ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

华为和腾讯陷入用户数据之争 要求政府介入 (Huawei caught in user information row with Tencent and demands gov’t intervention)
The Wall Street Journal, August 4, 2017
http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20170804/tec092935.asp

Legal robots deployed in China to help decide thousands of cases
The Telegraph, August 4, 2017
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/04/legal-robots-deployed-china-help-decide-thousands-cases/

China's online population hits 751 mln
Xinhua, August 4, 2017
http://english.sina.com/news/2017-08-04/detail-ifyitayr9134288.shtml

CNNIC发布第40次《中国互联网络发展状况统计报告》 (CNNIC issues 40th “Statistical Report on Internet Development in China”)
Office of the Central Leading Group for Cyberspace Affairs, August 4, 2017
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-08/04/c_1121427672.htm

Related:
第40次中国互联网络发展状况统计报告 (40th Statistical Report on Internet Development in China)
Office of the Central Leading Group for Cyberspace Affairs, August 4, 2017
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-08/04/c_1121427728.htm

71个国务院部门和直属机构已开通网站 19个开设APP (71 state departments and subordinate units have already launched 19 open apps)
China News, August 4, 2017
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2017/08-04/8295436.shtml

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

新疆奇台县穆斯林祷告须持许可证 一村25人办理许可证被捕 (25 arrested in Xinjiang for praying without holding a certificate from local gov’t)
Radio Free Asia, August 5, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-08052017134053.html

中国强迫海外维吾尔人做线人 (China forces overseas Uighurs to be informants)
Radio Free Asia, August 4, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/xl2-08042017105541.html

Hong Kong (香港)

李飛批評反對派是香港民主發展最大障礙 (Li Fei: Opposition groups are the biggest hurdle to democracy in Hong Kong, and “the position of law and the order of the Constitution” in Hong Kong have changed since the handover, as NPC’s interpretation of the Basic Law is essential)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 5, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1346512-20170805.htm

Related:
梁家傑認為李飛的言論反映中共背信棄義 (Alan Leong: Li Fei’s words show CPC breaks promises and has no regard for the Basic Law)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 5, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1346526-20170805.htm

The aftermath: Hong Kong’s ousted lawmakers continue their community work and activism against odds
Hong Kong Free Press, August 7, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/06/aftermath-hong-kongs-ousted-lawmakers-continue-community-work-activism-odds/

Is Chinese national education set to make a comeback in Hong Kong? It’s not if, but how, experts say
South China Morning Post, August 4, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2105343/chinese-national-education-set-make-comeback-hong-kong-its

訪京期間將到港澳辦商討安排林鄭：「不會推翻一地兩檢」 (Carrie Lam in Beijing: will not overturn the “one place, two checks” plan)
Apple Daily, August 7, 2017
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20170807/20114177

Related:
Joint checkpoint controversy: No time to consult public, says pro-Beijing lawmaker and ExCo member
Hong Kong Free Press, August 4, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/04/joint-checkpoint-controversy-no-time-consult-public-says-pro-beijing-lawmaker-exco-member/

Commentary (评论)

因为都装作视而不见 所以李文星死了 (As policy makers and people who have a voice choose to turn a blind eye on pyramid schemes, Li Wenxing dies as a martyr tragically)
Life Weekly, August 5, 2017
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2017-08-05/doc-ifyitapp0974025.shtml

观察家：习近平铁了心，北戴河难起风浪 (Commentary: Iron-hearted Xi Jinping will not allow meeting in Beidaihe to go uncontrolled)
Voice of America, August 5, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/3973076.html

China’s “new achievements” in legal reform exist more in policy than in practice
ChinaFile, August 3, 2017
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/chinas-new-achievements-legal-reform-exist-more-policy-practice

After the streaming “gold rush”—a guide to China’s video crackdown
The Conversation, August 3, 2017
https://theconversation.com/after-the-streaming-gold-rush-a-guide-to-chinas-video-crackdown-81189

Access to Justice (司法公正)

“非新闻”创办人卢昱宇今获刑4年 女友李婷玉取保获释 (Citizen journalist Lu Yuyu sentenced to four years in prison, Li Tingyu out on bail)
Weiquanwang, August 3, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/08/4.html

忧儿成刘晓波第二 黄琦八旬老母致信中央 (Worried son will follow Liu Xiaobo’s example, mother of Huang Qi writes public letter to central gov’t)
Radio Free Asia, August 3, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-08032017103419.html

Related:
China accused over “enforced disappearance” of Liu Xiaobo's widow
The Guardian, August 3, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/03/china-enforced-disappearance-liu-xiaobo-widow-liu-xia

美国律师向联合国投诉：谴责中国当局令刘晓波的遗孀失踪至今 (American Bar Association lodges complaint at UN for the missing of Liu Xia)
Agence France-Presse, August 3, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-08032017115705.html

多個團體發聯合聲明要求內地當局盡快讓劉霞出國 (Chinese PEN and other groups issue joint statement urging Chinese gov’t to allow Liu Xia to go abroad)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 3, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1346142-20170803.htm

不满购票实名制侵犯公民权 律师起诉深圳市客运公司 (Lawyer in Shenzhen sues transportation authority of violating civic rights by asking for personal identification)
Radio Free Asia, August 3, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-08032017103731.html

Son of mainland human rights lawyer Chen Jiangang barred from school after request by authorities
Hong Kong Free Press, August 4, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/04/son-mainland-human-rights-lawyer-chen-jiangang-barred-school-request-authorities/

紧急关注：丁家喜律师等在西安与网友聚餐全部遭抓捕 共30余人 (Urgent: over 30 arrested at lawyer Ding Jiaxi’s dinner with friends in Xi’an)
Weiquanwang, August 3, 2017
https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2017/08/30.html

China jails protest blogger, researcher for four years on public order charges
Radio Free Asia, August 3, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/blogger-sentence-08032017112614.html

上海维权人士吴玉芬3人转黑监狱，吴慕珍一人失踪15日 (Shanghai human rights defender Wu Yufen and two others transferred to black jails, Wu Muzhen has been missing for 15 days)
Weiquanwang, August 3, 2017
https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2017/08/315.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China’s internet censors play a tougher game of cat and mouse
The New York Times, August 3, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/business/china-internet-censorship.html

Related:
中国强化网络监控 跨国企业忧心忡忡 (China strengthens internet monitoring, multinational corporations concerned)
Radio Free Asia, August 2, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/nu-08022017123706.html

China holds drill to shut down “harmful” websites
Reuters, August 3, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-internet-idUSKBN1AJ1XL

北京网信办遏制追星炒作低俗媚俗 指导微博制定《社区娱乐信息管理规定》 (Beijing Internet Information Office introduces guiding instructions for Weibo “Community Entertainment Information Regulations” to curb celebrity worship publicity and vulgar pandering)
China Huan Qiu, August 3, 2017
http://china.huanqiu.com/article/2017-08/11076954.html

Chinese chatbots shut down after anti-government posts
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 3, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-40815024

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Ex-aide to China’s personnel chief sacked for “corrupt political morals”
South China Morning Post, August 3, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2105330/ex-aide-chinas-personnel-chief-sacked-corrupt-political

Thousands of polluters shut down in Hebei
China Daily, August 2, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-08/02/content_30334918.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China has over 700,000 social organizations
China Daily, August 3, 2017
http://english.sina.com/news/2017-08-03/detail-ifyiswpt5175170.shtml

访民上访遭殴打鼻梁骨折 (Petitioner beaten while protesting, nose fractured)
Radio Free Asia, August 2, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-08022017101424.html

国家信访局发布《依法分类处理信访诉求工作规则》(State Bureau for Letters and Calls issues “Work Regulations According to Classification of Petitions”)
China News, August 2, 2017
https://www.chinanews.com/gn/2017/08-02/8294153.shtml

Related:
北京市信访工作“五大系统”助力疏解非首都功能过程中社会矛盾的预防和化解 (Beijing Office of Letters and Calls “Five Systems” to help prevent and defuse non-capital social conflicts)
Xinhua, August 3, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2017-08/03/c_129671855.htm

湛江万人上街抗议光伏项目遭镇压 数十人被抓捕打伤 (Tens of thousands protest in the street against solar panel project in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, dozens arrested)
Radio Free Asia, August 3, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/xl3-08032017103616.html

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

China bans Uighur Muslims from using their own language in schools
International Business Times, August 3, 2017
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/china-bans-uighur-muslims-using-their-own-language-schools-1633395

招募线人，强迫归国，扣押遣返：北京长臂伸向海外维族人 (Informant recruitment, forced repatriation, detainment: Beijing’s long arm reaches towards overseas Uighurs)
Voice of America, August 3, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/beijing-long-arm-control-overseas-uyghurs-20170802/3969939.html

China tears down the Tibetan city in the sky
The Diplomat, August 3, 2017
http://thediplomat.com/2017/08/china-tears-down-the-tibetan-city-in-the-sky/

Xinjiang authorities convert Uyghur mosques into propaganda centers
Radio Free Asia, August 3, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/mosques-08032017153002.html

Hong Kong (香港)

New Hong Kong coalition seeks to collect 300,000 signatures to block express rail link plan
South China Morning Post, August 3, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/2105181/new-hong-kong-coalition-seeks-collect-300000-signatures-block

Related:
Joint checkpoint row: Public consultation not the only way to gauge opinion, says Justice Sec.
Hong Kong Free Press, August 3, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/03/joint-checkpoint-row-public-consultation-not-way-gauge-opinion-says-justice-sec/

一地兩檢是一國兩制的試金石 (“One place, two checks” is the touchstone of “one country, two systems”)
Mingpao, August 4, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170804/s00022/1501808552057

萬人聯署支持橫洲三贏方案 (Over ten thousand sign in support of triple-win plan of developing Wang Chau in New Territory)
Inmediahk, August 4, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1051157

Wang Chau villagers threaten “bloody fight” in the face of eviction under Hong Kong housing plan
South China Morning Post, August 3, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2105248/wang-chau-villagers-threaten-bloody-fight-face-eviction

港府官员与民主派议员就「一地两检」对质 (Officials and pro-democracy lawmakers debate about “one place, two checks” in LegCo)
Radio Free Asia, August 3, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp1-08032017103953.html

袁國強稱政府不會為方便及效益破壞一國兩制及基本法 (Rimsky Yuen: gov’t won’t compromise “one country, two systems” or the Basic Law in exchange for convenience and economic benefits)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 3, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1346158-20170803.htm

We have concluded our Daily Brief Special Feature on Liu Xiaobo, prominent Chinese public intellectual and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who died tragically in Chinese custody on July 13, 2017. For more information on Liu Xiaobo’s life and work, background information, and updates on his wife, Liu Xia, please see HRIC’s special action page: Liu Xiaobo's Living Legacy. We hope this page will be a useful information resource and help generate more effective action by the international community.

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China is keeping Liu Xia, widow of human rights activist Liu Xiaobo, from talking to the world
Quartz, August 3, 2017
https://qz.com/1041895/china-is-keeping-liu-xia-widow-of-human-rights-activist-liu-xiaobo-from-talking-to-the-world/

Related:
Video: “Open the blockade!”: Hong Kongers Mourn Liu Xiaobo「打開路障！」：香港市民悼念劉曉波
Human Rights in China, August 2, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCP1BWEwec0&feature=youtu.be

Liu Xiaobo’s Death is a Stain on the CPC, International Community Must Press for Liu Xia’s Freedom
刘晓波之死是中共污点，国际社会必须施压让刘霞获得自由
Human Rights in China, July 13, 2017
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/liu-xiaobos-death-stain-cpc-international-community-must-press-liu-xias-freedom
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/sheng-ming/liu-xiao-bo-zhi-si-shi-zhong-gong-wu-dian-guo-ji-she-hui-bi-xu-shi-ya

A home prison is being built for recently released human rights lawyer Xie Yang
China Change, August 2, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/08/02/a-home-prison-is-being-built-for-recently-released-human-rights-lawyer-xie-yang/

Related:
709案谢阳又遭“家庭监狱”被软禁 (709 lawyer Xie Yang placed under “family house arrest” again)
Weiquanwang, August 2, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2017/08/709_2.html

曹雅学：谢阳律师失联，当局在谢家修建监狱 (Cao Yaxue: lawyer Xie Yang couldn’t be reached and the authority is building a prison at his home)
Voice of America, August 3, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/caoyaxue-xieyang-update-20170802/3970395.html

曾協助709事件律師稱 疑被當局打壓兒子無法入學 (Beijing primary school refuses to admit son of rights lawyer Chen Jiangang)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 3, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1346057-20170803.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

China is perfecting a new method for suppressing dissent on the Internet
Vox, August 2, 2017
https://www.vox.com/world/2017/8/2/16019562/china-internet-freedom-dissent-twitter-facebook

Chinese chatbot vanishes after spurning Communist Party
Sky News, August 2, 2017
http://news.sky.com/story/chinese-chatbot-vanishes-after-spurning-communist-party-10970890

Related:
腾讯聊天AI“不爱党”被关闭，称中国梦是移民美国 (Tencent AI chatbot shut down for “not loving the Party,” saying the Chinese dream is to immigrate to the United States)
Sin Chew, August 2, 2017
http://www.sinchew.com.my/node/1668639/腾讯聊天ai“不爱党”被关闭．称中国梦是移民美国

In hotels, China filling gaps in “Great Firewall”
Voice of America, August 2, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/hotels-china-firewall-gaps/3970451.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China issues working rules on handling public petitions
Xinhua, August 2, 2017
http://english.sina.com/news/2017-08-02/detail-ifyiswpt4966140.shtml

三部委联合印发规范党员干部网络行为意见 (Chinese authorities tighten control over what Party members’ online activities)
Sina, August 1, 2017
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2017-08-01/doc-ifyinvyk3055328.shtml

Multiple violent clashes erupt, all involving food delivery drivers
China Labor Bulletin, August 3, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/multiple-violent-clashes-erupt-all-involving-food-delivery-drivers

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Lax anti-pollution efforts highlighted
China Daily, August 2, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-08/02/content_30325621.htm

Related:
Officials caught protecting polluters
China Daily, August 1, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-08/01/content_30313674.htm

Former bank official expelled from CPC
China Daily, August 2, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-08/02/content_30325622.htm

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

流亡西藏司政严正呼吁藏人勿再自焚 (Tibetan political leader in exile calls Tibetans to stop self-immolation)
Radio Free Asia, August 2, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-08022017123813.html

Hong Kong (香港)

94人發起一地兩檢關注組促撤方案 陳淑莊：盼蒐30萬簽名叫停 (Lawmakers, academics, and social groups set up “one place, two checks” concern group)
Mingpao, August 2, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170802/s00001/1501669407347

Related:
Lawmakers, academics, student bodies establish concern group over joint checkpoint arrangement
Hong Kong Free Press, August 3, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/03/lawmakers-academics-student-bodies-establish-concern-group-joint-checkpoint-arrangement/

“Not just mine, but everyone’s concern”: Legal heavyweight defends criticism of XL Rail joint checkpoint arrangement
Hong Kong Free Press, August 2, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/02/not-just-mine-everyones-concern-legal-heavyweight-defends-criticism-xl-rail-joint-checkpoint-arrangement/

支聯會等遊行到中聯辦 抗議內地拘捕海祭劉曉波人士 (Hong Kong Alliance and other groups march to the Liaison Office to protest the detention of Liu Xiaobo mourners)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 2, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1345967-20170802.htm

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam hints Civic Square could reopen after study
South China Morning Post, August 2, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2105169/hong-kong-leader-carrie-lam-hints-civic-square-could-reopen

Embattled villagers promise to defend homes as Wang Chau eviction deadline looms
Hong Kong Free Press, August 2, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/02/embattled-villagers-promise-defend-homes-wang-chau-eviction-deadline-looms/

Commentary (评论)

How America can honor a Chinese dissident—and help protect his widow
The Washington Post, August 1, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-america-can-honor-a-chinese-dissident--and-help-protect-his-widow/2017/08/01/5fd15cbe-762c-11e7-9eac-d56bd5568db8_story.html

We have concluded our Daily Brief Special Feature on Liu Xiaobo, prominent Chinese public intellectual and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who died tragically in Chinese custody on July 13, 2017. For more information on Liu Xiaobo’s life and work, background information, and updates on his wife, Liu Xia, please see HRIC’s special action page: Liu Xiaobo's Living Legacy. We hope this page will be a useful information resource and help generate more effective action by the international community.

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Widow of late dissident Liu Xiaobo back in Beijing, relative says
South China Morning Post, August 1, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2105006/widow-late-dissident-liu-xiaobo-back-beijing-relative

Related:
劉霞據悉已回京 與當局協商出國 (Liu Xia said to be back in Beijing and negotiating with the authorities about going abroad)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 1, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1345725-20170801.htm

河南抓获62名“善心汇”传销组织涉案人员 (Henan criminally detain 62 from Shan Xin Hui for pyramid scheme)
China News Service, August 1, 2017
http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2017/08-01/8293128.shtml

国家信访局请律师“坐堂”接访初显成效 (State Bureau for Letters and Visits invitation to lawyers to petition by “sitting in reception hall” shows early success)
Xinhua, August 1, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2017-08/01/c_1121415895.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

In China, a pioneering transgender movie made by teens is trying to skirt censorship
Quartz, August 2, 2017
https://qz.com/1043174/%E9%80%83%E7%A6%BB-escape-film-chinese-transgender-movie-made-by-high-school-students-tries-to-skirt-censorship-rules/

China's Internet crackdown reaches new level of restriction
Deutsche Welle, August 1, 2017
http://www.dw.com/en/chinas-internet-crackdown-reaches-new-level-of-restriction/a-39909546

China Communist Party members face tighter curbs on Internet use
South China Morning Post, August 1, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2104985/china-communist-party-members-face-tighter-curbs

传承红色基因 激发奋进力量 江西纪念“三个90周年”网络媒体主题宣传活动正式启动 (“Red Gene” stimulates progressive strength, Jiangxi commemorates “Three 90th Anniversaries,” network media officially launches activities)
Office of the Central Leading Group for Cyberspace Affairs, July 31, 2017
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-07/31/c_1121405057.htm

Essay on Beijing migrants' plight fuels online debate in China
Reuters, August 1, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-society-beijing-idUSKBN1AH38D

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Pollution inspectors sharply criticize Tianjin, Anhui, Shanxi
China Daily, July 31, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-07/31/content_30299991.htm

New regulation enacted to make China's statistics more trustworthy
Xinhua, August 1, 2017
EN: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-08/01/c_136491451.htm
CH: http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2017-08/01/c_1121416038.htm

China expels anti-graft inspector from party for corruption
Reuters, August 2, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics-corruption-idUSKBN1AI05G

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

华为回应手机安装监听软件收集隐私传闻：恶意诽谤 (Huawei responds to rumors of monitoring software installed on mobile phones to collect private information: this is a malicious falsehood)
Phoenix Technologies, August 1, 2017
http://tech.ifeng.com/a/20170801/44657757_0.shtml

亚马逊步苹果后尘，在中国下架VPN (Amazon follows Apple’s example and stops VPN service in China)
Voice of America, August 2, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/vpn-20170801/3968026.html

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

Dozens of ethnic Kazakhs detained amid security crackdown in China's Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, August 1, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/kazakh-detainees-08012017132013.html

Hong Kong (香港)

陳文敏：倘高鐵擴建 中央在港管轄權勢必擴大 (Johannes Chan: administrative power of central gov’t will be extended if high-speed rail expands)
Mingpao, August 2, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170802/s00001/1501637714675

An appointment “at all costs”: Choice of education deputy slammed by pro-democracy activists
Hong Kong Free Press, August 1, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/01/appointment-costs-choice-education-deputy-slammed-pro-democracy-activists/

Related:
蔡若蓮任副局 林鄭月娥稱不明為何提升至與教育界開戰 (Carrie Lam on CHOI Yuk-lin: I don’t understand why the appointment issue has escalated and is raging war with the education sector)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 2, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1345802-20170802.htm

Plug Hong Kong’s legal loopholes on human-trafficking and forced labor, legislator tells officials
South China Morning Post, August 1, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2105007/plug-hong-kongs-legal-loopholes-human-trafficking-and-forced

Commentary (评论)

Apple’s silence in China sets a dangerous precedent
The New York Times, July 31, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/technology/apple-vpn-china-dangerous-precedent.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170801/apple-vpn-china-dangerous-precedent/

香港教育要撥亂反正 從委任愛國愛港者開始 (Comment: setting the record straight for education in Hong Kong begins with the appointment of people who love China and Hong Kong)
Mingpao, August 2, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170802/s00022/1501636816722

Access to Justice (司法公正)

中国流亡律师滕彪，要做黑暗中的闪电 (Teng Biao, Chinese lawyer in exile, will become a lightning flash in the dark)
The New York Times, August 1, 2017
https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170801/where-are-you-teng-biao/

Paying homage to Liu Xiaobo from behind bars
China Change, July 31, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/07/31/paying-homage-to-liu-xiaobo-from-behind-bars/

Tibetan self-immolator released after serving five-year prison term in Sichuan
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/released-07312017162747.html

最高法出台司法责任制实施意见，院庭长不得以口头指示等变相批案 (Supreme People’s Court introduces implementation of ideas on judicial accountability, chief judges shall not approve cases through verbal instruction)
Legal Daily, July 31, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-07/31/content_7263737.htm

安徽阜阳男子违停被贴罚单在朋友圈骂交警发泄不满，行拘5日 (Fuyang, Anhui man vents dissatisfaction against police after receiving traffic ticket, is detained for five days)
The Paper, July 31, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1747565

习近平阅兵疑违反国旗法 珠海钢管舞劳军引舆论炮轰 (Xi Jinping’s PLA parade allegedly violates national flag law)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/xl3-07312017101542.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

北京网信办约谈多家网站负责人，责令立即整治自媒体八大乱象 (Beijing Internet Information office meets with various internet platform representatives, orders immediate regulation of the “eight big sources of chaos” in personal media)
The Paper, July 31, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1748029

民政部：网络求助不属于慈善募捐 平台应加强审查甄别且设置求助上限 (Ministry of Civil Affairs: online appeals for help do not count as charitable fundraising, platforms should strengthen screening examinations and place caps on appeals for help)
Legal Daily, July 31, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-07/31/content_7263134.htm

In China, Internet censors are accidentally helping revive an invented “Martian” language
Quartz, July 30, 2017
https://qz.com/1028258/in-china-internet-censors-are-accidentally-helping-revive-an-invented-language-called-martian/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

過百市民出席劉曉波「追詩會」 教師：文學方式悼念合適 (Over 100 citizens in Hong Kong mourn Liu Xiaobo by reading poems)
Apple Daily, July 31, 2017
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20170731/57025304

Government Accountability (政府问责)

安徽:深化落实中央八项规定精神 上半年处分1120人 (1,120 officials in Anhui punished in the first half of 2017 for disciplinary issues)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, August 1, 2017
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/yw/201707/t20170731_103884.html

China work safety chief demoted after corruption probe
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2104763/china-work-safety-chief-demoted-after-corruption-probe

Trump administration quietly pressing China to free Liu Xiaobo’s widow
The Washington Post, July 30, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/trump-administration-quietly-pressing-china-to-free-liu-xiaobos-widow/2017/07/30/35d5dbe8-73c4-11e7-8839-ec48ec4cae25_story.html

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

習近平：軍隊依法履行港澳防務職責 打擊分裂破壞活動 (Xi Jinping: PLA defends Hong Kong and Macau in accordance with the law and fights against separatist and sabotaging activities)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 1, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1345595-20170801.htm

在台西藏人在台北举行“丹增曲英烛光晚会” (Tibetans in Taiwan hold candlelight vigil for student who died from self-immolation)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hx-07312017113643.html

Hong Kong (香港)

吳靄儀指公安在香港執行內地法律令港人失信心政府失分 (Margaret Ng: mainland police enforcing mainland laws in Hong Kong makes Hong Kongers lose confidence and gov’t loose support)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 1, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1345578-20170801.htm

Looming Hong Kong government pick sparks new national education fears
South China Morning Post, August 1, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2104833/looming-hong-kong-government-pick-sparks-new-national

梁國雄涉收黎智英捐款案控罪不成立 官：行為可疑但有模式可循 (Leung Kwok-hung not guilty of misconduct after receiving donation from Jimmy Lai)
Mingpao, July 31, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170731/s00001/1501478552182

團體抗議蔡若蓮任教育局副局長 教聯會關門拒對話 (Groups protest against potential appointment of CHOI Yuk-lin as education deputy)
Inmediahk, July 31, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1051081

Hong Kong court suspends legal challenge to oust two more pro-democracy lawmakers
Hong Kong Free Press, July 31, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/31/hong-kong-court-suspends-legal-challenge-oust-two-pro-democracy-lawmakers/

Hong Kong gets more power under joint checkpoint plan, not less, legal scholar argues
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2104735/joint-checkpoint-plan-rail-link-grants-hong-kong-more-power

Veteran Hong Kong democracy activist found not guilty in donation case
Reuters, July 31, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-politics-idUSKBN1AG0XJ

Commentary (评论)

Leopards and spots: Liu Xiaobo and China’s soft power
China Policy Institute, July 31, 2017
https://cpianalysis.org/2017/07/31/leopards-and-spots-liu-xiaobo-and-chinas-soft-power/

The world ignores an outrage
The Washington Times, July 30, 2017
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/30/editorial-the-world-ignores-an-outrage/

Even in death Liu Xiaobo is an inspiration to many Hong Kong people
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/2104497/even-death-liu-xiaobo-inspiration-many-hong-kong-people

We have concluded our Daily Brief Special Feature on Liu Xiaobo, prominent Chinese public intellectual and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who died tragically in Chinese custody on July 13, 2017. For more information on Liu Xiaobo’s life and work, background information, and updates on his wife, Liu Xia, please see HRIC’s special action page: Liu Xiaobo's Living Legacy. We hope this page will be a useful information resource and help generate more effective action by the international community.

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Mainland Chinese driver for Hong Kong reporters arrested after Liu Xiaobo service
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2104552/mainland-chinese-driver-hong-kong-reporters-arrested-after

Related:
刘霞尚未返家继续被禁止与亲友通话 (Liu Xia hasn’t returned home and is not allowed to talk to family and friends)
Radio France Internationale, July 30, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170730-刘霞尚未返家继续被禁止与亲友通话

台湾追悼刘晓波 余杰：软禁刘霞超越法西斯 (Church in Taiwan mourns Liu Xiaobo; Yu Jie: the house arrest of Liu Xia is worse than what the fascists and Nazis did)
Radio Free Asia, July 30, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hcm-07302017122900.html

吴淦狱中祭刘晓波文披露 言及自己所遭酷刑 (Wu Gan mourns Liu Xiaobo in prison and says he is tortured)
Weiquanwang, July 29, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/07/blog-post_178.html

Liu Xiaobo: Thousands urge China to free Liu Xia
Al Jazeera, July 30, 2017
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/07/liu-xiabo-thousands-urge-china-free-liu-xia-170729092534849.html

709事件被捕人获委派律师　家属称不会尽信 (709 crackdown targets are appointed lawyers, family members say they do not believe it)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 28, 2017
http://gbcode.rthk.hk/TuniS/news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/video-gallery.htm

广东出台全国首部实施《律师法》地方性立法规定, 设置专门救济途径保障律师执业权利 (Guangdong introduces local legislation for national “Law of the People’s Republic of China on Lawyers,” sets up specialized project to protect lawyers’ right to practice)
Legal Daily, July 28, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-07/28/content_7262612.htm

广东警方刑拘142名“善心汇”传销组织涉案人员 (Guangdong police hold 142 Shan Xin Hui members under criminal detention for allegedly carrying out pyramid scheme)
Xinhua News Agency, July 30, 2017
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2017-07-30/doc-ifyinwmp0880746.shtml

Access to Information (信息公开)

稱違中國法律 蘋果中國App Store下架VPN程式 (Apple removes VPN apps from App Store in China, saying they are against Chinese law)
Mingpao, July 29, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170729/s00004/1501336087537

Related:
Apple removes apps offering virtual private networks from its China store
Global Voices, July 30, 2017
https://globalvoices.org/2017/07/30/apple-removes-apps-offering-virtual-private-networks-from-its-china-store/

Weibo next to carry torch in crusade against celebrity gossip
Sixth Tone, July 28, 2017
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1000593/weibo-next-to-carry-torch-in-crusade-against-celebrity-gossip

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

吉林市23村突遭水库泄洪家被淹 上千灾民政府讨说法无果堵路抗议 (23 villages in Jilin city suddenly flooded, over 1,000 victims protest after discussions with government fail to produce results)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/xl2-07272017094211.html

湖南万人上街抗议建垃圾厂 当局逼党员签名支持 (10,000 Hunan residents protest garbage plant construction, authorities force party members to sign in support of the project)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/xl1-07272017093953.html

Transgender activists in China just scored a historic victory
Vox, July 27, 2017
https://www.vox.com/world/2017/7/27/16049820/china-transgender-discrimination-lawsuit-mr-c

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China's Xi: We can't be “blindly optimistic” on corruption inside the Communist Party
Newsweek, July 27, 2017
http://www.newsweek.com/communist-party-blindly-optimistic-about-corruption-643166

Germany said concerned by China's unwillingness to discuss Nobel laureate's widow
Reuters, July 28, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-idUSKBN1AD0YY

Related:
德国关注中国继续限制刘晓波遗孀基本自由 (Germany pays close attention to China’s continued restriction of Liu Xiaobo’s widow’s basic freedoms)
Voice of America, July 28, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/voanews-20170728-germany-china-liu-xia/3962861.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

“It’s a game of whack-a-mole”: overseas VPN service providers gain as china tightens control on Internet use
South China Morning Post, July 29, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society/article/2104494/its-game-whack-mole-overseas-vpn-service-providers-gain-china

Hong Kong (香港)

Even in death Liu Xiaobo is an inspiration to many Hong Kong people
Iris So and Kwun Tong, South China Morning Post, July 28, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/2104497/even-death-liu-xiaobo-inspiration-many-hong-kong-people

Disqualified Hong Kong lawmakers move out of their offices but vow to return
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2104543/disqualified-hong-kong-lawmakers-move-out-their-offices-vow

Hong Kong’s democratic struggle and the rise of Chinese authoritarianism
China Policy Institute, July 27, 2017
https://cpianalysis.org/2017/07/27/hong-kongs-democratic-struggle-and-the-rise-of-chinese-authoritarianism/

林鄭：不應政治、妖魔化方案 跨境執法憂慮匪夷所思 (Carrie Lam: “One place, two checks” shouldn’t be demonized and cross-border law enforcement is a fantasy)
HK01, July 30, 2017
https://www.hk01.com/港聞/108484/-一地兩檢-林鄭-不應政治-妖魔化方案-跨境執法憂慮匪夷所思

Related:
陳茂波認為一地兩檢有助鞏固香港於大灣區及南中國地位 (Chan Mo-po: “One place, two checks” will help Hong Kong build strategic position in south China)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 30, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1345256-20170730.htm

香港眾志指「憲法與基本法」教材套偏頗 促請當局收回 (Demosisto says textbooks are in violation of the Basic Law and urges gov’t to withdraw)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 29, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1345145-20170729.htm

Commentary (评论)

Can China’s rights lawyers withstand the pressure?
China Digital Times, July 27, 2017
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/07/can-chinas-rights-defense-movement-withstand-pressure/

Special Feature: Liu Xiaobo (特辑：刘晓波)

We hope our expanded special feature on Liu Xiaobo—including news items, analyses of the significance of his life and work, international support for Liu Xia and calls for accountability, and commentaries—will be a useful information resource and help generate more effective action by the international community. Liu Xiaobo was a prominent Chinese public intellectual and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, recognized for “his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental rights in China.” He died of liver cancer on July 13, 2017 in Chinese custody.

News (新闻)

家屬披露劉曉波最後5小時 (Family of Liu Xiaobo reveals his last five hours)
Mingpao, July 28, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20170728/s00013/1501177746042

四川维权人士李宇在福建海祭刘晓波被抓捕 现仍被羁押 (Sichuan human rights defender Li Yu arrested, still detained for Liu Xiaobo memorial on Fujian beach)
Weiquanwang, July 26, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2017/07/blog-post_78.html

International Support for Liu Xia (国际社会声援刘霞)

陈光诚：刘霞可能被关“黑监狱” (Chen Guangcheng: Liu Xia has possibly been put into “black jail”)
Voice of America, July 28, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/liu-xia-jail-china-20170727/3962052.html

Commentary (评论)

Liu Xiaobo’s death and Western rights advocacy
Samuel Wade, China Digital Times, July 27, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/07/liu-xiaobos-death-western-rights-advocacy/

China's pro-democracy movement is dying by inches
Jonathan Manthorpe, iPolitics, July 26, 2017
http://ipolitics.ca/2017/07/26/chinas-pro-democracy-movement-is-dying-by-inches/

Liu Xiaobo wasn’t China’s only prisoner of conscience
Benedict Rogers, The Diplomat, July 28, 2017
http://thediplomat.com/2017/07/liu-xiaobo-wasnt-chinas-only-prisoner-of-conscience/

 
 
 
 

News (新闻)

Access to Justice (司法公正)

709事件被捕律師家屬到最高人民法院信訪處被阻進入 (Family of “709” lawyers stopped at petition office of Supreme People's Court)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 28, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1344883-20170728.htm

律师权益关注：709李和平和王宇在关押期间曾要求见律师并提供了名单 未被允许 (Li Heping and Wang Yu demanded to meet with their designated lawyers during detention but weren’t allowed)
Weiquanwang, July 27, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/07/709_27.html

大陆54名律师联署《关于国务院不履行审查撤销司法部违法规章法定职责的监督书》 (54 lawyers in the mainland signed letter urging the State Council to remove Justice department’s unlawful authority of law firm management and the annual inspection of lawyers)
Weiquanwang, July 27, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/07/54.html

张海涛狱中单独囚禁 期盼律师代其申诉遭拒绝 (Political prisoner Zhang Haitao in solitary confinement and banned from hiring a lawyer to appeal his case)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-07272017093819.html

Uighurs arrested in Egypt face unknown fate
Al Jazeera, July 27, 2017
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/07/uighurs-arrested-egypt-face-unknown-fate-170721101113091.html

Police in Italy detain Uyghur exile group leader at China’s behest
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/detention-07262017164520.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

北京网信办治理自媒体乱象，搜狐号封禁违规账号637个 (Beijing Internet Information Office regulates chaos in personal media accounts, 637 regulation-breaking Sohu accounts closed down)
The Paper, July 27, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1744637

Chinese writers steer path round censors to earn cash through apps
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2104321/chinese-writers-steer-path-round-censors-earn-cash

German envoy demands answers from China over Internet crackdown
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2104266/german-envoy-demands-answers-china-over-internet

A beautiful essay critiquing the “fake lives” of Beijingers is blocked after lighting up Chinese social media
Quartz, July 27, 2017
https://qz.com/1039681/a-beautiful-essay-critiquing-the-fake-lives-of-beijingers-is-blocked-after-lighting-up-chinese-social-media/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China's Xi says party cannot rest on laurels in fighting corruption
Reuters, July 28, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics-corruption-idUSKBN1AD0A0

CPC issues new inspection rules
Global Times, July 27, 2017
http://www.ecns.cn/2017/07-27/266868.shtml

Former Tianjin mayor admits to corruption on TV
China Daily, July 27, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-07/27/content_30262341.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国多地民办老师陆续维权 内蒙古数百人要补偿两人被拘 (Teachers from various cities continue protests, hundreds of Inner Mongolians request compensation for two who were detained)
Radio Free Asia, July 26, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-07262017110851.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China using AI to catch evildoers before they commit crime
Technocracy News, July 26, 2017
https://www.technocracy.news/index.php/2017/07/26/china-using-ai-catch-evildoers-commit-crime/

China to check personal information protection of online service providers
Xinhua, July 27, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-07/27/c_136477625.htm

Related:
中央网信办等四部门联合开展隐私条款专项工作 (Office of the Central Leading Group for Cyberspace Affairs and four other departments jointly launch specialized operation on privacy regulations)
Xinhua, July 27, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2017-07/27/c_1121391284.htm

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

世维大会强烈要求欧盟调查意大利警察扣留多里坤事件 (World Uyghur Congress presses EU to investigate the detention of Dolkun Isa by Italian police)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/gr-07272017112452.html

Hong Kong (香港)

一地兩檢令基本法淪為廢紙 (“One place, two checks” makes the Basic Law a useless piece of paper)
Mingpao, July 28, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170728/s00022/1501203381146

議員學者成立關注組 反對「一地兩檢」 (Lawmakers and academics form concern group in protest against “one place, two checks”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 27, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1344814-20170727.htm

林鄭月娥稱有責任就基本法23條營造適合條件啟動立法 (Carrie Lam: I am responsible to implement Article 23 and will create conditions conducive to restart the process)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 27, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1344767-20170727.htm

Hong Kong gov’t faces more legal challenges over West Kowloon mainland checkpoint plan
Hong Kong Free Press, July 27, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/27/hong-kong-govt-faces-legal-challenges-west-kowloon-mainland-checkpoint-plan/

Hong Kong legal challenge to mainland’s high-speed rail terminus lease “unlikely to succeed”
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2104084/hong-kong-legal-challenge-lease-arrangement-unlikely-succeed

Related:
Pro-democracy veteran Martin Lee warns joint checkpoint deal sets precedent for crushing protests
Hong Kong Free Press, July 27, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/27/pro-democracy-veteran-martin-lee-warns-joint-checkpoint-deal-sets-precedent-crushing-protests/

Chinese democracy: political developments in Hong Kong since the Umbrella Movement
Hot Press, July 27, 2017
http://www.hotpress.com/politics/frontlines/Chinese-Democracy-Political-Developments-in-Hong-Kong-since-the-Umbrella-Movement/20391407.html

Why didn't Hong Kong's freedoms spill over into China?
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hongkong-freedoms-07272017135104.html

Commentary (评论)

Why is Beijing afraid of Chinese feminists?
The Washington Post, July 27, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/07/27/why-is-beijing-afraid-of-chinese-feminists/

The world cannot ignore China’s worsening abuse of basic human rights
UnHerd, July 26, 2017
https://unherd.com/the-feed-blog/china-worsening-human-rights/

Special Feature: Liu Xiaobo (特辑：刘晓波)

We hope our expanded special feature on Liu Xiaobo—including news items, analyses of the significance of his life and work, international support for Liu Xia and calls for accountability, and commentaries—will be a useful information resource and help generate more effective action by the international community. Liu Xiaobo was a prominent Chinese public intellectual and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, recognized for “his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental rights in China.” He died of liver cancer on July 13, 2017 in Chinese custody.

News (新闻)

中國人權民運信息中心指劉霞今早仍然未回家 (Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy: Liu Xia still hasn’t returned home this morning)
Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy, July 27, 2017
http://www.881903.com/Page/ZH-TW/newsdetail.aspx?ItemId=954546&csid=261_341

International Support for Liu Xia (国际社会给刘霞的声援)

WATCH: Security guards rough up reporters who try to visit Liu Xia's home
Shanghaiist, July 26, 2017
http://shanghaiist.com/2017/07/26/liu-xia-home-visit.php

Commentary (评论)

Tragedy of Liu Xiaobo shows why China is not Mandela’s South Africa
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2103995/tragedy-liu-xiaobo-shows-why-china-not-mandelas-south-africa

Related:
Liu Xiaobo's Living Legacy
劉曉波被海葬，遺孀劉霞仍遭嚴密控制
Human Rights in China, July 27, 2017
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/liu-xiaobos-living-legacy
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/liu-xiao-bo-de-jing-shen-yi-chan

 
 
 
 

News (新闻)

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Missing human rights lawyer “in good health in Tianjin facility”
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2104246/missing-human-rights-lawyer-good-health-tianjin

Related:
維權人士吳淦與律師見面 律師：精神狀態良好意志堅定 (Lawyer: Wu Gan is in good spirits and still steadfast)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 27, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1344540-20170726.htm

The lonely crusade of China’s human rights lawyers
The New York Times, July 25, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/magazine/the-lonely-crusade-of-chinas-human-rights-lawyers.html

Mass crackdown on Chinese lawyers, defenders and international reactions: A brief chronology
Human Rights in China, February 16, 2017
http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-defenders-and-international-reactions-brief-chronology

Sixty-seven held after big pyramid scheme protest in Beijing
South China Morning Post, July 27, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2104294/sixty-seven-held-after-big-pyramid-scheme-protest-beijing

Related:
北京警方：“善心汇”非法聚集 63人被刑拘 (Beijing Police: Shan Xin Hui members are gathering illegally and 63 are under criminal detention)
Beijing Police, July 26, 2017
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2017-07-26/doc-ifyinvyk1318343.shtml

Access to Information (信息公开)

Praise for Bo Xilai in Chongqing as city faces fresh graft probe
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2104202/praise-bo-xilai-chongqing-city-faces-fresh-graft-probe

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China to turn all state enterprises into corporations
Deutsche Welle, July 26, 2017
http://www.dw.com/en/china-to-turn-all-state-enterprises-into-corporations/a-39848377

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

藏族女子逃出中国讲述高僧之死 (Tibetan woman flees China and talks about the death of an eminent monk)
Voice of America, July 27, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/tibetan-woman-solo-journey-to-truth-20170726/3960219.html

十一世班禅:望活佛高僧以身作则维护国家统一 (Gyaincain Norbu: eminent monks should set example of upholding national unity)
Thepaper, July 26, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1742796

Hong Kong (香港)

Beijing deals another blow to Hong Kong’s autonomy
Foreign Policy, July 26, 2017
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/07/26/beijing-deals-another-blow-to-hong-kongs-autonomy/

Six key questions on how dual jurisdiction will work at Hong Kong’s new rail terminus
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/2104083/six-key-questions-how-dual-jurisdiction-will-work-hong-kongs

Related:
3市民提覆核指違《基本法》 (Hong Kong citizens file judicial review over “one place, two checks” for violating Basic Law)
Apple Daily, July 27, 2017
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20170727/20103055

傳何俊仁患初期肺癌 李柱銘證剛做手術 蔡耀昌料休息後會康復 (Albert Ho reported to have early stage lung cancer and is now recovering after recent surgery)
Mingpao, July 27, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170727/s00001/1501122245746

基本法教材：街頭抗爭民主意識膚淺 法律界批偏頗 湯家驊：示威是基本人權 (Basic Law textbook: demonstrating on the street shows lack of awareness of democracy; Ronny Tong: demonstration is a basic human right)
Mingpao, July 25, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20170725/s00002/1500919237723

一地兩檢 開極危險先例 (“One place, two checks” sets an extremely dangerous precedent)
Mingpao, July 27, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170727/s00022/1501117371674

Commentary (评论)

Six months in: An analysis of foreign NGO activity in China
ChinaFile, July 26, 2017
http://www.chinafile.com/ngo/analysis/six-months-analysis-of-foreign-ngo-activity-china

Special Feature: Liu Xiaobo (特辑：刘晓波)

We hope our expanded special feature on Liu Xiaobo—including news items, analyses of the significance of his life and work, international support for Liu Xia and calls for accountability, and commentaries—will be a useful information resource and help generate more effective action by the international community. Liu Xiaobo was a prominent Chinese public intellectual and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, recognized for “his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental rights in China.” He died of liver cancer on July 13, 2017 in Chinese custody.

News (新闻) Assessments: Liu Xiaobo’s Life & Work (评价：刘晓波的审评和著作)

Liu Xiaobo memorial service: After tribute, six including lawyers, activists detained; two go missing
First Post, July 25, 2017
http://www.firstpost.com/world/liu-xiaobo-memorial-service-after-tribute-six-including-lawyers-activists-detained-two-go-missing-3855261.html

International Support for Liu Xia (国际社会给刘霞的声援)

民主黨林子健收「遲來的」美斯簽名照 盼轉交劉霞表心意 (Autographed photo from Messi to Liu Xiaobo received by Hong Kong democratic party member)
Mingpao, July 26, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170725/s00001/1500990733163

鲁比奥参议员致刘晓波遗孀刘霞的公开信 (Sen. Rubio’s open letter to Liu Xia, Liu Xiaobo’s widow)
Voice of America, July 25, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/rubio-liu-20170725/3958902.html

Related:
Liu Xiaobo’s Death is a Stain on the CPC, International Community Must Press for Liu Xia’s Freedom
刘晓波之死是中共污点，国际社会必须施压让刘霞获得自由
Human Rights in China, July 13, 2017
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/liu-xiaobos-death-stain-cpc-international-community-must-press-liu-xias-freedom
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/sheng-ming/liu-xiao-bo-zhi-si-shi-zhong-gong-wu-dian-guo-ji-she-hui-bi-xu-shi-ya

Commentary (评论)

What Liu Xiaobo’s death says about China’s two futures
Gina Anne Tam and Jeffrey Wasserstrom, The Nation, July 25, 2017
https://www.thenation.com/article/what-liu-xiaobos-death-says-about-chinas-two-futures/

Liu Xiaobo: A moderate, constructive, brilliant intellectual robbed of his rights and dignity to the very end
Hong Kong Free Press, July 14, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/14/liu-xiaobo-moderate-constructive-brilliant-intellectual-robbed-rights-dignity-end/

 
 
 
 

News (新闻)

Access to Justice (司法公正)

最高法：确保刑案裁判结果最大限度接近社会预期 (Supreme People’s Court: to maximum extent possible, ensure that results of criminal cases are aligned with social expectations)
Legal Daily, July 25, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-07/25/content_7256266.htm

余文生律师对因“支持香港占中”被抓捕遭酷刑之刑事自诉一案向北京市高级法院提起再审申请 (Rights lawyer Yu Wensheng sues police for torture at Beijing high court)
Weiquanwang, July 26, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/07/blog-post_72.html

Related:
709李文足：拒绝官派律师的再次声明 (Li Wenzu: statement on the rejection of state-assigned lawyer for Wang Quanzhang)
Weiquanwang, July 25, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/07/709_25.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

工信部再次回应中国VPN管理：依法依规企业和个人不受影响 (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology once again responds to VPN regulation issues: law-abiding businesses and individuals will be unaffected)
China Huan Qiu, July 25, 2017
http://china.huanqiu.com/article/2017-07/11031809.html

Related:
China defends VPN management measures
Xinhua, July 25, 2017
http://english.sina.com/news/2017-07-25/detail-ifyihmmm8643383.shtml

《电子政务蓝皮书》发布：政务服务信息实现全面公开 (“Blue Book of Electronic Government” published: information on government services has achieved comprehensive transparency)
Beijing Evening News, July 24, 2017
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2017/07-24/8286092.shtml

Related:
电子政务蓝皮书：中国电子政务发展报告 (E-Government Blue Book: report on China’s electronic gov’t development)
Social Sciences Academic Press, July 25, 2017
http://chassc.ssap.com.cn/c/2017-07-25/539765.shtml

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

内蒙古鄂尔多斯羊场代表揭官商勾结 (Herder reps in Inner Mongolia lodge complaints against corruption at local gov’t)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql3-07252017102127.html

国企改制问题凸显 哈市铁路职工持续维权 (Railway workers in Harbin petition at local gov’t for social security related issues)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-07252017110057.html

“八一”建军节临近 老兵聚会遭稳控 (Veterans in Jiangsu banned of organizing gatherings)
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf3-07252017111315.html

北京警方：“善心汇”成员聚集行为已涉嫌违法 (Beijing police: gathering of members of Shan Xin Hui is suspected of violating laws)
Xinhua News Agency, July 25, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2017-07/25/c_129662581.htm

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Cadres in Chongqing told to toe line amid high-level corruption probe
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2104116/cadres-chongqing-told-toe-line-amid-high-level

Dissidents voice fears that China will use Interpol to come after peaceful critics
Radio Free Asia, July 25, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/interpol-fears-07252017133805.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China set to launch an “unhackable” Internet communication
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 25, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40565722

Hong Kong (香港)

李柱銘指對法治損害比釋法大：等同整本基本法不存在 (Martin Lee: “One place, two checks” is equal to non-existence of Basic Law)
Mingpao, July 26, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170726/s00001/1501041285925

一地兩檢倘涉訴訟 張達明料人大將釋法令方案必然合法 (Eric Cheung expects NPC Standing Committee's interpretation of the Basic Law will make HK gov't proposal legal)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 26, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1344426-20170726.htm

袁國強稱法律不應成為香港發展限制 須與時並進 (Rimsky Yuen: laws need to keep abreast of time and should not limit the development of Hong Kong)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 26, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1344397-20170726.htm

Hong Kong rail plan raises fears of mainland China’s influence
廣深港高鐵「一地兩檢」方案引爭議
The New York Times, July 25, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/world/asia/hong-kong-mainland-china-rail-terminal.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170726/hong-kong-mainland-china-rail-terminal/zh-hant/

Related:
Pro-democracy lawmakers question legal basis of express rail link joint checkpoint arrangement
Hong Kong Free Press, July 26, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/26/pro-democracy-lawmakers-question-legal-basis-express-rail-link-joint-checkpoint-arrangement/

Number of registered voters in Hong Kong increases slightly by 26,000
Hong Kong Free Press, July 26, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/26/number-registered-voters-hong-kong-increases-slightly-26000/

Fear and self-censorship at the Hong Kong book fair
China Digital Times, July 25, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/07/fear-self-censorship-hong-kong-book-fair/

Anger at plan to let Chinese police patrol in Hong Kong
The Guardian, July 26, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/26/anger-at-plan-to-let-chinese-police-patrol-in-hong-kong

Special Feature: Liu Xiaobo (特辑：刘晓波)

We hope our expanded special feature on Liu Xiaobo—including news items, analyses of the significance of his life and work, international support for Liu Xia and calls for accountability, and commentaries—will be a useful information resource and help generate more effective action by the international community. Liu Xiaobo was a prominent Chinese public intellectual and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, recognized for “his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental rights in China.” He died of liver cancer on July 13, 2017 in Chinese custody.

News (新闻)

Activists “held for Liu Xiaobo memorial”
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 24, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-40702013

图辑：全球公祭中国诺奖得主刘晓波 (Photo Album: Global memorial for China Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo)
Radio France Internationale, July 24, 2017
http://bit.ly/2tFRkql

Liu Xiaobo artwork hits world streets in latest form of protest
South China Morning Post, July 22, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2103737/liu-xiaobo-artwork-hits-world-streets-latest-form-protest

Assessments: Liu Xiaobo’s Life & Work (评价：刘晓波的审评和著作)

Liu Xiaobo and the moral critique of contemporary China
Kerry Brown, The Diplomat, July 24, 2017
http://thediplomat.com/2017/07/liu-xiaobo-and-the-moral-critique-of-contemporary-china/

International Support for Liu Xia (国际社会给刘霞的声援)

刘霞现在有了个“发言人”! (Liu Xia now has a “spokesperson”)
Radio France Internationale, July 25, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170725-刘霞现在有了个“发言人”

Where is Liu Xia, “free” widow of Chinese Nobel winner Liu Xiaobo?
Sky News, July 24, 2017
http://news.sky.com/story/where-is-free-widow-of-chinese-nobel-winner-10960045

刘霞继续被限制自由 通过“身边人”报平安 (Liu Xia’s freedom still restricted, people “close to her” report her safety)
Radio Free Asia, July 24, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-07242017095331.html

Commentary (评论)

Chinese must help themselves in preserving the legacy of Liu Xiaobo
Robert Delaney, South China Morning Post, July 24, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2103834/chinese-must-help-themselves-preserving-legacy-liu-xiaobo

Campaign for democracy in China will outlive Liu Xiaobo: Chinese desire for liberty will never die
Doug Bandow, Forbes, July 23, 2017
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dougbandow/2017/07/23/campaign-for-democracy-in-china-will-outlive-liu-xiaobo-chinese-desire-for-liberty-will-never-die/#32305671660a

 
 
 
 

News (新闻)

Access to Justice (司法公正)

RFA独家：新疆哈萨克族阿訇被秘判五年 (RFA Exclusive: Xinjiang Kazakh imam secretly sentenced to five years)
Radio Free Asia, July 24, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql3-07242017095604.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Purges and party propaganda: China’s lively streaming sites get back behind the communist line
South China Morning Post, July 25, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2103906/purges-and-party-propaganda-chinas-lively-streaming

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

高中生拍“跨性别”电影引热议 (High school students’ “transgender” film elicits heated discussion)
Beijing Youth Daily, July 24, 2017
http://epaper.ynet.com/html/2017-07/24/content_256943.htm?div=-1

Chinese capital shuts major road during rare protest
Reuters, July 24, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-protests-idUSKBN1A91FN

Related:
China police warn against illegal gatherings after rare Beijing protest
Reuters, July 25, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-protests-idUSKBN1AA06A

Tibetan self-immolator Tenzin Choeying dies in Indian hospital
Radio Free Asia, July 24, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/hospital-07242017131257.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/hc-07232017132425.html

上海公民再次上街举牌为王全璋律师发声要求“中共当局立即释放王全璋律师” (Shanghai residents protest once again, appealing to authorities for lawyer Wang Quanzhang’s immediate release)
Weiquanwang, July 24, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2017/07/blog-post_70.html

广西北海17户村民诉政府强拆案即将开庭 (Hearing begins for villagers appealing against gov’t demolitions in Beihai, Guangxi)
Radio Free Asia, July 24, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf3-07242017100703.html

数十铁路职工赴京维权 哈尔滨铁路职工讨要医保 (Dozens of railway workers go to Beijing to protest for rights, Harbin railway workers discuss healthcare)
Radio Free Asia, July 23, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-07232017113310.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China rising political star facing corruption probe
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 24, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-40706213

Hong Kong (香港)

Advocacy groups oppose potential appointment of pro-Beijing education deputy
Hong Kong Free Press, July 25, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/25/advocacy-groups-oppose-potential-appointment-pro-beijing-education-deputy/

Hong Kong inmates keep silent over prison staff misconduct for fear of retaliation, NGO finds
Hong Kong Free Press, July 23, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/23/hong-kong-inmates-keep-silent-prison-staff-misconduct-fear-retaliation-ngo-finds/

Special Feature: Liu Xiaobo (特辑：刘晓波)

We hope our expanded special feature on Liu Xiaobo—including news items, analyses of the significance of his life and work, international support for Liu Xia and calls for accountability, and commentaries—will be a useful information resource and help generate more effective action by the international community. Liu Xiaobo was a prominent Chinese public intellectual and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, recognized for “his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental rights in China.” He died of liver cancer on July 13, 2017 in Chinese custody.

News (新闻)

Chinese police guard late dissident Liu Xiaobo’s home, empty or not
Agence France-Presse, July 22, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/22/chinese-police-guard-late-dissident-liu-xiaobos-home-empty-not/

“No entry record”: Hong Kong activist detained in Shenzhen after border protest for late dissident Liu Xiaobo
Hong Kong Free Press, July 21, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/21/no-entry-record-hong-kong-activist-detained-shenzhen-border-protest-late-dissident-liu-xiaobo/

The road to Liu Xiaobo’s death, and the path beyond
China Digital Times, July 21, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/07/road-liu-xiaobos-death-path-beyond/

China brushes off global criticism over Liu Xiaobo's death
Nikkei Asian Review, July 20, 2017
http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20170720/Politics-Economy/China-brushes-off-global-criticism-over-Liu-Xiaobo-s-death

Assessments: Liu Xiaobo’s Life & Work (评价：刘晓波的审评和著作)

Liu Xiaobo and the moral critique of contemporary China
Kerry Brown, The Diplomat, July 24, 2017
http://thediplomat.com/2017/07/liu-xiaobo-and-the-moral-critique-of-contemporary-china/

A life lived in truth
Ma Jian, Project Syndicate, July 20, 2017
https://www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/a-life-lived-in-truth-by-ma-jian-2017-07

International Support for Liu Xia (国际社会给刘霞的声援)

Why can’t Beijing just go easy on Liu Xia?
EJ Insight, July 21, 2017
http://www.ejinsight.com/20170721-why-can-t-beijing-just-go-easy-on-liu-xia/

刘晓波“头七”已过 遗孀刘霞仍无音信 (Seventh day since Liu Xiaobo’s death has passed, still no news of his widow Liu Xia)
Radio Free Asia, July 21, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-07212017104757.html

Liu Xiaobo supporters step up pressure on China to free his widow
Voice of America, July 21, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/liu-xiaobo-supporters-step-up-pressure-on-china-free-his-widow/3953730.html

China: widow of Nobel Laureate feared “disappeared”
Human Rights Watch, July 20, 2017
https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/07/20/china-widow-nobel-laureate-feared-disappeared

Commentary (评论)

Column: A voice for freedom snuffed out
John Timpane, Salem News, July 21, 2017
http://www.salemnews.com/opinion/columns/column-a-voice-for-freedom-snuffed-out/article_7ac13554-f20a-53b3-97ba-b135228881a9.html

Death of Liu Xiaobo shows up a flawed governing strategy by China's Communist Party
Minxin Pei, Financial Review, July 21, 2017
http://www.afr.com/news/world/asia/death-of-liu-xiaobo-shows-up-a-flawed-governing-strategy-by-chinas-communist-party-20170721-gxfo90

 
 
 
 

News (新闻)