ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

第二期“党建专家@互联网企业党员”活动在京举行 (Chinese cyberspace authority holds seminars in Beijing targeting party members in internet companies)
cac.gov.cn, August 17, 2017
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-08/17/c_1121500153.htm

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

Authorities in Xinjiang extend Uyghur persecution to region’s ethnic Kyrgyz
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/kyrgyz-08212017162912.html

Hong Kong (香港)

“Morale boost”: Politicians and activists speak of renewed solidarity at Sunday’s march over protester jailings
Hong Kong Free Press, August 21, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/21/morale-boost-politicians-activists-speak-renewed-solidarity-sundays-march-protester-jailings/

Related:
林鄭月娥首開腔 指刑期覆核不涉政治 案中人非政治犯 (Carrie Lam on the sentencing of 16 young activists: judicial review of the sentences does not involve politics, and the people in those cases are not political prisoners)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 22, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1349513-20170822.htm

Two student activists jailed along with Joshua Wong in Hong Kong moved to separate prisons
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2107763/two-three-jailed-hong-kong-student-activists-moved-separate

Video: Jailing of democracy activists “not political persecution” says Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam
Hong Kong Free Press, August 21, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/21/jailing-democracy-activists-not-political-persecution-says-hong-kong-leader-carrie-lam/

Hong Kong democracy leader Joshua Wong back in dock days after being jailed
Reuters, August 22, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-politics-idUSKCN1B20AU

Related:
佔旺20人涉刑事藐視法庭結案陳詞 黃浩銘黃之鋒應訊 (Student leader Joshua Wong and land rights activist Raphael Wong summoned again for contempt of court charge during “Occupy”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 22, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1349539-20170822.htm

王丹决定推动港伞运领袖角逐诺贝尔奖 (Wang Dan says he will make efforts to nominate leaders from Umbrella Movement for the next Nobel Peace Prize)
Radio Free Asia, August 21, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-08212017102451.html

Commentary (评论)

Political Prisoners in Hong Kong
ChinaFile, August 17, 2017
http://www.chinafile.com/conversation/political-prisoners-hong-kong

China’s bid to block my journal’s articles is a new attack on academic freedom
The Guardian, August 21, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/21/china-bid-block-china-quarterly-attack-academic-freedom

Gao Zhisheng disappears
The Wall Street Journal, August 22, 2017
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gao-zhisheng-disappears-1503258811

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Liu Xia appears for first time since husband Liu Xiaobo's funeral
Reuters, August 19, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/19/liu-xia-appears-for-first-time-since-husband-liu-xiaobos-funeral

Related:
Video: Another mysterious clip purporting to depict wife of dissident Liu Xiaobo emerges
Hong Kong Free Press, August 21, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/21/__trashed-10/

再有劉霞影片流出 旁白男細聲提示「下一句」 (Another video of Liu Xia released online, male whispers instructions in the background)
Hkcnews, August 21, 2017
https://www.hkcnews.com/article/6329/劉曉波-劉霞-6329/再有劉霞影片流出-旁白男細聲提示「下一句」

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/en/press-work/statement/liu-xiaobos-death-stain-cpc-international-community-must-press-liu-xias-freedom

維權律師江天勇明受審 妻籲圍觀 (Wife of rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong calls for attention as Jiang faces trial on Tuesday)
Mingpao, August 21, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20170821/s00013/1503252133730

709家属：亲人不回绝不休 (Families of 709 lawyers and activists issue statement saying they will never stop until family members return home)
Weiquanwang, August 19, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/08/709_19.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

陸歌曲情定揚州下架 疑諷江澤民 (Rap song making Jiang Zeming innuendo is banned in China)
Central News Agency, August 20, 2017
http://www.cna.com.tw/news/acn/201708200072-1.aspx

Cambridge University Press censorship “exposes Xi Jinping's authoritarian shift”
The Guardian, August 20,2017
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/20/cambridge-university-press-censorship-exposes-xi-jinpings-authoritarian-shift

Related:
Editor fears chilling effect after articles blocked in China
South China Morning Post, August 19, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2107491/editor-fears-chilling-effect-after-articles-blocked

Don't like our rules? Then leave, China newspaper says after journal censored
Reuters, August 21, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-censorship-journal-idUSKCN1B103J

China bans sensitive, long, and “weird” company names
China Digital Times, August 18, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/08/china-bans-long-weird-sensitive-company-names/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

上海46万“镇保”失地农民的49名代表第35次到上海市社会保障局维权 (49 representatives of farmers who lost their lands protest at Shanghai social security authority for 35th time)
Weiquanwang, August 20, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/08/464935.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

十九大維穩 WhatsApp被失靈 傳內地為全面封鎖試水溫 (WhatsApp temporarily goes offline in China; the authorities said to be planning on a complete ban)
Apple Daily, August 20, 2017
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20170820/20126850

Hong Kong (香港)

Tens of thousands protest in Hong Kong over jailing of democracy activists
Reuters, August 20, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-politics-idUSKCN1B00CK

Related:
Hong Kong urged to free jailed pro-democracy protesters in open letter
The Guardian, August 18, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/18/a-letter-to-china-hong-kongs-democrats-should-be-honoured

数以万计港人游行 声援黄之锋等政治犯 (Tens of thousands of Hong Kongers march to support Joshua Wong and other political prisoners)
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-08202017155236.html

“It may be hot outside, but not hotter than our anger”: Protest against activist jailings attracts young and old
Hong Kong Free Press, August 21, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/21/may-hot-outside-not-hotter-anger-protest-activist-jailings-attracts-young-old/

如不信一國兩制 范太：最好離開香港 (Rita Fan: if you don’t believe in “one country, two systems,” you better leave Hong Kong)
Sing Tao Daily, August 20, 2017
http://std.stheadline.com/daily/news-content.php?id=1651317&target=2

Hong Kong presents a test of China’s good faith
Financial Times, August 20, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/d4ec4902-8593-11e7-8bb1-5ba57d47eff7

外交部駐港公署：堅決反對外國政府干預香港港司法 (Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong: Firmly oppose foreign gov’t’s interference of justice in Hong Kong)
Mingpao, August 20, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170820/s00001/1503231755804

Commentary (评论)

Legal terrorism? Hong Kong’s all-out attack on pro-democracy parties Demosistō & the League of Social Democrats
Hong Kong Free Press, August 21, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/21/legal-terrorism-hong-kongs-attack-pro-democracy-parties-demosisto-league-social-democrats/

如不信一國兩制 范太：最好離開香港 (Rita Fan: if you don’t believe in “one country, two systems,” you better leave Hong Kong)
Sing Tao Daily, August 20, 2017
http://std.stheadline.com/daily/news-content.php?id=1651317&target=2

Access to Justice (司法公正)

709案代理律师因被软禁提控告 王全璋家人遭恐吓 (709 defense lawyer accuses authorities of placing him under house arrest, Wang Quanzhang’s family suffers intimidation)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-08172017114127.html

广东海祭案通报：马强被拘捕 李舒嘉、李肇强获释 目前仍有5人被拘押 (Guangdong Liu Xiaobo sea memorial case update: Ma Qiang arrested, Li Shujia and Li Zhaoqiang released, five currently still detained)
Weiquanwang, August 17, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2017/08/5_17.html

China jails ethnic Kazakh man for “helping others emigrate to Kazakhstan”
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/kazakh-emigration-08162017132014.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China targets Alibaba's Taobao, other e-commerce sites, in VPN crackdown
Reuters, August 17, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-censorship-vpn-idUSKCN1AX0KX

“We were all deceived”: Local Chinese gov’t backtracks after claiming no casualties in fatal mining accident
Hong Kong Free Press, August 16, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/16/deceived-local-chinese-govt-backtracks-claiming-no-casualties-fatal-mining-accident/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

河北廊坊市民办和代课教师200余人穿文化衫在市政府上访维权 (Over 200 teachers in Langfang, Hebei, protest at local gov’t demanding compensation and official status after dismissal)
Weiquanwang, August 17, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/08/200.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Deputy county head fired for lax environmental oversight
Sixth Tone, August 17, 2017
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1000694/deputy-county-head-fired-for-lax-environmental-oversight#

2 disease control officials punished over HIV/AIDS
China Daily, August 17, 2017
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2017-08/17/content_41424617.htm

山西省长治市政协原副主席魏武被开除公职 (Changzhi, Shanxi CPCC vice-chairwoman Wei Wu dismissed from office)
The Paper, August 17, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1766572

Former head of Chinese news agency investigated for graft
Reuters, August 16, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-publishing-idUSKCN1AW0UQ

中央环保督察问责结果或公开 问责级别之高或出乎意料 (Environmental monitoring groups dispatched across the country and may publish their findings)
Legal Daily, August 17, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2017-08/17/c_1121495329.htm

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

苹果之后轮到淘宝，中国再出手打压VPN (Taobao follows suit of Apple and removes VPN from online stores)
Voice of America, August 18, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-intensifying-crackdown-vpn-20170817/3990729.html

北师大将在全部宿舍安装人脸识别门禁系统 步入全面刷脸时代 (Students at Beijing Normal University have to get their faces scanned to enter dormitories)
Beijing New, August 18, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2017/08/18/454750.html

国内首个邪教举报求助网络平台落成 举报最高可获2000元奖励 (China’s first cult reporting and assistance-seeking website is now active, reporters can be rewarded up to 2,000 yuan)
Legal Evening News, August 17, 2017
http://www.fawan.com/2017/08/17/386081t185.html?kuaixun&_zbs_baidu_news

浙江省网信办约谈淘宝网、同花顺金融网等5家网站 (Zhejiang cyberspace authority criticizes Taobao and four other websites for selling illegal VPN services and online accounts)
Wang Xin Zhejiang, August 17, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1765707

China plans to build "world-famous" cybersecurity schools in 10 years
The Diplomat, August 18, 2017
http://thediplomat.com/2017/08/china-plans-to-build-world-famous-cyber-security-schools-in-ten-years/

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

新疆加速汉化 招聘内地3万余人 (Assimilation accelerated in Xinjiang, mainland recruitment exceeds 30,000)
Radio Free Asia, August 17, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-08172017114012.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Joshua Wong & Nathan Law’s political party faces wipe-out, as it decries “abuse of judicial procedures”
Hong Kong Free Press, August 17, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/17/joshua-wong-nathan-laws-political-party-faces-wipe-decries-abuse-judicial-procedures/

Related:
“No political motive” behind seeking jail terms for student protesters, Hong Kong justice minister claims
South China Morning Post, August 18, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2107295/no-political-motive-behind-seeking-jail-terms-student

路透社引政府消息：袁國強推翻檢控人員建議 堅持上訴 (Reuters: Rimsky Yuen said to have overruled Hong Kong prosecutors’ recommendation on student leaders’ case and insisted on appealing)
Standnews, August 17, 2017
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/公民廣場案-路透社引政府消息-袁國強推翻檢控人員建議-堅持上訴/

U.S. politicians warn Hong Kong’s special status may be axed amid “political prosecution” of democracy figures
Hong Kong Free Press, August 17, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/17/us-politicians-warn-hong-kongs-special-status-may-axed-amid-political-prosecution-democracy-figures/

Joshua Wong says party will send “most capable” candidates even if jail keeps him out of by-elections
South China Morning Post, August 17, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2107129/activist-joshua-wong-says-party-will-send-most-capable

Hong Kong jailings could lend democracy cause greater legitimacy
The Guardian, August 17, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/17/hong-kong-jailings-democracy-greater-legitimacy

美國CECC：北京圖用司法制度打壓香港民主運動 (U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China: Beijing is actively trying to decimate the pro-democracy movement, apparently using Hong Kong’s courts and prosecutors to further its political agenda)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 17, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1348811-20170817.htm

10 reactions to Hong Kong’s jailing of democracy figures Joshua Wong, Nathan Law & Alex Chow
Hong Kong Free Press, August 17, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/17/10-reactions-hong-kongs-jailing-democracy-figures-joshua-wong-nathan-law-alex-chow/

Hong Kong’s mainland affairs chief accused of “one country, two systems” breach over by-elections
South China Morning Post, August 17, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2107152/hong-kongs-mainland-affairs-chief-accused-one-country-two

千人政總外集會 聲援東北案13名政治犯 (Over 1,000 gather in front of gov’t headquarters to support the 13 political prisoners in the New Territory land rights case)
Inmediahk, August 17, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1051449

Commentary (评论)

Political prisoners in Hong Kong
ChinaFile, August 18, 2017
http://www.chinafile.com/conversation/political-prisoners-hong-kong

嶺大學生會會長：繼續抗爭，低潮都要走出嚟 (Lingnan University Student Union President: Continue the struggle and walk out of the slump)
Inmediahk, August 17, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1051445

周永康父親：做咗嘅事要面對 3年輕人做事無私為子感驕傲 (Father of Alex Chow: I am proud of what the three young people did)
Mingpao, August 17, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170817/s00001/1502961429138

Access to Justice (司法公正)

刘飞跃被加控“为境外非法提供国家秘密罪” (“Illegally leaking state secrets abroad” added to website founder Liu Feiyue’s charges)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-08162017105148.html

就因吴淦开庭余文生2017年8月12日至14日被软禁一案 余文生向有关部门提起控告 (Lawyer Yu Wensheng sues local authorities for putting him under house arrest on the day of Wu Gan’s trial)
Weiquanwang, August 16, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/08/2017-8-12-14-1967-11-11-24-6-107-602.html

Liu Xia has left Beijing, relatives told, rights group says
Hong Kong Standard, August 16, 2017
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news.php?id=95233&sid=4

瞿明学向甘肃省人民检察院提起控告 要求立案追究涉案人员徇私枉法、破坏选举的刑事责任 (Qu Mingxue files accusation against Gansu Provincial People’s Procuratorate, requesting investigation into favoritism and criminal responsibility for sabotaging elections)
Weiquanwang, August 16, 2017
https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2017/08/blog-post_60.html

限制维权人士行动有新招 张宝成半月两度被指“吸毒”(New tactics to limit actions of human rights activists: Zhang Baocheng accused of “taking drugs” for second time this month)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-08162017105030.html

新疆温泉哈萨克族牧民被秘判12年 (Kazakh herdsman sentenced to 12 years in Wenquan, Xinjiang)
Radio Free Asia, August 15, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-08152017113604.html

丈夫大陆被拘，妻子奔走联合国呼吁救人 (Wife appeals to United Nations to rescue husband detained in mainland)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/gf2-08162017104033.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

福州新店镇强拆 居民割脉抗争 (Resident cuts veins to protest demolitions in Xindian, Fuzhou)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-08162017104834.html