Access to Justice (司法公正)

北京大扫荡：至少二十名维权律师被抓捕或失联 (Crackdown in Beijing: At least 20 rights-defense lawyers picked up or dropped out of contact)
Boxun News, July 10, 2015
https://boxun1.azurewebsites.net/news/gb/china/2015/07/201507101830.shtml

Chinese authorities appear to detain 4 human rights lawyers
New York Times, July 10, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/11/world/asia/china-detains-rights-lawyers-prompting-talk-of-a-crackdown.html

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China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group calls urgent attention to the disappearance of rights lawyer Ms. Wang Yu and her family and the subsequent disappearances of her colleagues
China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group, July 10, 2015
http://www.chrlawyers.hk/en/content/china-human-rights-lawyers-concern-group-calls-urgent-attention-disappearance-rights-lawyer

@chrlcg 聽說王全璋也失聯了？

— Hang Tung Chow (@zouxingtong) July 10, 2015

Access to Information (信息公开)

美国总统竞选期间重提中国黑客话题 (U.S. 2016 presidential election will put great emphasis the cyberattacks from China)
Radio Free Asia, July 9, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yl-07082015163733.html

《南早》專欄停 長平稱遺憾 (South China Morning Post suspends column, Chang Ping says it is regrettable)
Ming Pao Daily, July 10, 2015
http://news.mingpao.com/pns/《南早》專欄停 長平稱遺憾/web_tc/article/20150710/s00002/1436464105853

The Big Bang Theory bounces back as Chinese censors repeal streaming ban for first foreign show
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/tech/social-gadgets/article/1835676/big-bang-theory-bounces-back-chinese-censors-undo-ban-and

China’s war against one American journalist
Slate, July 10, 2015
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2015/07/shohret_hoshur_s_brothers_are_being_disappeared_by_the_chinese_government.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

媒体：又有一名藏族僧人自焚 (Media: Another Tibetan self-immolates in protest)
Deutsche Welle, July 10, 2015
http://dw.com/p/1FwWY

Government Accountability (政府问责)

安徽省政府上半年被告71次 仅一次被判违法 (Only one conviction of unlawful activities has resulted from 71 complaints against Anhui provincial government in first half of 2015)
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/14e772fc0ad682a/an-hui-sheng-zheng-fu-shang-ban-nian-bei-gao-71-jin-yi-ci-bei-pan-wei-fa

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

China's sweeping national security law sparks uncertainty for foreign firms
South China Morning Post, July 9, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/1835567/chinas-sweeping-national-security-law-sparks

上海合作组织峰会在乌法举行 习近平出席会议 (Xi Jinping attends SCO summit in Ufa, Russia)
Xinhua, July 10, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2015-07/10/c_1115885842.htm

After over a decade, SCO decides to include India as full-time member
Indian Express, July 10, 2015
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/after-over-a-decade-sco-decides-to-include-india-as-full-time-member/

Press briefing note on Burundi, Thailand, Guinea and Ethiopia
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, July 10, 2015
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=16224&LangID=E

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Thailand, under fire, says rejected China request to deport all Uighur Muslims
Reuters, July 10, 2015
http://www.trust.org/item/20150710083204-aquwh/?source=jtOtherNews1

China's Xi pledges security equipment, training for Afghanistan
Reuters, July 10, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/10/us-china-afghanistan-security-idUSKCN0PK0Q020150710

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Are July 1 marches still relevant?
Hong Kong Free Press, July 10, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/07/10/are-july-1-marches-still-relevant/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

北京维权女律师王宇遭人带走而“失踪” (Wang Yu, Beijing rights defense lawyer, “disappeared” after being taken away)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 9, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/07/150709_cn_lawyer_wangyu_missing

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关注！人权律师王宇一家三口失联 (Human rights lawyer Wang Yu taken away, contact lost with 2 other family members)
Lawyer Li Fangping WeChat post available in Boxun, July 9, 2015
http://www.boxun.com/news/gb/china/2015/07/201507092228.shtml

Related Twitter post:

快讯：维权女律师王宇9号凌晨在北京被人带走，至今失联。王宇律师曾于本周二，7号参加VOA卫视《时事大家谈》有关刑法修正草案有关条款或令人权律师如履薄冰的话题讨论。 pic.twitter.com/LEUs7ITyz0

— 美国之音中文网 (@VOAChinese) July 9, 2015

(VOA: Lawyer Wang Yu was taken away July 9 after having participated in a July 7 VOA TV program on the impact on lawyers of the revised Criminal Law draft. )

最高法再审公开开庭审理马乐利用未公开信息交易案 (SPC hears retrial of insider trading case against Ma Le in open court)
Legal Daily, July 9, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150709/Articel01008GN.htm

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Supreme court reopens insider trading case in China
Want China Times, July 09, 2015
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20150709000165&cid=1103

全国人大代表何健忠建议, 完善犯罪所得财物处理规定(NPC Standing Committee deputy He Jianzhong: Improve regulations for handling seized criminal assets)
Legal Daily, July 9, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150709/Articel03003GN.htm

【郭飞雄不能放风，已700天】郭飞雄先生于2013年8月8日被关进广州市天河看守所，迄今没有得到一天放风，此状况已经持续700天，律师多次控告无果。呼吁關注郭飛雄（楊荗東）。@dlunnews @davidakaye #酷刑迫害 pic.twitter.com/QN5iLk8CRS

— 王荔蕻 (@wlh8964) July 9, 2015

[Since entering Guangzhou Tianhe Detention Center on August 8, 2013, GuoFeixiong has not been allowed outside; it’s already been 700 days. Lawyers have sued repeatedly to no avail.]

屠夫吳淦妻子今天收到吳淦逮捕通知書。#釋放屠夫吳淦 #freetufuwugan pic.twitter.com/tzkn3Ky9PR

— 王荔蕻 (@wlh8964) July 9, 2015

[Today Tu Fu’s wife received his arrest notice.]

Access to Information (信息公开)

中国网安法草案规定遇重大事件可断网 (China’s draft National Security Law can shut down Internet access during major event)
Voice of America, July 9, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-chinese-cyber-security-20150709/2854705.html

Chinese journalist for Die Zeit to be freed without charge
Associated Press, July 9, 2015
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/e1ea5715990e4467a5cf189f9718a7fc/chinese-journalist-die-zeit-be-freed-without-charge

深化司法行政改革取得新进展 全国监狱系统普遍实行狱务公开制度 (New progress in deepening reform of the administration of justice, national prison system implements prison-work disclosure policy)
Legal Daily, July 9, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150709/Articel01007GN.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China’s feminists won’t let the government stop their momentum
BuzzFeed News, July 9, 2015
http://www.buzzfeed.com/hanzhang/chinas-feminists-wont-let-the-government-stop-their-momentum

百名律师呼吁：停止打压公益机构！ (One hundred lawyers sign joint appeal for ending suppression of public interest institutions)
WeChat, July 9, 2015
http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzAxODMzODIwOQ==&mid=207838898&idx=1&sn=c868d59edc3ec6825917989da3a28b0f#rd

China’s unwed couples grapple with restrictions on having babies
Global Times, July 9, 2015
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/931023.shtml

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Story of Chinese “princeling” shows limits of corruption campaign
McClatchy DC, July 9, 2015
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/world/article26670271.html

Former 1989 student leader calls on Beijing allow him to attend mother's funeral
Radio Free Asia, July 8, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-xiong-07082015123935.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Bold step on privacy and digital rights
Just Security, July 8, 2015
http://justsecurity.org/24458/bold-step-privacy-digital-rights/

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

China angrily rebuffs UN criticism of new security law
Voice of America, July 9, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/reu-china-angrily-rebuffs-un-criticism-of-new-security-law/2854857.html

Draft law will allow Chinese govt to cut Web access in emergencies
Global Times, July 9, 2015
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/931136.shtml

Related:
Proposed Internet Security Law raises concerns
China Digital Times, July 8, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/07/proposed-internet-security-law-raises-concerns/

Activists slam Thailand's repatriation of Uighurs to China
New York Times, July 9, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/07/09/world/asia/ap-as-thailand-uighurs.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

香港和台湾考验北京耐心 (Hong Kong and Taiwan are testing Beijing’s patience)
Financial Times, July 9, 2015
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001062888

Hong Kong must guard its citizen rights, both now and after Article 23 security law is implemented
South China Morning Post, July 8, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1834443/hong-kong-must-guard-its-citizen-rights-both-now-and-after

Poisoning the Well of U.S.-China Relations
Council on Foreign Relations, July 8, 2015
http://blogs.cfr.org/asia/2015/07/08/poisoning-the-well-of-u-s-china-relations/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese student comes out during graduation ceremony draped in rainbow flag
The Telegraph, July 7, 2015
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11723524/Chinese-student-comes-out-during-graduation-ceremony-draped-in-rainbow-flag.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

UN rights chief worried by breadth of China Security Law
联合国官员担忧中国国安法进一步限制人权
The New York Times, July 8, 2015
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150708/c08ap-eu-united-nations-china-security/dual/

欧盟驻华商会：中国网安法草案措辞模糊 (EU Chamber of Commerce in China: wording of China’s cybersecurity law is vague)
VOA Chinese, July 8, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-cyber-security-law-irk-business-20150708/2853424.html

Related:
《网络安全法》保护谁的安全? (China Cybersecurity Law (Draft): who’s security is it protecting?)
Deutsche Welles, July 8, 2015
http://bit.ly/1D1iilU

China mulls privacy protection, further curbs on Internet
The New York Times, July 8, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/07/08/world/asia/ap-as-china-internet-security-law.html

China's draft cybersecurity law has chilling implications for internet, multinationals
South China Morning Post, July 8, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1834506/chinas-publishes-draft-cybersecurity-law-implications

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/cybersecuritydraft/?tpedit=1&lang=en

Baidu and Sina begin censoring searches for "Xiao Gang step down"
Fei Chang Dao [blog], July 7, 2015
http://blog.feichangdao.com/2015/07/baidu-and-sina-begin-censoring-searches.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

江苏、黑龙江各有逾百民办教师集体上访争权益 (Over a hundred private school teachers in Jiangsu and Heilongjiang petition for rights and interests)
Radio Free Asia, July 8, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-07082015112028.html

President Xi calls for better role of "mass organizations"
Xinhua, July 7, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-07/08/c_134391004.htm

Government Accountability (政府问责)

胡耀邦“脱敏”电影开拍 避谈“六四”主打青春励志 (Filming of movie to “desensitize” Hu Yaobang won’t mention June Fourth, will focus on his encouragement of youth)
Radio Free Asia, July 8, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/xl3-07082015121027.html

UN fears rights violations in China-backed projects
Voice of America, July 8, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/un-concerned-about-rights-violations-in-china-backed-development-projects/2851032.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China's Huawei helps advance literacy in S. Africa
Xinhua, July 8, 2015
http://english.sina.com/2015/0708/827694.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong charges four over public burning of Beijing's policy paper
Radio Free Asia, July 7, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hong-kong-charges-four-over-public-burning-of-beijings-policy-paper-07072015103213.html

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

President Xi calls for better role of "mass organizations"
Xinhua, July 7, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-07/08/c_134391004.htm

金砖上合俄罗斯峰会将谈金融应急与反恐 (BRIC, SCO summits in Russia to cover financial emergency and counter-terrorism)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 8, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/07/150708_brics_sco_summits