Access to Justice (司法公正)

北京维权女律师王宇遭人带走而“失踪” (Wang Yu, Beijing rights defense lawyer, “disappeared” after being taken away)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 9, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/07/150709_cn_lawyer_wangyu_missing

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关注！人权律师王宇一家三口失联 (Human rights lawyer Wang Yu taken away, contact lost with 2 other family members)
Lawyer Li Fangping WeChat post available in Boxun, July 9, 2015
http://www.boxun.com/news/gb/china/2015/07/201507092228.shtml

Related Twitter post:

快讯：维权女律师王宇9号凌晨在北京被人带走，至今失联。王宇律师曾于本周二，7号参加VOA卫视《时事大家谈》有关刑法修正草案有关条款或令人权律师如履薄冰的话题讨论。 pic.twitter.com/LEUs7ITyz0

— 美国之音中文网 (@VOAChinese) July 9, 2015

(VOA: Lawyer Wang Yu was taken away July 9 after having participated in a July 7 VOA TV program on the impact on lawyers of the revised Criminal Law draft. )

最高法再审公开开庭审理马乐利用未公开信息交易案 (SPC hears retrial of insider trading case against Ma Le in open court)
Legal Daily, July 9, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150709/Articel01008GN.htm

Related Twitter post:
Supreme court reopens insider trading case in China
Want China Times, July 09, 2015
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20150709000165&cid=1103

全国人大代表何健忠建议, 完善犯罪所得财物处理规定(NPC Standing Committee deputy He Jianzhong: Improve regulations for handling seized criminal assets)
Legal Daily, July 9, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150709/Articel03003GN.htm

【郭飞雄不能放风，已700天】郭飞雄先生于2013年8月8日被关进广州市天河看守所，迄今没有得到一天放风，此状况已经持续700天，律师多次控告无果。呼吁關注郭飛雄（楊荗東）。@dlunnews @davidakaye #酷刑迫害 pic.twitter.com/QN5iLk8CRS

— 王荔蕻 (@wlh8964) July 9, 2015

[Since entering Guangzhou Tianhe Detention Center on August 8, 2013, GuoFeixiong has not been allowed outside; it’s already been 700 days. Lawyers have sued repeatedly to no avail.]

屠夫吳淦妻子今天收到吳淦逮捕通知書。#釋放屠夫吳淦 #freetufuwugan pic.twitter.com/tzkn3Ky9PR

— 王荔蕻 (@wlh8964) July 9, 2015

[Today Tu Fu’s wife received his arrest notice.]

Access to Information (信息公开)

中国网安法草案规定遇重大事件可断网 (China’s draft National Security Law can shut down Internet access during major event)
Voice of America, July 9, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-chinese-cyber-security-20150709/2854705.html

Chinese journalist for Die Zeit to be freed without charge
Associated Press, July 9, 2015
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/e1ea5715990e4467a5cf189f9718a7fc/chinese-journalist-die-zeit-be-freed-without-charge

深化司法行政改革取得新进展 全国监狱系统普遍实行狱务公开制度 (New progress in deepening reform of the administration of justice, national prison system implements prison-work disclosure policy)
Legal Daily, July 9, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150709/Articel01007GN.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China’s feminists won’t let the government stop their momentum
BuzzFeed News, July 9, 2015
http://www.buzzfeed.com/hanzhang/chinas-feminists-wont-let-the-government-stop-their-momentum

百名律师呼吁：停止打压公益机构！ (One hundred lawyers sign joint appeal for ending suppression of public interest institutions)
WeChat, July 9, 2015
http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzAxODMzODIwOQ==&mid=207838898&idx=1&sn=c868d59edc3ec6825917989da3a28b0f#rd

China’s unwed couples grapple with restrictions on having babies
Global Times, July 9, 2015
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/931023.shtml

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Story of Chinese “princeling” shows limits of corruption campaign
McClatchy DC, July 9, 2015
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/world/article26670271.html

Former 1989 student leader calls on Beijing allow him to attend mother's funeral
Radio Free Asia, July 8, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-xiong-07082015123935.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Bold step on privacy and digital rights
Just Security, July 8, 2015
http://justsecurity.org/24458/bold-step-privacy-digital-rights/

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

China angrily rebuffs UN criticism of new security law
Voice of America, July 9, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/reu-china-angrily-rebuffs-un-criticism-of-new-security-law/2854857.html

Draft law will allow Chinese govt to cut Web access in emergencies
Global Times, July 9, 2015
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/931136.shtml

Related:
Proposed Internet Security Law raises concerns
China Digital Times, July 8, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/07/proposed-internet-security-law-raises-concerns/

Activists slam Thailand's repatriation of Uighurs to China
New York Times, July 9, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/07/09/world/asia/ap-as-thailand-uighurs.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

香港和台湾考验北京耐心 (Hong Kong and Taiwan are testing Beijing’s patience)
Financial Times, July 9, 2015
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001062888

Hong Kong must guard its citizen rights, both now and after Article 23 security law is implemented
South China Morning Post, July 8, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1834443/hong-kong-must-guard-its-citizen-rights-both-now-and-after

Poisoning the Well of U.S.-China Relations
Council on Foreign Relations, July 8, 2015
http://blogs.cfr.org/asia/2015/07/08/poisoning-the-well-of-u-s-china-relations/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese student comes out during graduation ceremony draped in rainbow flag
The Telegraph, July 7, 2015
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11723524/Chinese-student-comes-out-during-graduation-ceremony-draped-in-rainbow-flag.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

UN rights chief worried by breadth of China Security Law
联合国官员担忧中国国安法进一步限制人权
The New York Times, July 8, 2015
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150708/c08ap-eu-united-nations-china-security/dual/

欧盟驻华商会：中国网安法草案措辞模糊 (EU Chamber of Commerce in China: wording of China’s cybersecurity law is vague)
VOA Chinese, July 8, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-cyber-security-law-irk-business-20150708/2853424.html

Related:
《网络安全法》保护谁的安全? (China Cybersecurity Law (Draft): who’s security is it protecting?)
Deutsche Welles, July 8, 2015
http://bit.ly/1D1iilU

China mulls privacy protection, further curbs on Internet
The New York Times, July 8, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/07/08/world/asia/ap-as-china-internet-security-law.html

China's draft cybersecurity law has chilling implications for internet, multinationals
South China Morning Post, July 8, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1834506/chinas-publishes-draft-cybersecurity-law-implications

网络安全法（草案）全文
People's Republic of China Cybersecurity Law (Draft)
China National People’s Congress, July 6, 2015
China Law Translate (English translation), July 6, 2015
CH: http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/lfgz/flca/2015-07/06/content_1940614.htm
EN: http://chinalawtranslate.com/cybersecuritydraft/?tpedit=1&lang=en

Baidu and Sina begin censoring searches for "Xiao Gang step down"
Fei Chang Dao [blog], July 7, 2015
http://blog.feichangdao.com/2015/07/baidu-and-sina-begin-censoring-searches.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

江苏、黑龙江各有逾百民办教师集体上访争权益 (Over a hundred private school teachers in Jiangsu and Heilongjiang petition for rights and interests)
Radio Free Asia, July 8, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-07082015112028.html

President Xi calls for better role of "mass organizations"
Xinhua, July 7, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-07/08/c_134391004.htm

Government Accountability (政府问责)

胡耀邦“脱敏”电影开拍 避谈“六四”主打青春励志 (Filming of movie to “desensitize” Hu Yaobang won’t mention June Fourth, will focus on his encouragement of youth)
Radio Free Asia, July 8, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/xl3-07082015121027.html

UN fears rights violations in China-backed projects
Voice of America, July 8, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/un-concerned-about-rights-violations-in-china-backed-development-projects/2851032.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China's Huawei helps advance literacy in S. Africa
Xinhua, July 8, 2015
http://english.sina.com/2015/0708/827694.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong charges four over public burning of Beijing's policy paper
Radio Free Asia, July 7, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hong-kong-charges-four-over-public-burning-of-beijings-policy-paper-07072015103213.html

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

President Xi calls for better role of "mass organizations"
Xinhua, July 7, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-07/08/c_134391004.htm

金砖上合俄罗斯峰会将谈金融应急与反恐 (BRIC, SCO summits in Russia to cover financial emergency and counter-terrorism)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 8, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/07/150708_brics_sco_summits

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Why was Zhou Yongkang denied a public trial like Bo Xilai’s?
South China Morning Post, July 7, 2015
http://usali.org/media-entities/jerome-a-cohen-why-was-zhou-yongkang-denied-a-public-trial-like-bo-xilais-scmp/

China´s drug war: The temptation to criminalize addiction
World Crunch, July 8, 2015
http://www.worldcrunch.com/opinion-analysis/china-s-drug-war-the-temptation-to-criminalize-addiction/drug-crimes-addicts-management-penal-code/c7s19198/

China's Confucius Institutes and the soft war
The Diplomat, July 8, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/07/chinas-confucius-institutes-and-the-soft-war/

China market crash could be a blessing in disguise
Nikkei Asian Review, July 3, 2015
http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Perspectives/China-market-crash-could-be-a-blessing-in-disguise?page=2

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Former DW Journalist Gao Yu's health worsens in detention
高瑜健康堪忧 家人呼吁德司法部长声援
Deutsche Welle, July 6, 2015
EN: http://bit.ly/1M9JqEn
CH: http://bit.ly/1KNJURD

河南检方逮捕刑讯逼供致残当事人的刑警 (Henan prosecutors arrest police officers who used torture to extract confessions from individuals with disabilities)
Radio Free Asia, July 7, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/nu-07062015164550.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

网络安全法（草案）全文
People's Republic of China Cybersecurity Law (Draft)
China National People’s Congress, July 6, 2015
China Law Translate (English translation), July 6, 2015
CH: http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/lfgz/flca/2015-07/06/content_1940614.htm
EN: http://chinalawtranslate.com/网络安全法（草案）/?tpedit=1&lang=en

How China stopped its bloggers
Australian Financial Review, July 4, 2015
http://www.afr.com/technology/social-media/how-china-stopped-its-bloggers-20150703-gi34za

Minitrue: July 1 Hong Kong protests
China Digital Times, July 6, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/07/minitrue-july-1-hong-kong-protests/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

头条|广州一社工机构将遭撤销 民政局：其无固定办公地点 (Guangzhou government revokes registration and administratively penalizes social work service center)
China Social Work Times, July 7, 2015
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5ODI4ODE2MQ==&mid=208159327&idx=1&sn=008a814b6e63d2056a5ac3c196ba41aa&scene=5#rd

Guangzhou gov revokes registration of women's labor org in yet another move against NGOs in #China's crackdown https://t.co/xmCzm1GX25

— Maya Wang 王松莲 (@wang_maya) July 7, 2015

China's five feminists call for UN pressure on Beijing
女权五姐妹致函联合国促中国彻底恢复其自由
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2015
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/feminists-07062015134642.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/Ql2-07062015092310.html

Related:
Open Letter: Chinese feminist five seek UN help to have case against them dropped
ChinaChange, July 6, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/07/06/open-letter-chinese-feminist-five-seek-un-help-to-have-case-against-them-dropped/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

United Nations Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights Mr. Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky
Office of High Commissioner on Human Rights, July 6, 2015
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=16203&LangID=E

Communist Party chief at time of deadly 2009 riots in Western Chinese city expelled and faces graft charges
South China Morning Post, July 6, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1833390/communist-party-chief-time-deadly-2009-riots-western

Related:
中国反腐：新疆前中共高官栗智遭查处 (China’s anti-corruption campaign: Li Zhi, former senior CPC official in Xinjiang, expelled and under investigation)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 6, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/07/150706_xinjiang_lizhi

Hong Kong (香港)

China's new National Security Law casts a fearsome shadow over Hong Kong
Global Voices, July 7, 2015
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/07/07/chinas-new-national-security-law-casts-a-fearsome-shadow-over-hong-kong/

Provocative images depicting differences between Hong Kong and China highlight inter-cultural conflict
Global Voices, July 6, 2015
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/07/06/provocative-images-depicting-differences-between-hong-kong-and-china-highlight-inter-cultural-conflict/

Student activist Joshua Wong faces charges over Hong Kong “white paper” protest last year
South China Morning Post, July 6, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1833331/student-activist-joshua-wong-faces-charges-over-hong-kong

DAB leader Starry Lee Wai-king says Hong Kong's pro-Beijing camp will “learn the lesson” of bungled electoral reform vote
South China Morning Post, July 7, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1834023/dab-leader-starry-lee-wai-king-says-hong-kongs-pro-beijing