Access to Justice (司法公正)

Dozens of Uyghur children of Xinjiang village camp detainees sent to live in orphanages
Voice of America, July 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/orphanages-07022018143057.html

Related:
One in 10 Uyghur residents of Xinjiang township jailed or detained in “Re-Education Camp”
Voice of America, June 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/target-06292018132506.html

被問王全璋失蹤事件　傅政華稱要依法處置 (Head of Ministry of Justice emphasizes on “rule of law” in his first public remarks on 709 Incident)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 29, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1404279-20180629.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese video app Douyin counts the cost of insulting Korean war hero as advertising halted
South China Morning Post, July 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2153321/chinese-video-app-douyin-counts-cost-insulting-korean

Related:
北京市网信办、市工商局联合约谈抖音、搜狗等公司并要求专项整改 (Beijing Cyberspace Affairs Commission orders companies to remove online ads slandering heroes and martyrs)
Beijing Cyberspace Affairs Commission WeChat, July 1, 2018
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/NmMyD-ooPPxXXKVHvECdjA

China tightens party control of foreign university ventures
中国收紧对中外合办大学的控制
Financial Times, July 2, 2018
EN: https://www.ft.com/content/4b885540-7b6d-11e8-8e67-1e1a0846c475
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001078278/ce

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese leaders gather for back-to-back meetings after military veterans protest
South China Morning Post, July 2, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2153459/chinese-leaders-gather-back-back-meetings-after

Police in China's Guangzhou cremate rights activist's body in secret
张六毛遗体被火化 死因未解家属不放弃
Voice of America, June 29, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/cremate-06292018112102.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf1-06292018101308.html

人权律师遭打压 年检被评定“不称职” (Human rights lawyers graded "incompetent" in annual license assessment review)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-06292018101017.html

内蒙古牧民代表北京上访遭截访控制 (Inner Mongolian herdsmen petitioners intercepted and disbanded in Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-06292018100910.html

Dozens detained in China's Harbin after protesters blockade trash plant
Voice of America, July 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/plant-07022018110541.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

生态环境部回应临汾监测数据造假：性质之恶劣令人发指 发现一起严肃查处一起 (16 officials convicted for fabricating air quality data)
Beijing News, June 29, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/06/29/493158.html

广州家庭教会少年学堂被禁 (House church forced to close its Sunday school)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql1-06292018100717.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

网民爆腾讯APP偷取用户私隐 腾讯否认 (Netizens call out Tencent web browser for spying on users)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/hj-06292018103756.html

Related:
继QQ浏览器后，Vivo手机又测出百度手机输入法后台录音 (Cellphone users allege Baidu input app secretly records conversations in the background)
China News Finance, July 2, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2234532

China introduces millimeter wave tech into airports security checks
Xinhua, July 2, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/s/2018-07-02/detail-ihespqry4360193.shtml

Related:
中国民航局：毫米波人体成像设备将正式用于机场安检 (Civil Aviation Administration releases usage guideline on millimeter wave technology)
China News, June 26, 2018
http://www.chinanews.com/cj/2018/06-26/8547695.shtml

Hong Kong (香港)

Thousands protest in Hong Kong on anniversary of handover to China
香港七一大游行，呼吁中国结束一党专政
The New York Times, July 1, 2018
https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180702/hong-kong-march-handover/dual/

Related:
Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters defiant, but rally turnout hits a low
Reuters, July 2, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-anniversary/hong-kongs-pro-democracy-protesters-defiant-but-rally-turnout-hits-a-low-idUSKBN1JR143

Hong Kong gov’t criticizes “disrespectful, sensational, misleading” chants at annual democracy rally
Hong Kong Free Press, July 2, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/02/hong-kong-govt-criticises-disrespectful-sensational-misleading-chants-annual-democracy-rally/

Celebrations to mark anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to China give attendees chance to display love of country
South China Morning Post, July 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2153302/celebrations-mark-anniversary-hong-kongs-return-china-give

Joshua Wong’s Demosisto raises most money at Hong Kong’s July 1 march but traditional pro-democracy groups fall behind
South China Morning Post, July 2, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2153465/joshua-wongs-demosisto-raises-most-money-hong-kongs-july-1

Beijing’s meddling in Hong Kong affairs through the city’s liaison office has eased under Carrie Lam but experts warn she still needs to tread carefully
South China Morning Post, June 30, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2153167/beijings-meddling-hong-kong-affairs-through-citys-liaison

Related:
Tackling Hong Kong’s housing crisis is my top priority but I have not forgotten about national security law, Carrie Lam says
South China Morning Post, July 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2153289/tackling-hong-kongs-housing-crisis-my-top-priority-i-have

港民主派吁蔡英文为香港民主发声(Hong Kong Democratic Party urges Tsai Ing-Wen to speak up for democracy in Hong Kong)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hcm-06292018101743.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

“云上法庭”在厦门首发落地，人脸识别自动对比审核身份信息 (Xiamen launches “smart” court utilizing cloud computing technology)
Economic Daily, June 29, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2227144

女高中生自杀引发对中国反性骚扰立法关注(High school girl suicide incident sparks discussion of sexual harassment legislation in China)
Radio Free Asia, June 28, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/wy-06282018122031.html

中共黨員赴麥加朝覲被開除黨籍　中紀委：違反黨的政治紀律 (CPC member expelled from the Party for attending hajj at Mecca)
The Stand News, June 29, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/中共黨員赴麥加朝覲被開除黨籍-中紀委-違反黨的政治紀律

Access to Information (信息公开)

The great firewall of China: Xi Jinping’s internet shutdown
The Guardian, June 28, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jun/29/the-great-firewall-of-china-xi-jinpings-internet-shutdown

Beijing welcomes Wall Street, but bans Hollywood, in “openness for business” push amid trade spat with Trump
South China Morning Post, June 29, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2153147/beijing-welcomes-wall-street-bans-hollywood-openness-business

China says US should tell airlines to change websites in Taiwan row
Channel NewsAisa, June 29, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-says-us-should-tell-airlines-to-change-websites-in-taiwan-row-10484272

Students snitch on teachers as China pushes ideology on campus
VOA News, June 29, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/students-report-on-teachers-as-china-pushes-ideology-on-campus/4459896.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

藏人代表在澳洲国会就西藏宗教状况作证 (Tibetan representatives testify at Australian parliament)
Radio Free Asia, June 28, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-06282018101409.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

江苏张家港通报沙钢污染事件处理：34名干部和责任人被问责 (Jiangsu steel factory pollution investigation holds 34 officials accountable)
The Paper, June 28, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2226199

“公众满意度”将纳入基层政务公开试点评估标准 (“Public satisfaction” as assessment criterion of local governments’ services)
Legal Daily, June 28, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-06/28/content_7580801.htm?node=5955

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

China wants eyes and ears on every street
The Economist, June 28, 2018
https://www.economist.com/china/2018/06/30/china-wants-eyes-and-ears-on-every-street

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong gears up for annual protest as leader marks first year in office
Channel NewsAsia, June 29, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/hong-kong-gears-up-for-annual-protest-as-leader-marks-first-year-in-office-10484152

七一遊行維園草坪起步 民陣籲市民避免衝突 歡迎沿途加入 (Civil Human Rights Front urges residents to join July 1 march along the way and avoid confrontation)
inmediahk.net, June 28, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1057977

港大學生會缺席七一遊行 會長：結束一黨專政非現時訴求 (Hong Kong University students opt out of July 1 march: ending one-party rule not a current demand)
inmediahk.net, June 28, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1057975

Related:
Prosecutions hobble Hong Kong activist leaders
VOA News, June 29, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/prosecutions-hobble-hong-kong-activist-leaders-/4458904.html

Hong Kong's democracy movement “needs new ideas”
Deutsche Welle, June 29, 2018
https://www.dw.com/en/hong-kongs-democracy-movement-needs-new-ideas/a-44457328

Hong Kong slams US report on human trafficking despite waiver keeping it off list of worst offenders
South China Morning Post, June 29, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2153094/plan-eliminating-human-trafficking-enough

No evidence that Hong Kong judges are prejudiced by “political persuasion,” city’s Law Society states
South China Morning post, June 29, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2152996/no-evidence-hong-kong-judges-are-prejudiced

Commentary (评论)

Does Hong Kong’s annual July 1 democracy march violate the law? An analysis and rebuttal
Hong Kong Free Press, June 29, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/29/hong-kongs-annual-july-1-democracy-march-violate-law-analysis-rebuttal/

Baptist University speaks the right language
South China Morning Post, June 29, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2153009/baptist-university-speaks-right-language

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese rights lawyer “forcibly medicated” in prison: family
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/medicated-06272018131637.html

China locks up, tortures Muslims in “re-education camps”
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/china-locks-up-tortures-muslims-in-re-education-camps-06272018150827.html

Related:
Rising star footballer is among more than a million Uyghurs sent to Chinese “re-education” camps
Global Voices, June 25, 2018
https://globalvoices.org/2018/06/25/rising-star-footballer-is-among-more-than-a-million-uyghurs-sent-to-chinese-re-education-camps/

新疆当局虐待被扣少数民族招式曝光 (Brutal treatment of detained ethnic minorities in Xinjiang exposed)
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/xinjing-muslim-06272018084331.html?encoding=simplified

More than 2 dozen Uyghurs from one Xinjiang county perished in re-education camps
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/deaths-06272018141605.html

Professor who called on Chinese president to resign faces subversion trial
Radio Free Asia, June 28, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/professor-who-called-on-chinese-president-to-resign-06282018114232.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

陈一新：应对国家政治安全风险挑战“一二三四五”对策 (CPC Political and Legal Affairs Commission Secretary highlights cyberspace as one of two strategic battlefields for safeguarding national and political security)
Chang An Jian (WeChat), June 28, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-06/28/content_7580239.htm?node=5955

衡水一中邯郸分校回应校门停放坦克争议：加强爱国主义教育 (Hengshui high school places 2 tanks at school gate to strengthen patriotic education)
The Paper, June 27, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2223688

Mao 101: inside a Chinese classroom training the communists of tomorrow
The New York Times, June 28, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/world/asia/chinese-classrooms-education-communists.html

Exclusive: China rejects US request for talks on airline website dispute
Channel NewsAsia, June 28, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/china-rejects-us-request-for-talks-on-airline-website-row-10478962

The one person in China who can’t talk about soccer during The World Cup
SupChina, June 27, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/06/27/the-one-person-in-china-who-cant-talk-about-soccer-during-the-world-cup/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

内蒙古牧民抗议草场遭强占及官员贪腐 (Inner Mongolian herdsmen protest grassland seizure, official corruption)
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-06272018100112.html

镇江市退伍军人维权遭镇压　3老兵失联疑在清场行动中死亡 (Three veterans still missing after protest forcefully disbanded as rumor of death spreads)
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/veteran-06272018083812.html?encoding=simplified

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中纪委曝光：被撤副所长仍主持工作 两领导干部被问责 (Central Commission for Discipline Inspection makes public 7 leading cases of local government lapses)
People's Daily, June 27, 2018
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0627/c1001-30091705.html

安徽省政府原秘书长杨敬农受贿1760余万元 获刑10年 (Anhui government official found guilty of corruption, receives 10 years in prison)
Beijing News, June 27, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/06/27/492864.html

Related:
安徽省政府原秘书长杨敬农一审获刑10年(Former Anhui Province secretary gets 10 years for accepting bribes)
Discipline Inspection and Surpervision of Anhui, June 27, 2918
http://www.ahjjjc.gov.cn/ywbb/p/59481.html

陕西：适龄残疾儿童少年招生入学将实行 “全覆盖、零拒绝” (Shaanxi implements “all inclusive, zero rejection” admission policy for disabled children)
Xinhua, June 28, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/2018-06/28/c_129902689.htm

河南省信访局副局长李全胜接受纪律审查和监察调查 (Chief of Henan Bureau of Letters and Calls under investigation for corruption)
Xinhua, June 28, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-06/28/content_7580785.htm?node=5955

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

快手：永久封禁12个涉“庆阳女孩跳楼遭网络直播”事件账号 (Short video and social network company Kuai Shou permanently shuts down 12 accounts for live streaming suicide incident)
Modern Express, June 26, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2221157

Related:
Chinese teenager’s suicide sparks #MeToo soul-searching, anger at onlookers
Hong Kong Free Press, June 28, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/28/chinese-teenagers-suicide-sparks-metoo-soul-searching-anger-onlookers/

China’s social credit system “could interfere in other nations’ sovereignty”
The Guardian, June 27, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/28/chinas-social-credit-system-could-interfere-in-other-nations-sovereignty

China’s hi-tech police state in fractious Xinjiang a boon for security firms
Agence France-Presse, June 27, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2152749/chinas-hi-tech-police-state-fractious-xinjiang-boon

Related:
中国高科技公司从新疆监控大获其利 (China's high-tech companies gain huge profits from monitoring in Xinjiang)
Radio Free Asia, June 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/wy-06272018104226.html

Huawei wouldn't give Australian users' data to China, says chairman
The Guardian, June 27, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/27/huawei-wouldnt-give-australian-users-data-to-china-says-chairman

Related:
Huawei chairman slams US lawmaker calls for its US education partnerships to be investigated
South China Morning Post, June 28, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/tech/article/2152846/huawei-chairman-slams-us-lawmaker-calls-its-us-education-partnerships-be

公安部拟将网络分为五个安保等级 严禁泄露个人信息 (Ministry of Public Security proposes 5 levels of protection for personal information online)
Chinanews, June 27, 2018
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2018/06-27/8548011.shtml

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong civil organization to send observers to monitor police actions during annual July 1 march
Hong Kong Free Press, June 27, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/27/hong-kong-civil-organisation-send-observers-monitor-police-actions-annual-july-1-march/

Woman who reportedly asked for students’ details at Tiananmen vigil was plainclothes police officer
Hong Kong Free Press, June 27, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/27/woman-reportedly-asked-students-details-tiananmen-vigil-plainclothes-police-officer/

浸大拒撤普通話畢業要求 學生批淡化訴求 (Hong Kong Baptist University refuses to drop Mandarin test as graduation requirement despite students' request)
Inmedia, June 28, 2018
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1057971

Related:
Baptist University to keep controversial Mandarin graduation requirement, months after test spat
Hong Kong Free Press, June 28, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/28/baptist-university-keep-controversial-mandarin-graduation-requirement-months-test-spat/

Library user files legal challenge against Hong Kong libraries’ decision to remove LGBT-themed children’s books
Hong Kong Free Press, June 28, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/28/library-user-files-legal-challenge-hong-kong-libraries-decision-remove-lgbt-themed-childrens-books/

Commentary (评论)

Hong Kong: freedoms rapidly deteriorating
香港：自由迅速恶化
Human Rights Watch, June 27, 2018
EN: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/06/27/hong-kong-freedoms-rapidly-deteriorating
CN: https://www.hrw.org/zh-hans/news/2018/06/27/319712

終審法院本質上是一個政治法庭（文：邵善波） (Shiu Sin-Por: Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal is in its essence a political court)
Mingpao, June 28, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180628/s00022/1530103784301

【專訪】哥大人權學者司馬霑﹕犯法的不是政治人物，而是政府 (Interview with human rights scholar James Seymour: government—not political activists—is the law breaker)
The Stand News, June 28, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/專訪-哥大人權學者司馬霑-犯法的不是政治人物-而是政府/