Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese reform politician Wan Li dies at 99
The New York Times, July 15, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/07/15/world/asia/ap-as-china-obit-reform-politician.html?_r=0

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China's crackdown on rights lawyers shows no sign of abating
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-lawyers-07142015170857.html

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Mass Suppression of Lawyers Reveals True Nature of Xi’s “Rule by Law”
Human Rights in China, July 14, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-and-defenders

Statement by CECC Chairs Representative Chris Smith and Senator Marco Rubio on President Xi's “increasingly bold disregard for basic human rights”
Congressional-Executive Commission on China, July 14, 2015
http://www.cecc.gov/media-center/press-releases/statement-by-cecc-chairs-representative-chris-smith-and-senator-marco

China: Human rights lawyers detained during crackdown
Frontline Defenders, July 14, 2015
https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/node/29112

Sweeping attack on rights defense lawyers threatens China's entire legal profession
Committee to Protect Chinese Lawyers, July 13, 2015
http://www.csclawyers.org/events/72/

US urged to cancel Xi Jinping visit after China's human rights crackdown
The Guardian, July 14, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/14/china-human-rights-crackdown-petition-barack-obama-us-xi-jinping

依法打击极少数违法律师是为了创造更好执业环境 (Using law to crackdown on an extreme minority of lawyers who violate it benefits the professional environment for the majority)
Xinhua, July 15, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2015-07/15/c_128020030.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

China to codify Internet control measures
The Guardian, July 14, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/07/china-to-codify-internet-control-measures/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Tibetans gather in Chengdu to urge return of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche's body
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/gather-07142015194922.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

A cyber attack struck messaging app Telegram just as China was cracking down on human rights lawyers
Quartz, July 13, 2015
http://qz.com/451575/a-cyber-attack-struck-messaging-app-telegram-just-as-china-was-cracking-down-on-human-rights-lawyers/

南京警务无人机上岗 (Nanjing police commence using drones)
Legal Daily, July 15, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150715/Articel01004GN.htm

恪守网上舆情就是警情准则24小时公开巡查执法: 武汉网警“拍肩膀”提醒网友理性发言 (Scrupulously monitoring online public opinion is the norm for policing, 24-hour public patrolling to enforce the law: Wuhan online police “tap on the shoulder” of netizens to warn them to post rationally)
Legal Daily, July 15, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150715/Articel05001GN.htm

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

China's Uygurs go overseas to train for jihad at home, Beijing says
Reuters, July 16, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/1840009/chinas-uygurs-go-overseas-train-jihad-home-beijing-says

军委副主席专程到新疆库尔勒看望反恐维稳官兵 (CMC deputy chair visits Xinjiang's Korla Region to visit counter-terrorism and stability maintenance troops)
Legal Daily, July 15, 2015
http://mil.news.sina.com.cn/2015-07-15/0719835112.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

中国政府“为股民服务”? (The Chinese government “working for the investors”?)
Financial Times, July 15, 2015
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001063021

法学界三位泰斗：呼吁保障律师权利 (Three law experts: safeguard lawyers’ rights)
Chuansongmen, July 14, 2015
http://chuansong.me/n/1533963

Hong Kong lawyers must speak up for counterparts detained in the mainland
Hong Kong Free Press, July 14, 2015
Hong Kong lawyers must speak up for counterparts detained in the mainland

立即釋放內地維權律師　懇求香港律師會、大律師公會發聲 (The progressive lawyers group's short commentary regarding the recent mass arrests, detention or disappearance of mainland Chinese human rights lawyers)
Progressive Lawyers Group, July 14, 2015
http://bit.ly/1I3fqdI

Drawing the news: A lawyer’s visit in prison
Rebel Pepper (via China Digital Time), July 13, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/07/drawing-the-news-a-lawyers-visit-in-prison/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

孔杰荣:镇压律师使“依法治国”成笑柄 (Jerome A. Cohen: Crackdown on lawyers makes China’s “rule by the law” claim a point of ridicule before the world)
Voice of America, July 14, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/cohen-gao-chinese-lawyers-20150713/2860556.html

People’s Daily details allegations against lawyers detained in China
The New York Times, July 14, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/13/peoples-daily-details-allegations-against-detained-lawyers/

公安部揭开“维权”事件黑幕 (Ministry of Public Security cracks “human rights” crime syndicate)
People’s Daily, July 11, 2015
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2015/07-11/7399386.shtml

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截至2015年7月14日1930，共計159名律師/律所人員/人權捍衛者被刑拘/帶走/失聯/約談/傳喚/短期限制人身自由
“As of 19:30 14 July 2015, 159 lawyers/law firm staff/human right activists have been detained/arrested/incommunicado/summoned/ restricted freedom temporarily”
Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group, July 14, 2015
CH:http://chrlawyers.hk/zh-hans/content/【截至2015年7月14日1930，共计159名律师律所人员人权捍卫者被刑拘带走失联约谈传唤短期限制人身自由】
EN: http://chrlawyers.hk/en/content/1930-14-july-2015-159-lawyers-law-firm-staffhuman-right-activists-have-been-detained

China: Halt police operations targeting human rights lawyers as “national security” threat
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, July 13, 2015
http://chrdnet.com/2015/07/china-halt-police-operations-targeting-human-rights-lawyers-as-national-security-threat/

China: Latest information on crackdown against lawyers and activists
Amnesty International, July 14, 2015
https://www.amnesty.org/press-releases/2015/07/china-list-of-lawyers-and-activists-targeted/

Access to Information (信息公开)

Shifting reports on China police shooting raise questions over Xinjiang link
The Wall Street Journal, July 14, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/07/14/shifting-reports-on-china-police-shooting-raise-questions-over-xinjiang-link/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

港人游行抗议中国政府抓捕维权律师 (Hong Kongers march in protest of China’s detention of human rights lawyers)
Voice of America, July 13, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/media/video/china-rights-20150713/2859256.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China needs tougher rules on its cadres, online survey finds
South China Morning Post, July 14, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1839224/china-needs-tougher-rules-its-cadres-online-survey

Hong Kong (香港)

Student leaders charged over Hong Kong protest
The New York Times, July 14, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/14/student-leaders-charged-over-hong-kong-protest/

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

Chinese police say 3 who were killed by officers were "Xinjiang terrorists"
The New York Times, July 14, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/15/world/asia/chinese-police-say-men-killed-by-officers-were-xinjiang-terrorists.html

Behind the veil: China’s policies in restive Xinjiang hurt traditional minority businesses
Agence France-Presse, July 14, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1838613/behind-veil-chinas-policies-restive-xinjiang-hurt

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

张千帆：“法治国家不能没有律师” (Zhang Qianfan: A rule of law state must have lawyers)
China Review, July 14, 2015
http://www.china-review.com/lath.asp?id=34304

江平：“公权力不能动不动就抓律师” (Jiang Ping: Public power cannot arbitrarily imprison lawyers)
China Review, July 14, 2015
http://www.china-review.com/lath.asp?id=36124

Q&A: Chinese lawyer speaks out on arrests
Voice of America, July 14, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/intv-chinese-lawyer-speaks-out-on-arrrests/2859618.html

China’s “rule by law” takes an ugly turn
Foreign Policy, July 14, 2015
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/07/14/chinas-rule-by-law-takes-an-ugly-turn-rights-lawyers-crackdown-xi-jinping/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese authorities detain and denounce rights lawyers
中国拘捕维权律师，面临刑事指控
The New York Times, July 13, 2015
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150713/c13lawyers/dual/

Related:

特别说明：不少律师同仁劝阻杨金柱律师担任周世锋律师的辩护人，杨金柱律师回复了八个字：职责所在，万死不辞！杨金柱律师已经为自己委托了辩护人。 杨金柱2010年10月8日遗书重发。 http://t.co/bY2sKKkxNU

— 周锋锁 Fengsuo Zhou (@ZhouFengSuo) July 13, 2015

(From @ZhouFengSuo (1) Special Note: Many lawyers discourage colleague Yang Jinzhu form acting as defense counsel for Zhou Shifeng. Yang Jinzhu’s response: "It's my duty, I'm willing to risk my life to help." Yang himself has also found defense counsel.)

维权即“死磕”？中国维权律师处境恶化 (Human rights diehards? The deteriorating environment for China’s human rights lawyers)
Deutsche Welle, July 13, 2015
http://dw.com/p/1FxlO

How support for a Chinese rights lawyer could have led to crackdown
Reuters, July 13, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/13/us-china-rights-idUSKCN0PN1FE20150713

全国官媒围攻维权律师 80多人被约谈威胁噤声 法律界痛斥 (Eighty people silenced and threatened in new crackdown, legal profession censures official media’s attack on human rights lawyers)
Ming Pao, July 13, 2015
https://www.e123.hk/ElderlyPro/details/413056/72/sc/

中国近百律师遭打压、威胁 官媒火力全开抨击维权律师 (Nearly 100 lawyers suppressed and threatened in China, state media openly attacks human rights lawyers)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-07122015112404.html

China: Latest information on crackdown against lawyers and activists
Amnesty International, July 13, 2015
https://www.amnesty.org/press-releases/2015/07/china-list-of-lawyers-and-activists-targeted/

U.S. Calls on China to Free Detained Human Rights Advocates
Bloomberg Business, July 13, 2015
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-13/u-s-calls-on-china-to-release-detained-human-rights-advocates

Calling for the U.S. government to cancel Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the U.S.
We the People, July 11, 2015
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/calling-us-government-cancel-chinese-president-xi-jinpings-visit-us

为了5万元钱两男拐卖他人宝贝儿子 (Two men traffic baby boys for RMB 50,000)
Zhejiang Legal News, July 10, 2015
http://zjfzb.zjol.com.cn/html/2015-07/10/content_126807.htm

超过请求时效 申请国家赔偿败诉 (Application for state compensation in rape case fails after exceeding statute of limitations)
Sichuan Legal News, July 14, 2015
http://dzb.scfzbs.com/shtml/scfzb/20150714/28594.shtml

China: End two-tier travel system for Tibetans, others
Human Rights Watch, July 13, 2015
https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/07/13/china-end-two-tier-travel-system-tibetans-others

Access to Information (信息公开)

香港去年逾30记者遇袭 记协年度报告指新闻自由遭威胁之最 (Thirty journalists attacked last year in HK, Hong Kong Journalist Association’s annual report says press freedom facing unprecedented threat)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl2-07132015101052.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Top court official under inquiry for graft
China Daily, July 13, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-07/13/content_21255333.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

台湾香港关注中国大规模拘捕维权律师 (Taiwan, Hong Kong concerned about China’s large-scale crackdown on human rights lawyer)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 13, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/07/150713_taiwan_hongkong_china_lawyers

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

扰庭罪拟修改业界有争议, 立法应给予控辩审同等保护 (Proposed crime of “disrupting court” causes controversy in professional circles, legislation should provide equal protection for prosecution and defense)
Zhejiang Legal News, July 10, 2015
http://zjfzb.zjol.com.cn/html/2015-07/10/content_126820.htm

Access to Justice (司法公正)

北京大扫荡：至少二十名维权律师被抓捕或失联 (Crackdown in Beijing: At least 20 rights-defense lawyers picked up or dropped out of contact)
Boxun News, July 10, 2015
https://boxun1.azurewebsites.net/news/gb/china/2015/07/201507101830.shtml

Chinese authorities appear to detain 4 human rights lawyers
New York Times, July 10, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/11/world/asia/china-detains-rights-lawyers-prompting-talk-of-a-crackdown.html

Related:

China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group calls urgent attention to the disappearance of rights lawyer Ms. Wang Yu and her family and the subsequent disappearances of her colleagues
China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group, July 10, 2015
http://www.chrlawyers.hk/en/content/china-human-rights-lawyers-concern-group-calls-urgent-attention-disappearance-rights-lawyer

@chrlcg 聽說王全璋也失聯了？

— Hang Tung Chow (@zouxingtong) July 10, 2015