Access to Justice (司法公正)

精神卫生法第一案：患者起诉监护人和院方获准出院 (First case for Mental Health Law: Patient sues guardian and hospital personnel, obtains release)
China Youth Daily, August 8, 2017
http://news.cri.cn/20170808/3cba99f6-9bdb-db7e-ac75-c3a96bf2bc69.html

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“Justice came late”: Chinese psychiatric patient wins long battle for freedom in landmark case
South China Morning Post, August 8, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2105935/justice-came-late-chinese-psychiatric-patient-wins-long-battle

庭前会议应开尽开 关键证人应出尽出 非法证据排除程序应启尽启, 刑事庭审实质化改革的山西实践 (Pre-trial meetings, key witnesses, and elimination of illegal evidence should be open, Shanxi puts into practice substantive reform of criminal trials)
Legal Daily, August 7, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-08/07/content_7273768.htm?node=5955

Access to Information (信息公开)

Minitrue: Follow Xinhua’s lead on Jiuzhaigou earthquake
China Digital Times, August 8, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/08/minitrue-follow-xinhuas-lead-jiuzhaigou-earthquake/

High-tech forces gather to reinforce Great Firewall of China
The Irish Times, August 7, 2017
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/asia-pacific/high-tech-forces-gather-to-reinforce-great-firewall-of-china-1.3179652

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Agency workers at SOEs take action demanding equal pay
China Labor Bulletin, August 9, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/agency-workers-soes-take-action-demanding-equal-pay

赵振甲拥护中央成罪案即将开审，在京访民呼吁无罪释放 (Zhao Zhenjia placed on trial for supporting demands for central government accountability, petitioners protest in Beijing for his release)
Weiquanwang, August 8, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2017/08/blog-post_96.html

China marks 70 years of Inner Mongolia's founding, activist complains of curbs
Reuters, August 8, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-innermongolia-idUSKBN1AO0YH

数百访民北京状告国家信访局 遭公安驱赶 (Hundreds of petitioners sue State Bureau of Letters and Calls in Beijing, driven away by police)
Radio Free Asia, August 8, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-08082017103736.html

维权人士北京法院外举牌求见院长 访民京城上访归来被刑拘 (Rights defenders protest outside Beijing court, other petitioners arrested after returning from Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, August 7, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-08072017113415.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

In judicial first, China court rules against government monopoly
Sixth Tone, August 8, 2017
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1000648/in-judicial-first%2C-china-court-rules-against-government-monopoly#

最高检对31个省级检察院开展规范司法行为专项督查 (Supreme People’s Procuratorate launches standardization of judicial supervision in 31 provincial procuratorates)
The Paper, August 7, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1754733

The “Belt and Road” projects China doesn’t want anyone talking about
South China Morning Post, August 8, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2099973/belt-and-road-projects-china-doesnt-want-anyone-talking-about

江苏:十八大以来查处违反中央八项规定精神问题5321起 (Jiangsu has investigated 5,321 cases of Party principle violation and punished 7,599 people since the 18th Party Congress)
People's Daily, August 9, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0809/c1001-29458551.html

国家信访局：对群众信访不能“踢皮球” (State Bureau for Letters and Calls: can’t kick the can down the road when dealing with petitioners)
People's Daily, August 9, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0809/c1001-29458360.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

聚焦APP“越权”现象：看个视频还需监听电话？(Focus Apps “overstepping authority” phenomenon: does watching a video require phone call monitoring?)
China News, August 8, 2017
http://www.chinanews.com/cj/2017/08-08/8298224.shtml

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

Muslim ethnic minority students “incommunicado” after repatriation to China
Radio Free Asia, August 7, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/kazakhs-eqypt-08072017122525.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Ousted pro-democracy lawmaker “Long Hair” to file appeal against disqualification
Hong Kong Free Press, August 8, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/08/ousted-pro-democracy-lawmaker-long-hair-file-appeal-disqualification/

Hong Kong district councillor among 299 arrested after officer’s undercover triad investigation
South China Morning Post, August 8, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2105984/hong-kong-district-councillor-among-299-arrested-after

Lawmakers urge gov’t to form independent investigation into alleged torture of juvenile inmates
Hong Kong Free Press, August 8, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/08/lawmakers-urge-govt-form-independent-investigation-alleged-torture-juvenile-inmates/

Commentary (评论)

China’s history full of traps and contradictions
EJ Insight, August 8, 2017
http://www.ejinsight.com/20170808-china-s-history-full-of-traps-and-contradictions/

港澳辦：方案創新 並符合一國兩制及基本法 (Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office: “One place, two checks” is innovative, and is in accordance with “one country, two systems” and the Basic Law)
Mingpao, August 8, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170808/s00001/1502187400829

港大民意调查：逾半受访香港市民支持“一地两检”方案 (Survey: more than half of Hong Kongers support “one place, two checks” plan)
Radio Free Asia, August 8, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/wsw-08082017133834.html

林鄭：希望特區官員抓緊一帶一路發展機遇 (Carrie Lam: Hong Kong gov’t officials should firmly grasp the opportunity of development that “one belt, one road” brings)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 8, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1347051-20170808.htm

Access to Justice (司法公正)

陈桂秋公开致信习近平 吴淦案召开庭前会议 (Chen Guiqiu, wife of lawyer Xie Yang, writes open letter to Xi Jinping questioning her husband’s house arrest; Wu Gan meets with lawyer before trial)
Radio Free Asia, August 7, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-08072017113354.html

网民吁帮高智晟自由看牙 高智晟揭某“六四领袖”借高家骗捐 (Netizens urge Gao Zhisheng to be freed and receive dental care)
Radio France Internationale, August 7, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr//中国/20170807-网民吁帮高智晟自由看牙-高智晟揭某六四领袖借高家骗捐

【图集】贵州毕节押解100名犯罪嫌疑人“游街”指认现场 (In pictures: confirmation that 100 criminal suspects were “paraded” through the streets of Bijie, Guizhou)
Jiemian News, August 7, 2017
http://m.jiemian.com/article/1529239.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Fears mount of a coming crackdown on Virtual Private Networks
Shanghaiist, August 6, 2017
http://shanghaiist.com/2017/08/06/vpn-crackdown.php

UN human rights watchdog sends Apple letter over China VPN demands
ZD Net, August 7, 2017
http://www.zdnet.com/article/un-special-rapporteur-apple-letter-china-vpn-demands/

China to restrict broadcast of entertainment shows during prime time
Global Times, August 7, 2017
http://www.ecns.cn/2017/08-07/268295.shtml

“This time appears different”: China’s web users fear losing tools to bypass censorship
Agence France-Presse, August 6, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/06/time-appears-different-chinas-web-users-fear-losing-tools-bypass-censorship/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

上海60位维权人士集体起诉国家信访局一案被北京市第一中级人民法院既不立案，又不作出不予立案裁 (60 Shanghai activists collectively sue State Bureau for Letters and Calls, case is neither placed on file nor ruled on by Beijing First Intermediate People’s Court)
Weiquanwang, August 7, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2017/08/60.html

山东一年内发生约两百起严重医闹事件，当地要求建立黑名单 (Around 200 serious incidents of violence against doctors occur each year in Shandong, locals request creation of blacklist)
The Paper, August 7, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1754347

如何避免公共决策“拍脑袋”“一言堂”？——聚焦《重大行政决策程序暂行条例（征求意见稿）》(How to prevent public decisions made through “head patting” and “one decision-maker”? –Focus on “Provisional Regulations on Major Administrative Decision Procedures (Draft for Soliciting Opinions)”)
Legal Daily, August 7, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-08/07/content_7273724.htm?node=5955

Related:
重大行政决策程序暂行条例（征求意见稿）(“Provisional Regulations on Major Administrative Decision Procedures (Draft for Soliciting Opinions)”)
China Legislative Affairs Office, August 7, 2017
http://zqyj.chinalaw.gov.cn/readmore?id=1886&listtype=1

施教拉萨盲校近廿年 盲人“白求恩”被中国驱逐 (German educator expelled after running school for blind children in Tibet for twenty years)
Deutsche Welle, August 4, 2017
http://www.dw.com//zh/施教拉萨盲校近廿年-盲人白求恩被中国驱逐/a-39967110

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China's top procuratorate finishes national inspections on judicial misconduct
China Daily, August 7, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-08/07/content_30362999.htm

China to launch new round of environmental inspections
Xinhua, August 7, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-08/07/c_136505992.htm

天津两天出动逾3000警力发现传销窝点420处 (3,000 Tianjin policemen bust 420 pyramid schemes in two days)
China News, August 7, 2017
http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2017/08-07/8297886.shtml

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

留学埃及 新疆哈萨克族学生返家后失联 (Students from Xinjiang disappear after returning home from Egypt)
Radio Free Asia, August 7, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-08072017105755.html

Hong Kong (香港)

建制成立關注聯盟 盲撐一地兩檢 政商二代牽頭 與泛民打民意戰 (Pro-establishment groups in Hong Kong form alliance over “one place, two checks” controversy)
Apple Daily, August 8, 2017
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20170808/20114763

3人罪成 兩人囚3年 一人判入教導所 (Three men found guilty over Mong Kok riot case)
Mingpao, August 7, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170807/s00001/1502094197295

林鄭月娥稱一地兩檢方案無懼覆核 王光亞：不需要釋法 (Carrie Lam: “one place, two check” plan is up for the challenge of judicial review; Wang Guangya: the plan brings benefits to Hong Kong and NPC does not need to interpret the Basic Law)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 7, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1346871-20170807.htm

Related:
Hong Kong leader confident that public will come around and welcome joint checkpoint
South China Morning Post, August 7, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2105796/hong-kong-leader-confident-public-will-come-around-and

Hong Kong leader reminded of need to strengthen national education of young
South China Morning Post, August 7, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2105834/hong-kong-leader-reminded-need-strengthen-national-education

Mong Kok unrest: Two sentenced to 3 years in prison for rioting
Hong Kong Free Press, August 7, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/07/mong-kok-unrest-two-sentenced-3-years-prison-rioting/

Related:
香港法院判处两名参与旺角暴乱的男子监禁3年 (Hong Kong court sentences Mong Kok riot participants to 3 years in prison)
Xinhua, August 7, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/gangao/2017-08/07/c_1121445535.htm

Hong Kong graft-buster calls for more power to probe misconduct at highest levels
South China Morning Post, August 7, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2105640/hong-kong-graft-buster-calls-more-power-probe-misconduct

Commentary (评论)

When is a border not a border? In Hong Kong
The Lowy Institute, August 7, 2017
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/when-border-not-border-hong-kong

Access to Justice (司法公正)

深圳年底前實行快遞實名制 料明年涵蓋全部郵件 (Personal ID needed for delivery service in Shenzhen before year end, regulation to apply to all mail sent in 2018)
Sing Tao Daily, August 5, 2017
http://std.stheadline.com/instant/articles/detail/475182-中國-深圳年底前實行快遞實名制+料明年涵蓋全部郵件

遭指搞台獨 成功大學：政治認知問題 (Mainland authority refuses to issue Taiwan visa to prospective students of National Cheng Kung university)
Central News Agency, August 5, 2017
http://www.cna.com.tw/news/firstnews/201708055002-1.aspx

Senate set to pass resolution calling on China to release Liu Xiaobo’s widow
The Washington Post, August 3, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2017/08/03/senate-set-to-pass-resolution-calling-on-china-to-release-liu-xiaobos-widow/

Access to Information (信息公开)

China's few investigative journalists face increasing challenges
National Public Radio, August 8, 2017
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/08/06/539720397/chinas-few-investigative-journalists-face-increasing-challenges

支持「港人非中國人」北師大教授遭解聘 (Professor fired by Beijing Normal University for supporting localism in Hong Kong)
Sing Tao Daily, August 5, 2017
http://std.stheadline.com/daily/news-content.php?id=1643631&target=2

Five days after his essay went viral, Chinese author apologizes for “imprecise” writing on Beijing's economic boom
Global Voices, August 4, 2017
https://globalvoices.org/2017/08/04/five-days-after-his-essay-went-viral-chinese-author-apologizes-for-imprecise-writing-on-beijings-economic-boom/

China warns officials to behave online as two universities fire lecturers
Radio Free Asia, August 7, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/warns-08042017140715.html

Chinese academic who called Mao a “devil” says he was sacked
Reuters, August 4, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-education-idUSKBN1AK0PE

Related:
中国以言治罪解聘教授 网民抨击抗议 (China dismisses professor for “criminal” remarks, netizens criticize and protest)
Voice of America, August 4, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/voanews-20170804-shi-jiepeng/3972326.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

公民监督群第4次被封的告示 (Citizen Supervision group receives fourth notice of closure)
Weiquanwang, August 4, 2017
https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2017/08/4_4.html

维权被打压 退伍军人赴京被阻 (Rights protests suppressed, veterans go to Beijing and are blocked)
Radio Free Asia, August 4, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-08042017104908.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Former senior China Development Bank official jailed for 14 years for graft
Reuters, August 5, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics-corruption-idUSKBN1AL04H

China jails former senior official for life over graft
Reuters, August 4, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN1AK0WV

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

华为和腾讯陷入用户数据之争 要求政府介入 (Huawei caught in user information row with Tencent and demands gov’t intervention)
The Wall Street Journal, August 4, 2017
http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20170804/tec092935.asp

Legal robots deployed in China to help decide thousands of cases
The Telegraph, August 4, 2017
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/04/legal-robots-deployed-china-help-decide-thousands-cases/

China's online population hits 751 mln
Xinhua, August 4, 2017
http://english.sina.com/news/2017-08-04/detail-ifyitayr9134288.shtml

CNNIC发布第40次《中国互联网络发展状况统计报告》 (CNNIC issues 40th “Statistical Report on Internet Development in China”)
Office of the Central Leading Group for Cyberspace Affairs, August 4, 2017
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-08/04/c_1121427672.htm

Related:
第40次中国互联网络发展状况统计报告 (40th Statistical Report on Internet Development in China)
Office of the Central Leading Group for Cyberspace Affairs, August 4, 2017
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-08/04/c_1121427728.htm

71个国务院部门和直属机构已开通网站 19个开设APP (71 state departments and subordinate units have already launched 19 open apps)
China News, August 4, 2017
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2017/08-04/8295436.shtml