We have concluded our Daily Brief Special Feature on Liu Xiaobo, prominent Chinese public intellectual and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who died tragically in Chinese custody on July 13, 2017. For more information on Liu Xiaobo’s life and work, background information, and updates on his wife, Liu Xia, please see HRIC’s special action page: Liu Xiaobo's Living Legacy. We hope this page will be a useful information resource and help generate more effective action by the international community.

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China is keeping Liu Xia, widow of human rights activist Liu Xiaobo, from talking to the world
Quartz, August 3, 2017
https://qz.com/1041895/china-is-keeping-liu-xia-widow-of-human-rights-activist-liu-xiaobo-from-talking-to-the-world/

Related:
Video: “Open the blockade!”: Hong Kongers Mourn Liu Xiaobo「打開路障！」：香港市民悼念劉曉波
Human Rights in China, August 2, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCP1BWEwec0&feature=youtu.be

Liu Xiaobo’s Death is a Stain on the CPC, International Community Must Press for Liu Xia’s Freedom
刘晓波之死是中共污点，国际社会必须施压让刘霞获得自由
Human Rights in China, July 13, 2017
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/liu-xiaobos-death-stain-cpc-international-community-must-press-liu-xias-freedom
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/sheng-ming/liu-xiao-bo-zhi-si-shi-zhong-gong-wu-dian-guo-ji-she-hui-bi-xu-shi-ya

A home prison is being built for recently released human rights lawyer Xie Yang
China Change, August 2, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/08/02/a-home-prison-is-being-built-for-recently-released-human-rights-lawyer-xie-yang/

Related:
709案谢阳又遭“家庭监狱”被软禁 (709 lawyer Xie Yang placed under “family house arrest” again)
Weiquanwang, August 2, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2017/08/709_2.html

曹雅学：谢阳律师失联，当局在谢家修建监狱 (Cao Yaxue: lawyer Xie Yang couldn’t be reached and the authority is building a prison at his home)
Voice of America, August 3, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/caoyaxue-xieyang-update-20170802/3970395.html

曾協助709事件律師稱 疑被當局打壓兒子無法入學 (Beijing primary school refuses to admit son of rights lawyer Chen Jiangang)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 3, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1346057-20170803.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

China is perfecting a new method for suppressing dissent on the Internet
Vox, August 2, 2017
https://www.vox.com/world/2017/8/2/16019562/china-internet-freedom-dissent-twitter-facebook

Chinese chatbot vanishes after spurning Communist Party
Sky News, August 2, 2017
http://news.sky.com/story/chinese-chatbot-vanishes-after-spurning-communist-party-10970890

Related:
腾讯聊天AI“不爱党”被关闭，称中国梦是移民美国 (Tencent AI chatbot shut down for “not loving the Party,” saying the Chinese dream is to immigrate to the United States)
Sin Chew, August 2, 2017
http://www.sinchew.com.my/node/1668639/腾讯聊天ai“不爱党”被关闭．称中国梦是移民美国

In hotels, China filling gaps in “Great Firewall”
Voice of America, August 2, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/hotels-china-firewall-gaps/3970451.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China issues working rules on handling public petitions
Xinhua, August 2, 2017
http://english.sina.com/news/2017-08-02/detail-ifyiswpt4966140.shtml

三部委联合印发规范党员干部网络行为意见 (Chinese authorities tighten control over what Party members’ online activities)
Sina, August 1, 2017
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2017-08-01/doc-ifyinvyk3055328.shtml

Multiple violent clashes erupt, all involving food delivery drivers
China Labor Bulletin, August 3, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/multiple-violent-clashes-erupt-all-involving-food-delivery-drivers

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Lax anti-pollution efforts highlighted
China Daily, August 2, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-08/02/content_30325621.htm

Related:
Officials caught protecting polluters
China Daily, August 1, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-08/01/content_30313674.htm

Former bank official expelled from CPC
China Daily, August 2, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-08/02/content_30325622.htm

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

流亡西藏司政严正呼吁藏人勿再自焚 (Tibetan political leader in exile calls Tibetans to stop self-immolation)
Radio Free Asia, August 2, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-08022017123813.html

Hong Kong (香港)

94人發起一地兩檢關注組促撤方案 陳淑莊：盼蒐30萬簽名叫停 (Lawmakers, academics, and social groups set up “one place, two checks” concern group)
Mingpao, August 2, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170802/s00001/1501669407347

Related:
Lawmakers, academics, student bodies establish concern group over joint checkpoint arrangement
Hong Kong Free Press, August 3, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/03/lawmakers-academics-student-bodies-establish-concern-group-joint-checkpoint-arrangement/

“Not just mine, but everyone’s concern”: Legal heavyweight defends criticism of XL Rail joint checkpoint arrangement
Hong Kong Free Press, August 2, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/02/not-just-mine-everyones-concern-legal-heavyweight-defends-criticism-xl-rail-joint-checkpoint-arrangement/

支聯會等遊行到中聯辦 抗議內地拘捕海祭劉曉波人士 (Hong Kong Alliance and other groups march to the Liaison Office to protest the detention of Liu Xiaobo mourners)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 2, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1345967-20170802.htm

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam hints Civic Square could reopen after study
South China Morning Post, August 2, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2105169/hong-kong-leader-carrie-lam-hints-civic-square-could-reopen

Embattled villagers promise to defend homes as Wang Chau eviction deadline looms
Hong Kong Free Press, August 2, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/02/embattled-villagers-promise-defend-homes-wang-chau-eviction-deadline-looms/

Commentary (评论)

How America can honor a Chinese dissident—and help protect his widow
The Washington Post, August 1, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-america-can-honor-a-chinese-dissident--and-help-protect-his-widow/2017/08/01/5fd15cbe-762c-11e7-9eac-d56bd5568db8_story.html

We have concluded our Daily Brief Special Feature on Liu Xiaobo, prominent Chinese public intellectual and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who died tragically in Chinese custody on July 13, 2017. For more information on Liu Xiaobo’s life and work, background information, and updates on his wife, Liu Xia, please see HRIC’s special action page: Liu Xiaobo's Living Legacy. We hope this page will be a useful information resource and help generate more effective action by the international community.

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Widow of late dissident Liu Xiaobo back in Beijing, relative says
South China Morning Post, August 1, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2105006/widow-late-dissident-liu-xiaobo-back-beijing-relative

Related:
劉霞據悉已回京 與當局協商出國 (Liu Xia said to be back in Beijing and negotiating with the authorities about going abroad)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 1, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1345725-20170801.htm

河南抓获62名“善心汇”传销组织涉案人员 (Henan criminally detain 62 from Shan Xin Hui for pyramid scheme)
China News Service, August 1, 2017
http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2017/08-01/8293128.shtml

国家信访局请律师“坐堂”接访初显成效 (State Bureau for Letters and Visits invitation to lawyers to petition by “sitting in reception hall” shows early success)
Xinhua, August 1, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2017-08/01/c_1121415895.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

In China, a pioneering transgender movie made by teens is trying to skirt censorship
Quartz, August 2, 2017
https://qz.com/1043174/%E9%80%83%E7%A6%BB-escape-film-chinese-transgender-movie-made-by-high-school-students-tries-to-skirt-censorship-rules/

China's Internet crackdown reaches new level of restriction
Deutsche Welle, August 1, 2017
http://www.dw.com/en/chinas-internet-crackdown-reaches-new-level-of-restriction/a-39909546

China Communist Party members face tighter curbs on Internet use
South China Morning Post, August 1, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2104985/china-communist-party-members-face-tighter-curbs

传承红色基因 激发奋进力量 江西纪念“三个90周年”网络媒体主题宣传活动正式启动 (“Red Gene” stimulates progressive strength, Jiangxi commemorates “Three 90th Anniversaries,” network media officially launches activities)
Office of the Central Leading Group for Cyberspace Affairs, July 31, 2017
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-07/31/c_1121405057.htm

Essay on Beijing migrants' plight fuels online debate in China
Reuters, August 1, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-society-beijing-idUSKBN1AH38D

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Pollution inspectors sharply criticize Tianjin, Anhui, Shanxi
China Daily, July 31, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-07/31/content_30299991.htm

New regulation enacted to make China's statistics more trustworthy
Xinhua, August 1, 2017
EN: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-08/01/c_136491451.htm
CH: http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2017-08/01/c_1121416038.htm

China expels anti-graft inspector from party for corruption
Reuters, August 2, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics-corruption-idUSKBN1AI05G

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

华为回应手机安装监听软件收集隐私传闻：恶意诽谤 (Huawei responds to rumors of monitoring software installed on mobile phones to collect private information: this is a malicious falsehood)
Phoenix Technologies, August 1, 2017
http://tech.ifeng.com/a/20170801/44657757_0.shtml

亚马逊步苹果后尘，在中国下架VPN (Amazon follows Apple’s example and stops VPN service in China)
Voice of America, August 2, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/vpn-20170801/3968026.html

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

Dozens of ethnic Kazakhs detained amid security crackdown in China's Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, August 1, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/kazakh-detainees-08012017132013.html

Hong Kong (香港)

陳文敏：倘高鐵擴建 中央在港管轄權勢必擴大 (Johannes Chan: administrative power of central gov’t will be extended if high-speed rail expands)
Mingpao, August 2, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170802/s00001/1501637714675

An appointment “at all costs”: Choice of education deputy slammed by pro-democracy activists
Hong Kong Free Press, August 1, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/01/appointment-costs-choice-education-deputy-slammed-pro-democracy-activists/

Related:
蔡若蓮任副局 林鄭月娥稱不明為何提升至與教育界開戰 (Carrie Lam on CHOI Yuk-lin: I don’t understand why the appointment issue has escalated and is raging war with the education sector)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 2, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1345802-20170802.htm

Plug Hong Kong’s legal loopholes on human-trafficking and forced labor, legislator tells officials
South China Morning Post, August 1, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2105007/plug-hong-kongs-legal-loopholes-human-trafficking-and-forced

Commentary (评论)

Apple’s silence in China sets a dangerous precedent
The New York Times, July 31, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/technology/apple-vpn-china-dangerous-precedent.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170801/apple-vpn-china-dangerous-precedent/

香港教育要撥亂反正 從委任愛國愛港者開始 (Comment: setting the record straight for education in Hong Kong begins with the appointment of people who love China and Hong Kong)
Mingpao, August 2, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170802/s00022/1501636816722

Access to Justice (司法公正)

中国流亡律师滕彪，要做黑暗中的闪电 (Teng Biao, Chinese lawyer in exile, will become a lightning flash in the dark)
The New York Times, August 1, 2017
https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170801/where-are-you-teng-biao/

Paying homage to Liu Xiaobo from behind bars
China Change, July 31, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/07/31/paying-homage-to-liu-xiaobo-from-behind-bars/

Tibetan self-immolator released after serving five-year prison term in Sichuan
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/released-07312017162747.html

最高法出台司法责任制实施意见，院庭长不得以口头指示等变相批案 (Supreme People’s Court introduces implementation of ideas on judicial accountability, chief judges shall not approve cases through verbal instruction)
Legal Daily, July 31, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-07/31/content_7263737.htm

安徽阜阳男子违停被贴罚单在朋友圈骂交警发泄不满，行拘5日 (Fuyang, Anhui man vents dissatisfaction against police after receiving traffic ticket, is detained for five days)
The Paper, July 31, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1747565

习近平阅兵疑违反国旗法 珠海钢管舞劳军引舆论炮轰 (Xi Jinping’s PLA parade allegedly violates national flag law)
Radio Free Asia, July 31, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/xl3-07312017101542.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

北京网信办约谈多家网站负责人，责令立即整治自媒体八大乱象 (Beijing Internet Information office meets with various internet platform representatives, orders immediate regulation of the “eight big sources of chaos” in personal media)
The Paper, July 31, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1748029

民政部：网络求助不属于慈善募捐 平台应加强审查甄别且设置求助上限 (Ministry of Civil Affairs: online appeals for help do not count as charitable fundraising, platforms should strengthen screening examinations and place caps on appeals for help)
Legal Daily, July 31, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-07/31/content_7263134.htm

In China, Internet censors are accidentally helping revive an invented “Martian” language
Quartz, July 30, 2017
https://qz.com/1028258/in-china-internet-censors-are-accidentally-helping-revive-an-invented-language-called-martian/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

過百市民出席劉曉波「追詩會」 教師：文學方式悼念合適 (Over 100 citizens in Hong Kong mourn Liu Xiaobo by reading poems)
Apple Daily, July 31, 2017
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20170731/57025304

Government Accountability (政府问责)

安徽:深化落实中央八项规定精神 上半年处分1120人 (1,120 officials in Anhui punished in the first half of 2017 for disciplinary issues)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, August 1, 2017
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/yw/201707/t20170731_103884.html

China work safety chief demoted after corruption probe
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2104763/china-work-safety-chief-demoted-after-corruption-probe

Trump administration quietly pressing China to free Liu Xiaobo’s widow
The Washington Post, July 30, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/trump-administration-quietly-pressing-china-to-free-liu-xiaobos-widow/2017/07/30/35d5dbe8-73c4-11e7-8839-ec48ec4cae25_story.html