Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

刘晓波病情危重 中国外交部：出国无先例 (Liu Xiaobo in critical condition, China Ministry of Foreign Affairs: seeking treatment abroad is without precedent)
Radio Free Asia, July 10, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/3-07102017092529.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Dissident Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo “in critical condition”
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2102036/dissident-nobel-laureate-liu-xiaobo-critical-condition

Related:
Video: Clip shows doctors at bedside of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, as supporters dispute fitness to travel
Hong Kong Free Press, July 10, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/10/video-clip-shows-doctors-bedside-chinese-dissident-liu-xiaobo-supporters-dispute-fitness-travel/

First foreign doctor sees ailing Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo
South China Morning Post, July 7, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2101760/first-foreign-doctor-sees-ailing-chinese-dissident-liu

Doctors stop giving cancer drug to China’s Nobel Laureate
Voice of America, July 7, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/china-nobel-laureate-cancer-drug-suspended/3932225.html

No halt in medication for China's Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, relative says
Reuters, July 7, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/china-rights-idUSL4N1JY1A5

刘晓波及妻子出国意愿未变 友人：得知家人受株连不久癌细胞扩散 (Friend: Liu Xiaobo and his wife’s wish to go abroad remain unchanged, family members learn that cancer cells have spread)
Radio Free Asia, July 7, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-07072017101142.html

刘晓波生命垂危 医生通知家属准备后事 (Liu Xiaobo on the verge of death, doctors advise family to prepare funeral)
Voice of America, July 7, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/liu-xiao-bo-20170706/3931392.html

China “unlikely” to heed calls to release Liu Xiaobo overseas on medical parole
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/liu-health-07062017134316.html

Recommendation for the further treatment of Chinese Nobel Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo
MD Anderson Cancer Center, July 9, 2017
https://www.mdanderson.org/newsroom/2017/07/recommendation-for-the-further-treatment-of-chinese-nobel-prize-.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Isolated, tortured and mentally scarred ... the plight of China’s human rights lawyers two years after “709 crackdown”
South China Morning Post, July 9, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2101819/chinas-human-rights-lawyers-continue-fight-victims-709

Related:
Chinese human rights lawyers remain defiant despite crackdown
Deutsche Welle, July 10, 2017
http://www.dw.com/en/chinese-human-rights-lawyers-remain-defiant-despite-crackdown/a-39622282

In 2015, China crushed rights lawyers but activists are still organizing
Reuters, July 9, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-idUSKBN19U05T

Silent Hong Kong protest marks anniversary of China’s crackdown on lawyers and activists
Hong Kong Free Press, July 9, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/09/standing-in-silence-protest-second-anniversary-709/

The China Human Rights Lawyers Group: Statement upon the 2nd anniversary of the 709 incident
China Change, July 9, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/07/09/the-china-human-rights-lawyers-group-statement-upon-the-2nd-anniversary-of-the-709-incident/

Two years on: An update on lawyer Wang Yu, the first 709 detainee
China Change, July 7, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/07/07/two-years-on-an-update-on-lawyer-wang-yu-the-first-709-detainee/

China: On “709” anniversary, legal crackdown continues
Human Rights Watch, July 7, 2017
https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/07/07/china-709-anniversary-legal-crackdown-continues

Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers, Defenders and International Reactions: A Brief Chronology
Human Rights in China, June 6, 2017
http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-defenders-and-international-reactions-brief-chronology

Retrial upholds jail for man who shed light on abuse in Chinese graft probes
The Globe and Mail, July 7, 2017
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/retrial-upholds-jail-for-man-who-shed-light-on-abuse-in-chinese-corruption-probes/article35586174/

唐荆陵心脏刺痛疑“被生病” 史庭福看守所受虐 (Tang Jingling’s heart pain suspected to be due to abuse in Shi Tingfu detention center)
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-07062017110521.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

The Great Firewall of China grows stronger as China forces app stores to remove VPNs
Techdirt, July 7, 2017
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170703/05090837712/great-firewall-china-grows-stronger-as-china-forces-app-stores-to-remove-vpns.shtml

安徽严格审核全省7700名记者 共注销603张新闻记者证 (All 7,700 journalists in Anhui province undergo strict examinations, 603 journalist permits cancelled)
China Youth Net, July 7, 2017
http://news.youth.cn/sh/201707/t20170707_10247665.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

G20汉堡峰会期间中国海外异议人士团体举办系列抗议活动 (During the G20 Hamburg Summit, overseas Chinese dissidents organize series of protests)
Radio Free Asia, July 7, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gr-07072017092726.html

Union calls for labor activist Liu Shaoming's freedom
Hong Kong Standard, July 7, 2017
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news.php?id=93006

Tibetan villagers fight eviction from their land in Chamdo
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/eviction-07062017164203.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Flooding in southern China causes deaths, damage and anger
The Washington Post, July 7, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/flooding-landslides-causing-deaths-anger-in-southern-china/2017/07/07/f10682de-62ce-11e7-80a2-8c226031ac3f_story.html?utm_term=.3a6ac8b74780

China prosecutes former provincial party boss over graft
Reuters, July 7, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN19S0WN?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

Hong Kong (香港)

Beijing is not insisting Carrie Lam pass a national security law right now, senior adviser claims
South China Morning Post, July 7, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2101661/beijing-not-insisting-carrie-lam-pass-national-security-law

“Disappointed”: Joshua Wong’s party accuses Asia Society of self-censorship following “ban”
Hong Kong Free Press, July 7, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/07/disappointed-joshua-wongs-party-accuses-asia-society-self-censorship-following-ban/

Hong Kong activists to lodge complaint with watchdog over police tactics during Xi visit
South China Morning Post, July 6, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2101602/hong-kong-activists-lodge-complaint-watchdog-over-police

Commentary (评论)

China: Authorities must end ruthless crackdown on human rights lawyers and activists
Amnesty International, July 7, 2017
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2017/07/china-end-ruthless-crackdown-human-rights-lawyers-activists/

Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

醫院深夜再出聲明 指免疫治療欠足夠臨牀證據不宜用 (Hospital: immunotherapy cannot be used to treat Liu Xiaobo because of lack of clinical evidence)
Mingpao, July 7, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170707/s00004/1499385532333

Related:
China is frantically trying to make sure Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo doesn’t die during the G20
Quartz, July 7, 2017
https://qz.com/1022428/china-is-frantically-trying-to-make-sure-nobel-laureate-liu-xiaobo-doesnt-die-during-the-g20/

Friends of ailing Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo ask to see him one last time
The Guardian, July 7, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/07/liu-xiaobo-friends-chinese-dissident-ask-see-him-one-last-time

刘晓波肝功能恶化家属接病危通知 (Liu Xiaobo’s liver function worsens, family receives critical illness notice)
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-07062017085919.html

Liu Xiaobo, China's most famous political prisoner, “close to death”
The Guardian, July 6, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/06/liu-xiaobo-china-political-prisoner-close-to-death-friends-say

Liu Xiaobo vigil: doctors tell Chinese Nobel laureate’s family to prepare for his death
South China Morning Post, July 6, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2101588/liu-xiaobo-vigil-doctors-tell-chinese-nobel-laureates

欧洲议会通过决议 呼吁中国大陆释放刘晓波和李明哲 (European Parliament passes resolution urging China to release Liu Xiaobo and Lee Ming-che)
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hx2-07062017120742.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

人权组织呼吁中国停止迫害维权律师 (Human rights organization calls China to stop persecuting rights lawyers)
Voice of America, July 7, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-human-rights-group-calling-china-to-end-2-year-crackdown-20170706/3931074.html

A human rights lawyer’s notes on the “709 Incident,” two years on
China Change, July 7, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/07/07/a-human-rights-lawyers-notes-on-the-709-incident-two-years-on/

Veteran labor activist Liu Shaoming sentenced to four and a half years for his activism
Hong Kong Free Press, July 6, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/06/speculation-chinese-dissident-liu-xiaobos-condition-xi-jinping-heads-g20-summit/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

International NGOs' China operations hit by registration delays under new law
Reuters, July 6, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-ngo-analysis-idUSKBN19S00V

中国百律师和公民联署《看守所法》公民意见书 (Over 100 lawyers and citizens in China sign letter expressing opinions on Law on Detention Centers)
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-07062017105459.html

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

Egyptian police said to detain Chinese Uighurs in wide sweep
Associated Press, July 6, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/egyptian-police-said-to-detain-chinese-uighurs-in-wide-sweep/3930651.html

Related:
埃及警方拘捕一批新疆维吾尔留学生 (Egyptian police detain dozens of Uyghur students)
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/nu-07062017111124.html

Hong Kong (香港)

劉兆佳：不急於一兩年內推23條立法 (Liu Zhaojia: there is no hurry to enact Article 23 in the next one year or two)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 7, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1340662-20170707.htm

林鄭月娥：23條立法一定要做 惟看幾時及如何去做 (Carrie Lam: Article 23 must be enacted, it’s only a matter of when and how)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 6, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1340498-20170706.htm

香港民阵批评警黑联手打压示威集会 (Civil Human Rights Front criticizes police and triads for joining forces and suppressing demonstration)
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-07062017110726.html

There is a gulf between Hong Kongers and the Communist Party
The Economist, July 6, 2017
https://www.economist.com/news/china/21724824-xi-jinpings-trip-territory-showed-it-getting-wider-there-gulf-between-hong-kongers

Commentary (评论)

林鄭月娥的懷柔詭計 (Carrie Lam’s conciliation trick)
Inmediahk, July 7, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1050541

不能讓歪理說得理直氣壯 (False reasoning can’t be allowed to laid out in a righteous way. Beijing should not ask Hong Kong to respect or be fearful of China)
Mingpao, July 7, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170707/s00022/1499389586000

加害者譴責受害者 (The perpetrator criticizes the victim. Criticism of Great Britain and Chris Patten)
Mingpao, July 7, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170707/s00022/1499389654110

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

Related:
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

Related:
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/