Former DW Journalist Gao Yu's health worsens in detention
高瑜健康堪忧 家人呼吁德司法部长声援
Deutsche Welle, July 6, 2015
EN: http://bit.ly/1M9JqEn
CH: http://bit.ly/1KNJURD
河南检方逮捕刑讯逼供致残当事人的刑警 (Henan prosecutors arrest police officers who used torture to extract confessions from individuals with disabilities)
Radio Free Asia, July 7, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/nu-07062015164550.html
网络安全法（草案）全文
People's Republic of China Cybersecurity Law (Draft)
China National People’s Congress, July 6, 2015
China Law Translate (English translation), July 6, 2015
CH: http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/lfgz/flca/2015-07/06/content_1940614.htm
EN: http://chinalawtranslate.com/网络安全法（草案）/?tpedit=1&lang=en
How China stopped its bloggers
Australian Financial Review, July 4, 2015
http://www.afr.com/technology/social-media/how-china-stopped-its-bloggers-20150703-gi34za
Minitrue: July 1 Hong Kong protests
China Digital Times, July 6, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/07/minitrue-july-1-hong-kong-protests/
头条|广州一社工机构将遭撤销 民政局：其无固定办公地点 (Guangzhou government revokes registration and administratively penalizes social work service center)
China Social Work Times, July 7, 2015
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5ODI4ODE2MQ==&mid=208159327&idx=1&sn=008a814b6e63d2056a5ac3c196ba41aa&scene=5#rd
Guangzhou gov revokes registration of women's labor org in yet another move against NGOs in #China's crackdown https://t.co/xmCzm1GX25
— Maya Wang 王松莲 (@wang_maya) July 7, 2015 China's five feminists call for UN pressure on Beijing
女权五姐妹致函联合国促中国彻底恢复其自由
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2015
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/feminists-07062015134642.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/Ql2-07062015092310.html
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Open Letter: Chinese feminist five seek UN help to have case against them dropped
ChinaChange, July 6, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/07/06/open-letter-chinese-feminist-five-seek-un-help-to-have-case-against-them-dropped/
United Nations Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights Mr. Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky
Office of High Commissioner on Human Rights, July 6, 2015
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=16203&LangID=E
Communist Party chief at time of deadly 2009 riots in Western Chinese city expelled and faces graft charges
South China Morning Post, July 6, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1833390/communist-party-chief-time-deadly-2009-riots-western
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中国反腐：新疆前中共高官栗智遭查处 (China’s anti-corruption campaign: Li Zhi, former senior CPC official in Xinjiang, expelled and under investigation)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 6, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/07/150706_xinjiang_lizhi
China's new National Security Law casts a fearsome shadow over Hong Kong
Global Voices, July 7, 2015
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/07/07/chinas-new-national-security-law-casts-a-fearsome-shadow-over-hong-kong/
Provocative images depicting differences between Hong Kong and China highlight inter-cultural conflict
Global Voices, July 6, 2015
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/07/06/provocative-images-depicting-differences-between-hong-kong-and-china-highlight-inter-cultural-conflict/
Student activist Joshua Wong faces charges over Hong Kong “white paper” protest last year
South China Morning Post, July 6, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1833331/student-activist-joshua-wong-faces-charges-over-hong-kong
DAB leader Starry Lee Wai-king says Hong Kong's pro-Beijing camp will “learn the lesson” of bungled electoral reform vote
South China Morning Post, July 7, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1834023/dab-leader-starry-lee-wai-king-says-hong-kongs-pro-beijing
UN human rights chief says China’s new security law is too broad, too vague
Office of High Commissioner on Human Rights, July 6, 2015
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/Media.aspx?IsMediaPage=true&LangID=E
一男乘客“纵火”被控制 城北客运站开展反恐演练 (Northern transport hub of Xi’an stages subduing an arsonist as part of counter-terrorism exercise)
Huasheng Network, 2015-07-07
http://news.hsw.cn/system/2015/0707/274392.shtml
上合组织反恐机构将与印度共同建立反IS机制 (SCO and India establish joint anti-Islamic State mechanism)
Chinanews.com, 2015-07-07
http://www.chinanews.com/gj/2015/07-07/7390670.shtml
昆明特警RTU上岗 专治街头暴力犯罪、恐怖袭击（组图） (Kunming’s “Response Tactical Unit” begins work, specifically targets violent street crime and terrorist attacks [pictures])
Yunnan Online, 2015-07-06
http://society.yunnan.cn/html/2015-07/06/content_3807930.htm
Repression in China and its consequences in Xinjiang
Hudson Institue, July 28, 2014
http://www.hudson.org/research/10480-repression-in-china-and-its-consequences-in-xinjiang
Is Beijing in danger of losing “Hong Kong”?
The Diplomat, July 6, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/07/is-beijing-in-danger-of-losing-hong-kong/
Cataloging the torture of lawyers in China
China Change, July 5, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/07/05/cataloging-the-torture-of-lawyers-in-china/
Related:
《中国律师酷刑个案概览(2006-2015)》(The torture of Chinese lawyers: Case Overviews (2006-2015))
Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group, June 26, 2015
http://issuu.com/chrlawyers/docs/chrlcg_torture_day_report_2015_-_tr
Formal arrest of Chinese activist “Super Vulgar Butcher” for “inciting subversion” approved
South China Morning Post, July 4, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1832597/chinese-online-activist-super-vulgar-butcher-set-formal-arrest
Number of women in China's prisons rises sharply: report
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/women-07032015105910.html
Jailed Chinese journalist Gao Yu's appeal verdict delayed for two months
South China Morning Post, July 4, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/article/1832472/jailed-chinese-journalist-gao-yus-appeal-verdict-delayed-two-months
Vulnerable groups to get free legal aid
China Daily, July 2, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-07/03/content_21169256.htm
信阳对新律师进行红色教育 (New lawyers in Xinyang, Henan, undergo “Red education”)
Legal Daily, July 2, 2015
http://legal.people.com.cn/n/2015/0702/c188502-27240620.html
Chinese state media blame Western press for Turkey protests
Hong Kong Free Press, July 6, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/07/06/chinese-state-media-blame-western-press-for-turkey-protests/
China stresses nationalism in war anniversary propaganda push
Reuters, July 6, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/06/us-ww2-anniversary-china-japan-idUSKCN0PG0KX20150706
国际记者联盟对中国新国安法表示担忧 (International Federation of Journalists concerned by China's new National Security Law)
Voice of America, July 3, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-international-journalists-20150702/2847159.html
China to ban “vulgar” slang from online and print media
Hong Kong Free Press, July 3, 2015
http://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/07/03/china-expects-to-ban-14-vulgar-slang-in-online-print-media/
Chinese police freeze bank accounts of online free speech activist
Radio Free Asia, July 2, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/accounts-07022015142847.html
More Than 1,000 supporters call for the release of rights activist
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activist-07032015113850.html
Graft and the Chinese Communist Party's grass-roots chiefs
South China Morning Post, July 5, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1833215/graft-and-chinese-communist-partys-grass-roots-chiefs
Mistress of corrupt Chinese railway official loses her appeal against five-year jail sentence
South China Morning Post, July 2, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1831639/mistress-corrupt-chinese-railway-official-loses-her-appeal
公安部出台公安人员干预插手案件办理记录通报责任追究规定
过问案件办理情况一律记录在案 (Ministry of Public Security issues regulations for reporting and investigating case interference by public security personnel)
Legal Daily, July 2, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150702/Articel01009GN.htm
《国家安全法》引发科技业界担忧
Jitters in tech world over new Chinese Security Law
The New York Times, July 5, 2015
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150705/c05chinatech/dual/
地方政务新媒体遭遇两大挑战 (Two big challenges for new media platforms of local government affairs departments)
Legal Daily, July 2, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150702/Articel04002GN.htm
Hong Kong-based PLA troops invite media to live-fire exercise days after passage of national security law
South China Morning Post, July 5, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1832696/hong-kong-based-pla-troops-invite-media-live-fire-exercise
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Hong Kong military drill stokes fears in wake of Beijing’s new security law
South China Morning Post, July 4, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1832470/hong-kong-military-drill-stokes-fears-wake-beijings-new-security-law
Will HKers be arrested under new national security law? No promises, says justice chief
Hong Kong Free Press, July 6, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/07/06/will-hkers-be-arrested-under-new-national-security-law-no-promises-says-justice-chief/
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Clarify the security law situation: Lee Cheuk-yan
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 3, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150703/news_20150703_56_1112794.htmChina won't prosecute Hong Kong protesters under national security law, says justice minister
South China Morning, July 3, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1831911/china-wont-prosecute-hong-kong-protesters-under-national
Hong Kong's democracy advocates zoom in on district work after low July 1 march turnout
South China Morning Post, July 3, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1831765/hong-kongs-democracy-advocates-zoom-district-work-after-low
余若薇認為先檢討基本法內容 形成主流意見再提修改 (Civic Party Audrey Eu: Basic Law should be reviewed and mainstream opinions formed before revision)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 3, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150703/news_20150703_55_1112761.htm
What to expect from the SCO, BRICS summits in Russia
Deutsche Welle, July 6, 2015
http://www.dw.com/en/what-to-expect-from-the-sco-brics-summits-in-russia/a-18564835
Everything Xi wants: A new national-security law hints at the Communist Party’s fears
The Economist, July 4, 2015
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21656689-new-national-security-law-hints-communist-partys-fears-everything-xi-wants
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China's draconian new security law makes safeguarding the regime its main priority, to the concern of analysts
South China Morning Post, July 2, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1831849/chinas-draconian-new-security-law-makes-safeguardingSecurity law suggests a broadening of China’s “core interests”
The New York Times, July 2, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/03/world/asia/security-law-suggests-a-broadening-of-chinas-core-interests.html全国人大常委会法工委副主任郑淑娜指出 国家安全法是一部全局性法律 (NPC SC Legal Committee Deputy Head Zheng Shuna argues National Security Law is a comprehensive law)
Legal Daily, July 2, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150702/Articel03003GN.htm
A return to fundamentals-observations from July 1
Hong Kong Free Press, July 4, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/07/04/a-return-to-fundamentals-observations-from-july-1/
As the Dalai Lama turns 80, Tibet still suffers
Wall Street Journal, July 5, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/as-the-dalai-lama-turns-80-tibet-still-suffers-1436135721
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Exile and succession: The Dalai Lama turns 80
达赖喇嘛流亡中的80岁生日 (Exile and succession: The Dalai Lama turns 80)
Deutsche Welle, July 4, 2015
EN: http://www.dw.com/en/exile-and-succession-the-dalai-lama-turns-80/a-18559307 CH: http://www.dw.com/zh/达赖喇嘛流亡中的80岁生日/a-18560128
屠夫父亲称刑拘是公安报复 (Father of “Super Vulgar Butcher”’ [cartoonist] says criminal detention is retaliation by the police)
Radio Free Asia, July 1, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident-c-07012015102231.html
”Left-behind” children need our attention now
Caixin, July 1, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-07-01/100824378.html
呂秉權憂傳媒轉載敏感人士文章被指觸犯國安法 (Commentator Bruce Lui: concerned that media’s reprinting of articles by sensitive figures could violate Security Law)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 2, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150702/news_20150702_55_1112434.htm/
Lesbian couple hold “marriage ceremony” to push for legal same-sex unions in China
South China Morning Post, July 2, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1831663/lesbian-couple-hold-marriage-ceremony-push-legal-same-sex-unions
China unleashes police, internet censors on anti-PX plant protesters in Shanghai
Global Voices, July 1, 2015
http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2015/07/01/china-unleashes-police-internet-censors-on-anti-px-plant-protesters-in-shanghai/
China’s proposed non-governmental organization law: cooperation or coercion?
The Diplomat, July 2, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/07/chinas-proposed-non-governmental-organization-law-cooperation-or-coercion/
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
贵州男子错案平反被拖欠国家赔偿金 媒体报道后领到16.6万 (Guizhou man not paid State Compensation owed to him for wrongly decided case, receives RMB 166,000 after media reporting)
Caijing, July 2, 2015
http://yuanchuang.caijing.com.cn/2015/0702/3917645.shtml
Three Chinese officials sacked “over sex tape blackmail case’
South China Morning Post, July 1, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1830588/three-chinese-officials-sacked-over-sex-tape-blackmail-case
China's anti-corruption campaign enters phase two
The Diplomat, July 2, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/07/chinas-anti-corruption-campaign-enters-phase-two/
2015上半年反腐成绩单:15名省部级官员落马 高压已成新常态 (Anti-graft probe results for first half 2015: 15 provincial ministerial cadres dismissed, repression the new norm)
People’s Daily, July 2, 2015
http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2015/0702/c1001-27240270.html
Learning about Lantern's anti-censorship tools
Global Voices, June 30, 2015
http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2015/06/30/learning-about-lanterns-anti-censorship-tools/