Access to Justice (司法公正)

China to put top human rights lawyer on trial next week
Hong Kong Free Press, December 10, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/12/10/china-to-put-top-human-rights-lawyer-on-trial-next-week/

Related:
浦志强被羁押五百天后将于12月14日一审开庭 (Pu Zhiqiang will go on trial December 14, after more than 500 days in detention)
Radio France Internationale, December 10, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20151210-浦志强被羁押五百天后将于12月14日一审开庭

Pu Zhiqiang’s indictment and the seven incriminating weibo posts
China Change, December 10, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/12/10/pu-zhiqiangs-indictment-and-the-seven-incriminating-weibo-posts/

U.S.: Detained China lawyers “partners, not enemies”
美国大使呼吁中国尊重律师
Voice of America, December 10, 2015
EN: http://www.voanews.com/content/us-detained-china-lawyers-partners-not-enemies/3096839.html
CH: http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-china-to-put-top-human-rights-lawyer-on-trial-next-week-20151210/3097282.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese authorities think the Internet could use more “positive energy”
Global Voices, December 11, 2015
https://globalvoices.org/2015/12/11/chinese-authorities-think-the-internet-could-use-more-positive-energy/

Cooking the books: Government officials in China’s “rust belt” falsified economic figures
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/1889641/cooking-books-government-officials-chinas-rust-belt-falsified

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

国际人权日：藏、维、南蒙古人及汉人发表联合声明 (International Human Rights Day: Tibetans, Uyghurs, Southern Mongolians, and Hans issue joint statement)
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/nu-12102015113251.html

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

International Human Rights Day marked with appeals to China, scrutiny of North Korea
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/11/britain-criticised-for-praising-china-on-un-human-rights-day

Chinese authorities orchestrate surprise raid of labor NGOs in Guangdong, arresting leaders
China Change, December 10, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/12/10/chinese-authorities-orchestrate-surprise-raid-of-labor-ngos-in-guangdong-arresting-leaders/

Thousands protest in Wuhan over construction of waste processing plant
Hong Kong Free Press, December 10, 2105
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/12/10/thousands-protest-in-wuhan-over-construction-of-waste-processing-plant/

Ethnic Mongolian family on hunger strike in protest over China's rights abuses
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/strike-12102015142129.html

Church crackdown continues in China
中国继续打压基督教 贵阳一教会被查封
Voice of America, December 10, 2015
EN: http://www.voanews.com/content/church-crackdown-continues-in-china/3096816.html
CH: http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-religious-freedom-20151210/3098403.html

My political activism is helping efforts to change China, says artist Ai Weiwei
South China Morning Post, December 10, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1889231/my-political-activism-helping-efforts-change-china-says

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Britain criticised for praising China on UN Human Rights Day
The Guardian, December 10, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/un-rights-12102015174329.html

Related:
Statement on the Occasion of Human Rights Day 2015
Representatives of the Federal Republic of Germany in the PRC, December 10, 2015
http://www.china.diplo.de/Vertretung/china/de/100-bo--peki/151209-menschenrecht-en-s.html

Human Rights Day Statement by Ambassador Max BaucusDay
The Guardian, December 10, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/un-rights-12102015174329.html

联合国人权组织呼吁中国停止酷刑虐待囚犯 (UN human rights body calls on China to stop torturing detainees)
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-12102015113535.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 denounces UN rights report as biased, “incorrect”
The Sun Daily, December 10, 2015
http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1634877

China’s Cultural Revolution could happen again, warns ex-Shenzhen mayor and former rising political star
South China Morning Post, December 10, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1889624/chinas-cultural-revolution-could-happen-again-warns

China to register “undocumented citizens”
Al Jazeera, December 10, 2015
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/12/china-register-undocumented-citizens-151210064713359.html

Related:
中国允许给黑户孩户口 (China to give undocumented children household registration permits)
Radio France Internationale, December 10, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20151210-中国一胎制人口-中国-一胎制-人口-珍妮特

China to prosecute former environment official for graft
Reuters, December 10, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-environment-idUSKBN0TU07020151211

Related:
Beijing’s smog is a symptom of corruption
The Financial Times, December 9, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/b9e6ba1e-9dcf-11e5-8ce1-f6219b685d74.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

The U.S., China and an abundance of cyber-caution
The Diplomat, December 11, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/12/the-us-china-and-an-abundance-of-cyber-caution/

Hong Kong (香港)

UN Committee Against Torture urges gov’t to “duly prosecute” police who used excessive force during Occupy
Hong Kong Free Press, December 10, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/12/10/un-committee-against-torture-urges-govt-to-duly-prosecute-police-who-used-excessive-force-during-occupy/

Related:
China rebuffs criticism from U.N. after torture report
Reuters, December 10, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-idUSKBN0TT0EU20151210

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

Lawmakers question gov’t study on adoption of mainland laws to allow shared immigration point
Hong Kong Free Press, December 9, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/12/09/lawmakers-question-govt-study-on-adoption-of-mainland-laws-to-allow-shared-immigration-point/

詳解「網絡23條」：香港人為什麼不相信它？ (Explaining “internet Article 23” in depth: Why don’t Hong Kong people trust it?)
The Initium, December 9, 2015
https://theinitium.com/article/20151209-hongkong-copyrightbill/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

China's attack on feminism? Not quite.
The Diplomat, December 10, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/12/chinas-attack-on-feminism-not-quite/

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