Dozens of Bitter Winter reporters arrested
Bitter Winter, December 27, 2018
New details of secret transfer of Uyghurs
Bitter Winter, December 27, 2018
Muslims forced out of jobs, in Xinjiang and beyond
Bitter Winter, December 26, 2018
Friday, December 28, 2018
Xinjiang (新疆)
Access to Justice (司法公正)
李文足今遞函高院 促查王全璋辦案期限 (Li Wenzu submits letter to court, demands correction of gross delay in handling Wang Quanzhang’s case)
Ming Pao, December 28, 2018
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李文足請願遇混亂 有在場人士阻記者採訪 (Security attempts to block Li Wenzu from submitting letter to court, journalists also obstructed)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 28, 2018
China jails Nanjing blogger for subversion over retweets, slogan
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2018
Canadian could face death penalty in China over drug smuggling charges
Agence France-Presse, December 27, 2018
Access to Information (信息公开)
Minitrue: No reporting on Mao commemorative events
China Digital Times, December 27, 2018
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Taiwan: Thousands of “yellow vest” protesters call for tax reform
Al Jazeera, December 27, 2018
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Top Chinese officials forced to carry out self-criticisms as Xi Jinping enforces party loyalty
Agence France-Presse, December 28, 2018
One of China’s former top spy chiefs gets life sentence for taking US$15.8 million in bribes, insider trading
South China Morning Post, December 27, 2018
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前国安高官马建被判无期，与郭文贵关系密切
Chinese official tied to billionaire fugitive is sentenced to life in prison
The New York Times, December 28, 2018
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China's answer to U.S. GPS extends coverage beyond Asia Pacific
Bloomberg, December 27, 2018
Chinese home sharing site Xiaozhu to roll out facial recognition-enabled smart locks in Chengdu pilot scheme
South China Morning Post, December 26, 2018
Hong Kong (香港)
立法會公聽會：抗議保安局收緊難民審批程序 (Socialist Action protests at LegCo against security bureau’s tightening of refugee screening process)
Inmediahk.net, December 28, 2018
Elderly homeless man jailed for blocking Umbrella Movement camp clearance free to go after winning sentence appeal
Hong Kong Free Press, December 27, 2018
Biggest pro-Beijing party in Hong Kong calls again for curbs on mainland Chinese tourists to city
South China Morning Post, December 27, 2018
平機會黑箱選主席 社協批不符國際原則 (NGO criticizes appointment of Equal Opportunities Commission chief, calls process “black box operation” for govt appointment of selection committee members)
Inmediahk.net, December 27, 2018
Commentary (评论)
A great shift unseen over the last 40 years
China Change, December 28, 2018
China doesn’t have to keep playing the victim
Foreign Policy, December 27, 2018
Grinch China: Three decades of China’s problem with Christianity
The Diplomat, December 27, 2018
China’s bumbling police state: The only thing protecting human rights from the bureaucracy? Inefficiency.
Wall Street Journal, December 26, 2018
Thursday, December 27, 2018
Xinjiang (新疆)
Anti-Muslim repression expands outside Xinjiang
Bitter Winter, December 25, 2018
China applies Xinjiang’s policing lessons to other Muslim areas
Wall Street Journal, December 24, 2018
Access to Justice (司法公正)
律师王全璋接受不公开庭审，被秘密关押三年
China holds secret trial for rights lawyer after 3 years in detention
The New York Times, December 26, 2018
【王全璋案】多名聲援者被帶走 外交官無法旁聽 法院：將擇期宣判 (Wang Quanzhang trial: Wife, journalists, diplomats barred from attendance, supporters arrested)
The Stand News, December 26, 2018
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王全璋案涉国家秘密不公开审理 择日宣判 (Wang Quanzhang’s case involves state secrets, trial will not be public)
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2018Travesty of justice: Free rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang now
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, December 26, 2018
律师刘正清面临吊销执业证 (Liu Zhengqing, lawyer who represented Huang Qi and Qin Yongmin, has license revoked for endangering national security)
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2018
Leading Chinese Marxist student taken away by police on Mao’s birthday
Reuters, December 26, 2018
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毛泽东诞辰日 北大左派学生被警察带走 (Peking University Marxist society student kidnapped by police on Mao’s birthday)
Deutsche Welle, December 26, 2018
Thai court acquits Chinese dissident of immigration-related charges
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2018
Jailed Taiwan rights activist “treated inhumanely” in Chinese prison: Wife
Radio Free Asia, December 24, 2018
秦永敏狱中传遭迫害 妻子赵素利称其性命垂危
Chinese rights group fears for health of veteran democracy activist
Radio Free Asia, December 24, 2018
Access to Information (信息公开)
For China’s web platforms, the future is sanitized
Sixth Tone, December 26, 2018
British publisher pulls academic journals from China after government complaint
Reuters, December 24, 2018
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Tibetan passport restrictions limit attendance at Dalai Lama prayer gathering
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2018
“我们不会抛弃信仰”：政府严打下的中国地下教会
As China cracks down on churches, Christians declare, “We will not forfeit our faith”
The New York Times, December 25, 2018
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圣诞在中国：多地再颁圣诞禁令 “洋节”争议显官方对宗教忧虑 (Christmas in China: Multiple provinces issue “Christmas ban,” full police surveillance on public spaces, schools encourage boycott against festival)
BBC News, December 25, 2018Protestant “house churches” raided in China on Christmas Eve
Radio Free Asia, December 25, 2018
Hong Kong activists send more than 1,000 cards to political prisoners
Radio Free Asia, December 25, 2018
Government Accountability (政府问责)
CPC meeting underlines core status of Xi
Sina English, December 27, 2018
China accuses France of siding with its allies after Paris call for Canadians’ release
South China Morning Post, December 25, 2018
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Germany concerned “political motives” behind China’s detention of Canadians
Agence France-Presse, December 24, 2018
UN members thwart China’s bid to gut funds for Myanmar probe
Human Rights Watch, December 24, 2018
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Company says “smart uniforms” won’t track students
Sixth Tone, December 26, 2018
Huawei vows to push on with 5G development despite bans, Meng Wanzhou arrest
South China Morning Post, December 25, 2018
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华为事件发酵：英国应急服务核心网移除华为设备 (British Telecom confirms removal of Huawei equipment from emergency services network)
BBC News, December 26, 2018
Hong Kong (香港)
Single mainland mothers with children born in city join Christmas Day march to ask for Hong Kong ID cards
South China Morning Post, December 25, 2018
Why Hong Kong rejected Taiwanese singer Freddy Lim’s visa application
South China Morning Post, December 24, 2018
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Taiwan band Chthonic live streams to HK after visa rejection
Focus Taiwan, December 26, 2018入境處拒林昶佐屬越權兼非法 (Visa denial for Chthonic Freddy Lim is ultra-vires and against the law)
Inmediahk.net, December 24, 2018
Hong Kong justice chief Teresa Cheng under fire after rejecting calls to further explain CY Leung’s UGL payment case
South China Morning Post, December 26, 2018
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鄭若驊說法違背律政司一貫政策 亦違反法治精神 (Teresa Cheng’s explanation is against Department of Justice common practice and spirit of the rule of law, says scholar)
The Stand News, December 27, 2018
Commentary (评论)
Human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang’s secret trial
Jerome Cohen, December 27, 2018
Why the Jasic dispute matters: This year and in the years to come
China Labour Bulletin, December 24, 2018
My declaration: The faith of disobedience
China Change, December 24, 2018
Monday, December 24, 2018
Xinjiang (新疆)
“We are very scared”: Chinese Muslims in Ningxia fear they are next for internment camps
The Telegraph, December 21, 2018
Indonesian Muslims protest China’s detention of Uyghurs
Associated Press, December 21, 2018
Popular Uyghur comedian disappears, believed detained
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2018
Beijing slams reports of forced labor in Muslim detention camps
The Telegraph, December 21, 2018
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China’s death penalty is popular and releasing data will fuel calls for more executions, judge says
Reuters, December 21, 2018
Tiananmen Square protest leader charged with subversion in China's Guangxi
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2018
加强维稳 广东驱逐异议人士
Dissidents forced to leave China's Guangdong in “stability maintenance” crackdown
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2018
Access to Information (信息公开)
Chinese tech under the microscope: U.S. agencies step up reviews of research activity on American campuses
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2018
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Hong Kong Christians don all black in show of support for mainland Chinese believers facing crackdown ahead of Christmas
South China Morning Post, December 23, 2018
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China's campaign against Christmas makes celebrating a difficult choice for citizens
Global Voices, December 22, 2018The crackdown on Chengdu Early Rain Covenant Church: A backgrounder
China Change, December 21, 2018
Translation: Monitoring and harassment of Renda workers’ rights group
China Digital Times, December 21, 2018
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