Access to Justice (司法公正)

Jailed Chinese rights lawyer dismisses “ethnic hatred,” “picking quarrels” charges
South China Morning Post, June 18, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1823584/chinese-lawyer-and-rights-activists-stand-trial

Related:
Defence lawyers “attacked” before subversion trial of Chinese rights lawyer and two activists
South China Morning Post, June 19, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1823688/defence-lawyers-attacked-start-trial-chinese-right

今天是6月18日，苏昌兰涉嫌煽动颠覆国家政权罪一案，在佛山市检察院审查起诉一个半月了（审查起诉最长期限），下午，我给佛山市检察院打电话查询案件是起诉还是退补，检察官说今天已将案件退回给佛山市公安局补充侦查。我问以什么理由退补？检察官称是以“事实不清，证据不足”为由退补。

— 刘晓原律师 (@liu_xiaoyuan) June 18, 2015

Closer Look: Applying the Law Against Child Trafficking
Caixin, June 19, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-06-19/100821087.html

Related:
“人贩子一律死刑”刷爆朋友圈 “一律死刑”曝新媒体平台自律紧迫性 (“Child trafficking - mandatory death penalty” slogan takes over online discussions exposing hastiness of new media platforms)
Legal Daily, June 19, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150619/Articel04002GN.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

Rare direct appeal to Xi Jinping appears, then disappears, online
The New York Times, June 18, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/18/rare-direct-appeal-to-xi-jinping-appears-then-disappears-online/

The real censors of China
The New York Times, June 17, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/opinion/the-real-censors-of-china.html

安徽拟制定信息化条例单位非法披露所采集信息最高罚50万 (Anhui drafts regulations for informationization: Units who unlawfully leak information can be fined a maximum of RMB 500,000)
Legal Daily, June 19, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150619/Articel03003GN.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

云南一村民疑因阻止官方强行征地被掘土机碾死 (Yunnan villager run over by excavator and dies allegedly when attempting to stop government’s forceful land requisition)
Radio France Internationale, June 18, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150618-云南一村民疑因阻止官方强行征地被掘土机碾死/

China bans Ramadan fasting in mainly Muslim region
Al Jazeera, June 18, 2015
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/06/china-bans-ramadan-fasting-muslim-region-150618070016245.html

This is how Beijing residents are outing smokers
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 18, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-33162117

Chinese officials hounded by activists as dog-eating festival nears
The Wall Street Journal, June 19, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/06/19/chinese-officials-hounded-by-activists-as-dog-eating-festival-nears/

中国医师协会、中华护理学会关于谴责暴力伤医的联合声明 (Chinese Medical Doctor Association and Chinese Nursing Academy release joint statement condemning violent attacks on medical personnel)
中国医师协会, June 18, 2015
http://www.cmda.net/gongzuodongtai/zhinengbumen/2015-06-10/14644.html

Government Accountability, (政府问责)

中国试行环境审计以追究官员环境责任 (China to try environmental auditing to account for officials' environmental responsibilities)
Financial Times, June 19, 2015
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001062619

教育事故应当纳入国家赔偿的范围 (Accidents in education should fall within the scope of state compensation)
Xinmin Online, June 19, 2015
http://news.xinmin.cn/shehui/2015/06/19/27919783.html

ICTs and Human Rights, (信息技术与人权)

China unveils anti-corruption app, asks public to upload pictures of corrupt officials
International Business Times, June 18, 2015
http://www.ibtimes.com/china-unveils-anti-corruption-app-asks-public-upload-pictures-corrupt-officials-1972563

Related:
Chinese smartphone app adds new feature to dob in corrupt cadres
The Guardian, June 19, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/19/chinese-smartphone-app-adds-new-feature-to-dob-in-corrupt-cadres

Hong Kong (香港)

“It is not what we like to see”-China’s government reacts to Hong Kong’s rejection of political reform plan
South China Morning Post, June 18, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1823509/it-not-what-we-see-chinas-government-reacts-hong-kongs

Related:
中国官媒批评香港民主派反对政改玩大了 (Chinese state media criticize HK pan-democrats' rejection of reform package as “over the top”)
Radio France Internationale, June 18, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150618-中国官媒批评香港民主派反对政改玩大了/

China media: Hong Kong opposition “destroyers” of democracy
Voice of America, June 18, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/ap-china-media-hong-kong-opposition-destroyers-of-democracy/2828762.html

彭定康：香港民主不會走入死結 (Last HK Governor Chris Patten: HK democratic movement won't meet a dead end)
Apple Daily, June 19, 2015
hhttp://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20150619/19189872

”We’re sorry”: Hong Kong pro-establishment lawmakers apologize for reform vote walkout
South China Morning Post, June 19, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1823721/were-sorry-hong-kong-pro-establishment-lawmakers-apologise

Hong Kong leader extends economic olive branch after veto
Reuters, June 19, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/19/us-hongkong-politics-idUSKBN0OZ09R20150619

南早調查：民意非香港特首選委會優先考量 (SCMP surveys finds public opinion is not priority concern for HK Election Committee)
South China Morning Post, June 19, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/tc/hk-macau-tw/14e05f0d0baaa65/nan-zao-diao-cha-min-yi-fei-xiang-gang-te-shou-xuan-wei-hui-you-xian-kao-liang

成功还是失败？抗争还是妥协？ (Success or failure? Rebellion or compromise?)
Deutsche Welle, June 18, 2015
http://www.dw.de/成功还是失败抗争还是妥协/a-18525448

Counterterrorism (反恐)

巴马县公安局拉开反恐实战技能训练的帷幕 (Bama County Public Security Bureau raises the curtain on counterterrorism combat skills training)
Xinhua News Guangxi Channel, June 18, 2015
http://www.gx.xinhuanet.com/2015-06/18/c_1115649757.htm

张春贤在新疆政法领导干部座谈会上要求 做具有新疆特色政法好干部 (Party secretary of XUAR Zhang Chunxian requests a Xinjiang-style Politics and Law cadre)
Legal Daily, June 19, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150619/Articel01005GN.htm

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Does Xi Jinping represent a return to the Mao era?
China File, June 16, 2015
http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/features/does-xi-jinping-represent-return-mao-era

A snub to the party
The Economist, June 20, 2015
http://www.economist.com/news/21654624-legislators-veto-chinas-plans-political-change-snub-party

Related:
China’s bluster on Hong Kong vote skirts elephant in the room
The Wall Street Journal, June 19, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/06/19/chinas-bluster-on-hong-kong-vote-skirts-elephant-in-the-room/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

New docketing procedures come to the Chinese courts
Supreme People’s Court Monitor, June 18, 2015
http://supremepeoplescourtmonitor.com/2015/06/18/new-docketing-procedures-come-to-the-chinese-courts/

Related:
立案登记制改革实施首月 案数增两成 (Caseloads have doubled in first month of case filing system reform)
Anhui Online, June 18, 2015
http://ah.anhuinews.com/system/2015/06/18/006841004.shtml

British investigator says Chinese officials tried to force confession
The Wall Street Journal, June 18, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/british-investigator-says-chinese-officials-tried-to-force-confession-1434609586

看守所：如果不想挨打，就得送钱？(Detention facilities: Do you have to use money if you don't want to get beaten?)
China Youth Daily, June 18,2015
http://zqb.cyol.com/html/2015-06/18/nw.D110000zgqnb_20150618_7-02.htm

公安部召开深入推进2015年缉枪治爆专项行动会议郭声琨作出批语强调 深入推进缉枪治爆专项行动确保人民群众生命财产安全 (In meeting, Minister of Public Security Guo Shengkun stresses that thorough implementation of the anti-guns and explosives campaign ensures safety for the lives and property of the public)
Legal Daily, June 18, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150618/Articel02011GN.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

China prepares "traditional culture" textbooks for its officials
Caixin, June 18, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-06-18/100820633.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Joint letter on the 2015 US-China strategic and economic dialogue
Human Rights Watch, June 17, 2015
http://www.hrw.org/news/2015/06/17/joint-letter-2015-us-china-strategic-and-economic-dialogue

中国：应放弃制定压迫性的境外NGO法律 (China: Scrap Repressive Foreign Organizations Law)
Human Rights Watch, June 15, 2015
http://www.hrw.org/zh-hans/news/2015/06/15/ngo

Foreign groups fear China oversight plan
The New York Times, June 18, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/18/world/foreign-groups-fear-china-oversight-plan.html

Related:
HRIC Law Note: Draft Law on Foreign NGOs Undermines Chinese Civil Society and China’s International Engagement
中国人权法律评论：境外非政府组织管理法草案损害了中国的民间社会和中国政府的国际参与
Human Rights in China, May 21, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/legal-resources/hric-law-note-draft-law-foreign-ngos-undermines-chinese-civil-society-and-chinas
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-ren-quan-fa-lu-ping-lun-jing-wai-fei-zheng-fu-zu-zhi-guan-li-fa-cao-sun-hai-liao-zhong-guo

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中国反腐下一步迈向哪里？ (What’s the next step for China’s anti-corruption program?)
Voice of America, June 18,2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-zhou-20150617/2827099.html

检察机关介入广西南宁暴力伤医案 (Investigative authorities undertake investigation into the Guangxi (Nanning) Hospital violence case)
China Youth Daily, June 18, 2015
http://zqb.cyol.com/html/2015-06/18/nw.D110000zgqnb_20150618_3-05.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong vetoes controversial China-backed electoral blueprint
Reuters, June 18, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/18/us-hongkong-politics-idUSKBN0OY06320150618

28反對8票贊成 政改方案否決 (Political reform proposal rejected: 28 against, 8 for)
Ming Pao, June 18, 2015
http://bit.ly/1N53KY9

Many pro-establishment lawmakers fail to vote
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 18, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150618/news_20150618_56_1108703.htm

Related:
蔡子強：缺席投票犯極嚴重政治錯誤 (Commentator Ivan Choy Chi-keung: Absence at voting is major political blunder)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 18, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150618/news_20150618_55_1108820.htm

Why did pro-Beijing lawmakers walk out of the Hong Kong vote?
The Wall Street Journal, June 18,2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/06/18/why-did-pro-beijing-lawmakers-walk-out-of-the-hong-kong-vote/

香港政改遭否决 北京表遗憾 (Beijing expresses regret at the rejection of the political reform proposal in HK)
Deutsche Welle, June 18, 2015
http://www.dw.de/香港政改遭否决-北京表遗憾/a-18524655?maca=chi-rss-chi-ca-1044-rdf

Related:
梁振英：对香港政改方案被否决极度失望 (HK chief executive CY Leung: Extremely disappointed in the rejection of the political reform proposal)
People’s Daily, June 18, 2015
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2015-06-18/172831966017.shtml

Reactions to the defeat of the Hong Kong election plan
The New York Times, June 18,2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/18/reactions-to-the-defeat-of-the-hong-kong-election-plan/

The day Hong Kong's Legco entered a parallel universe
South China Morning Post, June 18, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1823250/day-hong-kongs-legco-entered-parallel-universe

Not a time to celebrate, says Joshua Wong
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 18, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150618/news_20150618_56_1108717.htm#

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

How will Beijing deal with an increasingly radical Hong Kong?
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1823115/how-will-beijing-deal-increasingly-radical-hong-kong

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

More protests over private-car services like Uber in China
Tech In Asia, June 15, 2015
https://www.techinasia.com/protests-privatecar-services-uber-china/

Chinese police hold outspoken activists in Beijing, Guangzhou
Radio Free Asia, June 16, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hold-06162015110647.html

中国：应放弃制定压迫性的境外NGO法律 (China: Scrap Repressive Foreign Organizations Law)
Human Rights Watch, June 15, 2015
http://www.hrw.org/zh-hans/news/2015/06/15/ngo

夏明：中国独立民间组织生存愈发艰难 (Ming Xia: China's independent civic organisations are in a state of increasing difficulties)
Radio France Internationale, June 16, 2015
http://rfi.my/1JV4IGu

Government Accountability (政府问责)

No gifts for the teachers: China puts corruption in schools under scrutiny
South China Morning Post, June 16, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1822995/no-gifts-teachers-china-puts-corruption-schools-under

China's state-owned firms get their “report card” on corruption
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1823022/chinas-state-owned-firms-get-their-report-card

CPC issues rules to regulate leading Party members' groups
China Daily, June 17, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-06/17/content_21024893.htm

China's anti-graft drive fueled by Party's "stricter-than-law" disciplinary policy
China Daily, June 16, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-06/16/content_21023066.htm

Government oversight with “Chinese characteristics”
The Diplomat, June 17 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/06/government-oversight-with-chinese-characteristics/

Executives at Grid Firms Received Improper Benefits, CCDI Says
Caixin, June 17, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-06-17/100820204.html

党组工作条例(试行) (Party Group Work Regulations (Provisional))
China Law Translate, June 16 2015
CH: http://chinalawtranslate.com/partygroupregs/
EN: http://chinalawtranslate.com/en/partygroupregs/

China steps up controls in unruly Xinjiang as Ramadan approaches
Reuters, June 16, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/16/us-china-religion-ramadan-idUSKBN0OW0VS20150616

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

中国广为发放网络身份证为网络管理提供新措施 (China begins broad-based online identification as a new measure for internet management)
Radio France Internationale, June 9, 2015
http://rfi.my/1Ge0eVX

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong begins debate on electoral reform plan
Al Jazeera, June 17, 2015
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/06/hong-kong-begins-debate-electoral-reform-plan-150617050511582.html

Related:
Protesters gather outside Legco ahead of Hong Kong political reform debate
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1823077/protesters-gather-outside-legco-ahead-hong-kong-political

穿印有號碼上衣支持政改人士拒絕記者訪問 (People wearing numbered T-shirts, who support political reform, refuse press’ interviews)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 17, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150617/news_20150617_55_1108420.htm

Lawmakers flay increased security at Legco
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 17, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150617/news_20150617_56_1108384.htm

不滿曾鈺成讓警方入立會　陳偉業離開會議廳抗議 (People Power Albert Chan leaves conference chamber to protest that LegCo President Jasper Tsang let police enter the premises)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 17, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150617/news_20150617_55_1108330.htm

Related:
梁國雄：議員由選民授權議事 進立會要安檢是侮辱 (Leung Kwok-hung (Long hair): Having to undergo a security check to enter LegCo is insulting as lawmakers are authorized to work by voters)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 17, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150617/news_20150617_55_1108341.htm

Hong Kong election plan appears unlikely to win lawmakers’ approval
The New York Times, June 16, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/world/asia/hong-kong-beijing-china-democracy-election-vote.html

Chinese dissident urges pan-democrats to vote for Hong Kong reform proposal
South China Morning Post, June 15, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1822755/chinese-dissident-urges-pan-democrats-vote-hong-kong-reform

Hong Kong “localist” groups seek inspiration from academic's book
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1823026/hong-kong-localist-groups-seek-inspiration-academics-book

Six suspects in alleged Hong Kong bomb plot may face 20 years in jail
South China Morning Post, June 16, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1822791/hong-kong-bomb-suspect-taken-site-abandoned-atv-studio

IN PICTURES: Political showdown-Hong Kong weighs its future as reform debate unfolds
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1823118/pictures-political-showdown-hong-kong-weighs-its-future-reform-debate

林鄭月娥：中央真心誠意讓香港落實普選 (Chief Secretary Carrie Lam: Beijing is sincere about letting Hong Kong implement universal suffrage)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 17, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150617/news_20150617_55_1108351.htm

Related:
梁家傑指既然中央一意孤行 不如及早投票否決政改方案 (Civic Party Alan Leong: As Beijing does not listen, we may as well vote earlier to reject the political reform proposal)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 17, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150617/news_20150617_55_1108391.htm

雨傘運動警權報告：警方濫權令2067人身心受傷 (Umbrella Movement police power report: abuse of power by police caused 2,067 people physical & psychological harm)
Inmediahk.net, June 15, 2015
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1035184

Related:
雨傘暴警資料庫2014-2015 雨傘運動警權及人權報告 (Official report: 2014-2015 Umbrella Movement—police power and human rights)
Inmediahk.net, June 15, 2015
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx4UPgWniSxQamFiN184blVBTVk/view

阿里與TVB合拍劇：「將更迎合大陸觀眾需求」 (Alibaba and TVB to coproduce TV dramas that “will better cater to mainland viewers’ needs”)
Apple Daily, June 17, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/finance/20150617/53865424

Counterterrorism (反恐)

Chinese police kill Uighur man at station in suspected attack
Reuters, June 17, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/17/us-china-security-idUSKBN0OX0JC20150617

王民大使：继续推进国际反恐合作 共同维护世界和平稳定 (Ambassador Wang Min: Continue pursuing international cooperation on counterterrorism, jointly preserving international peace and stability)
People’s Daily, June 17, 2015
http://world.people.com.cn/n/2015/0617/c1002-27169304.html

组图：乌鲁木齐公交系统进行反恐反劫持演练 (In pictures: Urumqi Public Transport System undertakes counterterrorism and anti-hijacking exercises)
QQ News, June 17, 2015
http://news.qq.com/a/20150617/057797.htm#p=1

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

China's great purge
Al Jazeera, June 16, 2015
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/06/china-great-purge-150615051144914.html

China must grant Hong Kong genuine democracy, says activist on eve of vote
The Guardian, June 16, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/16/china-must-grant-hong-kong-genuine-democracy-says-activist-on-eve-of-vote

一位中国律师被捕引发的涟漪效应 (The ripple effect of the arrest of a Chinese lawyer)
Financial Times, June 17, 2015
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001062554

Related:
The ripple effect of a Chinese lawyer’s detention
Freedom House, June 17, 2015
https://freedomhouse.org/blog/ripple-effect-chinese-lawyer-s-detention#.VYJ0PBXyxdi