Access to Justice (司法公正)

刘飞跃被加控“为境外非法提供国家秘密罪” (“Illegally leaking state secrets abroad” added to website founder Liu Feiyue’s charges)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-08162017105148.html

就因吴淦开庭余文生2017年8月12日至14日被软禁一案 余文生向有关部门提起控告 (Lawyer Yu Wensheng sues local authorities for putting him under house arrest on the day of Wu Gan’s trial)
Weiquanwang, August 16, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/08/2017-8-12-14-1967-11-11-24-6-107-602.html

Liu Xia has left Beijing, relatives told, rights group says
Hong Kong Standard, August 16, 2017
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news.php?id=95233&sid=4

瞿明学向甘肃省人民检察院提起控告 要求立案追究涉案人员徇私枉法、破坏选举的刑事责任 (Qu Mingxue files accusation against Gansu Provincial People’s Procuratorate, requesting investigation into favoritism and criminal responsibility for sabotaging elections)
Weiquanwang, August 16, 2017
https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2017/08/blog-post_60.html

限制维权人士行动有新招 张宝成半月两度被指“吸毒”(New tactics to limit actions of human rights activists: Zhang Baocheng accused of “taking drugs” for second time this month)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-08162017105030.html

新疆温泉哈萨克族牧民被秘判12年 (Kazakh herdsman sentenced to 12 years in Wenquan, Xinjiang)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-08152017113604.html

丈夫大陆被拘，妻子奔走联合国呼吁救人 (Wife appeals to United Nations to rescue husband detained in mainland)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/gf2-08162017104033.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

福州新店镇强拆 居民割脉抗争 (Resident cuts veins to protest demolitions in Xindian, Fuzhou)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-08162017104834.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Official fired after cover-up of fatal mining accident
Sixth Tone, August 15, 2017
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1000690/official-fired-after-cover-up-of-fatal-mining-accident

Former national legislator sentenced to life imprisonment for organizing prostitution
Xinhua, August 15, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-08/15/c_136528328.htm

Former head of Chinese news agency investigated for graft
Reuters, August 16, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-publishing-idUSKCN1AW0UQ

福建前7月1068人违反八项规定被处分 含8名厅官 (Fujian punishes 1,068 officials for violating party principles during the first seven months of 2017)
People.com, August 17, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0817/c1001-29477104.html

贵州:上半年处理违规违纪纪检监察干部218人 (Guizhou punishes 218 officials from local discipline inspection authority for violating disciplines during the first six months of 2017)
People.com, August 17, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/ywkx/n1/2017/0817/c363762-29476392.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Apple's iCloud facility in China to be overseen by Guizhou province
Reuters, August 16, 2017
http://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/news/apples-icloud-facility-in-china-to-be-overseen-by-guizhou-province-1738370

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong jails Joshua Wong and democracy activists over 2014 Umbrella Movement protests
Hong Kong Free Press, August 17, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/17/breaking-hong-kong-jails-joshua-wong-democracy-activists-2014-umbrella-movement-protests/

Related:
雙學三子改判入獄 黃之鋒囚半年 羅冠聰囚8個月 周永康囚7個月 3人將上訴 (Hong Kong student leaders jailed for six to eight months, all three will appeal)
Mingpao, August 17, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170817/s00001/1502934884818

Asked about jailing of protesters, chief secretary vows to improve communication with city’s youth
South China Morning Post, August 16, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2107014/asked-about-jailing-protesters-chief-secretary-vows-improve

I am mentally prepared for jail, says activist Joshua Wong
Hong Kong Free Press, August 16, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/16/i-mentally-prepared-jail-says-activist-joshua-wong/

Video: “First Umbrella”—the dramatic chain of events which sparked the 2014 pro-democracy Occupy protests
Hong Kong Free Press, August 17, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/17/video-first-umbrella-dramatic-chain-events-sparked-2014-pro-democracy-occupy-protests/

Hong Kong democrat charged with “misleading” police over abduction claim
Reuters, August 17, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-politics-idUSKCN1AX061

Related:
林子健涉誤導警務人員准保釋候訊 (Howard Lam released on bail after being charged with misleading the police)
Apple Daily, August 17, 2017
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20170817/57091625

香港專上學生聯會就反東北案刑期覆核判決之聲明 (Hong Kong student union issues statement concerning verdicts of New Territory land rights activists)
Inmediahk, August 17, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1051414

Commentary (评论)

China exercises jurisdiction within Hong Kong borders
The Liberty Web, August 16, 2017
http://eng.the-liberty.com/2017/6878/

China should release Liu Xia, or risk repeating a terrible injustice
The Globe and Mail, August 16, 2017
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/china-should-release-liu-xia-or-risk-repeating-a-terrible-injustice/article35995522/

十三人在獄中失去的自由，是為成全我們的自由 (13 lose their freedom in prison to allow us to have freedom)
Inmediahk, August 17, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1051420

Access to Justice (司法公正)

湖南维权律师谢阳继续遭当局严密看管 (Hunan rights lawyer Xie Yang continues to face severe surveillance from authorities)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-08142017110712.html

Related:
Chen Guiqiu’s statement of condemnation regarding Xie Yang’s trial
陈桂秋关于谢阳案开庭审理的谴责声明
Human Rights in China, May 6, 2017
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/chen-guiqius-statement-condemnation-regarding-xie-yangs-trial
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/gong-min-yan-chang/chen-gui-qiu-guan-yu-xie-yang-kai-ting-shen-li-de-qian-ze-sheng-ming

See more items on Xie Yang:
http://www.hrichina.org/en/defenders/xie-yang

709李文足的声明 (Li Wenzu, wife of 709 lawyer, criticizes police for lying and intimidating family members in open statement)
Weiquanwang, August 15, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/08/709_95.html

上海维权人士吴玉芬及80岁高龄的杜金媛被关黑监狱至今已40多天仍未获得释放 (80-year-old Du Jinyuan from Shanghai, along with land rights defender Wu Yufen, still held in black jail for over 40 days, without release)
Weiquanwang, August 15, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/08/48.html

新疆温泉哈萨克族牧民被秘判12年 (Kazakh herder in Xinjiang sentenced to 12 years after secret trial)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-08152017113604.html

China rights activist Wu Gan may face up to 10 years in prison
Voice of America, August 15, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/china-activist-trial-wu-gan/3986125.html

前首都师范大学副教授朱德龙因在微信群批评中共总书记习近平搞个人崇拜、封杀网络民意，竟被行政拘留5天 (Capital Normal University associate professor Zhu Delong already detained for five days after criticizing CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping on WeChat for engaging in self-worship and blacklisting netizens)
Weiquanwang, August 15, 2017
https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2017/08/5.html

完善以宪法为核心的中国特色社会主义法律体系 (To perfect a socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics and the Constitution at its core)
People’s Daily, August 14, 2017
http://zj.people.com.cn/n2/2017/0814/c186327-30604076.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

山西晋中煤矿滑坡埋人 政府一度隐瞒 (Government conceals coal mine landslide that buried people in Jinzhong, Shanxi)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/yf2-08152017114412.html

Journalism, propaganda, censorship, and the 19th Party Congress
China Digital Times, August 14, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/08/journalism-propaganda-censorship-19th-party-congress/

人权组织要求中国政府说明高智晟的下落 (Human rights organization asks the Chinese gov’t for Gao Zhisheng’s whereabouts)
Voice of America, August 16, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-human-rights-lawyer-gao-zhishen-20170815/3987000.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

New normal? Strike Map shows steady trends in worker actions in first half of 2017
China Labor Bulletin, August 15, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/new-normal-strike-map-shows-steady-trends-worker-actions-first-half-2017

湖南娄底警察电棍致人死亡 百人游行抗议 (Loudi, Hunan police cause death with electric batons, hundreds protest)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-08152017114159.html

顶十九大维稳风 各地再掀老兵维权潮 (Veterans from many provinces protest at local gov’ts, despite pressure of stability maintenance rises before the 19th National Congress of the CPC)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-08152017114241.html

湖南娄底警察电棍致人死亡 百人抗议遭抓捕 (Hundreds protest against police brutality and get arrested after villager died under custody in Hunan)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-08152017114159.html

中國Walmart工人眾籌五萬打官司 至今三宗勝訴獲賠償 (Walmart workers in China crowd-fund 50,000 yuan for their lawsuits and have won three cases)
Inmediahk, August 15, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1051381

Government Accountability (政府问责)

山西和顺矿难瞒报事件:煤管局长就地免职 (Director of coal mine authority in Shaanxi removed from duty after trying to conceal information about deadly mining accident)
China National Radio, August 15, 2017
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2017-08-15/doc-ifyixtym5096818.shtml

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s new cybersecurity law lacks detail, says Tencent VP
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2106910/chinas-new-cybersecurity-law-lacks-detail-says-tencent-vp

Related:
China's probe into Tencent, Baidu, Sina may be about politics, not cybersecurity
CNBC, August 15, 2017
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/15/politics-underline-china-probe-of-tencent-baidu-sina.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Protesters who stormed Hong Kong’s Legislative Council given jail terms after prosecutors pushed for tougher sentences
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2106839/jail-instead-community-service-13-protesters-who-stormed

Related:
In Pictures: Democrats criticize appeal court’s decision to jail 13 activists over 2014 clash at legislature
Hong Kong Free Press, August 16, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/16/pro-democracy-activists-criticise-appeal-courts-decision-jail-13-activists-2014-clash-legislature/

黃之鋒估計明天面臨監禁 刑期與昨日東北案被告相若 (Joshua Wong expects to face jail time tomorrow and receive similar sentences of New Territory development protesters)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 16, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1348459-20170816.htm

回應林子健被捕 李家超指警方按實際情況既定程序處理 (John Lee: police are following established procedures in accordance with reality in the arrest of Howard Lam)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 16, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1348457-20170816.htm

反東北案12被告將上訴 長毛斥「冤獄 (12 defendants in the New Territory development protest will appeal; Long hair calls the verdicts unjust)
Inmediahk, August 15, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1051382

Commentary (评论)

Three young voices versus a superpower
The New York Times, August 15, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/15/opinion/hong-kong-activists-prisoners-china.html

China is forcing Uighurs abroad to return home. Why aren’t more countries refusing to help?
China File, August 14, 2017
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/china-forcing-uighurs-abroad-return-home-why-arent-more-countries

Liu Xiaobo’s stern warning
National Review, August 14, 2017
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/450472/liu-xiaobo-warned-world-stop-appeasing-china

吴淦（“超级低俗屠夫”）案中的法律问题 (Legal issues in the case of Wu Gan)
Financial Times, August 16, 2017
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001073849

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Eye-catching China activist Super Vulgar Butcher “admits wrongdoing”
Reuters, August 14, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-idUSKCN1AU153

Related:
吴淦案将开庭各地声援者被稳控 (Wu Gan’s trial begins, supporters in various places face suppression)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-08132017104934.html

上海数十维权人士集体向北京市高级法院提起行政诉讼 (Dozens of rights defenders from Shanghai file administrative lawsuit against State Bureau for Letters and Calls at Higher People’s Court of Beijing)
Weiquanwang, August 15, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/08/blog-post_15.html

中国异议人士高智晟突然从家里失踪 (Dissident Gao Zhisheng suddenly disappears from Shaanxi residence on August 13)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/wy-08142017135657.html

湖北鄂州家庭教会遭鞭炮“轰炸” 信徒被打 (Home church in Hubei met with intimidation and sabotaging, believers beaten and arrested by local police)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql2-08142017110549.html

律师立案时遭殴打，河北丛台法院：清退涉事辅警，赔偿律师 (Lawyer beaten while filing case, Hebei Congtai Court: Clear out auxiliary police, compensate lawyer)
The Paper, August 14, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1762849

“现代法院”究竟长啥样 (What in the world are “modern courts” like?)
Legal Daily, August 13, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-08/13/content_7279452.htm?node=5955

人民陪审员 更接地气了 (好政策，让生活更美好) (Jurors are more down to earth, good government policy has improved people’s lives)
People.com.cn, August 13, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0813/c1001-29466669.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China detains four WeChat users for spreading false rumors about earthquakes
Neowin, August 13, 2017
https://www.neowin.net/news/china-detains-four-wechat-users-for-spreading-false-rumours-about-earthquakes

Duowei: China launched Internet crackdown to secure the internet prior to 19th National Congress
Deutsche Welle, August 11, 2017
EN Summary: http://chinascope.org/archives/12942
CH: http://news.dwnews.com/china/news/2017-08-11/60006388.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

上海公民为唐荆陵律师和袁新亭上街举牌发声 要求立即释放 (Shanghai citizens petition for immediate release of lawyer Tang Jingling and Yuan Xinting)
Weiquanwang, August 12, 2017
https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2017/08/blog-post_75.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

湖北严格执行《中国共产党问责条例》 (Hubei strictly enforces the “Chinese Communist Party Accountability Provisions”)
Xinhua, August 13, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2017-08/13/c_129679348.htm

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China's mobile apps exceed 4.02 mln
Xinhua, August 12, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-08/12/c_136520929.htm

去年以来全国破获电信网络诈骗案11.9万余起 (More than 119,000 cases of telecommunications fraud cracked nationwide since last year)
Legal Daily, August 14, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/judicial/content/2017-08/14/content_7279863.htm?node=80570

第三届中国网络正能量一江山论坛在台州举行 (Third China Online Positive Energy Yijiangshan Forum held in Taizhou)
China Communist Youth League, August 14, 2017
http://news.youth.cn/gn/201708/t20170814_10510242.htm

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

新疆青河县少数民族出国须五个部门审批盖章 (Kazakh minorities in Xinjiang need approvals from different authorities to go aboard)
Radio Free Asia, August 14, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-08142017110509.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Democrat who says Chinese agents assaulted him accuses police of leaking “damaging” details of investigation
Hong Kong Free Press, August 14, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/14/democrat-says-chinese-agents-assaulted-accuses-police-leaking-damaging-details-investigation/

Related:
Hong Kong democrat arrested for “misleading” police after abduction claims
Reuters, August 15, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-politics-idUSKCN1AV03K

閉路電視未見被人擄 林子健涉誤導警方被捕 (CCTV footage shows no signs of abduction, Howard Lam arrested for misleading the police)
Apple Daily, August 15, 2017
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20170815/57081702

林鄭月娥不評論林子健事件 稱社會可自行判斷 (Carrie Lam refuses to comment on the incident of Howard Lam and says the society can make its own judgment)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 15, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1348274-20170815.htm

律政司覆核成功 反東北案13被告改判監8至13個月 (13 activists sentenced from 8 to 13 months in prison following Department of Justice’s successful appeal)
Inmediahk, August 15, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1051372

Stop pursuing democracy under Hong Kong’s Basic Law, Occupy co-founder Benny Tai urges
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2106572/stop-pursuing-democracy-under-hong-kongs-basic-law-occupy-co

“All Hong Kong lawmakers should retake oaths”: Litigious former civil servant files legal bid to restart process
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2106707/hong-kong-king-judicial-reviews-lodges-legal-bid-restart

Hong Kong gov’t appeals sentences for protesters who opposed New Territories development plan
Hong Kong Free Press, August 14, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/14/hong-kong-govt-appeals-sentences-protesters-opposed-new-territories-development-plan/