Access to Justice (司法公正)

709律师续受打压 李和平面临吊照要求听证 (Rights lawyer Li Heping stripped of license to practice following detention)
Radio Free Asia, April 26, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-04262018102336.html

Germany, US renew calls for release of Liu Xiaobo’s widow from house arrest
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2143583/germany-us-renew-calls-release-liu-xiaobos-widow-house

China moves to police its history with new law
The Wall Street Journal, April 26, 2018
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-moves-to-police-its-history-with-new-law-1524758002

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese journalist held for “libel” of Yili chairman Pan Gang
写小说被认为“诽谤伊利” 作者刘成昆被跨省抓捕
Radio Free Asia, April 26, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/author-libel-04262018132005.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-04262018102257.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Sim Chi Yin, a patient photographer, wins Chris Hondros award
曾拍摄中国尘肺病患者的摄影师沈绮颖获奖
The New York Times, April 25, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/25/lens/sim-chi-yin-a-patient-photographer-wins-chris-hondros-award.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/lens/20180426/sim-chi-yin-a-patient-photographer-wins-chris-hondros-award/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Alibaba to help Chinese courts go on cloud
Xinhua News Agency, April 27, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/p/2018-04-27/detail-ifztkpip2455281.shtm

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

台“陆生共谍案”二审维持有罪判决 (Taiwan court upholds sentence, sends Chinese spy to jail)
Deutsche Welle, April 26, 2018
https://bit.ly/2JrZB4z

Taiwan accuses China of compromising global health over WHO ban
Agence France-Presse, April 26, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/26/taiwan-accuses-china-compromising-global-health-ban/

Hong Kong (香港)

In Pictures: Labor Party member assaulted at Fanling golf course protest
Hong Kong Free Press, April 27, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/27/pictures-labour-party-member-assaulted-fanling-golf-course-protest/

Democratic Party will not oppose possible probe into phone-grabbing lawmaker
Hong Kong Free Press, April 27, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/27/democratic-party-will-not-oppose-possible-probe-phone-grabbing-lawmaker/

Pro-independence activist Andy Chan files final appeal against failed election bid
Hong Kong Free Press, April 26, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/26/pro-independence-activist-andy-chan-files-final-appeal-failed-election-bid/

Gay Games is Hong Kong’s chance to show the city’s inclusivity – will it recognize same-sex unions and legislate to protect LGBT rights?
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2143252/gay-games-hong-kongs-chance-show-citys-inclusivity-will-it-recognise-same

Commentary (评论)

王光亞老而不死 (Beijing official Wang Guangya is old, he just won’t die)
Inmediahk, April 27, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1056633

程翔：悼「六四」、抗威權 香港在中國威權統治下的前景及我們的應對 (Mourn June Fourth, fight against authoritarianism: Future of Hong Kong under Chinese authoritarian rule and what can we do)
Inmediahk, April 27, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1056648

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Video: “I will not accept gov’t-appointed lawyer unless tortured,” arrested Chinese lawyer Yu Wensheng says
Hong Kong Free Press, April 26, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/26/video-i-will-not-accept-govt-appointed-lawyer-unless-tortured-arrested-chinese-lawyer-yu-wensheng-says/

Prominent Uyghur scholar detained in Xinjiang capital Urumqi: official
Radio Free Asia, April 25, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/scholar-04252018140407.html

China to punish those who “glorify wars of invasion”
Reuters, April 25, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-lawmaking-history/china-to-punish-those-who-glorify-wars-of-invasion-idUSKBN1HW1DX

完善衔接机制加强追逃力度总结试点经验，刑事诉讼法迎来第三次修改，缺席审判制度及速裁程序等拟入法 (NPC Standing Committee proposes amendments to Criminal Procedure Law: Permit trial in absentia, set up plea bargain system, speed up trial procedures)
Legal Daily, April 25, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index/content/2018-04/25/content_7530273.htm

刑事法律援助工作联席会议第一次会议强调，充分发挥刑事法律援助在加强人权司法保障 促进司法公正中的重要作用 (7 departments, including Supreme People’s Court, Supreme People’s Procuratorate, Ministry of State Security, to enhance coordination, improve legal aid for criminal cases and “strengthen judicial protection of human rights”)
Legal Daily, April 25, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-04/25/content_7530388.htm

司法部、全国普法办召开会议要求 以高度的政治责任感组织开展好宪法学习宣传教育活动 (Ministry of Justice launches campaign to promote studying Constitution with “great sense of political responsibility”, combining “Constitutional education with studying Xi Jinping Thought”)
Ministry of Justice, April 24, 2018
http://www.moj.gov.cn/news/content/2018-04/24/bnyw_18562.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

一部委局级干部建微信群被处分：群成员在群内互通政商信息 (Official punished for exchanging political and business information in WeChat group)
The Paper, April 26, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2097284

拍底层文革故事的中国“凯鲁亚克” (China’s Jack Kerouac who makes documentary about the Cultural Revolution)
The New York Times, April 25, 2018
https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180425/siling-xu-xing/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

维权律师遭停牌 陈家鸿状告南宁司法局 (Rights lawyer sues Justice Bureau in Guangxi for license suspension)
Radio Free Asia, April 25, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-04252018103922.html

Students defiant as Chinese university warns #MeToo activist
北大压制性侵案舆论，学生贴大字报反抗
The New York Times, April 24, 2018
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/world/asia/china-metoo-peking-university.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180425/china-metoo-peking-university/

Related:
李一鸣 (发起人 2016级本科生)：就部分同学因申请信息公开被约谈一事致北大校方的联名信 (Peking University students launch signature campaign in support of Yue Xin who gets intimidated by management for demanding information disclosure)
Weiquanwang, April 25, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/04/2016.html

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

Senate passes motion condemning China’s “hostile behavior” in South China Sea
The Global and Mail, April 25, 2018
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-senate-passes-motion-condemning-chinas-hostile-behaviour-in-south/

Related:
China says Canada Senate motion on disputed sea stirs “troubles”
Reuters, April 25, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southchinasea-canada-senate/china-says-canada-senate-motion-on-south-china-sea-stirs-up-troubles-idUSKBN1HW276

Hong Kong (香港)

Exclusive: Application by Hong Kong’s July 1 democracy march to use Victoria Park pitches rejected for second year
Hong Kong Free Press, April 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/25/exclusive-application-hong-kongs-july-1-democracy-march-use-victoria-park-pitches-rejected-second-year/

Those calling for end to “one-party dictatorship” probably cannot run for legislature, Beijing official says
Hong Kong Free Press, April 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/25/calling-end-one-party-dictatorship-probably-cannot-run-legco-seats-says-beijing-official/

Related:
No guarantees that advocates of ending one party rule will not be prosecuted, says Carrie Lam
Hong Kong Free Press, April 24, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/24/no-guarantees-advocates-ending-one-party-rule-will-not-prosecuted-says-carrie-lam/

Commentary (评论)

China’s new aircraft carrier is already obsolete
Foreign Policy, April 25, 2018
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/04/25/chinas-new-carrier-is-already-obsolete/

Hong Kong must remain a beacon of freedom of expression as China, and the region, cracks down on critics
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2143215/hong-kong-must-remain-beacon-freedom-expression-china-and

Access to Justice (司法公正)

西藏那曲数十名藏人矿山维权 遭当局抓捕殴打 (Police beat, detain over 30 residents in Tibet for protesting against mining in sacred mountains)
Radio Free Asia, April 24, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-04242018101211.html

Uyghurs in XUAR’s Ghulja City held in at least five “political re-education camps”
Radio Free Asia, April 24, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/ghulja-04242018132236.html

最高人民法院、司法部联合发文保障律师诉讼权利和规范律师参与庭审活动 (Supreme People’s Court, Ministry of Justice prohibit lawyers from publishing open letters and statements online in name of “defending rights”)
Legal Daily, April 24, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-04/24/content_7528409.htm

最高法党组会议指出，司法服务保障网络安全和信息化建设 (Supreme People’s Court to promote international judicial cooperation in cyberspace, “actively demonstrate to the international community the superiority of socialist rule by law with Chinese characteristics”)
Legal Daily, April 24, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-04/24/content_7529424.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

Tencent cracks down on underaged smut in ongoing online clean-up
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2143212/tencent-cracks-down-underaged-smut-ongoing-online-clean

Why did China take its own propaganda film offline? Netizens point to US tech sanctions
Global Voices, April 24, 2018
https://globalvoices.org/2018/04/24/why-did-china-take-its-own-propaganda-film-offline-netizens-point-to-us-tech-sanctions/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

呼吁国际救援李明哲 李净瑜：他不是中国人 (Wife of jailed Taiwanese rights activist Lee Ming-che calls for husband's release: He is not Chinese)
Deutsche Welle, April 25, 2018
https://bit.ly/2HpqCJf

许艳：余文生律师情况通报——妻子许艳向徐州市看守所申请政府信息公开 (Xu Yan, wife of rights lawyer Yu Wensheng, demands information disclosure from detention center)
Weiquanwang, April 24, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/04/blog-post_36.html

#MeToo activism is compelling a top Chinese college to confront a grave injustice from its past
Quartz, April 24, 2018
https://qz.com/1260189/metoo-activism-is-compelling-a-top-chinese-college-to-confront-a-grave-injustice-from-its-past/

Related:
Peking University senior Yue Xin on education and privilege
北大学生岳昕：一个北大既得利益者的自述
China Digital Times, April 24, 2018
EN: https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2018/04/translation-peking-university-senior-yue-xin-on-education-and-privilege/
CH: https://bit.ly/2HQlWvt

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China's Guangdong province to impose tougher industrial pollution curbs
Reuters, April 25, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2143278/chinas-guangdong-province-impose-tougher-industrial

安徽首建教师师德考核负面清单：一票否决，有偿补课是重点 (School teachers rated on “morality” in Anhui, lose points if found to tutor students for profit)
The Paper, April 25, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2094050

国办：重大政务舆情处置不力的单位人员要通报批评或约谈整改 (General Office of State Council issues notice on open government information: Officials to be held accountable for “improper” public opinion responses regarding government affairs)
The State Council the People's Republic of China, April 24, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2094524

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Shenzhen police can now identify drivers using facial recognition surveillance cameras
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/tech/china-tech/article/2143137/shenzhen-police-can-now-identify-drivers-using-facial-recognition

#MeToo activists in China are turning to the blockchain to dodge censorship
Quartz, April 24, 2018
https://qz.com/1260191/metoo-activists-in-china-are-turning-to-the-blockchain-to-dodge-censorship/

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

China warns of more action after military drills near Taiwan
Reuters, April 25, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2143224/china-warns-more-action-after-military-drills-near

Related:
China says further steps ready to target Taiwan independence
Associated Press, April 25, 2018
https://wapo.st/2HuinvO

China is building another aircraft carrier (and it could be a game changer)
Asia Times, April 25, 2018
https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-building-another-aircraft-carrier-134400179.html

Hong Kong (香港)

JUST IN: NGO Reporters Without Borders upgrades Hong Kong’s press freedom rating, citing “organized resistance”
Hong Kong Free Press, April 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/25/just-ngo-reporters-without-borders-upgrades-hong-kongs-press-freedom-rating-citing-organising-resistance/

Privacy concerns as Hong Kong gov’t proposes installing 1,070 traffic detectors
Hong Kong Free Press, April 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/25/privacy-concerns-hong-kong-govt-proposes-installing-1070-traffic-detectors/

Education Bureau slams pro-democracy party for “misleading” comments on textbook changes
Hong Kong Free Press, April 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/25/education-bureau-slams-pro-democracy-party-misleading-comments-textbook-changes/

MTR Corp’s proposal for new “Hong Kong Town” in mainland China sparks backlash
Agence France-Presse, April 25, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/25/mtr-corps-proposal-new-hong-kong-town-mainland-china-sparks-backlash/

Hong Kong localism off the agenda for new youth panel
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2143167/hong-kong-localism-agenda-new-youth-panel