Access to Justice (司法公正)

New report critiques “rule of law with Chinese characteristics” amid increased crackdown on civil society in China
Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, October 28, 2015
http://www.tchrd.org/new-report-critiques-rule-of-law-with-chinese-characteristics-amid-increased-crackdown-on-civil-society-in-china/

Access to Information (信息公开)

Minitrue: “Mysterious meeting place” in Beijing hotel
China Digital Times, October 28, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/10/minitrue-mysterious-meeting-place-in-beijing-hotel/

State media carries report on internet freedom survey, removes reference to who came last
Hong Kong Free Press, October 29, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/10/29/state-media-carries-report-on-internet-freedom-survey-removes-reference-to-who-came-last/

China media denounce U.S. warship in South China Sea
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 28, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-34655845

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

More than twenty Chinese investors are still missing, days after a police crackdown on a planned protest
Quartz, October 28, 2015
http://qz.com/535086/more-than-twenty-chinese-investors-are-still-missing-days-after-a-police-crackdown-on-a-planned-protest/

Walmart workers in China push for genuine trade union elections
China Labor Bulletin, October 28, 2015
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/walmart-workers-china-push-genuine-trade-union-elections

12位流亡台湾藏人至今无法取得合法居留证 (12 Tibetan exiles in Taiwan still cannot get legal residence permit)
Radio Free Asia, October 28, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/km-10282015093300.html

澳大利亚艺术馆启动艾未未乐高积木捐献点 (Australia’s National Gallery of Victoria sets up Lego drop-off location in response to Ai Weiwei’s call for donations)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 29, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/10/151029_australia_ai_weiwei_lego

Government Accountability (政府问责)

分析：中国新版计划生育终结一胎化政策 (Analysis: China relaxes family planning rules, ends 1 child policy)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 29, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/10/151029_ana_china_birth_rule

Related:
China ends one-child policy after 35 years
The Guardian, October 29, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/29/china-abandons-one-child-policy

广东：严重行政执法违法行为可通过网络曝光 (Guangdong: Serious violations of administrative law enforcement may be exposed through the Internet)
Legal Daily, October 29, 2015
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index/content/2015-10/29/content_6330313.htm?node=20908

Former aide to jailed Chinese national security chief Zhou Yongkang charged with bribery
South China Morning Post, October 29, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1873629/former-aide-jailed-chinese-national-security-chief-zhou

Related:
中国最高检决定对河北省委原书记周本顺立案侦查 (Prosecutor investigates ex-Hebei party chief Zhou Benshun for graft)
Reuters, October 29, 2015
http://cn.reuters.com/article/2015/10/29/china-corruption-idCNKCS0SN07620151029

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Did China just hack the international court adjudicating its South China Sea territorial claims?
The Diplomat, October 28, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/did-china-just-hack-the-international-court-adjudicating-its-south-china-sea-territorial-claims/

Hong Kong (香港)

HKU professor urges next HKU Council chief to restore credibility
Hong Kong Free Press, October 29, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/10/29/hku-professor-urges-next-hku-council-chief-to-restore-credibility/

Hong Kong protest leaders recall spiritual motivation
Voice of America, October 28, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/hong-kong-protest-leaders-recall-spiritual-motivation/3027178.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

“I’m a petitioner – open fire!": Chaohua Wang on justice in China
London Review of Books, November 5, 2015
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v37/n21/chaohua-wang/im-a-petitioner-open-fire

Beijing starts to press its own narrative on the world
The Financial Times, October 29, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/a660513a-7cdc-11e5-a1fe-567b37f80b64.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China arrests 4 after public prayer service
Voice of America, October 27, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/china-arrests-four-after-public-prayer-service/3025094.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

全球網路自由 中國表現最差 (China ranks last in report on global internet freedom)
Apple Daily, October 28, 2015
http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/new/20151028/720731/

Related:
Freedom on the Net 2015
Freedom House, October 28, 2015
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/freedom-net-2015

China ranks dead last on global internet freedom survey
Tech in Asia, October 28, 2015
https://www.techinasia.com/china-freedom-house-ranking/

Can China perfect Internet censorship?
China Digital Times, October 27, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/10/great-firewall-rising/

公安部、广电总局联合打击互联网电视称其“危害国家安全” (Ministry of Public Security and State media regulators join forces to crack down on Internet TV that “endangers state security”)
Radio France Internationale, October 27, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20151027-公安部、广电总局联合打击互联网电视称其“危害国家安全”

Related:
安部、广电总局等四部门联合打击违规互联网电视 (Ministry of Public Security, SARFT, Supreme People’s Court and Procuratorate jointly aim to crackdown on illegal Internet TV)
China Digital Times, October 28, 2015
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/chinese/2015/10/法治传媒-公安部、广电总局等四部门联合打击违/

China to “strike hard” against illegal overseas TV, internet content
Radio Free Asia, October 27, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/content-10272015115137.html

Confiscated maps and the fetishization of legitimacy
China Digital Times, October 27, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/10/confiscated-maps-and-the-fetishization-of-legitimacy/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Lego granted bulk orders for previous Ai Weiwei project
The Wall Street Journal, October 27, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/10/27/lego-granted-bulk-orders-for-previous-ai-weiwei-project/

Police detain woman who set off fireworks on Tiananmen Square
Radio Free Asia, October 27, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/fireworks-10272015124256.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

大赦国际呼吁默克尔访华"直面"人权 (Amnesty International urges German Chancellor Angela Merkel to openly discuss human rights during China visit)
Deutsche Welle, October 28, 2015
http://www.dw.com/zh/大赦国际呼吁默克尔访华直面人权/a-18807494

China army says West trying to “falsify” Communist Party history
Reuters, October 27, 2015
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/10/27/uk-china-defence-idUKKCN0SL03320151027

As corruption cases flood courts, punishments often seen as inconsistent
Caixin, October 26, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-10-26/100866890.html

Chinese lawmakers among nearly 900 people arrested in anti-triad crackdown this year in Shanxi province
South China Morning Post, October 27, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1872836/chinese-lawmakers-among-nearly-900-people-arrested-anti

Destruction of Tibetan homes near Qinghai Lake leaves over 900 homeless
Radio Free Asia, October 27, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/homeless-10272015164428.html

Hong Kong (香港)

【港大副校風波】Nice Guy 沒有博士學位？　李國章發言錄音曝光 (HKU pro-vice chancellor appointment controversy: Recording of Arthur Li’s speech saying Johannes Chan is "a nice guy" and "without a doctorate degree" revealed)
Mingpao, October 28, 2015
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20151028/s00001/1445998532134

Related:
Leaked tape emerges of HKU Council meeting at centre of academic freedom controversy
Hong Kong Free Press, October 28, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/10/28/leaked-hku-council-recording-confirms-reasons-behind-johannes-chan-rejection/

Student Union “whistleblower” Billy Fung barred from HKU Council meetings
Hong Kong Free Press, October 27, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/10/27/student-union-whistleblower-billy-fung-barred-from-hku-council-meetings/

HK concern groups speak out over China's crackdown on human rights lawyers
Time Out Hong Kong, October 19, 2015
http://www.timeout.com.hk/big-smog/features/74561/hk-concern-groups-speak-out-over-chinas-crackdown-on-human-rights-lawyers.html

Related:
Authorities widen crackdown on lawyers to include their children
Human Rights in China, October 16, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/authorities-widen-crackdown-lawyers-include-their-children

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

NGO前景是GO還是NO？ (Is the future of NGOs “GO” or “NO”?)
InMedia HK, October 28, 2015
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1038492

Access to Justice (司法公正)

中国加大打压，维权律师受害人数破三百 (China reinforces crackdown on rights defenders, number affected exceeds 300)
Voice of America, October 27, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/media/video/voaconnect-20151026-china-rights-lawyers/3023230.html

Related:
Authorities widen crackdown on lawyers to include their children
Human Rights in China, October 16, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/authorities-widen-crackdown-lawyers-include-their-children

As of 19:00 23 October 2015, at least 300 lawyers, law firm staff, human right activists and family members have been questioned, summoned, forbidden to leave the country, held under house arrest, residential surveillance, criminally detained, or arrested
China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group, October 23, 2015
http://chrlawyers.hk/en/content/1900-23-october-2015-least-300-lawyers-law-firm-staff-human-right-activists-and-family

Access to Information (信息公开)

China “social credit”: Beijing sets up huge system
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 27, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-34592186

新京报犯禁忌公开京西宾馆“五最”文章被删 (Beijing News’ WeChat post about Jingxi Hotel, location of the 5th Plenum, gets taken down)
Radio France Internationale, October 27, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20151027-新京报犯禁忌公开京西宾馆“五最”文章被删

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Ai Weiwei says internet is like a modern church after flood of Lego offers
The Guardian, October 26, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/oct/26/ai-weiwei-internet-modern-church-lego-bricks

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Interview: China to champion women's rights globally—UN official
Xinhua News, October 26, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-10/26/c_134751517.htm

Related:
Supporting Women’s Rights in China
声援中国女权人士
Human Rights in China, April 28, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/supporting-womens-rights-china
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/sheng-yuan-zhong-guo-nu-quan-ren-shi

中纪委：有干部跟组织讨价还价 纪律松弛成忧患 (Central Commission for Discipline Inspection: Officials attempting to haggle with central authorities and other “individualistic” habits create concern about slackening of discipline)
Beijing Times, October 27, 2015
http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2015/10-27/7590581.shtml

Hong Kong (香港)

占领运动无损营商环境 外企驻港公司数量创新高 (Occupy Movement did not harm business environment as foreign investments in Hong Kong hit new high)
South China Morning Post, October 27, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/business/150a87141150e39/zhan-ling-yun-dong-wu-sun-ying-shang-huan-jing-wai-qi-zhu-gang-gong-si-shu-liang-chuang-xin-gao

Court adjourns decision on whether pro-democracy activists, inc. Joshua Wong, will face trial
Hong Kong Free Press, October 26, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/10/26/court-adjourns-decision-on-whether-pro-democracy-activists-inc-joshua-wong-will-face-trial/

Hong Kong people becoming more politically moderate, survey by think tank Path of Democracy finds
South China Morning Post, October 27, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1872563/hong-kong-people-becoming-more-politically-moderate-survey

”Overly politicized” Hong Kong atmosphere making university council appointments difficult, says CY Leung
South China Morning Post, October 27, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1872681/overly-politicised-hong-kong-atmosphere-making

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

中英关系对香港“去殖”的启示 (Sino-British relations: Revelations from “decolonizing” Hong Kong)
South China Morning Post, October 27, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/opinion/150a3e3229b487e/zhong-ying-guan-xi-dui-xiang-gang-qu-zhi-di-qi-shi

Access to Justice (司法公正)

中国维权人士家属促警方释放亲人 (Families of Chinese human rights defenders call on police to release their loved ones)
Voice of America, October 26, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-rights-20151026/3022913.html

Related:
Authorities widen crackdown on lawyers to include their children
Human Rights in China, October 16, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/authorities-widen-crackdown-lawyers-include-their-children

My husband remains in prison, long after his release': dissident's wife
Radio Free Asia, October 23, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/my-husband-remains-in-prison-long-after-his-release-dissident-wife-10232015124606.html