Access to Justice (司法公正)

From sea to a sea of words: Poet ensnared as China shuts down commemoration of Liu Xiaobo
China Change, September 14, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/09/14/from-sea-to-a-sea-of-words-poet-ensnared-as-china-shuts-down-commemoration-of-liu-xiaobo/

Related:
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

China detains dozens of ethnic Kazakhs who watched Kanat Islam fight
收看境外视频 乌鲁木齐50多名哈萨克族人被拘捕
Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/kazakhs-09142017111630.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-09142017105043.html

一点进步都没有:海外民进党人士谴责中国审判李明哲 (Overseas members of the Democratic Progressive Party criticize China for putting Lee Ming-che on trial: There has been no progress)
Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/ck-09142017115954.html

人权组织呼吁美国调查全球15个人权迫害案例 包括曹顺利案 (Human rights organizations urge the U.S. to investigate 15 cases of human rights violations, including the case of Cao Shunli)
Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junshiwaijiao/xl2-09142017105407.html

中国“女权五姐妹”之一被罚10年内禁止离境 (Wu Rongrong, one of the “Feminist Five” is banned from leaving China for ten years)
Financial Times, September 14, 2017
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001074310

"发7万条信息应判三万多年" :卢昱宇二审拒绝认罪 (Citizen journalist Lu Yuyu refuses to confess at appeal court: "Four years is not enough, I sent out 70,000 pieces of information and should be sentenced to over 30,000 years")
Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-09142017105438.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China makes chat group administrators—i.e. regular users—Criminally liable for unlawful messages
Global Voices, September 13, 2017
https://globalvoices.org/2017/09/13/china-makes-chat-group-administrators-i-e-regular-users-criminally-liable-for-unlawful-messages/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

投诉：陕西退伍兵到省政府请愿遭殴打抓抓捕 (Veterans in Shaanxi petition at local gov’t and get beaten up and arrested)
Weiquanwang, September 14, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/09/blog-post_81.html

陕西民代幼教师100余人到该省教育厅静坐维权 (Over 100 teachers in Shaanxi start a sit-in at local education authority and demand their rights)
Weiquanwang, September 13, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/09/100.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

為《人權新成就》撰序 王毅穿鞋作喻 (Wang Yi writes preface for new book “New accomplishments of human rights”: only the feet know whether the shoes fit)
Mingpao, September 15, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20170915/s00013/1505411820906

Tiananmen mothers founder hospitalized with heart problems in Beijing
Radio Free Asia, September 15, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/women/ding-hospital-09132017144518.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

微博实名制大限将至 验证遵循“前台自愿、后台实名”原则 (Deadline of real name registration of Weibo approaches, and the “real name in the back end, voluntary use of real name on the front end” principle will be adopted)
Legal Daily, September 14, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-09/14/content_7317971.htm?node=5955

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

China’s new campaign to instill official historical narrative in Xinjiang
South China Morning Post, September 14, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2111239/chinas-new-campaign-instil-official-historical

Hong Kong (香港)

理大拆校內港獨標語稱為保護學生 組織千字文反駁邀明午公開對話 (PolyU removes HK independence posters to “protect students”, students organization refutes and invites university to open conversation)
Mingpao, September 15, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170914/s00001/1505382538890

港人士氣盡失 步劉曉波後塵 應亮：全世界睇香港點死 (Hongkongers’ moral is gone and will follow Liu Xiaobo’s suit; Ying Liang: the world will bear witness to how HK dies)
Nextplus, September 14, 2017
http://nextplus.nextmedia.com/news/latest/20170913/547324

Unlike in Hong Kong, few in Macau demand greater democracy
The Economist, September 15, 2017
https://www.economist.com/news/china/21729004-fewer-tourists-might-be-welcome-unlike-hong-kong-few-macau-demand-greater-democracy

Important areas of One Country, Two Systems under “increasing pressure” says UK gov’t
Hong Kong Free Press, September 15, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/15/important-areas-one-country-two-systems-increasing-pressure-says-uk-govt/

Commentary (评论)

支持戴耀廷 力抗文革歪風 (Support Benny Tai and fight against the evil wind of cultural revolution)
Inmediahk, September 15, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1052106b

Beijing gnaws at rule of law in Hong Kong
East Asia Forum, September 14, 2017
http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2017/09/14/beijing-gnaws-at-rule-of-law-in-hong-kong/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Taiwanese activist was forced to confess on camera to “smearing the Chinese government,” allies say
Global Voices, September 13, 2017
https://globalvoices.org/2017/09/13/taiwanese-activist-was-forced-to-confess-on-camera-to-smearing-the-chinese-government-supporters-say/

Related:
李妻：想說的話已在「最危險的地方說完」 (Lee Ming-che’s wife: I have said what I want to say at “the most dangerous place”)
Deutsche Welle, September 12, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/李妻想说的话已在最危险的地方说完/a-40461146

台湾人权团体代表闯关联合国报告李明哲案 (Taiwanese human rights group representatives to report Lee Ming-che case to United Nations)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hx1-09132017104350.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Dismissed Chinese newspaper editor files human-rights complaint in B.C.
The Globe and Mail, September 10, 2017
https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/dismissed-chinese-newspaper-editor-files-human-rights-complaint-in-bc/article36224584/

“Farewell”: Qiao Mu, dissenting academic, leaves China for U.S.
The Guardian, September 14, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/14/qiao-mu-dissenting-academic-leaves-china-for-us

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

祝圣武将成中国因网络言论遭吊销律师执照第一人? (Zhu Shengwu to become the first in China to lose his law practice license for his words on the Internet?)
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-09132017114940.html

中国人权律师团四周年献辞 誓言坚持人权之路 (China Human Rights Lawyers Group issues statement for their fourth year anniversary, vows to stay on the path of human rights)
Radio Free Asia, September 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-09132017111942.html

Related:
“Riding on a dream, we push forward”: A statement on the fourth anniversary of the China Human Rights Lawyers Group
China Change, September 13, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/09/13/riding-on-a-dream-we-push-forward-a-statement-on-the-fourth-anniversary-of-the-china-human-rights-lawyers-group/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Rights groups ask China to stop detaining its critics
Reuters, September 14, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-un/rights-groups-ask-china-to-stop-detaining-its-critics-idUSKCN1BO29H

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Ever better and cheaper, face-recognition technology is spreading
The Economist, September 9, 2017
https://www.economist.com/news/business/21728654-chinas-megvii-has-used-government-collected-data-lead-sector-ever-better-and-cheaper

Hong Kong (香港)

Nothing wrong with Hong Kong independence posters as long as no advocacy: university head
South China Morning Post, September 13, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2111054/nothing-wrong-hong-kong-independence-posters-long-no

理大拆校內港獨標語：保護學生免犯法　質疑學生組織「理事亭」代表性 (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University removes Hong Kong independence banner from campus, citing protecting students from violating the law as the reason)
Mingpao, September 14, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170914/s00001/1505346694130

梁振英涉利益冲突悄悄出任一带一路大湾区公司董事 (CY Leung surfaces on the board of company that promotes “One Belt, One Road” and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Big Bay Area)
Radio France Internationale, September 12, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr//中国/20170912-梁振英涉利益冲突悄悄出任一带一路大湾区公司董事

港人移民加拿大创回归新高大陆人亦趋之若鹜 (Record number of Hongkongers migrate to Canada in 2016 since handover, mainlanders are also joining the race)
Radio France Internationale, September 12, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr//中国/20170912-港人移民加拿大创回归新高大陆人亦趋之若鹜

京港10所中学结成姊妹校 增强香港青年国家认同感 (Ten middle schools from Hong Kong and Beijing become sister schools to enhance national identity among HK youth)
Xinhua News Agency, September 12, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/gangao/2017-09/12/c_1121652021.htm

Justice Sec. Rimsky Yuen’s approval rating plunges following jailing of democracy activists—HKU poll
Hong Kong Free Press, September 13, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/13/justice-sec-rimsky-yuens-approval-rating-plunges-following-jailing-democracy-activists-hku-poll/

Commentary (评论)

China’s draft court law
Supreme People’s Court Monitor, September 13, 2017
https://supremepeoplescourtmonitor.com/author/susanafinder/

Related:
Organic Law of the People's Courts of the People's Republic of China
中华人民共和国人民法院组织法（修正）
National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China
EN: http://www.npc.gov.cn/englishnpc/Law/2007-12/13/content_1384078.htm
CH: http://www.npc.gov.cn/wxzl/gongbao/2006-12/05/content_5354938.htm

Organic Law of the People's Courts of the P.R.C. (Draft Revisions)
人民法院组织法（修订草案）征求意见
National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China, August 28, 2017
EN: http://www.chinalawtranslate.com/中华人民共和国人民法院组织法修订草案/
CH: http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/flcazqyj/2017-09/04/content_2028319.htm

China exploits the vulnerability of open democracy
Financial Times, September 13, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/5bd0d0c6-97a7-11e7-b83c-9588e51488a0?segmentid=acee4131-99c2-09d3-a635-873e61754ec6

「民主牆」風波發酵 已被「上綱上線」？ (Democracy Wall saga in Hong Kong exploited by politicians and the gov’t?)
Deutsche Welle, September 12, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/民主墙风波发酵-已被上纲上线/a-40475385

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China says futile to use trial of Taiwanese activist to attack Chinese law
Reuters, September 13, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-taiwan-rights/china-says-futile-to-use-trial-of-taiwanese-activist-to-attack-chinese-law-idUSKCN1BO0AZ

Related:
It’s no surprise a Taiwanese human rights advocate “confessed” to subverting state power in China
Quartz, September 11, 2017
https://qz.com/1073923/taiwanese-human-rights-advocate-lee-ming-che-has-confessed-to-subverting-state-power-in-china/

Wife of detained Taiwan activist “silenced” after his trial in China's Hunan
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/silenced-09122017122015.html

李明哲妻返台：歹戲快落幕 (Wife of Lee Ming-che returns to Taiwan: a bad show is about to end)
Mingpao, September 13, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20170913/s00013/1505240216579

10名律师推动福建缪新华案平反 (Ten lawyers push and vindicate the case of Miao Xinhua who spent 14 years behind bars for crimes he didn’t commit)
Legal Daily, September 13, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-09/13/content_7314928.htm?node=5955

海祭刘晓波案马强今获释 被遣返北京 (Ma Qiang, one of the Liu Xiaobo mourners, gets released and escorted back to Beijing)
Weiquanwang, September 12, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/09/blog-post_28.html

周强: 实现法院核心业务全部网上办理 (Zhou Qiang, head of the Supreme People’s Court: all core business of the courts should go online)
Legal Daily, September 12, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/xwzx/content/2017-09/12/content_7314717.htm

One of China’s “feminist five” gender equality activists banned from leaving country for decade
South China Morning Post, September 13, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2110847/one-chinas-feminist-five-gender-equality-activists-banned

Access to Information (信息公开)

Weibo account of prominent Chinese historian who criticized Mao Zedong suddenly shut down
Synglobe, September 12, 2017
https://synglobe.net/2017/09/12/weibo-account-of-prominent-chinese-historian-who-criticized-mao-zedong-and-chiang-kai-shek-suddenly-shut-down/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China's latest crackdown on message groups chills WeChat users
Bloomberg, September 13, 2017
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-12/china-s-latest-crackdown-on-message-groups-chills-wechat-users

Hong Kong (香港)

Pro-independence from China posters appearing on Hong Kong campuses stoke new tension
Reuters, September 11, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-china-universities/pro-independence-from-china-posters-appearing-on-hong-kong-campuses-stoke-new-tension-idUSKCN1BM1E1

Related:
Hong Kong's “red flag heroes” call on police to detain independence activists
Radio Free Asia, September 12, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/police-09122017140125.html

39 pro-Beijing lawmakers petition education chief to take action over “illegal” pro-independence messages on campuses
Hong Kong Free Press, September 12, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/12/39-pro-beijing-lawmakers-petition-education-chief-take-action-illegal-pro-independence-messages-campuses/

Ousted localist lawmakers ask legislature to lower repayment sum for salaries and subsidies, as deadline nears
Hong Kong Free Press, September 12, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/12/ousted-localist-lawmakers-ask-legislature-lower-repayment-sum-salaries-subsidies-deadline-nears/

Jail “the only option” for 13 protesters who stormed Hong Kong’s Legislative Council, says Court of Appeal judgment
South China Morning Post, September 11, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2110713/jail-only-option-13-protesters-who-stormed-hong-kongs

Democracy activist Joshua Wong applies to appeal at Hong Kong’s top court over jail sentence
Hong Kong Free Press, September 13, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/13/democracy-activist-joshua-wong-applies-appeal-hong-kongs-top-court-jail-sentence/

Campaign to oust me akin to Cultural Revolution: Occupy co-founder Benny Tai
South China Morning Post, September 12, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2110881/campaign-oust-me-akin-cultural-revolution-occupy-co-founder

Commentary (评论)

关注坐牢考验香港年轻民主人士的勇气 (Jail time tests mettle of Hong Kong democrats)
Financial Times, September 13, 2017
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001074262