Translation: After Hong Kong visit, rights lawyer Chen Qiushi barred from leaving China
China Digital Times, December 20, 2019
Suicide case sparks online debate
China Media Project, December 19, 2019
Monday, December 23, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Government Accountability (政府问责)
西藏脱贫攻坚指挥部：西藏所有县（区）全部脱贫摘帽 (All counties in Tibet lifted out of poverty, authorities claim)
The Paper, December 23, 2019
中国官方罕见公开提同性婚姻合法化引发讨论与猜测 (Chinese authorities' rare mention of same-sex marriage sparks debate and second-guesses)
BBC, December 23, 2019
Related:
China Hints It May Open the Door to Same-Sex Marriage
Bloomberg, December 20, 2019China mulls civil unions
The Standard, December 23, 2019
【澳門惡法實施】手機SIM卡須實名登記 允「秘密警察」隱藏身份執法 (Macau's new cybersecurity law requires real-name registration for SIM card purchases, allows "secret police" to hide identity)
Apple Daily, December 22, 2019
China criticizes U.S. defense bill as interference
Reuters, December 21, 2019
反制颁奖给桂民海 中国禁2贸易团访瑞典 (China cancels visits by Swedeish business groups in retaliation to rights prize awarded to jailed Gui Minhai)
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2019
China Sets New Restrictions on Tibetan Religious Festival in Lhasa
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
五角大楼鼓励开源5G 反制华为
Pentagon wants open-source 5G plan in campaign against Huawei
Financial Times, December 23, 2019
Why China's AI players are struggling to evolve beyond surveillance
Nikkei Asian Review, December 18, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
【9.29 金鐘衝突】控方申 12 星期後再訊 所有辯方反對 揭事隔 4 個月控方未交仼何證據 (No evidence filed in four months: Defense lawyers slam delay by prosecution seeking further adjournment for defendants charged with rioting)
Inmediahk.net, December 23, 2019
【不一樣的聖誕】網民自製多款連登豬、Pepe 聖誕卡 毋忘五大訴求 (Pepe and LIHKG Piggy: Hong Kongers make protest-themed Christmas cards for those in detention)
Stand News, December 23, 2019
related:
Hong Kong braces for Christmas holiday protests
Reuters, December 23, 2019湯漢聖誕賀辭籲政府聽民意 盡速成立獨立調查委員會 (In Christmas address, Catholic church cardinal John Tong urges government to listen and establish independent commission of inquiry)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 23, 2019
【睇片】警罵示威者「曱甴」 警民關係主任︰正面去睇，曱甴係好有生命力 (Police defend officers calling protesters cockroaches: "Look at it positively, cockcroaches are very resilient”)
Stand News, December 23, 2019
Arrest at Uighur solidarity demo in Hong Kong, as riot police point pistol at protesters
Hong Kong Free Press, December 22, 2019
台漢涉港劫案 陸委會促積極提供事證 港府表反感：沒法律容許司法協助 (Hong Kong robbery fugitive arrested in Taiwan, Hong Kong authorities refuse assistance offered by Taiwan but "will accept surrenders")
Ming Pao, December 22, 2019
Related:
Taiwan and Hong Kong trade insults over robbery suspect in extradition row
South China Morning Post, December 23, 2019
Hong Kong protesters face off with police in mall protests
Channel NewsAsia, December 21, 2019
Related:
Hong Kong suspect fired at officers: police
Agence France-Presse, December 21, 2019
Hong Kong teachers risk punishment if they post ‘hate speech’ on social media or are arrested for serious crimes, says education chief
Hong Kong Free Press, December 21, 2019
【抗暴之戰】天水圍中彈少年蘇醒離開ICU 可進食及說話惟反應遲緩 (Teenager shot in head by teargas canister wakes after more than a month in coma, responses slow, recovery prospects uncertain)
Apple Daily, December 21, 2019
IPCC probe into Hong Kong police’s handling of protests to come under legal scrutiny
South China Morning Post, December 20, 2019
Related:
Hong Kong protests: double blow for Carrie Lam as judges snub chance to lead investigation into unrest, and Beijing rules out inquiry into police use of force
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2019
How murder, kidnappings and miscalculation set off Hong Kong’s revolt
Reuters, December 20, 2019
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路透:中共中纪委是逃犯条例幕后推手 (CCP Disciplinary Commission is the real proponent for Hong Kong's extradition bill: Reuters)
Radio France Internationale, December 21, 2019
After Xi Jinping’s Macau trip, analysts predict patriotic education and national security in Hong Kong’s future
South China Morning Post, December 20, 2019
Commentary (评论)
在街上，有人給她擁抱，有人會哭 印尼記者Veby：我覺得很奇妙 (Indonesian journalist shot blind by police reveals struggle with PTSD)
Ming Pao, December 22, 2019
【相片故事】貓義工與被催淚的旺角貓 (The cats caught in tear gas and the volunteer who saved them)
Stand News, December 22, 2019
In Pictures: Hong Kong’s volunteer frontline medics rush to treat protest casualties
Hong Kong Free Press, December 21, 2019
What do we call Hong Kong’s nameless “2019 protests” in 2020?
Quartz, December 20, 2019
Friday, December 20, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
欧洲议会呼吁制裁中国官员 关注维吾尔人权 (European Parliament urges sanctions against Chinese officials and attention on human rights for Uyghurs)
Deutsche Welle, December 19, 2019
专访：中国的新疆政策已超越犯罪的定义 (Scholar: China's Xinjiang policy is beyond criminal)
Deutsche Welle, December 19, 2019
俄罗斯穆斯林领袖开始批评中国的新疆政策 (Muslim leader in Russia voices criticism on China's Xinjiang policy)
Voice of America, December 19, 2019
Access to Justice (司法公正)
中國駐瑞典大使：桂民海活得很好 所涉案件絕非人權案 (Gui Minhai is living well and his case has nothing to do with human rights, says Chinese ambassador in Sweden)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 20, 2019
微信留言六个字开玩笑判囚九个月 (Man jailed for 9 months for ISIS joke on WeChat)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2019
Chinese activist who helps sanitation workers detained, friends say
Reuters, December 19, 2019
Related:
Labor NGO Founder, Volunteer, Intern Detained in China's Guangdong
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2019
Chinese student complains police failed to investigate knife attack where ‘very powerful people’ were involved
South China Morning Post, December 19, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
U.S. should not finalize China trade deal unless detained Canadians are released: Trudeau
Reuters, December 19, 2019
Can China sustain its human rights vision with Xinjiang and Hong Kong in spotlight?
South China Morning Post, December 20, 2019
China cools Sweden business ties after minister awards prize to Gui Minhai
The Guardian, December 20, 2019
China will not let foreign forces to interfere in Hong Kong, Macau: Xi
Reuters, December 20, 2019
美众院外委会通过西藏法案 藏人谢美国彰显公义 (Dalai Lama expresses thanks as U.S. House of Representatives passes act on Tibet)
Radio Free Asia, December 19, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China targets 41 apps in privacy clamp
The Standard, December 20, 2019
Zooming out on Chinese surveillance technology
China Digital Times, December 18, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
警拘捕星火同盟四人涉洗黑錢 凍結七千萬 (Police arrest Spark Alliance staff on money laundering charges, to freeze donations)
Inmediahk.net, December 19, 2019
Related:
Hong Kong police arrest 4 for ‘money laundering’ and freeze HK$70m used to support pro-democracy protesters
Hong Kong Free Press, December 19, 2019HSBC distances itself from police crackdown on protest fundraiser accused of money laundering
South China Morning Post, December 20, 2019上月關閉「星火」戶口 滙豐：非草率決定，與香港近況無關 (HSBC says closure of Spark Alliance's bank account in November was "unrelated to current HK situation")
Stand News, December 20, 2019
教育局命80被捕教師教學助理即時停職 楊潤雄：用更嚴厲行動「糾正錯誤」(80 teachers and teaching assistants arrested in relation to protests, Education Bureau says tougher action needed to "correct mistakes")
Ming Pao, December 20, 2019
Related:
At least five Hong Kong teachers accused of protest-related misconduct were not given a chance to defend themselves before Education Bureau, union says
South China Morning Post, December 19, 2019
許智峯眾籌330萬私人檢控警暴 要求先披露內地製催淚彈成份 (Legislator Ted Hui crowdfunds to raise private prosecutions against police, including for protester shot with life-rounds and to press disclosure of tear gas ingredients)
Inmediahk.net, December 19, 2019
【龍門任警擺】6青年九龍城涉揮棍練Parkour被捕 星火律師跟進 (Six arrested for practising parkour while carrying sticks)
Apple Daily, December 19, 2019
Social workers take to Hong Kong streets to urge international community to join fight against city’s ‘humanitarian crisis’
South China Morning Post, December 19, 2019
Commentary (评论)
舉報、燒書、改章程⋯⋯「自由而無用」的靈魂，在中國遭遇了什麼？ (The fate of "free but useless" souls in China)
Initium, December 19, 2019
Sexual violence against Hong Kong protesters – what’s going on?
Amnesty International, December 19, 2019
Mesut Özil should be able to say what he likes about subjects he cares about
The Guardian, December 19, 2019
Nationalism Ruined My Chinese Friendships
SupChina, December 19, 2019
Thursday, December 19, 2019
Xinjiang (新疆)
China's ambassador to Australia says reports of detention of 1m Uighurs 'fake news'
The Guardian, December 19, 2019
Uyghur Boy Dies in Ditch in Hotan While Parents in Jail, Internment Camp
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2019
Access to Justice (司法公正)
為中國勞權發聲 中國勞動研究者及學生「被消失」(Chen Weixiang, scholar and labour rights activist, abducted and disappeared in Guangzhou along with volunteers)
Civil Media, December 18, 2019
鼓吹满独？旅芬中国学者王展被拘 (Scholar arrested for "inciting Manzhou independence")
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2019
Access to Information (信息公开)
澳門當局以危害公安或公共秩序 禁本港多間傳媒入境 (Multiple media outlets from Hong Kong barred from entering Macau on public security grounds)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 18, 2019
Related:
Hong Kong Activists Barred From Travel to Macau on Day of Xi Visit
The Diplomat, December 19, 2019
China state TV axes interview with UK ambassador
Channel NewsAsia, December 18, 2019
Demand for Absolute Loyalty to Beijing at Chinese Universities Triggers Dissent
The Wall Street Journal, December 18, 2019
Related:
Chinese Students Denounce Limits on Free Speech, in a Rare Protest
The New York Times, December 18, 2019China’s Fudan University students in flash mob for freedom of thought
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2019
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Daughter of jailed Uygur activist Ilham Tohti accepts EU prize in his name
South China Morning Post, December 19, 2019
Rights group wants Canada to take action against CGTN’s broadcast of forced confessions
China Digital Times, December 18, 2019
FC Cologne pull out of deal to run football academy in China
The Guardian, December 18, 2019
Government Accountability (政府问责)
China goes backwards on global gender equality list but does better on education
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2019
China fears Taiwan's democracy the most, island's president says in election pitch
Reuters, December 18, 2019
Chinese Police Work in Cambodia to Handle Chinese Suspects
Radio Free Asia, December 18, 2019
Xi Jinping Thought charts course for SARs' growth
ECNS, December 18, 2019
A Surveillance Net Blankets China’s Cities, Giving Police Vast Powers
The New York Times, December 17, 2019
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
US finalising rules to limit sensitive technology exports to China and other rivals, report says
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2019
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong gov’t defends practice of suspending civil servants under police investigation
Hong Kong Free Press, December 19, 2019
2歲男童認塗鴉警署獲頒兩年保護令 刑毀罪撤銷 (12-year-old who sprayed graffiti on wall of police station receives child protection order, has charges dismissed)
Inmediahk.net, December 19, 2019
UK urges China to open dialogue with Hong Kong on 1984 declaration anniversary
Reuters, December 19, 2019
「匡民會」接觸反送中運動被告 聲稱可提供萬元現金援助 前身為「反佔中」組織 (Pro-Beijing group active during Umbrella Movement pretended to be "volunteers" supporting arrested protesters and tried to fish information on their court cases)
Stand News, December 18, 2019
Pro-democracy lawmakers in push to invoke special Legco powers to launch investigation into alleged police brutality amid Hong Kong protests
South China Morning Post, December 18, 2019
Leaked internal document reveal Hong Kong police to ask gov’t for manpower, supplies and pay boost
Hong Kong Free Press, December 18, 2019
Children of the revolution: the Hong Kong youths ready to 'sacrifice everything'
The Guardian, December 15, 2019
Commentary (评论)
Video: Hong Kong is showing the world how to protest anonymously in an era of mass surveillance
Quartz, December 19, 2019
Interactive: Why Hong Kong’s Property Tycoons Are Beijing’s Scapegoats
Bloomberg, December 19, 2019
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