll encounter different kinds of wall. We push the wall 10 times, it doesn’t collapse. We push the wall 100 times, it doesn’t collapse. Even if we push it 1,000 or 10,000 times, it still doesn’t collapse. The wall will not collapse—but in pushing it forcefully, our muscles will be strengthened, and we will become more powerful human beings. That the wall doesn’t collapse shouldn’t be our excuse for being weak. –Cai Kangyong

【晚安朋友】我们会遇见各种墙。我们推墙十下，墙也不会倒；我们推墙百下，墙也不会倒；我们推墙千下万下，墙还是不会倒。墙就是不会倒，但我们会因为用力推墙而肌肉强健、变成有力量的人。墙不倒、不该成为我们自愿当弱者的借口。——蔡康永

Police torture in China still routine despite reforms: rights group
Reuters, May 12, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/13/us-china-rights-idUSKBN0NY04W20150513

Related:
Tiger Chairs and Cell Bosses: police torture of criminal suspects in China
Human Rights Watch, May 13, 2015
http://www.hrw.org/node/134845

Conviction rates count more in Chinese justice than innocence
The New York Times, May 12, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/13/world/asia/conviction-rates-count-more-in-chinese-justice-than-innocence.html

Tibetan father and son are assaulted by police in Driru
Radio Free Asia, May 12, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/assaulted-05122015134755.html

错案警示五年坚守防范底线 (In 5th annual review of wrongful cases, more than 100 Henan judges commit to upholding justice)
Legal Daily, May 11, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150511/Articel02002GN.htm

临漳民调筑牢农村法治防线 (Dispute mediation in Linzhang County, Hebei, strengthens rule of law in rural areas)
Legal Daily, May 12, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150512/Articel01002GN.htm

Related:

中华人民共和国人民调解法
People's Mediation Law of the People's Republic of China
The National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China
CH: http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/2010-08/28/content_1593344.htm
EN: http://www.lawinfochina.com/display.aspx?lib=law&id=8266&CGid=

Access to Information (信息公开)

Is China's “Sunshine Law” within reach?
The Diplomat, May 12, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/05/is-chinas-sunshine-law-within-reach/

北京：下周一公安部将重点打击4类网络政治谣言/知秋 (Ministry of Public Security to take special action against four types of online political rumors starting May 18)
Boxun, May 12, 2015
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2015/05/201505120610.shtml

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

One Love: How foreign NGOs and governments should respond to China’s Draft Foreign NGO Law
China Law and Policy, May 12, 2015
http://chinalawandpolicy.com/2015/05/12/one-love-how-foreign-ngos-governments-should-respond-to-chinas-draft-foreign-ngo-law/

Related:
境外非政府组织管理法（草案二次审议稿）全文 (Overseas NGO Draft Law Foreign NGO Management Law (2nd draft for review)) [Proposed Overseas NGO Draft Law foreign NGO management law now open for public comment]
The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/lfgz/flca/2015-05/05/content_1935666.htm

Cheatsheet for understanding the FNGO Law
China Law Translate, May 11, 2015
http://chinalawtranslate.com/cheatsheet-for-understanding-the-fngo-law/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China and Russia agree to cooperate to fight corruption
South China Morning Post, May 13, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/1794703/china-and-russia-agree-cooperate-fight-corruption

Woman to sue over police killing of her son in China's Heilongjiang
Radio Free Asia, May 12, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/police-05122015143505.html

Related:
黑龙江庆安徐纯合被铁路警察击毙现场又一视频 (Heilongjiang fatal shooting by railway police [VIDEO])
Boxun, May 12, 2015
http://www.boxun.com/news/gb/china/2015/05/201505122153.shtml

庆安警方接受枪击案律师信息公开申请 (Qing'an police receive OGI application from lawyers in shooting case)
Sina, May 11, 2015
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/zg/jpm/2015-05-11/19301024.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

借编纂民法典东风强化个人信息保护 (Expert suggests incorporating individual privacy protections into draft civil code)
Legal Daily, May 12, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150512/Articel03002GN.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

Brother of Occupy Central volunteer beaten up in police car following arrest, court hears
South China Morning Post, May 13, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1794612/brother-occupy-central-volunteer-beaten-police-car

誤控智障男事件 張超雄批評警方屢次說謊 (Lawmaker Fernando Cheung criticizes police for lying repeatedly about the wrongful arrest for murder of autistic man)
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 13, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150513/news_20150513_55_1099204.htm

劉慧卿指官員落區未能回應市民致更多人反感 (Democratic Party Emily Lau: officials’ inability to respond to residents during community outreach increases popular opposition to political reform proposal)
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 13, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150513/news_20150513_55_1099287.htm

Counterterrorism (反恐)

中日韩将于15日在北京举行反恐对策磋商 (China-Japan-South Korea to hold counterterrorism policy negotiations in Beijing on May 15)
Global Times Net, May 13, 2015
http://gb.cri.cn/42071/2015/05/13/6651s4961464.htm

南宁和平商场举行首次反恐应急演练 (Naning’s Heping shopping center holds its first counterterrorism emergency exercise)
Nanning Evening News, May 13, 2015
http://www.gx.xinhuanet.com/dtzx/nanning/2015-05/13/c_1115273205.htm

Chinese police order Yining residents to hand in passports in latest crackdown
The Guardian, May 13, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/13/chinese-police-demand-passports-crackdown-rights

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese police accused in fatal station shooting
Taipei Times, May 12, 2015
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2015/05/12/2003618112

Related:
黑龙江枪击案补偿协议为死者堂兄签订 妻姐称无效 (Heilongjiang fatal station shooting: sisters of victim’s wife deny validity of compensation agreement signed by cousin)
Phoenix New Media, May 11, 2015
http://news.ifeng.com/a/20150510/43727751_0.shtml

Access to Information (信息公开)

Draft China National Security Laws promote socialist values and censorship
International Federation of Journalists, May 11, 2015
http://www.ifj.org/nc/news-single-view/backpid/33/article/draft-china-national-security-laws-promote-socialist-values-and-censorship/

Lack of transparency adds to public-government mistrust
Global Times, May 11, 2015
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/920947.shtml

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

The future is already present? How the draft foreign NGO management law could be applied
China Law and Policy, May 11, 2015
http://chinalawandpolicy.com/2015/05/11/the-future-is-already-present-how-the-draft-foreign-ngo-management-law-could-be-applied/

Related:
境外非政府组织管理法（草案二次审议稿）全文 (Overseas NGO Draft Law Foreign NGO Management Law (2nd draft for review)) [Proposed Overseas NGO Draft Law foreign NGO management law now open for public comment]
The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/lfgz/flca/2015-05/05/content_1935666.htm

王天安：希望父亲出席我的婚礼 (Wang Tian’an, daughter of political prisoner Wang Bingzhang: I wish my father could attend my wedding)
Voice of America, May 12, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/media/video/voaweishi-20150511-voaconnects-wang-bingzhang-wang-tianan/2762885.html

Counterterrorism (反恐)

宜春市公安铸造反恐处突“尖刀”(Yichun city develops special counterterrorism police force to handle emergencies)
Dajiang Net, May 12, 2015
http://jxyc.jxnews.com.cn/system/2015/05/12/013862366.shtml

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China's local governments lay down rules to punish laidback officials
South China Morning Post, May 11, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1793890/chinas-local-governments-lay-down-rules-punish-laidback

China's top anti-graft agency slams slack local graft-busters for allowing corrupt cadres to rise
South China Morning Post, May 11, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1793888/chinas-top-anti-graft-agency-slams-slack-local-graft

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China, U.S. have weapons for cyberassault
Voice of America, May 11, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/china-us-have-weapons-for-cyberattack/2760213.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong's Tiananmen massacre museum under pressure: activists
Radio Free Asia, May 11, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/musem-05112015133113.html

Pro-Beijing group stages petition in support of Hong Kong government's electoral reforms
Channel NewsAsia, May 11, 2015
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/pro-beijing-group-stages/1839132.html

學術及專業界聯署籲否決假普選方案 (Academic and professional circles jointly petition to vote down “fake” universal suffrage proposal)
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 12, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150512/news_20150512_55_1098919.htm

周融質疑三大學聯合民調能否代表全港市民 (Robert Chow Yung, leader of anti -Occupy Central‬ campaign doubts that 3 universities’ joint opinion poll on the political reform proposal can be representative of all HK residents)
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 12, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150512/news_20150512_55_1098924.htm

史密斯议员：香港应拒绝现有选举方案 (U.S. lawmaker Chris Smith: Hong Kong should reject the current election proposal)
Voice of America, May 12, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/media/video/lawmaker-urges-hk-20150511/2763967.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

广东高院发布2015年第一季度行政诉讼十大典型案例 (Guangdong Supreme Court publishes ten main types of administrative lawsuits of Q1 2015)
Guangdong Courts, May 8, 2015
http://bit.ly/1PCn7rh

202所监狱建成减假暂办案平台 (202 prisons establish sentence reduction, parole, and case-handling platforms)
Legal Daily, May , 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150511/Articel02008GN.htm

Chinese judicial departments to better handle petitions
Xinhua, May 8, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-05/08/c_134222588.htm

China’s rule of law plan is for real
East Asia Forum, May 10, 2015
http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2015/05/10/chinas-rule-of-law-plan-is-for-real/

中國活動人士因煽動顛覆罪被判5年監禁 (Chinese activist Liu Jiacai sentenced to 5 years for inciting subversion of state power)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 11, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/05/150511_liu_jiacai_sentence

China jails Suzhou eviction protester for eight years
Radio Free Asia, May 8, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/suzhou-eviction-protestor-jailed-for-eight-years-05082015120259.html

Related:
公民广场: 范木根案大事记 (Citizens’ Square: Fan Mugen case timeline)
Human Rights in China, February 4, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/chs/gong-min-yan-chang/fan-mu-gen-da-shi-ji

Access to Information (信息公开)

中国国家安全法草案增加网络主权规定 (China’s national security law supplemented with cyber-sovereignty regulations)
Voice of America, May 11, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-security-20150508/2759564.html

Related:
中华人民共和国国家安全法（草案）（二次审议稿）征求意见 (National Security Law of the People's Republic of China (2nd draft for review))
[Proposed National Security Law now open for public comment]
The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, May 7, 2015
http://www.npc.gov.cn/COBRS_LFYJNEW/user/UserIndex.jsp?ID=6691283

LinkedIn CEO on Chinese censorship: “It’s gut-wrenching”
Buzzfeed, May 9, 2015
http://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/linkedin-ceo-on-chinese-censorship-its-gut-wrenching

China tightens national security in wake of Snowden revelations
The Irish Times, May 9, 2015
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/asia-pacific/china-tightens-national-security-in-wake-of-snowden-revelations-1.2205576

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

贾西津：用国家安全视角看待国际关系影响社会经济发展 (Jia Xijin: viewing international relations from a national security perspective will impact socio-economic development)
Phoenix New Media, May 11, 2015
http://news.ifeng.com/a/20150511/43732232_0.shtml/

A slow death? China’s draft foreign NGO management law
China Law and Policy, May 10, 2015
http://chinalawandpolicy.com/

How does China's foreign NGO management law curb the development of civil society?
Global Voices, May 10, 2015
https://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/05/10/how-does-chinas-foreign-ngo-management-law-curb-the-development-of-civil-society/

Related:
Cheatsheet for understanding the FNGO law
China Law Translate, May 11, 2015
http://chinalawtranslate.com/en/cheatsheet-for-understanding-the-fngo-law/

境外非政府组织管理法（草案二次审议稿）全文 (Overseas NGO Draft Law (2nd draft for review)) [Proposed Overseas NGO Draft Law now open for public comment]
The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/lfgz/flca/2015-05/05/content_1935666.htm

Global campaign preceded surprise move to free Chinese activists
Reuters, May 7, 2015
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/05/07/uk-china-rights-women-idUKKBN0NS2GF20150507

Call for release of three mainland activists
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 8, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150509/news_20150509_56_1098233.htm

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China ex-security tsar Zhou Yongkang's trial delayed amid speculation he withdrew confession
South China Morning Post, May 10, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1792418/trial-chinas-former-security-tsar-zhou-yongkang-hit

Wang Qishan highlights Party discipline in anti-corruption effort
China Daily, May 11, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-05/10/content_20675042.htm

Related:
中國反腐總管再強調「黨紀嚴於國法」(China’s anti-graft campaign head Wang Qishan reiterates that “party discipline overrides national laws”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 10, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/05/150510_wang_qishan_ccp

Former banker said to be detained amid corruption inquiry
Caixin, May 8, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-05-08/100807558.html

China repatriates No 2 “Sky Net” fugitive official who fled to Singapore after alleged 94m yuan fraud
South China Morning Post, May 10, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1791773/china-repatriates-no-2-sky-net-fugitive-official-who

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

U.S. asks China to investigate cyber attack targeting U.S. sites
Reuters, May 8, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/08/us-cybersecurity-usa-china-idUSKBN0NT1S820150508

Social media encouraging corruption whistleblowing
China Daily, May 9, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-05/09/content_20665420.htm

Counterterrorism (反恐)

China issues arrest warrant for nine Uyghurs near Mongolian border
Radio Free Asia, May 8, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/warrant-05082015143010.html

北京反恐發40萬獎金 店主舉報顧客買斧頭獲獎 (Beijing gives shop owner RMB 400,000 award for reporting a customer who bought a lot of hatchets)
Beijing Times, May 11, 2015
http://politics.people.com.cn/BIG5/n/2015/0511/c70731-26979525.html