Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

刘晓波健康状况 医院亲属说法不一 (Contradicting statements from the hospital and his family on the condition of Liu Xiaobo)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 12, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-40578596

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24名立法會議員提交呈請書促中央讓劉曉波出國治療 (24 LegCo Councillors write to Beijing asking Liu Xiaobo to be allowed to go abroad for treatment)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 12, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1341615-20170712.htm

In Liu Xiaobo’s last days, supporters fight China for his legacy
支持者捍衛劉曉波的精神遺產
The New York Times, July 11, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/11/world/asia/china-liu-xiaobo-nobel-peace-prize-cancer.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170712/china-liu-xiaobo-nobel-peace-prize-cancer/zh-hant/

In Pictures: Hong Kong activists hold relay sit-in urging China to release ailing dissident Liu Xiaobo
Hong Kong Free Press, July 11, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/11/pictures-hong-kong-activists-hold-relay-sit-urging-china-release-ailing-dissident-liu-xiaobo/

香港医护界发起联署 促大陆释放刘晓波出国治疗 (Medical professionals in Hong Kong start joint letter campaign urging the mainland to allow Liu Xiaobo to go abroad for treatment)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-07112017112138.html

Liu Xiaobo: How a dissident's declining health turned into a propaganda battle
Cable News Network, July 11, 2017
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/11/asia/liu-xiaobo-propaganda-war/index.html

Don’t gawk at pictures of jailed Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo on his deathbed. Read his words.
The Washington Post, July 11, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/07/11/dont-gawk-at-pictures-of-jailed-nobel-laureate-liu-xiaobo-on-his-deathbed-read-his-words/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Round-ups of Uyghurs continue as Egypt, China condemned by rights groups
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/egypt-uyghurs-07102017170041.html

李和平妻女车祸受伤　网民质疑与“709案”有关 (Li Heping’s wife and daughter injured in car accident, Internet users wonder if incident related to 709 crackdown)
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/8-07102017140925.html

China to establish criminal proceeding system with Chinese characteristics
Xinhua, July 11, 2017
http://english.sina.com/news/2017-07-11/detail-ifyhvyie1089126.shtml

看守所法征求意见近尾声：问题的焦点集中在看守所归谁掌管 (Call for inputs on detention center law draws to a close: the focus of the question is where authority over detention centers lies)
The Paper, July 11, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1730255

Access to Information (信息公开)

China orders carriers to block VPN access
China Digital Times, July 10, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/07/china-orders-carriers-block-vpn-access-amid-crackdown/

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中国电信商2月前将禁止个人VPN接入 (Chinese telecommunications carriers to prevent personal VPN access by February)
Voice of America, July 11, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/vpn-china-20170710/3936425.html

Chinese people expect further enhancement of government transparency
Xinhua, July 11, 2017
http://english.sina.com/news/2017-07-11/detail-ifyhweua4841246.shtml

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Tibetans defy Chinese bans to celebrate Dalai Lama's birthday
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/defy-07102017151031.html

“六四天网”创办人黄琦母亲担忧儿子狱中生死 呼吁当局放人 (Mother of Huang Qi, founder of 64tianwang.com, worries son’s health and urges the authority for release)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-07112017111931.html

“709大抓捕”两周年：王宇包龙军公开声援王全璋 (709 crackdown anniversary: Wang Yu and Bao Longjun publicly support Wang Quanzhang)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-07112017111037.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese senior legislator under investigation
Xinhua, July 11, 2017
http://english.sina.com/news/2017-07-11/detail-ifyhvyie1089151.shtml

原天津中共市委常委、统战部长王宏江被立案审查 (Former Tianjin Municipal Committee secretary and United Front minister Wang Hongjiang placed under investigation)
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/10-07102017144514.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong seeks HK$45,000 police payout for July 1 protest handcuffing
South China Morning Post, July 12, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2102304/hong-kong-pro-democracy-activist-seeks-compensation-police

“Unfair” to call prosecution decisions political, says Justice Sec. amid cases against pro-democracy figures
Hong Kong Free Press, July 11, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/11/unfair-call-prosecution-decisions-political-says-justice-sec-amid-pro-democracy-figure-lawsuits/

Commentary (评论)

Time to tear down the “Great Firewall”
South China Morning Post, July 11, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2102079/time-tear-down-great-firewall

Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

Liu Xiaobo: Angela Merkel calls on China to show humanity to ailing activist
The Guardian, July 11, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/11/liu-xiaobo-angela-merkel-calls-on-china-to-show-humanity-to-ailing-activist

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An unsettling video made at the bedside of ailing Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo is circulating
Quartz, July 10, 2017
https://qz.com/1024782/an-unsettling-video-made-at-the-bedside-of-ailing-chinese-dissident-liu-xiaobo-is-circulating/

Activists call on China to release Liu Xiaobo for cancer treatment abroad
The Guardian, July 9, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/09/liu-xiaobo-tells-foreign-doctors-he-wants-to-leave-china-for-treatment

Dissident Nobel-winner Liu Xiaobo never thought he would be arrested, says wife in newly disclosed video
Hong Kong Free Press, July 10, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/10/dissident-nobel-winner-liu-xiaobo-never-thought-arrested-says-wife-newly-disclosed-video/

Ailing dissident’s case fits a pattern in Chinese Prisons, critics say
The New York Times, July 10, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/10/world/asia/liu-xiaobo-medical-care-dissidents.html

Relatives of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo put under close surveillance, Hong Kong-based NGO says
Hong Kong Free Press, July 10, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/10/relatives-chinese-dissident-liu-xiaobo-put-close-surveillance-hong-kong-based-ngo-says/

Chinese evade censors to express sorrow, anger over plight of Liu Xiaobo
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2102001/chinese-evade-censors-express-sorrow-anger-over-plight

As Liu Xiaobo fades, his hopes for reform in China are dying as well
The Guardian, July 10, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/09/liu-xiabo-fades-hopes-reform-china

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese labor activist says he was arrested due to factory's Trump links
The Guardian, July 10, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/10/chinese-labour-activist-hua-haifeng-arrest-ivanka-trump-brand-huajian

Law reopens debate on detention houses
China Daily, July 10, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-07/10/content_30051700.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

China moves to block Internet VPNs from 2018
The Guardian, July 11, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/11/china-moves-to-block-internet-vpns-from-2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

王宇首次曝光狱中受酷刑 709声援者海牙法庭抗议 (Wang Yu makes public for the first time torture suffered during detainment, activists hold 709 protest outside Hague court)
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-07102017112258.html

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Relatives of jailed Chinese lawyers refuse food on crackdown anniversary
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/relatives-07102017120519.html

西商洛民众不满国道收费 聚集抗议遭警镇压 (Western Shangluo people dissatisfied with road tolls, protests met with police suppression)
Radio Free Asia, July 9, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-07092017112546.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

May meets Xi Jinping as China suggests “shelving” Hong Kong row
The Guardian, July 8, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/08/may-meets-xi-jinping-as-china-suggests-shelving-hong-kong-row

Chinese graft-buster “front runner” to head insurance watchdog
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2102074/chinese-graft-buster-front-runner-head-insurance

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong survey respondents give “one country, two systems” a fail mark
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2102054/hong-kong-survey-respondents-give-one-country-two-systems

Pro-democracy lawmaker questions possible appointment of ex-Chinese official as home affairs deputy
Hong Kong Free Press, July 11, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/11/pro-democracy-lawmaker-questions-possible-appointment-ex-chinese-official-home-affairs-deputy/

Commentary (评论)

Human rights: Is China likely to build a better world?
EJ Insight, July 10, 2017
http://www.ejinsight.com/20170710-human-rights-is-china-likely-to-build-a-better-world/

Social unrest in China: a threat to regime legitimacy and the economy?
Global Risk Insight, July 10, 2017
http://globalriskinsights.com/2017/07/social-unrest-china-threat-regime-legitimacy-economy/

Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

刘晓波病情危重 中国外交部：出国无先例 (Liu Xiaobo in critical condition, China Ministry of Foreign Affairs: seeking treatment abroad is without precedent)
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/3-07102017092529.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Dissident Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo “in critical condition”
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2102036/dissident-nobel-laureate-liu-xiaobo-critical-condition

Related:
Video: Clip shows doctors at bedside of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, as supporters dispute fitness to travel
Hong Kong Free Press, July 10, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/10/video-clip-shows-doctors-bedside-chinese-dissident-liu-xiaobo-supporters-dispute-fitness-travel/

First foreign doctor sees ailing Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo
South China Morning Post, July 7, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2101760/first-foreign-doctor-sees-ailing-chinese-dissident-liu

Doctors stop giving cancer drug to China’s Nobel Laureate
Voice of America, July 7, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/china-nobel-laureate-cancer-drug-suspended/3932225.html

No halt in medication for China's Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, relative says
Reuters, July 7, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/china-rights-idUSL4N1JY1A5

刘晓波及妻子出国意愿未变 友人：得知家人受株连不久癌细胞扩散 (Friend: Liu Xiaobo and his wife’s wish to go abroad remain unchanged, family members learn that cancer cells have spread)
Radio Free Asia, July 7, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-07072017101142.html

刘晓波生命垂危 医生通知家属准备后事 (Liu Xiaobo on the verge of death, doctors advise family to prepare funeral)
Voice of America, July 7, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/liu-xiao-bo-20170706/3931392.html

China “unlikely” to heed calls to release Liu Xiaobo overseas on medical parole
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/liu-health-07062017134316.html

Recommendation for the further treatment of Chinese Nobel Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo
MD Anderson Cancer Center, July 9, 2017
https://www.mdanderson.org/newsroom/2017/07/recommendation-for-the-further-treatment-of-chinese-nobel-prize-.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Isolated, tortured and mentally scarred ... the plight of China’s human rights lawyers two years after “709 crackdown”
South China Morning Post, July 9, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2101819/chinas-human-rights-lawyers-continue-fight-victims-709

Related:
Chinese human rights lawyers remain defiant despite crackdown
Deutsche Welle, July 10, 2017
http://www.dw.com/en/chinese-human-rights-lawyers-remain-defiant-despite-crackdown/a-39622282

In 2015, China crushed rights lawyers but activists are still organizing
Reuters, July 9, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-idUSKBN19U05T

Silent Hong Kong protest marks anniversary of China’s crackdown on lawyers and activists
Hong Kong Free Press, July 9, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/09/standing-in-silence-protest-second-anniversary-709/

The China Human Rights Lawyers Group: Statement upon the 2nd anniversary of the 709 incident
China Change, July 9, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/07/09/the-china-human-rights-lawyers-group-statement-upon-the-2nd-anniversary-of-the-709-incident/

Two years on: An update on lawyer Wang Yu, the first 709 detainee
China Change, July 7, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/07/07/two-years-on-an-update-on-lawyer-wang-yu-the-first-709-detainee/

China: On “709” anniversary, legal crackdown continues
Human Rights Watch, July 7, 2017
https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/07/07/china-709-anniversary-legal-crackdown-continues

Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers, Defenders and International Reactions: A Brief Chronology
Human Rights in China, June 6, 2017
http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-defenders-and-international-reactions-brief-chronology

Retrial upholds jail for man who shed light on abuse in Chinese graft probes
The Globe and Mail, July 7, 2017
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/retrial-upholds-jail-for-man-who-shed-light-on-abuse-in-chinese-corruption-probes/article35586174/

唐荆陵心脏刺痛疑“被生病” 史庭福看守所受虐 (Tang Jingling’s heart pain suspected to be due to abuse in Shi Tingfu detention center)
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-07062017110521.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

The Great Firewall of China grows stronger as China forces app stores to remove VPNs
Techdirt, July 7, 2017
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170703/05090837712/great-firewall-china-grows-stronger-as-china-forces-app-stores-to-remove-vpns.shtml

安徽严格审核全省7700名记者 共注销603张新闻记者证 (All 7,700 journalists in Anhui province undergo strict examinations, 603 journalist permits cancelled)
China Youth Net, July 7, 2017
http://news.youth.cn/sh/201707/t20170707_10247665.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

G20汉堡峰会期间中国海外异议人士团体举办系列抗议活动 (During the G20 Hamburg Summit, overseas Chinese dissidents organize series of protests)
Radio Free Asia, July 7, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gr-07072017092726.html

Union calls for labor activist Liu Shaoming's freedom
Hong Kong Standard, July 7, 2017
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news.php?id=93006

Tibetan villagers fight eviction from their land in Chamdo
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/eviction-07062017164203.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Flooding in southern China causes deaths, damage and anger
The Washington Post, July 7, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/flooding-landslides-causing-deaths-anger-in-southern-china/2017/07/07/f10682de-62ce-11e7-80a2-8c226031ac3f_story.html?utm_term=.3a6ac8b74780

China prosecutes former provincial party boss over graft
Reuters, July 7, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN19S0WN?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

Hong Kong (香港)

Beijing is not insisting Carrie Lam pass a national security law right now, senior adviser claims
South China Morning Post, July 7, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2101661/beijing-not-insisting-carrie-lam-pass-national-security-law

“Disappointed”: Joshua Wong’s party accuses Asia Society of self-censorship following “ban”
Hong Kong Free Press, July 7, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/07/disappointed-joshua-wongs-party-accuses-asia-society-self-censorship-following-ban/

Hong Kong activists to lodge complaint with watchdog over police tactics during Xi visit
South China Morning Post, July 6, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2101602/hong-kong-activists-lodge-complaint-watchdog-over-police