Access to Justice (司法公正)

The seven tweets that could cost a Chinese human rights lawyer eight years in jail
Quartz, December 10, 2015
http://qz.com/569370/the-seven-tweets-that-could-cost-a-chinese-human-rights-lawyer-eight-years-in-jail/

Access to Information (信息公开)

Cyberczar says China doesn’t “censor content” online
China Digital Times, December 9, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/12/china-doesnt-censor-content-online-says-cyberczar/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Call for China to free labor activists or risk backlash from frustrated workforce
The Guardian, December 10, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/10/china-labour-rights-crackdown

Riot police break up trash plant protest in China's Shenzhen
Radio Free Asia, December 9, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-shenzhen-12092015105358.html

艾未未希望其艺术能改变中国 (Ai Weiwei hopes his art can change China)
Voice of America, December 10, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-weiwei-art-20151210/3096847.html

多地民众上街维权示威但均遭镇压 (Citizens in many places take to the streets to defend rights but all have been suppressed)
Radio France Internationale, December 9, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20151209-多地民众上街维权示威但均遭镇压

Government Accountability (政府问责)

“太多中国人因和平表达观点而被监禁” (International bodies issue statements on Human Rights Day: “Too many Chinese nationals get detained for peacefully expressing opinions”)
Deutsche Welle, December 10, 2015
http://www.dw.com/zh/太多中国人因和平表达观点而被监禁/a-18909325?maca=chi-rss-chi-ca-1044-rdf

Related:
2015 Human Rights Day
Human Rights in China, December 10, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/2015-review

Jailed Bo Xilai ally was “in excellent condition” before “mysterious” heart attack
South China Morning Post, December 10, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1889120/jailed-dalian-shide-tycoon-and-bo-xilai-ally-xu-ming

UN calls on China to end rife torture, crackdown on lawyers
The New York Times, December 9, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2015/12/09/world/asia/09reuters-china-rights-torture.html

Related:
UN Torture Committee Concludes Review of China with Scathing Observations
Human Rights in China, December 10, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/un-torture-committee-concludes-review-china-scathing-observations

China’s securities crackdown a source of fear
The Diplomat, December 9, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/12/chinas-securities-crackdown-a-source-of-fear/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

中国网络主管官员为治理和管理互联网辩护 (Chinese cyberspace chief defends Internet governance and management)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 9, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/12/151209_china_internet

How Xi Jinping sees the Internet
China Media Project, December 9,2 015
http://cmp.hku.hk/2015/12/09/39451/

China’s president to make first speech to global web forum
South China Morning Post, December 9, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1889118/chinas-president-make-first-speech-global-web-forum

I don’t declare: China’s struggle to sell vision at Internet summit
The Wall Street Journal, December 9, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/12/09/i-dont-declare-chinas-struggle-to-sell-vision-at-internet-summit/

Privacy, Internet issues cloud credit scoring
Caixin, December 9, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-12-09/100883818.html

Hong Kong (香港)

袁国强：一地两检拟引内地法入附件三 议员：日后可纳寻衅滋事？ (Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen mulls incorporating Chinese laws into Basic Law Annex 3 for Guangzhou-Shenzhen-HK Express Rail Link co-location checkpoint, lawmaker questions if “picking quarrels and provoking troubles” charge will be next)
South China Morning Post, December 10, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk-macau-tw/15189b2c4e066d9/yuan-guo-qiang-yi-di-liang-jian-ni-yin-nei-di-fa-ru-fu-jian-san-yi-yuan-ri-hou-ke-na-xun-xin-zi-shi-

聯合國要求獨立調查雨傘運動中警察濫用武力（人權監察新聞稿12.10） (Press release from Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor December 10: UN requests independent investigation into police violence during Umbrella Movement)
InMedia HK, December 10, 2015
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1039426

“Internet Article 23” debate delayed after lawmakers fail to show up
Hong Kong Free Press, December 9, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/12/09/breaking-internet-article-23-debate-delayed-after-lawmakers-fail-to-show-up/

A homemade explosive went off in Hong Kong amid protests over an internet free-speech bill
Quartz, December 10, 2015
http://qz.com/570441/a-homemade-explosive-went-off-in-hong-kong-amid-protests-over-an-internet-free-speech-bill/

Groups rally in Hong Kong to call for release of jailed Chinese human rights lawyers
Hong Kong Free Press, December 9, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/12/09/groups-rally-in-hong-kong-to-call-for-release-of-jailed-chinese-human-rights-lawyers/

国际人权日香港民间团体声援中国维权人士 (Hong Kong civil groups rally in support of Chinese rights defenders on Human Rights Day)
Voice of America, December 10, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/hk-protest-detaining-in-china-20151210/3096795.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Ai Weiwei interview: “In human history, there's never been a moment like this”
The Guardian, December 10, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/dec/10/ai-weiwei-interview-in-human-history-theres-never-been-a-moment-like-this

Access to Justice (司法公正)

聚焦"12.4" 国家宪法日 (Focus on 12.4 National Constitution Day)
Legal Daily, December 5, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20151205/Page02TB.htm

最高检督办148件不规范案 (SPP oversees handling of 148 non-standard cases)
Legal Daily, December 5, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20151205/Articel05003GN.htm

Chinese prosecutors drop some “evidence” against detained human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang
浦志强律师：指证微博从30条减少到实际7条
South China Morning Post, December 8, 2015
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1888813/chinese-prosecutors-drop-some-evidence-against-detained
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/15181c21be30f54/pu-zhi-qiang-lv-shi-zhi-zheng-wei-bo-cong-30-jian-shao-dao-12-bu-fen-chong-fu

Related:
Chinese courts will reject “Western pressure” in rights lawyer’s trial, says state-run tabloid
单仁平：中国不接受西方给浦案定调 法官不妨任性些
South China Morning Post, December 8, 2015
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1888939/chinese-courts-will-reject-western-pressure-rights
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/15185de8f941bcc/dan-ren-ping-zhong-guo-bu-jie-shou-xi-fang-gei-pu-an-ding-diao-fa-guan-bu-fang-ren-xing-xie

单仁平：浦志强案怎么判不可能由西方定调 (Chan Renping: Why the ruling for Pu Zhiqiang case should resist imposition of Western values)
The Global Times, December 9, 2015
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/shanrenping/2015-12/8131332.html

国际笔会要求立即释放刘晓波 (PEN International calls for immediate release of Liu Xiaobo)
Voice of America, December 9, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-writers-urge-china-to-release-nobel-prize-winner-liu-xiaobo-20151208/3093504.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Xi × XI: One day, eleven front page People’s Daily headlines
China Digital Times, December 8, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/12/xi-x-xi-one-day-eleven-front-page-peoples-daily-headlines/

Read the newspaper, Chinese official urges Communist Party members
The Wall Street Journal, December 9, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/12/09/read-the-newspaper-chinese-official-urges-communist-party-members/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

U.N. calls on China to end rife torture, crackdown on lawyers
Reuters, December 9, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-torture-idUSKBN0TS1DS20151209#QGhFErcbiycJIoEE.97

Related:
UN Torture Committee Concludes Review of China with Scathing Observations
Human Rights in China, December 9, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/un-torture-committee-concludes-review-china-scathing-observations

警方通报: 沁阳公安局长坠楼 (Police notice: Qinyang (Henan) Public Security Bureau Chief falls from building)
Legal Daily, December 5, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20151205/Articel05010GN.htm

汉阴趟出社区矫正检察监督新路 (Hanyin opens new path for inspection and supervision of community correctional services)
Legal Daily, December 5, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20151205/Articel08003GN.htm

CPC to target gov't organs, public institutions in discipline inspections
Xinhua, December 6, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-12/06/c_134890054.htm

Former senior Chinese provincial official jailed for graft
Reuters, December 8, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-court-idUSKBN0TS08F20151209

Provincial CPC graft-buster under investigation
Xinhua, December 8, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-12/08/c_134896932.htm

Wanted: cosmopolitan Chinese graft busters to chase suspects abroad
Reuters, December 8, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-diplomacy-idUSKBN0TR0FL20151208

China, US law experts discuss human rights issues
Shanghai Daily, December 8, 2015
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=311866

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Three scenarios for understanding changing PLA activity in cyberspace
The Jamestown Foundation, December 6, 2015
http://www.jamestown.org/programs/chinabrief/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=44865&cHash=7c03bdb5b344ef6e014c8256a5326d71#.VmesPE1UAdV

Google tests the waters in Shanghai’s free-trade zone
The Wall Street Journal, December 8, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/12/08/google-tests-the-waters-in-shanghais-free-trade-zone/

Hong Kong (香港)

為推一地兩檢 政府擬將內地法律納入《基本法》 (In order to bring co-location checkpoint for Guangzhou-Shenzhen-HK Express Rail Link, HK government mulls incorporating Chinese laws into Basic Law)
Apple Daily, December 9, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20151209/54518086

【短片：立會流會】樂見流會　陳志全：若建制議員全在席沒可能會流會 籲政府撤回議案重新諮詢 (Lawmaker Raymond Chan happy to see LegCo session suspended as pro-establishment lawmakers failed to turn up, calls on government to cancel the bill and consult again)
Mingpao, December 9, 2015
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20151209/s00001/1449641022278

Related:
從網絡廿三條看香港的假家長式專制管治（文：Alexa Stone@法政匯思） (Alexa Stone of Progressive Lawyers Group: HK government's veiled patriarchal, authoritarian rule seen in Internet Article 23 legislation)
Mingpao, December 9, 2015
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20151209/s00022/1449634146020

“Hong Kong separatists” to “surround LegCo” on Wednesday, warns Global Times
Hong Kong Free Press, December 8, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/12/08/hong-kong-separatists-to-surround-legco-on-wednesday-warns-global-times/

Groups rally in Hong Kong to call for release of jailed Chinese human rights lawyers
Hong Kong Free Press, December 9, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/12/09/groups-rally-in-hong-kong-to-call-for-release-of-jailed-chinese-human-rights-lawyers/

Related:
Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers and Defenders
中国大规模镇压维权律师和活跃人士
Human Rights in China, November 23, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-and-defenders
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-da-gui-mo-zhen-ya-wei-quan-lu-shi-he-huo-yue-ren-shi

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

China cracks down on aggrieved party cadres in Xinjiang and Tibet
The Guardian, December 8, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/08/china-party-dissent-xinjiang-tibet

China says Islamic State song in Mandarin shows need for global cooperation
Reuters, December 8, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-china-idUSKBN0TR0X520151208

Daughters-in-law of Xinjiang mine attack suspect face “harsh punishment”
Radio Free Asia, December 8, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/punishment-12082015174652.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

We should not trust China over the forcible return of its citizens
The Guardian, December 8, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/08/china-forcible-return-citizens-amnesty

Hong Kong’s rule of law must be protected in any agreement on joint immigration checkpoint for express rail link
South China Morning Post, December 8, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1888310/hong-kongs-rule-law-must-be-protected-any-agreement-joint

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese police raid labor rights groups, detain at least five activists
Radio Free Asia, December 7, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chna-labor-12072015094507.html

Chinese activist posts video accepting Global Thinker Award
Foreign Policy, December 4, 2015
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/12/04/chinese-feminist-activist-posts-video-accepting-foreign-policy-global-thinker-award/

See the video:
Li Maizi's Facebook page, December 8, 2015
https://www.facebook.com/maizi.li/videos/909074765843032/?pnref=story

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Authors urge China to release Nobel prize winner on seventh anniversary of his arrest
The Guardian, December 8, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/dec/08/authors-china-liu-xiaobo-nobel-prize-winner-pen-international

最高检：侵害残疾人利益从严从快批捕 (Supreme People's Procuratorate: Infringing interests of persons with disabilities will result in swift, strict approval of arrests)
Legal Evening News, December 3, 2015
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2015-12-03/doc-ifxmifzh4327314.shtml

河南追凶17年农妇李桂英欲追责, 项城公安启动倒查 (Henan peasant woman seeks accountability for husband’s death for 17 years, Xiangcheng Public Security finally begins investigation)
Guancha, December 6, 2015
http://www.guancha.cn/FaZhi/2015_12_06_343744.shtml

有效维护合法权益 及时化解矛盾纠纷, 健全国家司法救助制度取得初步效果 (Initial results are seen in building national legal aid system by effectively safeguarding lawful rights and interests and promptly resolving conflicts and disputes)
Legal Daily, December 7, 2015
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index/content/2015-12/07/content_6389044.htm

新疆首届律师周聚焦法治新疆 (Xinjiang's first “Lawyers Week” focuses on governing Xinjiang by law)
Legal Daily, December 7, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20151207/Articel02008GN.htm

Detained Chinese lawyer Pu Zhiqiang insists charges are trumped up as lawyers prepare for pre-trial meeting
浦志强今出席庭前会议 律师：他坚持自己无罪
South China Morning Post, December 8, 2015
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1888206/detained-chinese-lawyer-pu-zhiqiang-insists-charges-are
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/1517f3151ef977e/pu-zhi-qiang-jin-chu-xi-ting-qian-hui-yi-lv-shi-ta-jian-chi-zi-ji-wu-zui

Access to Information (信息公开)

中国新闻文化促进会召开第六次会员代表大会 (The China News Media Culture Promotion Association holds sixth congress)
People's Daily, December 8, 2015
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2015/1208/c1001-27898202.html

Minitrue: Weekend block of Wikipedia
China Digital Times, December 7, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/12/minitrue-weekend-block-of-wikipedia/

China slaps exit ban on wife, son of defected former journalist
Radio Free Asia, December 7, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-journalist-12072015100800.html

100 “masked attackers” destroy government office in western China
Hong Kong Free Press, December 7, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/12/07/100-masked-attackers-destroy-government-office-in-western-china/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

京夫妇再婚前各育一孩 共育一子被定超生罚40万 (Remarried Beijing couple each with 1 child gives birth to another and is fined $62K for exceeding birth limit
South China Morning Post, December 8, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/151808b7faa7b64/jing-fu-fu-zai-hun-qian-ge-yu-yi-hai-gong-yu-yi-zi-bei-ding-chao-sheng-fa-40-wan

Related:
计生政策放宽给“黑户”松绑 还需进一步制度保障 (Family planning restrictions eased on “blacklisted households,” further institutional guarantees still needed)
China Youth Daily, December 8, 2015
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2015/12-08/7660267.shtml

时事大家谈:从雾霾锁国、天津大爆炸看中国环境损害赔偿制度 (Current Affairs Discussion: State compensation system for environmental damage as seen through heavy smog problem and Tianjin explosion)
Voice of America, December 8, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/io-china-environment-20151207/3093038.html

Gui Minhai: the strange disappearance of a publisher who riled China's elite
The Guardian, December 8, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/08/gui-minhai-the-strange-disappearance-of-a-publisher-who-riled-chinas-elite

Head of Agricultural Bank of China steps down amid corruption probe
Caixin, December 7, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-12-07/100882906.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

全国网信系统学习贯彻党的十八届五中全会精神首场报告会在京举行 (In Beijing, National Cyberspace System holds first meeting to study and implement spirit of Party's 5th Plenum)
Cyberspace Affairs Commission, December 5, 2015
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2015-12/05/c_1117363643.htm

Xinhua: Carry anti-corruption campaign all the way to the end
新华社评论员：把正风肃纪进行到底
Xinhua, December 3, 2015
EN: http://chinascope.org/main/content/view/7569/106/
CH: http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2015-12/03/c_128496721.htm

互联网金融, 盛宴过后的一片狼藉 (Online financial industry in shambles after the feast)
People’s Court Daily, December 7, 2015
http://rmfyb.chinacourt.org/paper/html/2015-12/07/content_105725.htm

信和财富:互联网金融行业自律是根本 (Credit Harmony Co, Ltd: Self-regulation is foundation of online financial industry)
Legal Daily, December 7, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20151207/Articel04006GN.htm

Google refused police “false message” request to take down brutality video
Hong Kong Free Press, December 7, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/12/07/google-refused-police-false-message-request-to-take-down-brutality-video/

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong government moves to allay fears over controversial copyright bill ahead of vote
South China Morning Post, December 8, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1888187/hong-kong-government-moves-allay-fears-over-controversial

Hong Kong's struggle for academic freedom
Deutsche Welle, December 7, 2015
http://www.dw.com/en/hong-kongs-struggle-for-academic-freedom/a-18899103