Access to Justice (司法公正)

Lee Ming-che: Taiwanese activist goes on trial in China
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 11, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-41222940

Related:
China court releases video of Taiwanese activist confessing to subversion
Reuters, September 11, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-taiwan-rights/china-court-releases-video-of-taiwanese-activist-confessing-to-subversion-idUSKCN1BM0II

李明哲對所犯罪行認罪悔罪 法庭擇期宣判 (As Lee Ming-che confesses and regrets the crime he committed, court will give verdict on another day)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 11, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1353447-20170911.htm

新疆维稳 微信群宣讲《古兰经》被判刑两年 (WeChat group leader sentenced to two years in prison in Xinjiang for preaching Quran online)
Deutsche Welle, September 11, 2017
http://news.dwnews.com/china/news/2017-09-11/60011856.html

实施新制前环球实报微信群主刘鹏飞被抓及抄家 (Liu Pengfei, WeChat group leader, arrested and his personal belongings confiscated)
Radio Free Asia, September 10, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/arrest-09102017103704.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

英国剑桥大学出版社再次拒绝北京屏蔽其在华网络出版内容 (Cambridge University Press refuses censorship order from Beijing of its online content again)
Reuters, September 10, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/hc-09102017141334.html

Related:
Cambridge University Press headed for showdown with China over censorship
The Guardian, September 9, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/09/cambridge-university-press-headed-for-showdown-with-china-over-censorship

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China’s underground churches head for cover as crackdown closes in
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2110433/chinas-underground-churches-head-cover-crackdown-closes

Activists send postcards in support of detained Chinese anti-censorship campaigner
Radio Free Asia, September 11, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/postcards-09082017105721.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

吉林：7至8月查处违反中央八项规定精神问题179起 (Jilin province investigates 179 cases of Party principle violation in July and August)
CCTV, September 11, 2017
http://news.cctv.com/2017/09/11/ARTIz9nGxCGVpy2nH7lENtTD170911.shtml

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Fancy a well-paying job that requires no prior experience? Cybersecurity in China may be your answer
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/2110519/fancy-well-paying-job-requires-no-prior-experience

China wants to build a credit score that dings online chat group users for their political views
Quartz, September 8, 2017
https://qz.com/1072660/china-wants-to-build-a-credit-score-that-dings-online-chat-group-users-for-their-political-views/

What to make of the explosive new WeChat and QQ spying revelations?
China Change, September 10, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/09/10/what-to-make-of-the-explosive-new-wechat-and-qq-spying-revelations/

Hong Kong (香港)

13 student unions condemn chief executive and university authorities over campus banner controversy
Hong Kong Free Press, September 11, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/11/13-student-unions-condemn-chief-executive-university-authorities-campus-banner-controversy/

Related:
Ban advocacy of Hong Kong independence, Beijing mouthpiece says amid banner row
South China Morning Post, September 11, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2110585/ban-advocacy-hong-kong-independence-beijing-mouthpiece-says

Cyberattackers hack website of Hong Kong pro-democracy party Demosisto
South China Morning Post, September 11, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2110477/cyberattackers-hack-website-hong-kong-pro-democracy-party

Jailed activist Nathan Law says the future of his Demosisto party is unclear
South China Morning Post, September 11, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2110553/jailed-activist-nathan-law-says-future-his-demosisto-party

Jail time tests mettle of Hong Kong democrats
Financial Times, September 11, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/7e7b0d5a-8ef9-11e7-9084-d0c17942ba93

Commentary (评论)

人民日报刊文评香港高校现“港独”海报：任何自由都有底线 (People’s Daily on the pro independence posters at HK universities: there is a bottom line in any kind of freedom)
People’s Daily, September 11, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1790522

Xi Jinping is about to face a constitutional crisis
Foreign Policy, September 7, 2017
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/09/07/xi-jinping-is-about-to-face-a-constitutional-crisis/

Human rights and Chinese culture: The nation has stood up; the individual, so far, has not
Hong Kong Free Press, September 10, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/10/human-rights-chinese-culture-nation-stood-individual-far-not/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, missing for weeks, now in police custody in Beijing: Brother
高智晟失踪近月 最新消息指被警带往北京
Radio Free Asia, September 7, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/gao-police-09072017170316.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/gao-09072017080106.html

Taiwanese rights activist to stand trial in mainland China
South China Morning Post, September 8, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/article/2110153/taiwanese-rights-activist-stand-trial-mainland-china

Related:
李明哲案11号开庭 李净瑜赶办证赴陆 (Lee Ming-che faces subversion trial on September 11, as wife arranges document to go to the mainland)
Radio Free Asia, September 7, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hcm-09072017104624.html

“黑老大”袁诚家获6.79亿国家赔偿 (Jailed “mafia head” Yuan Chengjia receives 679 million yuan in state compensation)
The Beijing News, September 8, 2017
http://epaper.bjnews.com.cn/html/2017-09/08/content_694792.htm?div=-1

“老赖”辱骂法官被依法拘留 (A “deadbeat” detained for insulting the judge)
People’s Court Daily, September 7, 2017
http://rmfyb.chinacourt.org/paper/html/2017-09/07/content_129907.htm?div=-1

打通“最后一公里” 让信息化全覆盖——新疆高院关于人民法庭信息化建设情况的调研报告 (Xinjiang High Court Research Report on Informatization of People’s Courts)
People’s Court Daily, September 7, 2017
http://rmfyb.chinacourt.org/paper/html/2017-09/07/content_129925.htm?div=-1

Access to Information (信息公开)

Despite censorship, China has some cool bookshops
The Economist, September 7, 2017
https://www.economist.com/news/china/21728652-government-ambivalent-about-them-despite-censorship-china-has-some-cool-bookshops

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese rights lawyer writes to China's leaders calling for amnesty
709律师公开信促放政治犯开民主之路
Radio Free Asia, September 7, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/amnesty-09072017120542.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-09072017104948.html

China’s regulation on volunteer services to take effect in December
The State Council of the PRC, September 6, 2017
http://english.gov.cn/policies/latest_releases/2017/09/06/content_281475840642814.htm

Related:
李克强签署国务院令公布《志愿服务条例》(Li Keqiang signed State Council decree and published Regulation on Volunteer Services)
Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council of the PRC, September 7, 2017
http://www.chinalaw.gov.cn/art/2017/9/7/art_2_206163.html

志愿服务条例 (Regulation on Volunteer Services)
Ministry of Civil Affairs of the PRC, August 22, 2017
http://www.mca.gov.cn/article/gk/fg/shgzyzyfw/201709/20170900005823.shtml

全国“民代幼”教师1000余人进京上访维权讨公道 (Over 1,000 teachers go on petition trip to Beijing in an effort to defend rights)
Weiquanwang, September 7, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/09/1000.html

求见中央督察组 山东数百老兵遭驱离 (Hundreds of veterans dispersed by police after failed petition to the central government’s inspection group)
Radio Free Asia, September 7, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-09072017105107.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

国家互联网信息办公室公布《互联网群组信息服务管理规定》(Cyberspace Administration of China Published Management Rules of Internet Group Information Services)
Cyberspace Administration of China, September 7, 2017
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-09/07/c_1121624277.htm

Related:
互联网群组信息服务管理规定 (Management Rules of Internet Group Information Services)
Cyberspace Administration of China, September 7, 2017
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-09/07/c_1121623889.htm

国家互联网信息办公室公布《互联网用户公众账号信息服务管理规定》 (Cyberspace Administration of China Published Management Rules of Internet User Public Account Services )
Cyberspace Administration of China, September 7, 2017
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-09/07/c_1121623848.htm

Related:
互联网用户公众账号信息服务管理规定 (Management Rules of Internet User Public Account Services)
Cyberspace Administration of China, September 7, 2017
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-09/07/c_1121624269.htm

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

China tightens regulation of religion to “block extremism”
Reuters, September 7, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-religion/china-tightens-regulation-of-religion-to-block-extremism-idUSKCN1BI1IH

Hong Kong (香港)

Students clash over Hong Kong independence posters, as Chinese University chief claims “idea” is unconstitutional
Hong Kong Free Press, September 8, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/08/students-clash-hong-kong-independence-posters-chinese-university-chief-claims-idea-unconstitutional/

Related:
More Hong Kong universities remove pro-independence slogans as student unions decry interference
Hong Kong Free Press, September 7, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/07/hong-kong-universities-remove-pro-independence-slogans-student-unions-decry-interference/

陸生張貼海報還撃 周竪峰喝罵再掀衝突 (Mainland students post on Democracy Wall at CUHK against HK independence and get into brawl with former student union chief Ernie Chow)
The Stand News, September 8, 2017
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/陸生張貼海報還撃-周竪峰喝罵再掀衝突/

撕中大民主牆標語女生 內媒轉載共青團中央微博力撐 (Mainland student gets support from Communist Youth League after tearing down pro HK independence poster on Democracy Wall at CUHK)
Mingpao, September 7, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170907/s00001/1504795875164

教大學生會已移除民主牆諷刺蔡若蓮兒子墮樓身亡大字報 (Education University of Hong Kong student union removes poster that mocks the suicide of education deputy’s son)
Radio Free Asia, September 8, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1352987-20170908.htm

Access to Justice (司法公正)

李明哲案將開庭 李凈瑜7日辦赴陸證件 (Lee Ming-che to face trial in Hunan, as wife will soon arrange travel document to go to the mainland)
Central News Agency, September 6, 2017
http://www.cna.com.tw/news/firstnews/201709065015-1.aspx

山东祝圣武律师被指涉嫌发表危害国家安全言论遭调查 或被吊销律师执业证书 (Lawyer Zhu Shengwu under investigation in Shandong for making statements that endanger national security, as Department of Justice looks to revoke his license)
Weiquanwang, September 6, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/09/blog-post_43.html

维权人士甄江华被刑拘 律师会见遭拒并受骚扰 (Rights defender Zhen Jianghua criminally detained and not allowed to meet with lawyer)
Radio Free Asia, September 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-09062017112120.html

黄琦案退侦 律师求见遭拒 老母忧心 (Prosecutor sends website founder Huang Qi’s case back for further investigation, as lawyer still not allowed to meet with him)
Radio Free Asia, September 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-09062017102954.html

云南当局以“邪教罪”逮捕、起诉二十余名基督徒 (Over 20 Christians in Yunnan arrested and charged of “sabotaging legal enforcement by organizing and using evil religion”)
Radio Free Asia, September 5, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql1-09052017110712.html

Chinese debate medical rights after pregnant woman's suicide
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 7, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-41172675

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese poet Langzi detained after commemorating late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo
Hong Kong Free Press, September 7, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/07/chinese-poet-langzi-detained-commemorating-late-nobel-laureate-liu-xiaobo/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

联合国人权专家敦促中国释放江天勇 (UN human rights experts urge China to free Jiang Tianyong)
Voice of America, September 7, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/un-human-rights-expert-on-china-lawyer-jiang-tianyong-20170906/4017914.html

Chinese general reported to be facing corruption probe off military delegation to party congress
South China Morning Post, September 6, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2109959/chinese-general-reported-be-facing-corruption-probe

安徽:查处6986起违反中央八项规定精神问题 (Anhui province investigates 6,986 cases of party principle violation)
People.com.cn, September 7, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0907/c1001-29520887.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

In quest for “ideological security”, China pushes to extend Communist Party influence inside tech firms
Global Voices, September 6, 2017
https://globalvoices.org/2017/09/06/in-quest-for-ideological-security-china-pushes-to-extend-communist-party-influence-inside-tech-firms/

Blocked in China, Facebook is said to seek a Shanghai office
知情人士称Facebook欲在上海设立办公室
The New York Times, September 6, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/technology/facebook-china-shanghai-office.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/business/20170907/facebook-china-shanghai-office/

Hong Kong (香港)

Petition to oust Occupy co-founder Benny Tai from university post attracts 80,000 signatures
South China Morning Post, September 7, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2110047/petition-oust-occupy-co-founder-benny-tai-university-post

Related:
何君堯收集逾8萬簽名 將再致函港大要求辭退戴耀廷 (Lawmaker Junius Ho collects over 80,000 signatures and writes to HKU demanding Benny Tai to be dismissed)
Sing Tao Daily, September 6, 2017
https://www.singtao.com.au/172-即時/163265-何君堯收集逾8萬簽名-將再致函港大要求辭退戴耀廷/

學生會堅守最後一張「香港獨立」標語 陸生多擁護言論自由 「香港本身就係一個大家都可以發聲嘅地方。」 (Student union stands by the last HK independence banner at CUHK, as mainland students support freedom of speech)
Inmediahk, September 7, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1051926

Commentary (评论)

China’s “super” anti-corruption agency set to repeat past abuses
Hong Kong Free Press, September 6, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/06/chinas-super-anti-corruption-agency-set-repeat-past-abuses/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China to prosecute activist over support for letter calling on president to step down
Radio Free Asia, September 5, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/sichuan-huang-09052017124727.html