Hong Kong (香港)

一項暴動罪今重審　梁天琦向支持者報以「韓式心心」 (Edward Leung attends re-trial of one count of rioting)
The Stand News, November 8, 2018

香港团体指国际关注香港人权状况恶化 (Hong Kong groups say international community is concerned with Hong Kong’s deteriorating human rights condition)
Voice of America, November 8, 2018

Chinese exiled writer Ma Jian says Tai Kwun art space cancelled his talks at Hong Kong International Literary Festival
Hong Kong Free Press, November 8, 2018

有還押人士稱懲教院所衛生惡劣　需穿舊鞋及沒全新內衣 (Concern group calls for awareness on sanitary conditions in Reception Centres for remanded detainees)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 7, 2018

Commentary (评论)

China, Xinjiang and UN Human Rights Review November 7, 2018
Jerome Cohen, November 7, 2018

Civil society space changing, not shrinking: Report
ChinaFile, November 7, 2018

Related:
Berthold Kuhn: Changing Spaces for Civil Society Organisations in China
Open Journal of Political Science, October 30, 2018

中国现代国际关系研究院李伟：联合国应主导协调网络反恐 (Chinese international relations scholar: UN should lead coordination on internet counterterrorism)
The Paper, November 8, 2018

UPR of China（联合国对中国的普遍定期审议）

West calls on China to close Uighur detention camps
Reuters, November 6, 2018

Related:
China’s UPR: Will Concerns Raised over Ethnic and Religious Repression Lead to Accountability?
Human Rights in China, November 6, 2018

China says UN criticism of human rights record is “politically driven”
The Guardian, November 6, 2018

China dismisses criticism about mass detentions at UN
Associated Press, November 7, 2018

聯合國審議中國人權　多國關注新疆再教育營　中方反斥偏離事實 (UN reviews China human rights, multiple states concerned over Xinjiang camps, China dismisses allegations as “lacking factual basis”)
The Stand News, November 7, 2018

多國關注港澳人權　張建宗：不必要、毫無根據、不成立 (Matthew Cheung: States’ concern with Hong Kong and Macau is unnecessary, groundless, and unfounded)
Ming Pao, November 7, 2018

“Political censorship”: United Nations removes submissions from int’l civil groups at China’s human rights review
Hong Kong Free Press, November 6, 2018

Related:
【疑中國施壓】交聯合國人權專員被删走　香港眾志報告書全文 (Deleted from UN OHCHR webpage: full Submission by Demosisto to High Commissioner for Human Rights for Universal Periodic Review of China)
The Stand News, November 7, 2018

Joint Press Statement: China UPR -- civil society deeply concerned by removal of key stakeholder information by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for upcoming Universal Periodic Review of China
Human Rights Watch, November 5, 2018

Video: China grilled over internment camps, civil rights and Hong Kong freedoms at UN review
Agence France-Presse, November 6, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

Xinjiang to relocate 160,000 farmers, herders in effort to tackle poverty
Sina English, November 6, 2018

Xinjiang’s Kashgar University students, teachers forced to give up Muslim dietary restrictions
Radio Free Asia, November 6, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

Democratic Taiwan battling disinformation from China ahead of elections
Radio Free Asia, November 6, 2018

【又係抑鬱症？】人民日報旗下雜誌總編跳樓亡　陸媒稱患抑鬱症 (Chief editor of magazine under People’s Daily group commits suicide, reports of death initially censored, media cites depression)
The Stand News, November 7, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

被吊證維權律師成立「律師後俱樂部」　今早警察登門要求拆招牌 (Free legal advice club established by de-licensed 709 lawyers harassed by authorities)
The Stand News, November 6, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

上饒公安局：新《警察法》實施後　開槍不用警告　查身份證不需理由 (New police law to be passed: no warnings before gunshot, no reasons or explanations needed for ID checks)
The Stand News, November 6, 2018

国家拟修法惩治疫苗造假：药品上市许可持有人全过程担责 (New draft amendments on Drug Administration Law released in response to vaccine scandal)
Legal Daily, November 6, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Oracle confirms China Telecom internet traffic “misdirections”
Zero Day, November 6, 2018

Chinese surveillance grows stronger with technology that can recognise people from how they walk
The Telegraph, November 6, 2018

Related:
步态识别机：中国监控新武器？(China’s new surveillance weapon: walking-stance identifiers)
Radio Free Asia, October 6, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Majority of Hongkongers worried about cost of Lantau reclamation plan, survey finds
South China Morning Post, November 6, 2018

Hong Kong Pride Parade organisers expect record crowd, with theme of legal equality for local LGBT community in 2018
South China Morning Post, November 6, 2018

Young Hongkongers sceptical about city’s integration with mainland China, study finds
South China Morning Post, November 6, 2018

Commentary (评论)

China’s “perfect dictatorship” and its impact — an interview with Professor Stein Ringen
China Change, November 6, 2018

ChinaFile presents: The situation in Xinjiang
China File, November 6, 2018

UPR of China（联合国对中国的普遍定期审议）

人权审议 中国如何应对新疆再教育营问题 (Universal Periodic Review: How will China face questions on Xinjiang re-education camps)
BBC News, November 5, 2018

中国国家人权报告：人权事业以习近平思想为指导 (China’s national human rights report: human rights affairs to be led by Xi Jinping thought)
Voice of America, November 6, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

In China's Xinjiang, surveillance is all pervasive
Al, Jazeera, November 6, 2018

Xinjiang authorities detain prominent Uyghur philanthropist
Radio Free Asia, November 5, 2018

Xinjiang’s re-education and securitization campaign: Evidence from domestic security budgets
Jamestown Foundation, November 5, 2018

Xinjiang’s re-education and securitization campaign: Evidence from domestic security budgets
Jamestown Foundation, November 5, 2018

Inside China’s campaign against the Uyghurs
Globe and Mail, November 4, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese activist Huang Qi will die in custody if denied medical treatment – rights groups
Agence France-Presse, November 5, 2018

Related:
Detained, ailing Chinese activist faces neglect, death in police detention: Groups
Radio Free Asia, November 5, 2018

709案：王全璋妻痛批法官“故意违法” (Li Wenzu, wife of jailed 709 lawyer Wang Quanzhang, criticizes judge for intentionally breaking the law)
Radio Free Asia, November 5, 2018

Related:
709王全璋妻子李文足给法官林崑、周虹的一封信 (Open letter from Li Wenzu to judges of Wang Quanzhang’s case)
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, November 5, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

Beijing now able to flag Weibo posts as “rumor”
Financial Times, November 4, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Activists urge deep scrutiny of China at UN rights gathering this week
Reuters, November 4, 2018

In China, female pilots strain to hold up half the sky
Reuters, November 6, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

北京建网上政务服务总门户 年底前九成事项可网上办 (90 percent of governmental services could be done online in Beijing by end of 2018)
Beijing News, November 6, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Tencent to require all gamers to verify their identities with police database from next year
South China Morning Post, November 5, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

外国记者遭驱逐，香港未来蒙上阴影
Journalist’s expulsion casts shadow on Hong Kong’s future
The New York Times, November 5, 2018

Electronic tracking system set to help Hong Kong police counter detainees harm themselves in custody
South China Morning Post, November 6, 2018

Commentary (评论)

UN: Denounce China’s abuses in Xinjiang
Human Rights Watch, November 5, 2018

大眾傳媒如何塑造一個族群的標籤 (How popular media sculpts group-labelling)
The Stand News, November 5, 2018

UPR of China（联合国对中国的普遍定期审议）

“A campaign of systematic repression”: China faces grilling over internment camps at UN review
Agence France-Presse, November 4, 2018

Activists urge deep scrutiny of China at U.N. rights gathering this week
Reuters, November 4, 2018

China's human rights record to be examined in UN review
The Guardian, November 5, 2018

Related:
UPR China: Will Governments Stand Firm on Accountability and Universal Standards?
Human Rights in China, November 1, 2018

UN Human Rights Council must demand answers from China over Xinjiang mass internment camps
Amnesty International, November 2, 2018

China is committing ethnic cleansing in Xinjiang – it's time for the world to stand up
The Guardian, November 3, 2018