Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

【劉曉波肝癌】與劉霞相擁微笑新照片流傳　好友：病情急轉直下 (12:24) (New photos of Liu Xiaobo and Liu Xia embracing and smiling spread online, friends: Liu Xiaobo’s condition worsens)
Mingpao, July 6, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170706/s00004/1499314389827

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National team of medical experts treat Liu Xiaobo as abdominal swelling worsens
Global Times, July 6, 2017
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1055163.shtml

“Time running out” terminally ill Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo
The Guardian, July 5, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/05/liu-xiaobo-china-invites-foreign-doctors-to-treat-critically-ill-dissident

香港支联会寄近千明信片至沈阳医院 为刘晓波“打气” (Hong Kong Alliance sends 1,000 postcards to Shenyang hospital in support of Liu Xiaobo)
Radio Free Asia, July 5, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/wsw-07052017103043.html

欧洲议会今天针对刘晓波案人权问题进行辩论及投票 (European Parliament to debate and vote on the human rights case of Liu Xiaobo)
Radio France Internationale, July 5, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170705-欧洲议会今天针对刘晓波案人权问题进行辩论及投票

挪威首相及外交大臣拒回應劉曉波事件 任內促進中挪恢復正常關係 (Norwegian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister decline to answer questions about Liu Xiaobo)
Post852, July 5, 2017
http://www.post852.com//221702/挪威首相及外交大臣拒回應劉曉波事件　任內促進/

How China ensured a lasting legacy for Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo
South China Morning Post, July 4, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2101151/how-china-ensured-lasting-legacy-nobel-peace-laureate-liu

Access to Justice (司法公正)

最高检机关检察官司法办案权力清单印发 (The Supreme People’s Procuratorate issues list of powers of prosecutors)
The Supreme People’s Procuratorate of the PRC, July 3, 2017
http://www.spp.gov.cn/zdgz/201707/t20170703_194538.shtml

王宇包龙军一家三口仍被严控 (Wang Yu and Bao Longjun’s family still under strict control)
Radio Free Asia, July 4, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ml1-07042017092420.html

“Released” Chinese rights lawyers remain under 24-hour surveillance with teen son
Radio Free Asia, July 5, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyers-07052017105324.html

Related:
Announcing the Inaugural China Human Rights Lawyers’ Day
China Change, July 4, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/07/04/announcing-the-inaugural-china-human-rights-lawyers-day/

Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers and Defenders
中国大规模镇压维权律师和活跃人士
Human Rights in China, May 11, 2017
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-and-defenders
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-da-gui-mo-zhen-ya-wei-quan-lu-shi-he-huo-yue-ren-shi

Access to Information (信息公开)

As Taiwan legalized gay marriage, China shut down its most iconic lesbian social media platform
Quartz, July 4, 2017
https://qz.com/1020474/as-taiwan-legalized-gay-marriage-china-shut-down-its-most-iconic-lesbian-social-media-platform/

Internet controls tighten with VPN shutdown
China Digital Times, July 3, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/07/great-firewall-gets-tougher-popular-vpn-shut/

Two jailed amid rising public anger over South China flood response
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/flood-response-07052017122640.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Civic groups to announce new move to support detained activist
Focus Taiwan, July 5, 2017
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201707050015.aspx

官方封锁消息删灾民求救贴 湖南宁乡娄底灾民游行抗议 (Officials censor information on Hunan disaster, Ningxiang villagers march in protest)
Radio Free Asia, July 4, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-07042017092153.html

京广和公司成员持续维权 江西当局瓦解打压 (China Electronics Shenzhen Company employees continue protest, face suppression from Jiangxi authorities)
Radio Free Asia, July 4, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-07042017092239.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

李克强：根治“屡审屡犯”顽症要靠建立长效机制 (Li Keqiang: eradicating reoccurring auditing problems needs long-term mechanism)
Central People's Government of the PRC, July 5, 2017
http://www.gov.cn/guowuyuan/2017-07/05/content_5208240.htm

Chinese family dragged out of home and tied up while house is demolished
South China Morning Post, July 6, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2101499/chinese-family-dragged-out-home-tied-while-house-demolished

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

For many Chinese internet users, it’s time to get a new VPN
South China Morning Post, July 6, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2101435/many-chinese-internet-users-its-time-get-new-vpn

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong to plead guilty
Al Jazeera, July 6, 2017
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/07/hong-kong-activist-joshua-wong-plead-guilty-170706044751660.html

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涉阻執達主任被控藐視法庭 黃之鋒出庭前表示將會認罪 (Joshua Wong, charged with obstructing police officers in execution of their duties, says that before going to court he will plead guilty to contempt of court)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 6, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1340432-20170706.htm

Hong Kong political bodies connected to foreign or Taiwan political orgs may be banned, says gov’t
Hong Kong Free Press, July 5, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/05/hong-kong-political-bodies-connected-foreign-taiwan-political-orgs-may-banned-says-govt/

New Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says lobbying is job of ministers alone, amid claims of Beijing meddling
South China Morning Post, July 5, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2101319/dont-let-anyone-else-lobby-lawmakers-new-hong-kong-leader

“Failure to honour your promise”: Journalism watchdog lambastes Carrie Lam’s continuing digital media ban
Hong Kong Free Press, July 4, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/04/failure-honour-promise-journalism-watchdog-lambastes-carrie-lams-continuing-digital-media-ban/

Video: “Police face a lot of stress” –Chief Exec. Carrie Lam says no evidence of abuse by officers
Hong Kong Free Press, July 5, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/05/police-face-lot-stress-chief-exec-carrie-lam-says-no-evidence-abuse-officers/

Commentary (评论)

If you can’t toe the red line, Hong Kong is not the place to be
South China Morning Post, July 4, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2101266/if-you-cant-toe-red-line-hong-kong-not-place-be

Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

Chinese hospital invites cancer experts to help treat Nobel laureate
中国邀请美德专家加入刘晓波治疗团队
The New York Times, July 4, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/04/world/asia/liu-xiaobo-cancer-treatment-nobel-china-prison.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170705/liu-xiaobo-cancer-treatment-nobel-china-prison/

Related:
医院邀请美、德专家来华参加刘晓波医疗小组 (Hospital invites a group of American and German experts to come to China to help the small group treating Liu Xiaobo)
Shenyang Bureau of Justice, July 5, 2017
http://www.syssfj.gov.cn/cms/201707/149921593939945.html

外交部：冀西方國家尊重中國司法主權 勿干涉中國內政 (Foreign Ministry: We expect the West to respect the judicial sovereignty of China and not interfere with China’s internal affairs)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 5, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1340292-20170705.htm

联合国人权官会见中国官员关注刘晓波夫妇 (UN human rights official meets with Chinese official concerning Liu Xiaobo and Liu Xia)
Voice of America, July 5, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/un-liu-20170704/3928155.html

藏人行政中央司政促中国允刘晓波出国就医 (Tibetan gov’t in exile urges China to allow Liu Xiaobo to go abroad for treatment)
Voice of America, July 5, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/tibet-liu-20170704/3928234.html

China’s ignoble treatment of a Nobel laureate
自由的人民应该为刘晓波的自由大声疾呼
The New York Times, July 3, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/03/opinion/liu-xiaobo-china-political-prisoner.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20170704/liu-xiaobo-china-political-prisoner/zh-hant/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

German town awards 2017 Human Rights Prize to Uyghur academic Ilham Tohti
Hong Kong Free Press, July 4, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/04/german-town-awards-2017-human-rights-prize-uyghur-academic-ilham-tohti/

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese internet giant limits online game play for children over health concerns
Agence France-Presse, July 4, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/04/chinese-internet-giant-limits-online-game-play-for-children-over-health-concerns

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China changes tack on “social credit” scheme plan
Financial Times, July 4, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/f772a9ce-60c4-11e7-91a7-502f7ee26895

河北家长抗议校园暴力 两千人联署遭当局追查 (Parents in Hebei protest against school violence, some are investigated by police after two thousand sign petition letter to local gov’t)
Radio Free Asia, July 4, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-07042017092111.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

安徽:去年11月以来1738人违反八项规定精神受处分 (1738 officials in Anhui have been punished since November 2016 for violating the spirit of the eight-point regulation on party member behavior)
People’s Daily, July 5, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0705/c1001-29383429.html

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

China detains “more than 100” Uyghur Muslims returning from overseas pilgrimage
RFA独家：新疆穆斯林出国朝圣归来 昌吉市看守所羁押数百人
Radio Free Asia, July 4, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/uyghur-pilgrims-07042017164508.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-07042017092004.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Journalism watchdog laments rise of media “confessions” and “red capital” in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, July 4, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/04/journalism-watchdog-laments-rise-media-confessions-red-capital-hong-kong/

“What’s wrong with opposing Hong Kong independence?”: Man charged over Nathan Law protest tells court
Hong Kong Free Press, July 4, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/04/whats-wrong-opposing-hong-kong-independence-man-charged-nathan-law-protest-tells-court/

罗援：有驻港部队在“港独”分子永远是小丑 (Global Times: Separatists are always clowns as long as PLC is in Hong Kong)
Global Times, July 5, 2017
http://mil.huanqiu.com/observation/2017-07/10937216.html

林鄭：高鐵一地兩檢必不可少 最快下周開始宣傳通車 (Carrie Lam: High-speed rail border checks are essential, will start promotion campaign as early as next week)
Inmediahk, July 5, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1050502

林鄭月娥公布50億教育新資源首階段措施 (Carrie Lam announces first stage of HK$5bn education budget spending)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 5, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1340237-20170705.htm

Commentary (评论)

林鄭，一條鮎魚！ (Carrie Lam, a catfish!)
Inmediahk, July 5, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1050506

香港回归20年，什么都没有发生？ (Nothing’s happened to Hong Kong after 20 years?)
Financial Times, July 5, 2017
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001073269

Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

Liu Xiaobo, China’s prescient dissident
The New Yorker, July 4, 2017
http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/liu-xiaobo-chinas-prescient-dissident

Related:

港支联会疾呼海外团体施压让刘晓波出国治疗 (Hong Kong Alliance urges overseas groups to pressure China for Liu Xiaobo to go abroad for treatment)
Voice of America, July 4, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/hk-xiaobo-liu/3927347.html

瀋陽司法局：劉曉波正得到精心治療 (Shenyang Bureau of Justice: Liu Xiaobo is being taken good care of)
Apple Daily, July 4, 2017
http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/new/20170704/1153872/

刘晓波正在得到精心治疗 (Liu Xiaobo is being taken good care of)
Shenyang Bureau of Justice, July 3, 2017
http://www.syssfj.gov.cn/cms/201707/149907055394287.html

Terminally ill Chinese dissident “not free”, wants to seek cancer treatment overseas
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/dissident-07032017111153.html

刘晓波病情新报告 癌细胞或已骨转移 (Latest development of Liu Xiaobo’s condition, cancer cells spread to bones)
Radio France Internationale, July 3, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr//中国/20170703-刘晓波病情新报告-癌细胞或已骨转移

耿爽稱不了解劉曉波案情 促西方國家尊重司法主權 (Foreign ministry: has no knowledge of Liu Xiaobo’s criminal case and urges the West to respect China’s judicial sovereignty)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 3, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1339837-20170703.htm

Family of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo says he is well enough to travel abroad for treatment—HK NGO
Hong Kong Free Press, July 3, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/03/family-nobel-laureate-liu-xiaobo-says-well-enough-travel-abroad-treatment-hk-ngo/

德国政府：希望刘晓波得到一切必要的治疗 (German gov’t: Hopes Liu Xiaobo will receive all necessary treatment)
Deutsche Welle, July 3, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/德国政府希望刘晓波得到一切必要的治疗/a-39526251

Doubts arise over Chinese Nobel winner Liu Xiaobo's inability to travel for cancer treatment
South China Morning Post, July 3, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2101107/doubts-arise-over-chinese-nobel-winner-liu-xiaobos

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Gay Chinese man wins legal battle over forced conversion therapy
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 4, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40490946

刘少明“煽动颠覆国家政权罪案”将于2017年7月7日开庭宣判 (Liu Shaoming, charged of “inciting subversion of state power,” expects to hear verdict on July 7, 2017)
Weiquanwang, July 4, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/07/201777.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China’s content crackdown sends cold chill across the Internet
Reuters, July 4, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-internet-content-idUSKBN19O21X

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

The Ford Foundation and other 14 overseas NGOs register in Beijing
China Development, July 3, 2017
http://chinadevelopmentbrief.cn/news/the-ford-foundation-and-other-14-overseas-ngos-register-in-beijing/