Access to Justice (司法公正)

China detains 100 lawyers, activists
Voice of America, July 17, 2015
http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/china-detains-100-lawyers-activists/2860545.html

Related:
Canada gravely concerned by detention and disappearance of lawyers and activists in China
Government of Canada, July 16, 2015, July 14, 2015
http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/china-chine/highlights-faits/2015/CanadaGravelyConcernedbyDetentionandDisappearanceofLawyersandActivistsinChina.aspx?lang=en

Recent human rights developments in China
Australian Government, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, July 17, 2015
http://dfat.gov.au/news/media-releases/Pages/recent-human-rights-developments-in-china.aspx

China: Massive crackdown of human rights lawyers continues
Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights, China Labor Bulletin, and Human Rights in China, July 16, 2015
https://www.fidh.org/International-Federation-for-Human-Rights/asia/china/china-massive-crackdown-of-human-rights-lawyers-continues

Mass suppression of lawyers reveals true nature of Xi’s “rule by law”
对维权律师的大规模镇压揭示了习近平“依法治国”的真实面目
Human Rights in China, July 16, 2015
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-and-defenders
CH:http://hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-da-gui-mo-zhen-ya-wei-quan-lu-shi-he-huo-yue-ren-shi

UN, EU, nations speak out against China’s crackdown on lawyers
Hong Kong Free Press, July 16, 2015, July 14, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/07/17/un-eu-nations-speak-out-against-chinas-crackdown-on-lawyers/

Statement issued by the [Hong Kong] Legal ECs in relation to the mass arrest, detention and disappearance of lawyers in China
法律界選委就被大規模拘捕、羈留及失蹤的中國律師發出的聲明
Hong Kong Lawyers, July 16, 2015
http://bit.ly/1I8MZen

Statement on the detention of human rights lawyers in China
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong, July 17, 2015
http://fcchk.org/article/fcchk-statement-detention-human-rights-lawyers-china

Access to Information (信息公开)

Minitrue: Don’t hype story on Leiyang’s angry poet
China Digital Times, July 16, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/15/google-maps-changes-name-on-disputed-south-china-sea-shoal/

Google maps changes name on disputed South China Sea shoal
New York Times, July 15, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/15/google-maps-changes-name-on-disputed-south-china-sea-shoal/

Rise of Guangdong propaganda chief a sign of further media controls to come
Radio Free Asia, July 17, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/rise-of-guangdong-propaganda-chief-a-sign-of-further-media-controls-to-come-07172015102050.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Gov't gives think tanks food for thought with supporting policies
Caixin, July 17, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-07-17/100830006.html

首个“中国劳工受难日”各地举行纪念活动 (Various regions hold commemorative events for first “China Labor Victims Day”)
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-07162015100743.html

甘肃广河逾百回民抬尸体县政府抗议警察不作为 (Over a hundred Chinese Hui ethnic minorities carry corpse and protest police inaction in Gansu)
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-07162015100933.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中国又一名高官被情人举报遭调查 (Another top official is exposed by lover and undergoing investigation)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 17, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/07/150717_china_investigation

China destroyed its stock market in order to save it
Foreign Policy, July 16, 2015
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/07/16/china-destroyed-its-stock-market-in-order-to-save-it/

Hong Kong (香港)

Top China leader tells HK youth to “promote stability”
Reuters, July 17, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/17/us-china-hongkong-idUSKCN0PR0VT20150717

Hong Kong protester convicted of assaulting police officer with her breast
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1840630/hong-kong-protester-convicted-assaulting-police-officer-her

Overview of legal cases related to the HK Umbrella Revolution
Medium.com, July 16, 2015
https://medium.com/@KongTsungGan/overview-of-legal-cases-related-to-the-hk-umbrella-revolution-7734adecdb0

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

中国以反恐名义拘捕人道援助服务的外国非政府组织成员引关注 (China's use of “anti-terrorism” label to detain humanitarian assistance workers at foreign NGO draws scrutiny)
Radio France Internationale, July 17, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150716-中国以反恐名义拘捕人道援助服务的外国非政府组织成员引关注/

Related:
China to deport foreign tourists after “terror” video case
Reuters, July 17, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/17/us-china-tourists-idUSKCN0PR18N20150717

Pakistan Hopes to Benefit from Iran Deal, With Chinese Help
Voice of America, July 16, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/pakistan-hopes-to-benefit-from-iran-nuclear-deal-with-chinese-help/2864001.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Exiled Chinese lawyer says the country is moving toward a new totalitarianism
Public Radio International, July 16, 2015
http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-07-16/exiled-chinese-lawyer-says-country-moving-toward-new-totalitarianism

Lu Jun: “one more law won’t make us helpless”
China Digital Times, July 17, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/07/lu-jun-one-more-law-wont-make-us-helpless/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China is using televised confessions to shame detained lawyers, journalists, and activists1
Quartz, July 15, 2015
http://qz.com/453477/china-is-using-televised-confessions-to-shame-detained-lawyers-journalists-and-activists/

Uncivil: China says that by locking up lawyers it is defending the rule of law
Economist, July 16, 2015
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21657828-china-says-locking-up-lawyers-it-defending-rule-law-uncivil

Heavy hands vs the power of words: China cracks down on fast-growing civil society
South China Morning Post, July 16, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1840611/heavy-hands-vs-power-words-china-cracks-down-fast

Related:
“Lawyers need to be protected not harassed” – UN experts urge China to halt detentions
United Nations Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, July 16, 2015
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=16241&LangID=E

Statement by the Spokesperson on recent developments in the human rights situation in China
European Union External Action, July 15, 2015
http://eeas.europa.eu/statements-eeas/2015/150715_03_en.htm

Mass suppression of lawyers reveals true nature of Xi’s “rule by law”
对维权律师的大规模镇压揭示了习近平“依法治国”的真实面目
Human Rights in China, July 14, 2015
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-and-defenders
CH:http://hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-da-gui-mo-zhen-ya-wei-quan-lu-shi-he-huo-yue-ren-shi

China: Lawyers face 15 years in jail on ‘chilling’ state security charges
Amnesty International, July 16, 2015
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2015/07/china-lawyers-16-july/

Law Society urges China to release lawyers arrested in “crackdown”
The Law Society of England and Wales, July 16, 2015
http://communities.lawsociety.org.uk/human-rights/news-and-events/law-society-urges-china-to-release-lawyers-arrested-in-crackdown/5050047.article

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China’s imploding pressure cooker: Xinfang petitions
Diplomat, July 16, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/07/chinas-imploding-pressure-cooker-xinfang-petitions/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China's private sector joins the nation's battle against corruption
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1840674/chinas-private-sector-joins-nations-battle-against

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

德国副总理针对中国的自由及人权问题对中国政府提出明确的警告 (German Vice Chancellor gives China an explicit warning regarding China’s freedom and human rights problem)
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junshiwaijiao/gr-07162015095852.html

美国敦促中国改善人权 (U.S. urges China to improve human rights)
VOA Chinese, July 16, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/us-urges-china-to-improve-human-rights-20150716/2863908.html

20名外国人在中国内蒙古被捕 (20 foreigners have been detained in Mongolia)
Radio Free Asia, July 15 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junshiwaijiao/zaa-07152015121607.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

China’s new crackdown on civil rights
Washington Post, July 15, 2015, July 14, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/narrowing-a-tiny-civil-rights-gray-zone-in-china/2015/07/15/e4aad038-2a4c-11e5-bd33-395c05608059_story.html

正规的被冒名，敛财的钻空子，执法的干瞪眼 离岸协会 监管待发力（求证·后续）(Forcefully regulate offshore associations)
People’s Daily, July 16, 2015
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2015/0716/c1001-27311104.html

Interview: repression, dubious Rendition of Uyghurs is "the real China"
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/uyghur-rebiya-07162015074311.html

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

Related
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

Related:
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/