Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese police rule suicide in case of young mother found with seven stab wounds
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1848939/chinese-police-rule-suicide-case-young-mother-found-seven-stab

Chinese activist free after post-release “disappearance”
李化平曝被戴手铐绑架出狱 未来将安心写作
Radio Free Asia, August 11, 2015
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/release-08112015132840.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-08112015105242.html

余文生控告北京警方虐待及变相酷刑 (Yu Wensheng files complaint against Beijing police for abuse and torture)
Radio Free Asia, August 11, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-08112015114008.html

锋锐律师案王全璋以寻衅滋事、煽动颠覆两罪被刑事拘留 (Fengrui law firm case: Wang Quanzhang criminally detained for “picking quarrels and provoking troubles” and “inciting subversion of state power”)
Radio France Internationale, August 11, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150811-锋锐律师案王全璋以寻衅滋事、煽动颠覆两罪被刑事拘留

Chinese man, falsely jailed for 20 years for murder, “refused to confess under torture”
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1848850/chinese-man-falsely-jailed-20-years-murder-refused

Access to Information (信息公开)

Shanghai Telecom triples cost of access to overseas websites
Global Voices, August 11, 2015
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/08/11/shanghai-telecom-triples-cost-of-access-to-overseas-websites/

Minitrue: Don’t hype Ministry of Culture’s music blacklist
China Digital Times, August 11, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/08/minitrue-dont-hype-ministry-of-cultures-music-blacklist/

C is for Censorship: Google’s Alphabet site blocked one day after foundation
Hong Kong Free Press, August 12, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/08/12/c-is-for-censorship-googles-alphabet-site-blocked-one-day-after-foundation/

文化部公布音乐“黑名单”遭网民调侃 (Ministry of Culture’s “blacklist” of songs mocked by netizens)
Deutsche Welle, August 11, 2015
http://www.dw.com/zh/文化部公布音乐黑名单遭网民调侃/a-18641509

Related:
中国公布120首网络禁歌 网友抨击限制言论自由
China's song ban could spark public backlash: commentators
Radio Free Asia, August 11, 2015
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf1-08112015113007.html
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/backlash-08112015113538.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

广西玉林数百村民与警方冲突 抵抗征地建火葬场 (Hundreds of Guangxi Yulin villagers clash with police while protesting plans for crematorium in confiscated land)
Radio France Internationale, August 11, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150811-广西玉林数百村民与警方冲突-抵抗征地建火葬场

温州信徒集会反对拆除十字架 贵州活石教会牧师账户被冻结 (Wenzhou Christians protest removal of crosses, Guizhou pastor’s bank account frozen)
Radio Free Asia, August 11, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/yf2-08112015120757.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

美參議員要求奧習會關注中國打壓人權 (U.S. senators urge Obama to pay attention to China’s crackdown on human rights during his meeting with Xi Jinping)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 11, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/world/2015/08/150811_us_china_rights

Related:
U.S. senators urge President Obama to press China’s President Xi on rights during visit
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/1848829/us-senators-urge-president-obama-press-chinas-president

Associate of China's disgraced presidential aide Ling Jihua accused of leaking state secrets
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1848886/another-top-communist-party-cadre-accused-leaking-state

冤案后的赔偿与追责：一年“自由”值5万 (Compensation and accountability for wrongful convictions: a year’s freedom is worth RMB 50,000)
QQ News, August 12, 2015
http://news.qq.com/a/20150812/051199.htm

The house that Gu built: disgraced Chinese general developed luxury homes under military guise
South China Morning Post, August 11, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1848764/house-gu-built-record-setting-luxury-homes-developed

In Chinese media, a rebuff to officials who won’t fully retire
The New York Times, August 11, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/in-chinese-media-a-rebuff-to-officials-who-wont-fully-retire/

Critics say gov't argument for curbing Beijing's population is flawed
Caixin, August 11, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-08-11/100838336.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong pro-democracy group member convicted for obstructing policewomen on fateful night of famous police beating
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1848657/hong-kong-pro-democracy-group-member-convicted-obstructing

Counterterrorism (反恐)

大连举行反恐防暴演练 确保达沃斯论坛绝对安全 (Dalian holds counterterrorism exercises to insure the security of upcoming World Economic Forum)
China News, August 12, 2015
http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2015/08-12/7463775.shtml

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

How China’s crackdown on lawyers affects media freedom
The Diplomat, August 12, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/08/how-chinas-crackdown-on-lawyers-affects-media-freedom/

Related:
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

冰点：无助的眼神 我无法回避 (Freezing Point: When I see the helpless, I can’t ignore them [a profile of rights defense lawyer Pang Kun])
China Youth Online “Freezing Point,” August 12, 2015
http://zqb.cyol.com/html/2015-08/05/nw.D110000zgqnb_20150805_1-10.htm

Related:
Deep Freeze: The authorities silence yet another inconvenient voice
The Economist, February 2, 2006
http://www.economist.com/node/5476223

庞琨律师被带走，警察突袭百名律师遭各界抨击 (Lawyer Pang Kun taken away, police surprise attack 100 lawyers from all sides)
Boxun, July 14, 2015
https://www.bnn.co/news/gb/china/2015/07/201507140131.shtml

Ahead of Beijing 2022, the Olympic movement must champion human rights as part of its mandate
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1848843/ahead-beijing-2022-olympic-movement-must-champion-human

Related:
With China, IOC Turns Its Back on Human Rights
Human Rights in China, July 31, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/china-ioc-turns-its-back-human-rights

HRIC Urges IOC to Postpone Host City Election for 2022 Olympics
中国人权敦促国际奥委会推迟选举2022年冬奥会主办城市
Human Rights in China, July 28, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/hric-urges-ioc-postpone-host-city-election-2022-olympics
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/sheng-ming/zhong-guo-ren-quan-dun-cu-guo-ji-ao-wei-hui-tui-chi-xuan-ju-2022nian

Not such good American friends: The American Bar Association mumbles as Beijing arrests lawyers.
Wall Street Journal, August 10, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/not-such-good-american-friends-1439250937

Related:
ABA President William C. Hubbard statement on Lawyers in China
The American Bar Association, August 3, 2015
http://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2015/08/aba_president_willia.html

Currency devaluation shows the high cost of China’s soft power
Foreign Policy, August 11, 2015
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/08/11/currency-devaluation-shows-the-high-cost-of-chinas-soft-power/

香港觀察：還給港大清淨的校園 (HK observations: Return tranquility to HKU)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 11, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/hong_kong_review/2015/08/150811_hkreview_hk-style_red_guards

时事大家谈：释永信是否引爆中国道德危机？ (Current affairs talk: Did “Shaolin CEO Monk” Shi Yongxin set off a moral crisis in China?)
Voice of America, August 12, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/media/video/io-20150811-china-monks-moral-deparavation/2913527.html

中国计划生育政策或将于2016年寿终正寝 (Chinese family planning policy may end in 2016)
Radio France Internationale, August 11, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150811-中国计划生育政策或将寿终净寝

Access to Justice (司法公正)

郑州法院受理刑事速裁案件737件均当庭宣判 平均4个工作日结案体现轻罪快判 (Zhengzhou Courts handle 737 fast track criminal cases, average of 4 work days to conclude a case exemplifies speedy judgment for misdemeanors)
Legal Daily, August 11, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150811/Articel05003GN.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

China bans Fart and 119 other “immoral” songs with “severe punishment” threat
The Guardian, August 10, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/11/china-bans-fart-and-119-other-immoral-songs-with-severe-punishment-threat

Related:
中国文化部公布120首网路音乐黑名单 (Chinese Ministry of Culture blacklists 120 songs)
Radio France International, August 11, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150811-中国文化部公布120首网路音乐黑名单

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese Christians resist government plan to remove crosses
The New York Times, August 11, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/world/asia/chinese-christians-resist-government-plan-to-remove-crosses.html

Related:
Protest in Zhejiang as church cross demolitions continue
Hong Kong Free Press, August 10, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/08/10/protest-in-zhejiang-as-church-cross-demolitions-continue/

Tenzin Delek Rinpoche's sister, niece return home after two weeks' detention
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/return-08072015161511.html

Drawings of police torture seize China’s attention
山西男子用漫画记录遭刑讯经历
The New York Times, August 11, 2015
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/world/asia/drawings-of-police-torturing-a-suspect-captivate-china.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150811/c11sino-drawings/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese Communist Party newspaper warns against retired officials exerting political influence behind scenes
South China Morning Post, August 10, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1848144/chinese-communist-party-newspaper-warns-against-retired

Related:
党媒批评老干部恋栈权位分析认为已属“摊牌” (State media criticizes old cadres’ reluctance to give up power, analysts say CPC is laying its cards on the table)
Radio France International, August 11, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150811-党媒批评老干部恋栈权位分析认为已属“摊牌”

Lowly official linked to 821 million yuan graft
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 10, 2015
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1204139-20150810.htm

Communist Party leadership’s annual visit to Beidaihe in doubt
Irish Times, August 10, 2015
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/asia-pacific/communist-party-leadership-s-annual-visit-to-beidaihe-in-doubt-1.2312773

公安部修订涉案财物管理规定 严禁办案人员自行保管涉案财物 (PSB amends management regulations for property cases, strictly forbids personnel who handle cases from managing property themselves)
Legal Daily, August 11, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150811/Articel01004GN.htm

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China's much-hyped healthcare reform drive stuck in first gear
Reuters, August 9, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/09/us-china-healthcare-reform-idUSKCN0QE0UR20150809

Chinese hack of U.S. national security details revealed days after Russian hack
The Guardian, August 10, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/10/chinese-national-security-officials-hack

Related:
中国黑客2010年以来一直在入侵美国官员私人电邮—NBC (Chinese hackers have been gaining unauthorized access to U.S. officials’ personal emails since 2010)
Reuters, August 10, 2015
http://cn.reuters.com/article/2015/08/11/cybersecurity-usa-china-idCNKCS0QG0JA20150811

Report: China hacked emails of U.S. officials
Voice of America, August 10, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/report-china-hacked-emails-of-us-officials/2912486.html

Hong Kong (香港)

香港工會報告指「內地港企勞工糾紛大幅上升」 (HK Federation of Trade Unions report: HK enterprises in mainland see drastic rise in labor disputes)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 11, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/business/2015/08/150811_labor_right_hong_kong

拟议中的NGO立法恐使香港逾百机构受影响 (Proposed NGO law may affect over 100 organizations in HK)
Radio Free Asia, August 10, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/Ql2-08102015095041.html

港大調查指梁振英支持度評分跌至39.2屬表現失敗 (HKU survey: CY Leung’s approval rate low at 39.2% indicates failure)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 11, 2015
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1204381-20150811.htm

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

The Guardian view on China under Xi Jinping: it prefers control to reform
The Guardian, August 10, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/10/the-guardian-view-on-china-under-xi-jinping-it-prefers-control-to-reform

Bandurski: Putting China’s cyberpolice in context
China Media Project, August 10, 2015
http://cmp.hku.hk/2015/08/11/39139//

Badiucao (巴丢草): Shaolin vows and Zhejiang crosses
China Digital Times, August 10, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/08/badiucao-%e5%b7%b4%e4%b8%a2%e8%8d%89-shaolin-vows-and-zhejiang-crosses/

點評中國：中國法院「正義」排在第幾位？ (China commentaries: How high does “justice” rank in Chinese courts?)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 10, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/08/150810_cr_chinese_court_justice

Access to Justice (司法公正)

The desperate hunt for Li Heping, China's missing human rights warrior
The Guardian, August 10, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/10/the-desperate-hunt-for-li-heping-chinas-missing-human-rights-warrior

Related:
My husband Li Heping, Part 5—Lawyer Li Chunfu, Heping’s younger brother
我的丈夫李和平之五：增记：和平的弟弟李春富律师
Human Rights in China, July 16, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/courageous-voices#10
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xiang-qiang-quan-shuo-bu#10

Chinese human rights lawyer is unexpectedly freed a day after being detained
The New York Times, August 9, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/world/asia/yu-wensheng-chinese-rights-lawyer-is-unexpectedly-freed.html

高智晟出狱一周年音讯仍无 兄长高智义疑遭封口 (No news of rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng on 1st anniversary of prison release, brother suspects he is being silenced by police)
Radio Free Asia, August 7, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-08062015113225.html

两藏人为达赖喇嘛祝寿先后被捕 (Two Tibetans arrested for celebrating Dalai Lama’s birthday)
Radio Free Asia, August 7, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-08072015121846.html

Gao Yu, jailed Chinese journalist, is said to be receiving good medical care
The New York Times, August 7, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/07/gao-yu-jailed-chinese-journalist-is-said-to-be-receiving-good-medical-care/

谢远东涉嫌“煽动颠覆国家政权罪”，律师不许会见 (Xie Yuandong suspected of “inciting subversion,” not permitted to meet lawyer)
Boxun, August 10, 2015
http://www.boxun.com/news/gb/china/2015/08/201508102159.shtml

山西因公牺牲民警首获人身意外险理赔 (Shanxi offers first insurance settlements for police officers injured in the line of duty)
Legal Daily, August 10, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150810/Articel02004GN.htm

China mulls harsher penalties for protesters, “cults”; fewer capital crimes
Dui Hua, August 6, 2015
http://www.duihuahrjournal.org/2015/08/china-mulls-harsher-penalties-for.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China blacklists 120 songs for obscene or violent lyrics
Associated Press, August 10, 2015
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/b786b74934fc434eb8b22edca3b970d2/china-blacklists-120-songs-obscene-or-violent-lyrics

China TV anchor Bi Fujian to be punished for Mao insult
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 10, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-33844095

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

福建平潭强征打伤30村民 (30 villagers injured protesting forced land requisition in Pingtan, Fujian)
Radio Free Asia, August 8, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-08082015124107.html

Christian sentiment in Zhejiang against cross removal: three statements
China Change, August 7, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/08/07/christian-sentiment-in-zhejiang-against-cross-removal-three-statements/

Related:
A call to “cry out” against cross removals in China
The New York Times, August 10, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/07/a-call-to-cry-out-against-cross-removals-in-china/

Scream out! Don’t be silent anymore!—An Appeal to All Priests and Christians in China—The Catholic Parish of Priests in Wenzhou
Human Rights in China, July 28, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/scream-out-dont-be-silent-anymore-appeal-all-priests-and-christians-china

Freed Chinese prisoner uses cartoons to illustrate torture claims
South China Morning Post, August 9, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1847995/freed-chinese-prisoner-uses-cartoons-illustrate-torture

Related:
Comics to show how police torture innocent man into confession
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11lE0aCPMJtSRKV5rbr8ri4HHuzt2OK61LIPiYiE7dV0/edit

More than 1,000 people back Chinese women’s call for law change so men considered rape victims
South China Morning Post, August 7, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1847551/more-1000-people-back-chinese-womens-call-law-change-so

Livelihood clampdown on Tibetans in Diru County
Phayul, August 7, 2015
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=36332&article=Livelihood+clampdown+on+Tibetans+in+Diru+County

Related:
狮子旗热气球飞越欧洲北京干预不果 (Tibetan flag balloon to float across Europe despite China's intervention)
Radio France Internationale, August 7, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150809-狮子旗热气球飞越欧洲北京干预不果

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China Communist paper criticises retired leaders
Agence France-Presse, August 10, 2015
http://www.france24.com/en/20150810-china-communist-paper-criticises-retired-leaders

Related:
人民日报思想纵横：辩证看待“人走茶凉” (People’s Daily Ideological Aspect: critically examining “when a person leaves, the tea cools”)
People’s Daily, August 10, 2015
http://opinion.people.com.cn/n/2015/0810/c1003-27434178.html

China’s disgraced ex-PLA general Gu Junshan spared death
Asia Times, August 7, 2015
http://atimes.com/2015/08/chinas-disgraced-ex-pla-general-gu-junshan-spared-death/

China's cadres to be watched outside work as corruption watchdog targets old boys' networks
South China Morning Post, August 7, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1847676/chinas-cadres-be-watched-outside-work-corruption

China to prosecute former regulatory official for graft
Reuters, August 7, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/07/us-china-corruption-securities-idUSKCN0QC0R120150807

中国被查官员若自杀 将问责纪检人员 (Prosecutors to be held accountable if suspected corrupt officials commit suicide)
Voice of America, August 10, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-punish-20150807/2906375.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Let’s stick to the facts: The strange case of superintendent Chu King-wai
Hong Kong Free Press, August 7, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/08/07/lets-stick-to-the-facts-the-strange-case-of-superintendent-chu-king-wai/

李源潮接见港青禁香港记者采访 (Hong Kong journalists not permitted to film Chinese vice president Li Yuanchao’s meeting with SAR youth)
Radio France Internationale, August 9, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150809-李源潮接见港青禁香港记者采访

港府选民登记混账文化中心也算住址 (HK government voter registration system a mess—accepts hotels and the Cultural Centre as resident addresses)
Radio France Internationale, August 9, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150809-港府选民登记混账文化中心也算住址

Counterterrorism (反恐)

四川一高校配合武警反劫机大队反恐演习 场面如大片 (Sichuan Southwest Airlines Professional College coordinates “hijacking” counterterrorism drills with People's Armed Police)
Sichuan News Agency, August 10, 2015
http://sc.people.com.cn/n/2015/0810/c345167-25919372.html