揭露性侵被指造谣 教育营亲历者挺身而出驳斥中国官媒 (Witnesses of sexual assault in Xinjiang education camps refute “rumormongering” accusation by Chinese state media)
Radio Free Asia, February 5, 2021
Friday, February 05, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China attacks BBC a day after British broadcast regulator Ofcom bans state media channel CGTN
Reuters, February 5, 2021
UK quietly expelled Chinese spies who posed as journalists
The Guardian, February 5, 2021
郭飞雄妻子张青致信联合国人权官员求救 接受VOA专访: 盼夫来美团聚 (Guo Feixiong's wife Zhang Qing seeks help from UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on reuniting with husband)
Voice of America, February 5, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Chinese Spam Network Aims to Discredit U.S. COVID Vaccine and Response, Report Finds
Public Broadcasting Service, February 5, 2021
Related:
Spamouflage Breakout
Graphika, February 4, 2021
人民币数字化 专家警告:小心政府监控每笔交易 (RMB goes digital; experts warn of gov’t monitoring of every transaction)
Voice of America, February 5, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong opposition activist Joshua Wong among group facing five years in jail over banned June 4 vigil after guilty pleas
South China Morning Post, February 5, 2021
【國安封網】《立場》引公開資料守則索封網詳情 保安局、警方拒絕提供 指披露損公眾安全 (Citing public security concerns, Security Bureau and police reject Stand News' request for details on the shutdown of “Hong Kong Chronicle” webite)
The Stand News, February 5, 2021
中聯辦網上新春酒會 駱惠寧:習主席關切港疫情 鄭雁雄:國安公署是香港安全使者 (In LOCPG virtual Spring Festival reception, Zheng Yanxiong, Director of Office for Safeguarding National Security of the CPG in HKSAR: OSNS is Hong Kong’s guardian)
The Stand News, February 5, 2021
Canada offers Hong Kong graduates new immigration pathway, cites security law concerns
Hong Kong Free Press, February 5, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Power, Patriotism and 1.4 Billion People: How China Beat the Virus and Roared Back
威权、爱国主义和14亿人:中国对新冠的一场“人民战争”
The New York Times, February 5, 2021
Thursday, February 04, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
中国最高法:对严重危害国安等境外疑犯可缺席审判 充公财产 剑指谁? (Supreme People’s Court: Suspects of serious endangerment of national security may be tried in absentia)
Radio France Internationale, February 4, 2021
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最高法发布《最高人民法院关于适用〈中华人民共和国刑事诉讼法〉的解释》 (Supreme People’s Court issues "SPC Interpretation of the Application of the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China")
The Supreme People’s Court of China, February 4, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Uighur camps: US, UK governments condemn reports of systematic rape
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 4, 2021
U.S. 'deeply disturbed' by reports of systematic rape of Muslims in China camps
Reuters, February 3, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
Chinese Communist Party to Boost Political Indoctrination of Schoolchildren
Radio Free Asia, February 4, 2021
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
郭飞雄事件跟踪:中国知识分子联名致信中共高层要求放人 (Guo Feixiong case update: Chinese intellectuals send open letter to CPC’s top leaders urging Guo’s release)
Voice of America, February 4, 2021
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人命关天,人道悲剧必须坚决避免——国内人士就郭飞雄出国陪护病妻受阻事件致国家最高领导人公开信 (Open letter to China’s top leaders on banning Guo Feixiong from going abroad to be with his ailing wife: “Human life is of supreme value; humanitarian tragedies must be avoided”)
Yi Bao, February 4, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Western alarm as Canada says Hong Kong enforcing single nationality
Radio France Internationale, February 4, 2021
Hong Kong schools given sweeping guidelines on bringing national security law into the classroom
South China Morning Post, February 4, 2021
US lawmakers nominate Hong Kong democracy movement for Nobel Peace Prize
Agence France-Presse, February 4, 2021
林鄭:將修例列「起底」為刑事罪行 賦權私隱專員提控 (Carrie Lam: New legislation will define “doxxing” as a crime, authorize privacy commissioner to prosecute)
inmediahk.net, February 4, 2021
將立法要求區議員宣誓 林鄭:違反誓言須負法律責任 (New legislation to require district councillors to swear allegiance; Carrie Lam: Violation will have legal consequences)
inmediahk.net, February 4, 2021
安全港计划第一步 加拿大对香港人开放新工签申请 (Canada launches new work permit scheme for Hong Kongers)
Radio Free Asia, February 4, 2021
Related:
Canada Launches Hong Kong Pathway that will Attract Recent Graduates and Skilled Workers with Faster Permanent Residency
Government of Canada, February 4, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
自由之家特别报告:中共海外镇压运动规模最大,波及350万人 (Freedom House: China leads world in scale, sophistication of global campaign of repression, affecting 3.5 million people)
Voice of America, February 5, 2021
Related:
Out of Sight, Not Out of Reach—The Global Scale and Scope of Transnational Repression
Freedom House, February 2021
Britain Revokes Chinese State Media’s Broadcasting License
Voice of America, February 4, 2021
U.S. State Department says U.S. "one-China" policy has not changed
Reuters, February 3, 2021
Commentary (评论)
The Rollback of Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Hong Kong
Jamestown Foundation China Brief, February 4, 2021
The Alarming Human Toll of Cheap Stuff ‘Made in China’
从马三家到你的衣柜:廉价“中国制造”敲响的人权警钟
The New York Times, February 4, 2021
電話實名制須兼顧私隱及營業需要 (Real name registration for phone services should keep privacy and business operation needs in mind)
HK01, February 4, 2021
中國紀錄片《殺馬特,我愛你》:對抗工廠的反叛力量 (“We Were Smart”: Rebellious young adults in Chinese factories)
The Stand News, February 4, 2021
Wednesday, February 03, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
'Their goal is to destroy everyone': Uighur camp detainees allege systematic rape
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 1, 2021
Related:
Report on evidence of the systematic rape of Uyghur women in Chinese concentration camps
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 3, 2021
Women systematically raped and tortured in Uighur ‘re-education’ camps, says report
Independent, February 3, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
异见人士郭飞雄赴美遇阻后失踪
A Chinese Dissident Tried to Fly to His Sick Wife in the U.S. Then He Vanished.
The New York Times, February 3, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
美國促請北京恢復 12 港人案兩律師執業資格 停止對台灣施壓 (U.S. urges Beijing to reinstate licenses for 2 lawyers related to the 12 Hong Kongers case, and cease pressure on Taiwan)
The Stand News, February 3, 2021
Rights groups urge world leaders to boycott Beijing Olympics
Agence France-Presse, February 3, 2021
春节将至 中国农民工的讨薪脱贫梦 (As Lunar New Year approaches, large numbers of Chinese migrant workers are still fighting for back wages)
Voice of America, February 3, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Exclusive: Suspected Chinese hackers used SolarWinds bug to spy on U.S. payroll agency – sources
Reuters, February 2, 2021
中國網絡大軍規模逼近10億 逾5成月入不足3000 (China’s Internet users now number nearly 1 billion; over 50% earn less than 3,000 yuan a month)
CitizenNews, February 3, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
National security law: ‘We are not a political organisation,’ Hong Kong Bar Association says after new chief comes under fire from Beijing
South China Morning Post, February 3, 2021
中共中央:全面加強新時代少先隊工作 增強港澳台少年兒童的國家認同 (CPC Central Committee: Strengthen overall work on China’s Young Pioneers of the new era; raise sense of national identity among youth in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan)
CitizenNews, February 3, 2021
How Hong Kong’s Lowliest Politicians Became Its Champions of Freedom
香港民主反对派的最后一道防线:区议员
The New York Times, February 3, 2021
Hong Kong locks down entire residential blocks without warning to contain Covid outbreaks
Independent, February 3, 2021
Hong Kong’s pro-establishment bloc moves to pull quorum calls, other delaying tactics from opposition’s Legco playbook
South China Morning Post, February 3, 2021