Access to Justice (司法公正)

709婚礼受阻 维权人士遭软禁 (Rights activists under house arrest for planning to wed on July 9, third anniversary of 709 Incident)
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-07032018092431.html

無綫專訪「709事件」維權律師王宇　稱當局曾以其子要挾認罪 (Human rights lawyer arrested in 709 Incident was forced to plead guilty as authority threatened to destroy her son’s future)
Mingpao, July 2, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180702/s00004/1530527610771

李文足等709家屬計劃到多間看守所探望被捕維權人士 (709 lawyers’ family members visit detained rights lawyers and activists in jails)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 3, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1404894-20180703.htm

中国律协章程加强党建：律师要跟党走 (All China Lawyers Association adds Party ideology into charter)
Radio Free Asia, July 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-07022018093913.html

Police detain dissident in China's Hunan on “orders from higher up”
曾撰文批评习近平而因言获罪　作家彭佩玉近日再度被抓
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/police-detain-dissident-in-chinas-hunan-07032018120408.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/writer-07032018074107.html

Uyghur exile group leader’s mother died in Xinjiang detention center
Radio Free Asia, July 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/mother-07022018164214.html

遭拆迁七旬老人坠楼身亡 警方认定自杀受质疑 (Elderly protester’s fall from local government building ruled as suicide by police, families disagree)
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-07032018092155.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

上海学童遇袭 官方封锁消息 (Authorities disperse protests and ban news coverage on Shanghai school killing)
Radio Free Asia, July 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/gf1-07022018094055.html

中国人大副校长忠告学生不要告密 (Vice President of Renmin University advises students against snitching)
Radio France Internationale, July 2, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180702-中国人大副校长忠告学生不要告密

All aboard Xi Jinping’s train of Thought as city decorates subway carriages with propaganda
South China Morning Post, July 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2153582/all-aboard-chinas-propaganda-express-xi-jinpings-new

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Top Chinese rights lawyer resigns from ruling party in protest
不满被律协抹黑 湖南律师文东海宣布退党
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/resigns-07032018132714.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/gf2-07032018092759.html

党庆前夕 浙江嘉兴爆发警民冲突 (Protesters in Jiaxing City occupy government building, clashing with police)
Radio Free Asia, July 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-07022018094233.html

河南杞县一家庭教会被断电及罚款 (House church in Henan is fined and cut off electricity for “illegal gathering”)
Radio Free Asia, July 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql2-07022018093635.html

Chinese woman denied teaching certificate because of height
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 3, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-44700473

湖南尘肺病人再赴广东深圳维权 (Hundred black lung patients from Hunan demand compensation in Shenzhen, turned away empty handed)
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/yf2-07032018092545.html

ICT and Human Rights (信息技术与人权）

China firm develops “laser gun”
Channel NewsAsia, Jul y 3, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-firm-develops--laser-gun--10494818

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

China Deploys Police, Restricts Online Discussion in Malho Ahead of Dalai Lama’s Birthday
达赖喇嘛寿辰临近 青海黄南藏区强化防控
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/birthday-07052018151848.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-07032018093355.html

Hong Kong (香港)

警毆明報記者 投訴課列無法追查 明報嚴正要求更徹底調查 事主將覆核 (Ming Pao reporter’s assault complaint against police dismissed as “not pursuable,” complainant to file appeal)
Mingpao, July 3, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20180703/s00002/1530555040992

Related:
Reporter slams Hong Kong police complaints office after claims he was beaten by officers rejected despite video footage of incident
South China Morning Post, July 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2153486/reporter-slams-hong-kong-police-complaints

Hard for ethnic youth to find jobs
The Standard, July 3, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=197417&sid=4&sid=4

Support for same-sex marriage in Hong Kong grows as new study shows attitudes to LGBT community are changing in city
South China Morning Post, July 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2153635/support-same-sex-marriage-hong-kong-grows-new-study-shows

Silenced in God’s name: sexual harassment at Hong Kong churches must be stopped
Hong Kong Free Press, July 3, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/03/silenced-gods-name-sexual-harassment-hong-kong-churches-must-stopped/

Commentary (评论)

专访：回归廿一年 香港法治面对内忧外患？ (Interview with former HKU Law dean: a look at rule of law in Hong Kong 21 years after the Handover)
Deutsche Welle, July 1, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/30TCd

The dark side of the Chinese dream
The Nation, July 3, 2018
https://www.thenation.com/article/dark-side-chinese-dream/

港人政治權利與所謂「觸碰國家底線」 (Hong Kong people’s political rights and "crossing country’s bottom line")
inmediahk.net, July 4, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1058080

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Dozens of Uyghur children of Xinjiang village camp detainees sent to live in orphanages
Voice of America, July 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/orphanages-07022018143057.html

Related:
One in 10 Uyghur residents of Xinjiang township jailed or detained in “Re-Education Camp”
Voice of America, June 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/target-06292018132506.html

被問王全璋失蹤事件　傅政華稱要依法處置 (Head of Ministry of Justice emphasizes on “rule of law” in his first public remarks on 709 Incident)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 29, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1404279-20180629.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese video app Douyin counts the cost of insulting Korean war hero as advertising halted
South China Morning Post, July 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2153321/chinese-video-app-douyin-counts-cost-insulting-korean

Related:
北京市网信办、市工商局联合约谈抖音、搜狗等公司并要求专项整改 (Beijing Cyberspace Affairs Commission orders companies to remove online ads slandering heroes and martyrs)
Beijing Cyberspace Affairs Commission WeChat, July 1, 2018
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/NmMyD-ooPPxXXKVHvECdjA

China tightens party control of foreign university ventures
中国收紧对中外合办大学的控制
Financial Times, July 2, 2018
EN: https://www.ft.com/content/4b885540-7b6d-11e8-8e67-1e1a0846c475
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001078278/ce

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese leaders gather for back-to-back meetings after military veterans protest
South China Morning Post, July 2, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2153459/chinese-leaders-gather-back-back-meetings-after

Police in China's Guangzhou cremate rights activist's body in secret
张六毛遗体被火化 死因未解家属不放弃
Voice of America, June 29, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/cremate-06292018112102.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-06292018101308.html

人权律师遭打压 年检被评定“不称职” (Human rights lawyers graded "incompetent" in annual license assessment review)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-06292018101017.html

内蒙古牧民代表北京上访遭截访控制 (Inner Mongolian herdsmen petitioners intercepted and disbanded in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-06292018100910.html

Dozens detained in China's Harbin after protesters blockade trash plant
Voice of America, July 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/plant-07022018110541.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

生态环境部回应临汾监测数据造假：性质之恶劣令人发指 发现一起严肃查处一起 (16 officials convicted for fabricating air quality data)
Beijing News, June 29, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/06/29/493158.html

广州家庭教会少年学堂被禁 (House church forced to close its Sunday school)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql1-06292018100717.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

网民爆腾讯APP偷取用户私隐 腾讯否认 (Netizens call out Tencent web browser for spying on users)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/hj-06292018103756.html

Related:
继QQ浏览器后，Vivo手机又测出百度手机输入法后台录音 (Cellphone users allege Baidu input app secretly records conversations in the background)
China News Finance, July 2, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2234532

China introduces millimeter wave tech into airports security checks
Xinhua, July 2, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/s/2018-07-02/detail-ihespqry4360193.shtml

Related:
中国民航局：毫米波人体成像设备将正式用于机场安检 (Civil Aviation Administration releases usage guideline on millimeter wave technology)
China News, June 26, 2018
http://www.chinanews.com/cj/2018/06-26/8547695.shtml

Hong Kong (香港)

Thousands protest in Hong Kong on anniversary of handover to China
香港七一大游行，呼吁中国结束一党专政
The New York Times, July 1, 2018
https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180702/hong-kong-march-handover/dual/

Related:
Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters defiant, but rally turnout hits a low
Reuters, July 2, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-anniversary/hong-kongs-pro-democracy-protesters-defiant-but-rally-turnout-hits-a-low-idUSKBN1JR143

Hong Kong gov’t criticizes “disrespectful, sensational, misleading” chants at annual democracy rally
Hong Kong Free Press, July 2, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/02/hong-kong-govt-criticises-disrespectful-sensational-misleading-chants-annual-democracy-rally/

Celebrations to mark anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to China give attendees chance to display love of country
South China Morning Post, July 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2153302/celebrations-mark-anniversary-hong-kongs-return-china-give

Joshua Wong’s Demosisto raises most money at Hong Kong’s July 1 march but traditional pro-democracy groups fall behind
South China Morning Post, July 2, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2153465/joshua-wongs-demosisto-raises-most-money-hong-kongs-july-1

Beijing’s meddling in Hong Kong affairs through the city’s liaison office has eased under Carrie Lam but experts warn she still needs to tread carefully
South China Morning Post, June 30, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2153167/beijings-meddling-hong-kong-affairs-through-citys-liaison

Related:
Tackling Hong Kong’s housing crisis is my top priority but I have not forgotten about national security law, Carrie Lam says
South China Morning Post, July 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2153289/tackling-hong-kongs-housing-crisis-my-top-priority-i-have

港民主派吁蔡英文为香港民主发声(Hong Kong Democratic Party urges Tsai Ing-Wen to speak up for democracy in Hong Kong)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hcm-06292018101743.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

“云上法庭”在厦门首发落地，人脸识别自动对比审核身份信息 (Xiamen launches “smart” court utilizing cloud computing technology)
Economic Daily, June 29, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2227144

女高中生自杀引发对中国反性骚扰立法关注(High school girl suicide incident sparks discussion of sexual harassment legislation in China)
Radio Free Asia, June 28, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/wy-06282018122031.html

中共黨員赴麥加朝覲被開除黨籍　中紀委：違反黨的政治紀律 (CPC member expelled from the Party for attending hajj at Mecca)
The Stand News, June 29, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/中共黨員赴麥加朝覲被開除黨籍-中紀委-違反黨的政治紀律

Access to Information (信息公开)

The great firewall of China: Xi Jinping’s internet shutdown
The Guardian, June 28, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jun/29/the-great-firewall-of-china-xi-jinpings-internet-shutdown

Beijing welcomes Wall Street, but bans Hollywood, in “openness for business” push amid trade spat with Trump
South China Morning Post, June 29, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2153147/beijing-welcomes-wall-street-bans-hollywood-openness-business

China says US should tell airlines to change websites in Taiwan row
Channel NewsAisa, June 29, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-says-us-should-tell-airlines-to-change-websites-in-taiwan-row-10484272

Students snitch on teachers as China pushes ideology on campus
VOA News, June 29, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/students-report-on-teachers-as-china-pushes-ideology-on-campus/4459896.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

藏人代表在澳洲国会就西藏宗教状况作证 (Tibetan representatives testify at Australian parliament)
Radio Free Asia, June 28, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-06282018101409.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

江苏张家港通报沙钢污染事件处理：34名干部和责任人被问责 (Jiangsu steel factory pollution investigation holds 34 officials accountable)
The Paper, June 28, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2226199

“公众满意度”将纳入基层政务公开试点评估标准 (“Public satisfaction” as assessment criterion of local governments’ services)
Legal Daily, June 28, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-06/28/content_7580801.htm?node=5955

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

China wants eyes and ears on every street
The Economist, June 28, 2018
https://www.economist.com/china/2018/06/30/china-wants-eyes-and-ears-on-every-street

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong gears up for annual protest as leader marks first year in office
Channel NewsAsia, June 29, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/hong-kong-gears-up-for-annual-protest-as-leader-marks-first-year-in-office-10484152

七一遊行維園草坪起步 民陣籲市民避免衝突 歡迎沿途加入 (Civil Human Rights Front urges residents to join July 1 march along the way and avoid confrontation)
inmediahk.net, June 28, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1057977

港大學生會缺席七一遊行 會長：結束一黨專政非現時訴求 (Hong Kong University students opt out of July 1 march: ending one-party rule not a current demand)
inmediahk.net, June 28, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1057975

Related:
Prosecutions hobble Hong Kong activist leaders
VOA News, June 29, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/prosecutions-hobble-hong-kong-activist-leaders-/4458904.html

Hong Kong's democracy movement “needs new ideas”
Deutsche Welle, June 29, 2018
https://www.dw.com/en/hong-kongs-democracy-movement-needs-new-ideas/a-44457328

Hong Kong slams US report on human trafficking despite waiver keeping it off list of worst offenders
South China Morning Post, June 29, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2153094/plan-eliminating-human-trafficking-enough

No evidence that Hong Kong judges are prejudiced by “political persuasion,” city’s Law Society states
South China Morning post, June 29, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2152996/no-evidence-hong-kong-judges-are-prejudiced

Commentary (评论)

Does Hong Kong’s annual July 1 democracy march violate the law? An analysis and rebuttal
Hong Kong Free Press, June 29, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/29/hong-kongs-annual-july-1-democracy-march-violate-law-analysis-rebuttal/

Baptist University speaks the right language
South China Morning Post, June 29, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2153009/baptist-university-speaks-right-language