Hong Kong (香港)

China Moves to Punish Lawyers Hired to Help Hong Kong Activists
New York Times, January 4, 2021

2港人案家屬委託律師盧思位、任全牛　內地擬吊銷二人執業證書　任：律師職業被判了死刑 (Authorities revoke licenses of Lu Siwei and Ren Quanniu, lawyers hired by families of 12 Hong Kongers; Ren: It's a death sentence for a lawyer's career)
CitizenNews, January 4, 2021

12港人關注組聲明：譴責中國當局打壓盧思位及任全牛律師 (12 Hongkongers Concern Group statement: Condemning Chinese Authorities’ Oppression of Lawyers Lu Siwei and Ren Quanniu)
inmediahk.net, January 4, 2021

關注組透露「12港人案」3名家屬已抵深圳 (Concern group says 3 family members of 12 Hong Kongers arrive in Shenzhen)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 3, 2021

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo assails China for its treatment of the ‘Hong Kong 12’
South China Morning Post, January 1, 2021

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回應蓬佩奧就12港人案對中方批評　外交部促停止抹黑 (China’s MFA spokesperson responds to Pompeo's criticism on case of 12 Hong Kongers: Stop the smear campaign)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 4, 2021

周庭成「甲級犯」被調往大欖懲教所　睡覺需單獨囚禁 (Agnes Chow is a “Cat. A” inmate at Tai Lam Correctional Institution, required to sleep in solitary cell)
Ming Pao, December 31, 2020

黎智英保释令被撤 还押候审 (Jimmy Lai's bail is revoked)
Deutsche Welle, December 31, 2020

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Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai returned to jail until at least February
The Guardian, December 31, 2020

Explainer: How the national security law changed Hong Kong – month 6
Hong Kong Free Press, January 4, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Wall Street to kick out Chinese telecom giants
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 1, 2021

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美国交易所要求三家“与军方有联系”中国国企退市 (New York Stock Exchange to delist 3 Chinese state-owned enterprises "connected to the military")
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 2, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

‘Because There Were Cameras, I Didn’t Ask Any Questions’
ChinaFile, December 30, 2020

China promises ‘sustained efforts’ on forced labor, as report reveals factories in 135 Xinjiang detention camps
SupChina, December 29, 2020

Inner Mongolia (内蒙古)

China Moves to Replace Ethnic Mongolians in Education Sector With Han Chinese
Radio Free Asia, December 29, 2020

内蒙民族学校将名存实亡？ 小学三年级起全汉语教学 (Ethnic schools in Inner Mongolia to exist in name only as all teaching will be in Chinese from third grade and up?)
Radio Free Asia, December 30, 2020

Tibet (西藏)

Amid US-China Tensions, Tibetans Seize the Moment
The Diplomat, December 30, 2020

Access to Justice (司法公正)

中国人权律师团发声明：张展无罪 (Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Group’s statement: Zhang Zhan is not guilty)
Radio Free Asia, December 29, 2020

Access to Information (公众知情权)

中国官方数据显示武汉新冠疫情规模可能是之前公开的10倍 (China's official data indicate Wuhan COVID-19 infection toll may be 10 times that previously disclosed)
Voice of America, December 30, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

美国谴责中国刑罚公民记者张展 呼吁中共立即无条件释放她 (U.S. condemns China's punishment of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, calls for her immediate and unconditional release)
Voice of America, December 30, 2020

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On the Silencing and Prosecution of PRC Citizen Journalist Zhang Zhan
U.S. Department of State, December 29, 2020

25 Days That Changed the World: How Covid-19 Slipped China’s Grasp
改变世界的25天：新冠疫情是如何在中国失控的？
The New York Times, December 30, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

Ten Hong Kong fugitives captured at sea jailed up to three years by Shenzhen court, two other underage suspects handed to city’s police
South China Morning Post, December 30, 2020

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Did a Chinese court go too far in punishing 10 fugitive Hongkongers?
South China Morning Post, December 30, 2020

National security: five core members of Hong Kong’s Law Society voice personal concern over state media’s blasting of Jimmy Lai bail ruling
South China Morning Post, December 30, 2020

Commentary (评论)

Beijing’s Hong Kong Fables Have Unhappy Endings
Foreign Policy, December 30, 2020

Access to Justice (司法公正)

EU demands China release citizen reporter Zhang Zhan and 12 Hong Kong activists detained at sea
South China Morning Post, December 29, 2020

联合国人权高专办：深切关注张展获刑 继续呼吁将她释放 (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights calls for Zhang Zhan’s release: Deeply concerned by 4-year prison sentence)
Radio France Internationale, December 28, 2020

Access to Information (公众知情权)

武汉疫情记录者张展：“我无法后退，因为这个国家不能后退” (Zhang Zhan, chronicler of Wuhan epidemic: “I can't retreat, because this country must not go retreat”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 29, 2020

China Covid-19: How state media and censorship took on coronavirus
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 29, 2020

中文播客游走在审查边缘 (Podcasters in China are walking on the edge of censorship)
Voice of America, December 29, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

Shenzhen court to deliver verdict on Hong Kong fugitives on Wednesday morning, while Chinese embassy slams British foreign secretary’s ‘secret trial’ concerns
South China Morning Post, December 29, 2020

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Hong Kongers charged in China plead guilty, relatives told
Washington Post, December 29, 2020

Explainer | With judgment still pending, here’s what we know about the 12 Hong Kong fugitives detained in Shenzhen
South China Morning Post, December 29, 2020

歐盟要求中國立即釋放12名港人
EU demands China release 12 detained Hongkongers
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 29, 2020

China: Statement by the Spokesperson on the trial of 10 Hong Kongers
European Union, December 29, 2020

Hong Kong teenager jailed for China flag insult
The Guardian, December 29, 2020

Jimmy Lai resigns as chairman of Apple Daily’s publisher Next Digital as he awaits trial for breaching security law
South China Morning Post, December 29, 2020

Hong Kong District Councillor series: Gov’t is waging ‘total war’ but we must keep fighting, says Kwong Po-yin
Hong Kong Free Press, December 29, 2020

Commentary (评论)

Hong Kong's democracy movement was crushed in 2020. But the spirit of resistance survives
The Guardian, December 29, 2020

Xinjiang (新疆)

中国批准与土耳其达成的引渡维族人条约 (China approves agreement with Turkey to extradite Uyghurs)
Radio France International, December 28, 2020

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese Citizen Journalist Sentenced to 4 Years for Covid Reporting
New York Times, December 28, 2020

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She Chronicled China’s Crisis. Now She Is Accused of Spreading Lies.
记录武汉疫情被指“编造谎言”，公民记者张展获刑四年
The New York Times, December 26, 2020

性骚扰案胜诉后，难以执行的“道歉” ( “Apology” hard to obtain following win in sexual harassment case)
Beijing News, December 26, 2020

Access to Information (公众知情权)

Politico | Remembering Li Wenliang: the Wuhan doctor who warned the world about coronavirus
South China Morning Post and Politico, December 27, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Coronavirus: World Health Organization’s Wuhan probe not looking for ‘guilty’ parties
Agence France Presse, December 24, 2020

The Virus of Lies: 2020’s Top Ten Ministry Of Truth Directives (Translation)
China Digital Times, December 24, 2020

2020 round-up: How the tragedy of COVID-19 became a success story for the China model Critical voices have given way to positive narratives
Global Voices, December 28, 2020

特朗普签署扩大支持台湾与西藏法案 中国要求美方停止干预内政 (U.S. president signs Taiwan Assurance Act and Tibetan Policy and Support Act into law; China: Stop meddling in our internal affairs)
Voice of America, December 28, 2020

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China Moves Towards Nationalization With Probe Into Alibaba
Radio Free Asia, December 25, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong democracy activists caught at sea go on trial in China
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 28, 2020

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「12逃犯」案今開庭　10名被告當庭認罪 (10 plead guilty in trial of 12 fugitives)
Wen Wei Po, December 28, 2020

US urges China to release 12 Hong Kong fugitives who ‘fled tyranny’ as secretive trial begins
Agence France Presse, December 28, 2020

【12港人】鹽田法院稱有親屬旁聽 家屬質疑其身份 (Families of 12 Hong Kongers question identity of “family member” present at Yantian trial)
inmediahk.net, December 28, 2020

National security law: Hong Kong prosecutors file urgent appeal in bid to have media mogul Jimmy Lai sent back to jail
South China Morning Post, December 25, 2020

Exclusive | Hong Kong national security law: ‘about 30 people overseas’ on the wanted list of police, including self-exiled ex-lawmakers Ted Hui and Baggio Leung
South China Morning Post, December 27, 2020

Hong Kong reels after the year that free speech died
Hong Kong Free Press, December 26, 2020

Chinese University of Hong Kong to 'Restructure' China Study Center
Radio Free Asia, December 24, 2020

通識改革｜學生團體憂疫情下被遺忘　擺街站籲大眾關注學術自由 (Liberal studies reform—Student group urges public concern for academic freedom)
HK01, December 27, 2020