Access to Justice (司法公正)

China prosecutes first overseas national for Hong Kong interference
South China Morning Post, April 24, 2020

Residents of Chinese Cities Fear Ongoing Virus Transmission as Man Sues Province
Radio Free Asia, April 23, 2020

中国人权律师团律师：关于律师陈秋实、公民方斌被强迫失踪的声明 (China Human Rights Lawyers Group: Statement on the enforced disappearance of lawyer Chen Qiushi and citizen Fang Bin)
Weiquanwang, April 24, 2020

中国拒加拿大探监 特鲁多吁释放公民 (China denies visits to detained Canadian citizens, Trudeau calls for their release)
Deutsche Welle, April 24, 2020

西藏人权团体要求公平复审藏人森卓 (Tibetan human rights group urges fair trial for anti-corruption and environmental activist A-Nya Sengdra)
Voice of America, April 24, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

专访王全璋律师：公权力操纵者总把法律夹带私货 (Interview with lawyer Wang Quanzhang: Manipulators of public power always slip contraband into law)
Radio Free Asia, April 24, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

More arguments as Hong Kong’s gridlocked House Committee meets for 16th time and again is unable to elect chair
South China Morning Post, April 24, 2020

Community service for ex-Hong Kong lawmaker convicted of assault after using loudhailer near cop
Hong Kong Free Press, April 24, 2020

Commentary (评论)

After Beijing’s dizzying two-week crackdown, is Hong Kong’s autonomy dead or terminally ill?
Hong Kong Free Press, April 24, 2020

China’s Coming Upheaval: Competition, the Coronavirus, and the Weakness of Xi Jinping
Foreign Affairs, May/June 2020

Access to Information (公众知情权)

China coronavirus cases may have been four times official figure, says study
The Guardian, April 23, 2020

微博大V“棒棒医生”因言获罪 成李文亮第二？(A new “Dr. Li Wenliang”? Hubei doctor is punished for criticism of government policy on COVID-19)
Radio Free Asia, April 22, 2020

中共审查延伸至Youtube？“财经冷眼”被封号 (CPC censorship reaching Youtube? "Financial Cold Eye" commentary account shut down)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2020

方方：“我最愿意在国内出版” (Fang Fang, author of Wuhan Diary: "I wish above all to be published in China")
Deutsche Welle, April 22, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

澳大利亚呼吁世卫成员国支持对新冠病毒大流行展开调查 (Australia urges WHO member states to support investigation of COVID-19 pandemic)
Voice of America, April 23, 2020

经历桂民海事件和疫情 瑞典下决心关闭所有孔子学院 (Sweden to close all Confucius Institutes in wake of Gui Minhai incident and COVID-19 pandemic)
Radio Free Asia, April 23, 2020

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Pro-China trolls fake accounts to hound foreign media over coronavirus
The Sydney Morning Herald, April 22, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

Dozens marking Yuen Long thug attack fined over ban
The Standard, April 23, 2020

《鏗鏘集》、now新聞《經緯線》反修例7．21元朗節目　「紐約電視電影節」獲獎 (RTHK, Now TV receives New York Festivals of TV & Film Award for Yuen Long documentaries)
Ming Pao, April 23, 2020

陳方安生：中聯辦從無監督權　促「兩辦」克制勿成治港太上皇 (Anson Chan: Liaison Office has never possessed power to supervise Hong Kong; urges HKMAO and LOCPG not to come Hong Kong’s overlords)
The Stand News, April 23, 2020

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Missing Wuhan citizen journalist reappears after two months
The Guardian, April 22, 2020

Related:
90后公民记者、前央视7频道主持人李泽华2月26日遭武汉警方传唤后 连续被当局在武汉、老家强制隔离 现已获释 (Li Zehua, citizen journalist and former CCTV Channel 7 host, in Wuhan police custody since February 26, is released after enforced quarantine in Wuhan and his hometown)
Weiquan Wang, April 22, 2020

专访王全璋：当年法官明显违法的行为令人无法接受 (Interview with Wang Quanzhang: Judges’ obviously illegal behavior was unacceptable)
Deutsche Welle, April 22, 2020

Access to Information (公众知情权)

《武汉封城日记》台湾出版 郭晶不同视角看封城 ("Diary of Wuhan Lockdown" published in Taiwan, Guo Jing sees lockdown from different perspectives)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China rattles sabres as world battles coronavirus pandemic
Reuters, April 21, 2020

In a first, Missouri sues China over coronavirus economic losses
Reuters, April 21, 2020

肺炎疫情：为何女性领导人处理新冠疫情更成功些？ (Pneumonia epidemic: Why are female leaders more successful in handling Covid-19 epidemic?)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 21, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

Two Hong Kong teens charged with murder after death of elderly man at protest clash
AFP, April 22, 2020

5 Hong Kong ministers replaced in cabinet reshuffle
Hong Kong Free Press, April 22, 2020

Related:
国务院任免香港特别行政区政府主要官员 (State Council authorized the replacement of 5 HKSAR government officials)
Xinhua, April 22, 20202

Hong Kong democrat Dennis Kwok fears disqualification from legislature after fresh attack from Beijing
Hong Kong Free Press, April 22, 2020

Coronavirus: Hong Kong protest organisers vow to defy police warning to cancel Labour Day event because of social-distancing rules
South China Morning Post, April 22, 2020

記者採訪遇警暴　香港新聞自由指數排 80　再跌 7 位 (Hong Kong ranks 80th in world press freedom index, dropping 7 places from last year, violence from police, pro-Beijing supporters against journalists a key factor)
The Stand News, April 21, 2020

Access to Information (公众知情权)

世界新闻自由指数出炉 中国全球倒数第四 (2020 World Press Freedom Index: China is fourth from bottom)
Deutsche Welle, April 21, 2020

Related:
2020 World Press Freedom Index
Reporters Without Border, April 21, 2020

国际特赦组织年度报告指中共执行死刑人数最多 (Amnesty International annual report: PRC topped world in number of executions in 2019)
Voice of America, April 21, 2020

Related:
Death Sentences and Executions 2019
Amnesty International, April 21, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Hubei Woman Arrested For Protests Against Neighborhood’s Poor Management Amid COVID-19
SupChina , April 20, 2020

美国会议员将提出法案要求中国对新冠疫情负责 (U.S. senators to introduce bill to pursue Chinese government responsibility for COVID-19)
Voice of America, April 21, 2020

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

长沙公安推新APP 鼓励群众举报 (Changsha public security launches new app to encourage people to report on others)
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

Beijing’s offices have no power to ‘supervise’ Hong Kong matters, says Bar Assoc.
Hong Kong Free Press, April 21, 2020

Related:
HRIC Statement: Escalating Attacks on Hong Kong's Rule of Law and Freedoms
Human Rights in China, April 21, 2020

Beijing office owns more than 700 properties in Hong Kong – pro-democracy group
Hong Kong Free Press, April 21, 2020

港澳辦連發三文續轟郭榮鏗　重申中央具監督權　支持警方拘黎智英等 15 人 (Three statements from the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office: Attack Dennis Kwok, assert power of supervision in Hong Kong, and support the arrests of 15 democratic figures)
The Stand News, April 21, 2020

Related:
国务院港澳办新闻发言人：郭荣铿议员蓄意违背誓言、严重滥权行为涉嫌公职人员行为失当 (HKMAO spokesperson: Legco member Dennis Kwok deliberately broke his oath, seriously abused power)
Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, April 21, 2020

国务院港澳办新闻发言人：中央有权力有责任维护香港特别行政区宪制秩序 (HKMAO spokesperson: Central government has power, responsibility to maintain law and order in HKSAR)
Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, April 21, 2020

国务院港澳办新闻发言人：坚定支持香港警方依法拘捕黎智英等犯罪嫌疑人 (HKMAO spokesperson: Firmly support Hong Kong police's lawful arrests of Jimmy Lai and other suspects)
Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, April 21, 2020

特首：兩辦有權有責監督基本法落實　對港事務有發言權 (Carrie Lam: HKMAO and LOCPG have right and responsibility to supervise implementation of Basic Law, and right to comment on Hong Kong's affairs)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 21, 2020

Access to Justice (司法公正)

709人权律师王全璋出狱遭强制“隔离检疫”后仍无自由 (Human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang is still far from freedom after being forced into “quarantine and isolation” following formal release from prison as part of the “July 9” crackdown)
Voice of America, April 19, 2020

公安部党委委员、副部长孙力军被查 (Deputy Public Security Minister and Party Committee Member Sun Lijun under investigation)
Beijing News, April 19, 2020

三名福州公民遭判刑 因放鞭炮迎接维权人士出狱 (Three Fuzhou citizens given prison sentences for lighting firecrackers in celebration of a rights defender being released from prison)
Radio Free Asia, April 17, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

北京须回应国际间要求调查其隐瞒疫情问题的最新呼吁 (Beijing must respond to the latest call from the international community demanding it answer for concealing key issues about the epidemic)
Voice of America, April 20, 2020

“People have been awakened”: seeking Covid-19 answers in Wuhan
The Guardian, April 19, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

Explainer: Beijing’s five-day crackdown on Hong Kong’s opposition during covid-19
Hong Kong Free Press, April 20, 2020

Related:
Hong Kong police arrest Martin Lee, 13 other pro-democracy figures
Radio Free Asia, April 18, 2020

眾志調查：中聯辦在港擁逾 700 物業　兩成傘運後購入　黃之鋒：反映勢力正擴張 (Demosistō Report: The Liaison Office own more than 700 properties in Hong Kong, 20% are purchased after the Umbrella Movement; Joshua Wong: China is expanding their political power in Hong Kong)
The Stand News, April 20, 2020

美英及国际团体谴责港警大规模拘捕民主人士 (U.S., UK, and other members of the international community condemn Hong Kong police for the mass arrests of pro-democracy advocates)
Voice of America, April 19, 2020

民陣稱已入紙申請辦7．1大遊行　不會因4．18大搜捕退縮 (Civil Human Rights Front submits application for this year’s July 1 march, refuses to back down because of the 4/18 arrests
Ming Pao, April 19, 2020

15 Hong Kong pro-democracy figures arrested in latest police round up
Hong Kong Free Press, April 18, 2020

中聯辦稱兩辦不受基本法22條所限　港府：中聯辦須遵守基本法及香港法律 (Although the Liaison Office has stated explicitly it is not subject to limitations in Article 22 of the Basic Law, the Hong Kong government continues to state that "the Liaison Office should follow the Basic Law and Hong Kong law" in its latest webpage revision)
Ming Pao, April 18, 2020

Commentary (评论)

How to read the 4/18 mass arrests in Hong Kong
Jerome A. Cohen's Blog, April 19, 2020

Beijing’s latest outrageous crackdown on Hong Kong freedoms
New York Post, April 19, 2020

How China’s authoritarian system made the pandemic worse
Washington Post, April 17, 2020