709 Crackdown (709 大抓捕)

高智晟、王全璋获颁首届中国人权律师奖 (Gao Zhisheng and Wang Quanzhang honored first China Human Rights Lawyer Awards)
Voice of America, July 9, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-rights-lawyer-award-20180708/4474499.html

Related:
王全璋之妻李文足:多次被警方脱光衣服羞辱 (Wang Quanzhang’s wife strip-searched by police for inquiring husband’s whereabouts)
Radio France Internationale, July 9, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180709-王全璋之妻李文足多次被警方脱光衣服羞辱

Trial by fire: three years on from the crackdown that put China’s nascent human rights law movement to the test
South China Morning Post, July 8, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2154278/trial-fire-three-years-crackdown-put-chinas-nascent

Related:
China lawyer crackdown enters 4th year
Voice of America, July 9, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/china-lawyer-crackdown-enters-fourth-year/4474680.html

Third anniversary of the lawyers crackdown in China: where are the human rights lawyers?
Amnesty International, July 9, 2018
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2018/07/china-human-rights-lawyers-crackdown-third-anniversary/

专访：后709二次整顿维权律师 (Second wave of crackdown on rights lawyers after 709 continues)
Deutsche Welle, July 9, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/313Jv

“Shackled, isolated and beaten”: how one child became a victim of China’s 709 crackdown on rights lawyers
South China Morning Post, July 9, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2154298/shackled-isolated-and-beaten-how-one-child-became

Three years after China's lawyer crackdown, rights groups call for sanctions
Radio Free Asia, July 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/709-anniversary-07092018131944.html

Related:
台声援709律师 揭周世峰、胡石根在台遭检举 (Taiwan human rights groups call on China to release 709 lawyers)
Radio Free Asia, July 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hcm-07092018100731.html

中國維權律師關注組終院外默站要求內地釋放被囚律師 (China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group urges mainland authorities to release detained rights lawyers)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 9, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1406029-20180709.htm

“Scornful and contemptuous” of the law: 3 years on, Hong Kong activists rally against Beijing’s lawyer crackdown
Hong Kong Free Press, July 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/09/scornful-contemptuous-law-3-years-hong-kong-activists-rally-beijings-lawyer-crackdown/

中国人权律师团就709案发表声明 谴责打压人权 (China Human Rights Lawyers Group issues statement on 709 Crackdown, denounces suppression)
Radio Free Asia, July 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-07092018100859.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

我国首届统战学 硕士研究生毕业，8名硕士就业情况良好(China awards first master's degrees in field of “United Front”)
The Paper, July 8, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2248307

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

美公民力量 发起拯救泼墨女孩紧急联署 (Initiatives for China urges release of woman who splashed paint on Xi Jinping photo)
Voice of America, July 8, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-initiative-of-china-calls-for-release-of-dong-yaoqing-20180708/4473657.html

Officials in China's Anhui target Xi Jinping critic for “psychiatric treatment”
Radio Free Asia, July 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/xi-critic-07092018130009.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

北京郊區再現驅趕外來人口 工廠被關工人失工作 (Beijing starts a new wave of purging migrant workers in suburbs as factories close)
Radio France Internationale, July 9, 2018
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20180708-北京郊區再次重現驅趕外來人口-工廠被關工人失工作

ICTs and Human Rights (信息科技与人权)

Inside China’s dystopian dreams: A.I., shame and lots of cameras
The New York Times, July 8, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/08/business/china-surveillance-technology.html

从拍片到连坐 政府惩罚“失信”者 (Chinese authorities step up efforts in public shaming of debt defaulters and their families)
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hj-07062018103605.html

Related:
让守信者受益 失信者难行——中国诚信建设深度调查 (Investigative report of China’s social credit system)
Xinhua, July 8, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-07/08/c_1123095172.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

劉曉波逝世一周年前夕　公民黨等收集簽名　促釋放劉霞 (Hong Kong activist groups launch signature campaign for Liu Xia's release by China before first anniversary of Liu Xiaobo’s death)
The Stand News, July 9, 2018
http://thestandnews.com/politics/劉曉波逝世一周年前夕-公民黨等收集簽名-促釋放劉霞/

In rare move, Hong Kong justice department seeks mainland legal advice in joint checkpoint fight
South China Morning Post, July 9, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2154357/rare-move-hong-kong-justice-department-seeks-mainland-legal

Leading Hong Kong law scholar proposes rules limiting Beijing’s power to interfere with local court decisions
South China Morning Post, July 9, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2154297/leading-hong-kong-law-scholar-proposes-rules

Hong Kong equality groups hold book exhibition after LGBTQ-themed children’s titles removed from library shelves
Hong Kong Free Press, July 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/09/hong-kong-equality-groups-hold-book-exhibition-lgbtq-themed-childrens-titles-removed-library-shelves/

稱加入基本法委員會償心願　梁美芬：23條係好嘢　港人要珍惜 (Basic Law Committee member and legislator Priscilla Leung: Article 23 is good for Hongkongers)
The Stand News, July 9, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/指加入基本委員會償心願-梁美芬-23條係好嘢-港人要珍惜/

Pro-democracy activist Avery Ng denies inciting protesters outside Beijing’s liaison office, Hong Kong court hears
South China Morning Post, July 9, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2154482/pro-democracy-activist-avery-ng-denies

Over 30 UK parliamentarians urge British gov’t to raise concerns over Hong Kong freedoms
Hong Kong Free Press, July 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/09/30-uk-parliamentarians-urge-british-govt-raises-concerns-hong-kong-freedoms/

Related:
30多名英國會議員聯署　促英外交部關注香港人權狀況 (UK Foreign Secretary urged to monitor human rights situation in Hong Kong)
The Stand News, July 9, 2018
http://thestandnews.com/international/30多名英國會議員聯署-促英外交部關注香港人權狀況/

Rights lawyers slam Hong Kong plans to tighten asylum procedures, calling proposals “wholly unreasonable”
South China Morning Post, July 7, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2154233/rights-lawyers-slam-hong-kong-plans-tighten

Education center with aim to promote Chinese national identity opens in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, July 7, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2154169/education-centre-aim-promote-chinese-national-identity-opens

Access to Justice (司法公正)

人权观察呼吁中国释放被抓捕律师 (Human Rights Watch urges China to release detained rights lawyers)
Voice of America, July 6, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-activists-20180706/4470275.html

Related:
709案三周年 家属发起感恩行 (Family members of rights lawyers begin “March of Gratitude” as third anniversary of 709 Incident approaches)
Radio Free Asia, July 5, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-07052018092307.html

最高检将新设公益诉讼检察厅，保障更好地履行检察公益诉讼 (Supreme People's Procuratorate to add public interest litigation procuratorate division)
Procuratorate Daily WeChat, July 6, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2245575

China holds journalist who wrote articles criticizing Hunan officials
实名举报官员 媒体人陈杰人被带走调查
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-holds-journalist-who-wrote-articles-criticizing-hunan-officials-07062018114318.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf2-07062018085008.html

「潑墨女孩」下落不明　網友仿效行動 肇慶習近平宣傳畫像被塗泥漿 (“Ink woman” goes viral, inspires imitation)
The Stand News, July 6, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/潑墨女孩-下落不明-網友仿效行動-肇慶習近平宣傳畫像被塗泥漿

衡水桃城法院司法建议：限制“老赖”子女就读高收费学校 (Hebei court proposes to restrict debt defaulters’ children from attending expensive schools)
Hengshui Taocheng People's Court WeChat, July 6, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2245934

Interview: witness recalls “the smell of innocent blood” from July 5, 2009
Radio Free Asia, July 5, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/urumchi-anniversary-07052018172828.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

A deadline looms in China’s battle with foreign firms over Taiwan
The Economist, July 6, 2018
https://www.economist.com/china/2018/07/05/a-deadline-looms-in-chinas-battle-with-foreign-firms-over-taiwan

Related:
China recognizes Indian airline's website change on Taiwan
Xinhua, July 6, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/d/2018-07-06/detail-ihexfcvk4234952.shtml

China's organ transplant system feted despite transparency doubts
Channel NewsAsia, July 6, 2018
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-s-organ-transplant-system-feted-despite-transparency-doubts-10504290

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

疫苗受害者家长：中国法官枉法 (Over 40 parents of vaccine victims file wrongful conviction petition with court supervision committee)
Radio Free Asia, July 5, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/ql2-07052018092159.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

辽宁省大连市委原常委、原常务副市长袁克力被开除党籍和公职 (Former Dalian Executive Vice Mayor expelled from Party and removed from job for serious disciplinary and legal violations)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, July 6, 2018
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/yaowen/201807/t20180706_175231.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

APP注销难：设置重重障碍 为留住用户手段五花八门 (Difficulty in uninstalling smartphone apps raises privacy concerns)
Xinhua, July 6, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/zgjx/2018-07/06/c_137305184.htm

Guangzhou subway considering facial recognition for security checks
SupChina, July 6, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/07/06/guangzhou-subway-considering-facial-recognition-for-security-checks/

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong says prison complaints system is a “black box operation”
Hong Kong Free Press, July 6, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/06/hong-kong-democracy-activist-joshua-wong-says-prison-complaints-system-black-box-operation/

Related:
斥懲教署投訴組黑箱作業　黃之鋒入稟民事索償　冀盤問涉事職員 (Joshua Wong seeks damages in civil suit after complaint to Correctional Services Department dismissed)
Mingpao, July 6, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180706/s00001/1530862699502

【同志伴侶簽證案】何君堯：判決如木馬屠城　批法官制訂法律 (Legislators see QT judgment threat to traditional marriage, plan to close “loophole”)
The Stand News, July 5, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/同志伴侶簽證案-何君堯-判決如木馬屠城-批法官制訂法律/

Commentary (评论)

From Singapore to the US, overseas Chinese are increasingly fearful of criticizing Beijing. Is this what China wants?
South China Morning Post, July 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/china/article/2153771/singapore-us-overseas-chinese-are-increasingly-fearful

Sex pests on the subway: China is finally cracking down, thanks to its brave women
South China Morning Post, July 6, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/united-states/article/2153965/sex-pests-subway-china-finally-cracking-down

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Shanghai woman missing, believed detained after inking poster of President
“泼墨女孩”一天内被广泛传播 中国网民赞其勇敢
Radio Free Asia, July 5, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/ink-07052018111115.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf2-07052018092434.html

UN experts seek urgent release of widow of human rights activist Liu Xiaobo
South China Morning Post, July 5, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2153817/un-experts-seek-urgent-release-liu-xiaobos-widow

Related:
联合国专家呼吁中国政府释放刘霞 (UN experts urge China to release Liu Xia)
Voice of America, July 5, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-un-experts-seek-urgent-release-of-window-of-chinese-dissident-liu-xiaobo-20180704/4467713.html

河北衡水法院将“老赖”拍成“大片”，在每场电影开始前公映 (Hebei court broadcasts debtors’ personal information as “movie trailer” in local theaters)
Higher People’s Court of Hebei Province, July 5, 2018
http://www.hebeicourt.gov.cn/public/detail.php?id=30456

Stern Hu: Australian former Rio Tinto executive released from Chinese jail
The Guardian, July 4, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/04/stern-hu-australian-former-rio-tinto-executive-released-from-chinese-jail

网上点赞刺警行为 男子被行拘10日 (Netizen jailed for 10 days after applauding police-stabbing suspect online)
Beijing News, July 4, 2018
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2018/07/04/493784.html

谢阳：709案是中国司法史的屈辱标志 (Human rights lawyer on 709 Incident: a disgrace in legal history of China)
Radio Free Asia, July 4, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/wy-07042018105845.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China's Xi Jinping warns again graft fight not yet over
Reuters, July 5, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics/chinas-xi-jinping-warns-again-graft-fight-not-yet-over-idUSKBN1JV03I

上海检察院原检察长陈旭受贿案一审开庭 (Corruption trial begins for former Chief of Shanghai People’s Procuratorate)
Legal Daily, July 5, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-07/05/content_7587133.htm?node=5955

中央纪委 国家监委：逾27000人违反八项规定被查 (Over 27,000 officials investigated in first five months of 2018 for violating CPC Eight-point Regulation)
People's Daily, July 5, 2018
http://tv.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0705/c61600-30127800.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Top Hong Kong court grants UK lesbian right to spousal visa
Reuters, July 3, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-britain-lgbt/hong-kong-court-grants-british-lesbian-right-to-spousal-visa-idUSKBN1JU083

Related:
“Why should we give up our life?”: lesbian expat criticizes “pure discrimination” of Hong Kong gov’t after court victory
Hong Kong Free Press, July 5, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/05/give-life-lesbian-expat-criticises-pure-discrimination-hong-kong-govt-court-victory/

楊潤雄：今屆政府不重推國教科　用港人接受方式推行　黃之鋒：國教分拆上市 (Secretary of Education will not re-launch “national education” as independent subject, Joshua Wong warns diminishing academic freedom)
The Stand News, July 5, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/楊潤雄-今屆政府不重推國教科-用港人接受方式推行-黃之鋒-國教分拆上市/

Hong Kong’s Law Society and Bar Assoc. condemn “unjustified, derogatory and personal attacks” against judge
Hong Kong Free Press, July 5, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/05/hong-kongs-law-society-bar-assoc-condemn-unjustified-derogatory-personal-attacks-judge/

Related:
Joint statement of the Law Society of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Bar Association in response to personal attacks on a judge
香港律師會與香港大律師公會　就一名法官受到人身攻擊發表的聯合聲明
Law Society of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Bar Association, July 4, 2018
EN: https://hkba.org/sites/default/files/20180704%20-%20Joint%20Statement%20-%20Attacks%20on%20the%20Judiciary%20%28English%29.pdf
CH: https://hkba.org/sites/default/files/20180704%20-%20Joint%20Statement%20-%20Attacks%20on%20the%20Judiciary%20%28Chinese%29.pdf

Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong ordered to pay HK$8,000 legal fees after losing compensation claim
South China Morning Post, July 4, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2153787/hong-kong-democracy-activist-joshua-wong

Commentary (评论)

評QT判決：同性伴侶權利之法律戰 (QT judgment: definition of marriage unchanged, same-sex couples’ legal rights still unequal)
The Stand News, July 4, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/lgbtq/評qt判決-同性伴侶權利之法律戰/

【觸不得的紅線．3】我曾把自己當中國人 — 專訪西藏流亡政府駐台代表 (I used to identify as Chinese, says Dalai Lama’s former translator)
The Stand News, July 4, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/台灣/觸不得的紅線-3-我曾把自己當中國人-專訪西藏流亡政府駐台代表/

China’s Belt and Road: exporting evangelism?
The Diplomat, July 4, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/07/chinas-belt-and-road-exporting-evangelism/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

709婚礼受阻 维权人士遭软禁 (Rights activists under house arrest for planning to wed on July 9, third anniversary of 709 Incident)
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-07032018092431.html

無綫專訪「709事件」維權律師王宇　稱當局曾以其子要挾認罪 (Human rights lawyer arrested in 709 Incident was forced to plead guilty as authority threatened to destroy her son’s future)
Mingpao, July 2, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180702/s00004/1530527610771

李文足等709家屬計劃到多間看守所探望被捕維權人士 (709 lawyers’ family members visit detained rights lawyers and activists in jails)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 3, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1404894-20180703.htm

中国律协章程加强党建：律师要跟党走 (All China Lawyers Association adds Party ideology into charter)
Radio Free Asia, July 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-07022018093913.html

Police detain dissident in China's Hunan on “orders from higher up”
曾撰文批评习近平而因言获罪　作家彭佩玉近日再度被抓
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/police-detain-dissident-in-chinas-hunan-07032018120408.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/writer-07032018074107.html

Uyghur exile group leader’s mother died in Xinjiang detention center
Radio Free Asia, July 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/mother-07022018164214.html

遭拆迁七旬老人坠楼身亡 警方认定自杀受质疑 (Elderly protester’s fall from local government building ruled as suicide by police, families disagree)
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-07032018092155.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

上海学童遇袭 官方封锁消息 (Authorities disperse protests and ban news coverage on Shanghai school killing)
Radio Free Asia, July 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/gf1-07022018094055.html

中国人大副校长忠告学生不要告密 (Vice President of Renmin University advises students against snitching)
Radio France Internationale, July 2, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180702-中国人大副校长忠告学生不要告密

All aboard Xi Jinping’s train of Thought as city decorates subway carriages with propaganda
South China Morning Post, July 3, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2153582/all-aboard-chinas-propaganda-express-xi-jinpings-new

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Top Chinese rights lawyer resigns from ruling party in protest
不满被律协抹黑 湖南律师文东海宣布退党
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/resigns-07032018132714.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/gf2-07032018092759.html

党庆前夕 浙江嘉兴爆发警民冲突 (Protesters in Jiaxing City occupy government building, clashing with police)
Radio Free Asia, July 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf2-07022018094233.html

河南杞县一家庭教会被断电及罚款 (House church in Henan is fined and cut off electricity for “illegal gathering”)
Radio Free Asia, July 2, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/ql2-07022018093635.html

Chinese woman denied teaching certificate because of height
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 3, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-44700473

湖南尘肺病人再赴广东深圳维权 (Hundred black lung patients from Hunan demand compensation in Shenzhen, turned away empty handed)
Radio Free Asia, July 3, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/yf2-07032018092545.html