Xinjiang (新疆)

China scrubs evidence of Xinjiang clampdown amid ‘genocide’ debate
Washington Post, March 17, 2021

EU trip to Xinjiang ‘in stalemate’ over access to jailed Uygur academic Tohti, diplomat says
Agence France-Presse, March 17, 2021

Related:
China likely to respond in kind to EU sanctions on Xinjiang, observers say
South China Morning Post, March 17, 2021

Uighur abuse: MPs criticise companies over China forced labour
BBC News, March 17, 2021

中国政府利用拘押或威逼家人向境外维吾尔记者施压 (China pressures Uyghur journalists overseas by detaining, threatening their families)
Voice of America, March 17, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Rights Activist Held in Psychiatric Facility in China's Shandong Province
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2021

广州“11·12大抓捕”事件：范一平律师会见权被剥夺 赖见君监视居住期满获释 (Guangzhou 11.12 Arrests: Fan Yiping denied meeting with lawyer; Lai Jianjun released from house arrest)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2021

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

贵州人权研讨会成员申有连因致信联合国人权高专 遭拘留10天 (Guizhou Human Rights Forum member Shen Youlian released after 10-day detention for submitting letter to OHCHR)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

US and Japan Name China as Threat to International Order
The Diplomat, March 17, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

After Alibaba, Beijing’s efforts to rein in fintech could center on rival Tencent
Quartz, March 17, 2021

How China wants to keep controlling the internet
South China Morning Post, March 17, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

US sanctions more senior Chinese officials for stifling Hong Kong freedoms, including national security police chief
Agence France-Presse, March 17, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong Autonomy Act Update
U.S. Department of State, March 17, 2021

“Hong Kong-related Designations Updates”
U.S. Department of the Treasury, March 17, 2021

Hong Kong lawmakers chosen by hand-picked committee will outnumber others at legislature – Beijing official
Hong Kong Free Press, March 17, 2021

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First Hong Kong demo against electoral overhaul as Beijing officials host closed-door ‘consultation’ in Wan Chai
Hong Kong Free Press, March 17, 2021

【閹割選舉】蔡英文首回應：毀壞一國兩制承諾　香港民主自由大幅倒退 (Taiwan president Tsai Ing-Wen’s first response to “electoral overhaul”: It breaks the ”one country, two systems” promise; causes great regression of Hong Kong's democracy and freedom)
Stand News, March 17, 2021

Hong Kong gov’t puts district councillors’ new oath-taking requirement to legislature
Hong Kong Free Press, March 17, 2021

【47 人案】宣布辭去區議員　范國威： 還押無法履行議會職務 (Gary Fan Kwok Wai, one of 47 pro-democracy activists remanded in custody, resigns from district councillor post)
Stand News, March 17, 2021

Pro-Protest Artists in Hong Kong to Lose Funding Under Security Law
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2021

Hong Kong leader vows to protect freedom of expression after pro-Beijing lawmaker asks if new museum will threaten national security
South China Morning Post, March 17, 2021

曾投訴警方「公然說謊」　檢控主任黃華芬疑遭停職　律政司：人員表達意見應中立 (Prosecutor who complained about police “lying publicly” in 2019 is suspended)
Ming Pao, March 17, 2021

Commentary (评论)

Can Hong Kong be run by patriotic officials who are not Beijing sycophants?
South China Morning Post, March 17, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

China warns European Union against sanctions over Xinjiang
Agence France-Presse, March 16, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China arrests girlfriend of detained legal activist Xu Zhiyong on subversion charge
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s Myanmar Mess
The Diplomat, March 16, 2021

Related:
Why are Myanmar’s anti-coup protesters angry at China?
South China Morning Post, March 16, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China's tech giants fall under regulator's pressure
BBC News, March 16, 2021

Related:
China tells Alibaba to sell off media assets in tech crackdown
The Guardian, March 16, 2021

Messaging app Signal no longer working in China
Agence France-Presse, March 16, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong gov’t pledges full steam ahead as it awaits electoral overhaul details from Beijing
Hong Kong Free Press, March 16, 2021

Related:
Beijing all ears to views on HK electoral changes
The Standard, March 16, 2021

New boss at Hong Kong public broadcaster RTHK confirms he pulled plug on several episodes of shows and vows to take more visible management approach
South China Morning Post, March 16, 2021

港全球學術自由指數大倒退 C級變D級低過越南 學者被捕惹關注 (Hong Kong slid to D from C in global academic freedom index; arrest of scholars is a concern)
Apple Daily, March 16, 2021

Related:
Free Universities: Putting the Academic Freedom Index Into Action
Global Public Policy Institute, March 11, 2021

監警會：警員稱記者為「黑記」等6宗投訴屬實 (Independent Police Complaints Council confirms 6 complaints of police calling journalists “black journalists”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 16, 2021

Hong Kong protest film "Do Not Split” nominated for an Oscar
The Standard, March 16, 2021

香港民研：林鄭月娥民望再跌僅 29.5 分　逾 4 成受訪者評 0 分　料因人大修改選舉制度 (Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute: Carrie Lam’s popularity drops to 29.5 with over 40% giving score of 0)
Stand News, March 16, 2021

Related:
最新民意調查 結果發佈會 (Results of newest public opinion survey)
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, March 16, 2021

Commentary (评论)

Electoral reform a time for Hong Kong’s democrats to reinvent themselves
South China Morning Post, March 16, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

Australian parliament refuses to label China’s Xinjiang actions as genocide
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2021

Uyghur Women Are China's Victims—And Resistance
Foreign Policy, March 12, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

Taiwan’s Referendum Mayhem
The Diplomat, March 15, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

女权主义者李翘楚女士今被正式批准逮捕 (Feminist activist Li Qiaochu is formally arrested today)
Weiquanwang, March 15, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

中国是如何影响德国出版商收回一童书的？(How does China influence German publisher to pull a children's book?)
Deutsche Welle, March 15, 2021

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese Feminist, Anti-Camps Campaigner Honored With Rights Prize
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong court approves bail for three more democrats facing national security charges
Hong Kong Free Press, March 15, 2021

Related:
National security law: Hong Kong judge revokes bail for two ex-lawmakers in subversion case
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2021

National security law: Hong Kong’s largest opposition party joins exodus from mass protest organiser Civil Human Rights Front
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2021

Activists in exile launch ‘2021 Hong Kong Charter’ solidarity movement to unite Hongkongers overseas
Hong Kong Free Press, March 15, 2021

Related:
2021 Hong Kong Charter
2021hongkongcharter, March 2021

Hong Kong elections reform: Beijing to reveal detailed plan for overhaul so changes to local laws can be completed ‘by May’
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2021

Hong Kong elections reform: why Beijing wants total control in Legislative Council and removal of risk and uncertainty
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2021

Related:
Video: ‘We must recalibrate’: Hong Kong opposition considers next move after arrests and political changes
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2021

China trying to ‘erode democratic elements’, ‘eliminate dissenting voices’ in Hong Kong with electoral reform, G7 says
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong’s ‘alarming political deterioration’ criticised in scathing EU annual report
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2021

Hong Kong: UK accuses China of breaching joint declaration
The Guardian, March 13, 2021

Related:
Ex-Taiwan president says One Country, Two Systems in Hong Kong is ‘history’ amid election overhaul
Hong Kong Free Press, March 15, 2021

Hong Kong campus protest documentary screening cancelled hours before showing following attack by pro-Beijing paper
Hong Kong Free Press, March 15, 2021

Hong Kong brain drain threat as nearly quarter of university-educated under-35s say they plan to quit city for work overseas
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2021

前賢學思政發言人任幹事長　浸大學生會內閣 6 人退選　失選舉資格 (6 Baptist University Students' Union cabinet members withdraw from election, relinquishing eligibility)
Stand News, March 13, 2021

理大衝突　警拘5人涉串謀暴動(5 more arrested over conspiracy to riot over PolyU protests in 2019)
Ming Pao, March 15, 2021

律政司國安檢控科負責人成謎　拒公開人手編制　消息指內部抽調人手組成　傳接觸退休高層回巢(Authorities refuse to disclose personnel of Dep’t of Justice’s national security division)
Stand News, March 15, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Ireland Reexamines Relations With China
Voice of America, March 13, 2021

美国在联合国人权理事会谴责中国虐待维吾尔和藏族人 (At UN Human Rights Council, U.S. condemns China for abuse of Uyghurs and Tibetans)
Voice of America, March 13, 2021

Related:
U.S. condemns China at UN rights forum for abuse of Uighurs, Tibetans”
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