Xinjiang’s new rules against domestic violence expand China’s ‘extremism’ front to the home
South China Morning Post, April 6, 2020
Monday, April 06, 2020
Xinjiang (新疆)
Access to Justice (司法公正)
'Shameless': anger as China quarantines freed human rights lawyer 400km from home
The Guardian, April 5, 2020
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王全璋和維權律師李和平通電話 透露聽力受損門外有人看守 (In phone call, Wang Quanzhang tells his lawyer Li Heping his hearing is damaged, and guards are outside his room)
The Stand News, April 6, 2020
记者不断失踪 中方强硬对怼 (Reporters keep disappearing in China, MFA spokesperson goes on offensive)
Deutsche Welle, April 4, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
430,000 People Have Traveled From China to U.S. Since Coronavirus Surfaced
The New York Times, April 4, 2020
究责北京?美国会起草《李文亮法案》制裁瞒报外国官员 (A move to hold Beijing reponsible? U.S. to draft the "Li Wenliang Act" to sanction foreign officials for concealing information on COVID-19)
Radio Free Asia, April 3, 2020
China Pushes for Quiet Burials as Coronavirus Death Toll Is Questioned
中国真实死亡人数遭质疑,武汉新冠逝者被悄声埋葬
The New York Times, April 5, 2020
印度上联合国人权理事会控告中国隐瞒病毒致全球蔓延 索赔20万亿美元 (India files complaint at UN Human Rights Council against China over concealing COVID-19 infection causing global spread, seeks $20 trillion)
Radio France Internationale, April 5, 2020
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Zoom admits some calls were routed through China by mistake
TechCrunch, April 3, 2020
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Move Fast and Roll Your Own Crypto - A Quick Look at the Confidentiality of Zoom Meetings
The Citizen Lab, April 3, 2020
Friday, April 03, 2020
Access to Justice (司法公正)
李文足:我很自豪有这样的丈夫 (Li Wenzu: I am proud to have such a husband)
Deutsche Welle, April 3, 2020
Access to Information (公众知情权)
风向或闯祸? 财新陷“卖国媒体”口水浪尖 (Wind direction or trouble? Caixin is accused of being "traitorous")
Radio France Internationale, April 3, 2020
Counterterrorism (反恐)
肺炎疫情将如何改变国家安全和间谍活动 (How COVID-19 epidemic will change national security and espionage)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 2, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
C.I.A. Hunts for Authentic Virus Totals in China, Dismissing Government Tallies
CIA称中国官方疫情数据严重失实
The New York Times, April 3, 2020
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
肺炎疫情:大数据监控公民留下的隐忧 (COVID-19 epidemic: Hidden worries left by big data monitoring of citizens)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 3, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
Teenagers remanded over petrol bomb attack on Hong Kong police station
South China Morning Post, April 3, 2020
Hong Kong police fired tear gas at anti-government protesters in an ‘uncontrolled and allegedly malicious manner’, UN-appointed experts claim
South China Morning Post, April 3, 2020
Hong Kong official reprimands TV station over WHO interview that mentioned Taiwan
The Guardian, April 3, 2020
聯合國去信質疑港警無差別使用化武 港府逾兩月無回覆 (UN inquiry on Hong Kong police's use of chemical weapons against protesters met with two months of silence from HKSAR gov’t)
The Stand News, April 3, 2020
中央駐港機構去年購入 22 個物業 獲豁免 8000 萬印花稅 (Beijing’s Liaison Office in Hong Kong bought 22 properties in 2019 with HK$80 million tax exemption)The Stand News, April 3, 2020
Thursday, April 02, 2020
Access to Information (公众知情权)
武汉李文亮医生被“烈士”,“发哨人”艾芬医生疑失踪 (As Hubei authorities laud Dr. Li Wenliang as “martyr,” Dr. Ai Fen, who sounded the first alarm about coronavirus, is feared missing)
Voice of America, April 2, 2020
记者无疆界敦促中国大使们停止攻击媒体报道新冠病毒 (Reporters Without Borders urges Chinese diplomats to stop attacking media for coverage of COVID-19)
Radio France Internationale, April 2, 2020
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China’s diplomats must stop attacking media over coronavirus reporting
Reporters without Borders, April 1, 2020
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China Concealed Extent of Virus Outbreak, U.S. Intelligence Says
Bloomberg, April 1, 2020
彭博:美国情报机构称中国蓄意隐瞒疫情 (Bloomberg: US intelligence agency says China deliberately conceals epidemic)
Deutsche Welle, April 2, 2020
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Inside China’s controversial mission to reinvent the internet
Financial Times, March 27, 2020
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong pan-democrat Howard Lam jailed after losing appeal against conviction in torture claim
South China Morning Post, April 2, 2020
42 Hong Kong civil servants suspended over protest arrests, even with ‘no guilt presumed’ and legal proceedings under way, authorities say
South China Morning Post, April 2, 2020
Hong Kong police win broader powers to search arrestees’ phones
South China Morning Post, April 2, 2020
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無搜令不能查被捕者手機 警上訴得直須按條件 法庭重申禁警逼供手機密碼 (Hong Kong police can now search arrestees' cell phone without warrant; but Appeal Court stresses prohibition against forcing arrestees to hand over passcode)
Mingpao, April 2, 2020
Commentary (评论)
来自西方学者的观察:疫情之下如何反思世界 (Observations of Western scholars: How to reflect on the world in the epidemic)
Beijing News, April 2, 2020
Wednesday, April 01, 2020
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Jailed Chinese Rights Lawyer May Not Gain Freedom on Release
Radio Free Asia, April 1, 2020
家属接何观娇失败,疑似公安联手精神病院拘禁访民谋财 (Family fears petitioner He Guanjiao a victim of money-making scheme between mental hospital and public security, tries but fails to bring her home)
Weiquan Wang, April 1, 2020
Access to Information (公众知情权)
A Wuhan Writer Takes On China’s Communist Machine and Becomes an Online Star
Wall Street Journal, April 1, 2020
中国首次公布无症病毒感染人数,外界质疑数字失真 (China announces number of asymptomatic COVID-19 infections for first time, many question its accuracy)
Voice of America, April 1, 2020