Xinjiang (新疆)

《透視大中華》：羈押新疆再教育營　事主談及被虐經歷 (Audio: Interviews with survivors of Xinjiang camps reveal torture, abuse)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 7, 2019

China passes law to make Islam “compatible with socialism”
Al Jazeera, January 6, 2019

Related:
北京通过汉化伊斯兰教5年计划 (Beijing passes 5-year plan to ‘sinify’ Islam)
Radio France Internationale, January 7, 2019

外媒参访再教育营 学员“欢欣鼓舞”接待 (China hosts foreign press on official visit to Xinjiang camps, students give “warm welcome”)
Deutsche Welle, January 7, 2019

Related:
China says pace of Xinjiang “education” will slow, but defends camps
Reuters, January 6, 2019

China offers UN experts to visit Xinjiang vocational centers
The News Pakistan, January 6, 2019

宗教打压扩散云南 三间清真寺遭查封 (Religious crackdown spreads to Yunnan, local Muslims clash with police as government attempts to seize 3 mosques)
Deutsche Welle, January 6, 2019

中共打击维吾尔知识分子，多名学者被拘
China targets prominent Uyghur intellectuals to erase an ethnic identity
The New York Times, January 5, 2019

China sentences ethnic Kazakh artist to “re-education” camp
Radio Free Asia, January 4, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

刘忠林案：蒙冤关押25年 获中国国家赔偿460万 (Liu Zhonglin found innocent after serving 25 years in prison, receives RMB 4.6 million in state compensation
BBC News, January 7, 2019

「辯護詞危害國安」 廣州律師遭釘牌 兩案同提「獨裁者末日恐慌、鷹犬借司法政治打壓」(Guangzhou lawyer Liu Zhengqing’s license revoked, authorities claim his court submissions made in course of representing two clients “endanger national security”)
Ming Pao, January 6, 2019

China “will protect the rights” of Canadians held since arrest of Huawei CFO, justice official says
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

专访：在数字极权时代，希望硅谷坚持原则 (Interview with Zhou Fengsuo after LinkedIn censorship: In the age of digital authoritarianism, Silicon Valley must stand firm on principles)
Deutsche Welle, January 6, 2019

Diplomacy with Chinese characteristics? Cases of self-censorship in Denmark
Hong Kong Free Press, January 5, 2019

Ahead of Tiananmen incident anniversary, China launches a new round of Internet crackdown
The Diplomat, January 4, 2019

Former NYT editor claims publisher drafted letter “all but apologizing” to China for tough story
Fast Company, January 3, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Inside China’s unofficial churches faith defies persecution
South China Morning Post, January 6, 2019

北大马学会内讧白热化 (Peking University Marxist society infighting intensifies as group is “reorganized” with new members sent to condemn activists)
Radio Free Asia, January 4, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

U.S. ups the ante in China rivalry with Asia Reassurance Initiative Act
South China Morning Post, January 5, 2019

Chinese President Xi Jinping gives army its first order of 2019: Be ready for battle
South China Morning Post, January 5, 2019

Taiwan’s president, defying Xi Jinping, calls unification offer “impossible”
The New York Times, January 5, 2019

Related:
Democratic allies should rally to protect Taiwan from China, says Pres. Tsai Ing-wen
Agence France-Presse, January 5, 2019

Beijing “will keep military pressure on Taiwan” after Xi Jinping’s call for unification
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2019

Two voters showed up to a county election in China. So officials decided to cast the ballots themselves
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

被指令未成年人染愛滋　中國最大同志交友程式暫停用戶註冊 (Accused of spreading HIV/AIDS among minors, China’s largest gay dating app Blued suspends user registration, blocks accounts)
The Stand News, January 7, 2019

China could “weaponise cities” if it controlled 5G networks, retired U.S. general says
Bloomberg, January 5, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong immigration chief shoots down “conspiracy” claims over visitor rejections, insisting that officers follow law and policy
South China Morning Post, January 6, 2019

No-shows and early exits – Hong Kong rural chiefs who just can’t find time to attend district council meetings
South China Morning Post, January 5, 2019

Declassified files reveal disagreement between Chris Patten and British government over how to deal with China before Hong Kong handover in 1997
South China Morning Post, January 5, 2019

港人西九站遭押返深圳 張建宗：不涉刑事通報 涂謹申倡訂民事案通報準則 (Arrest of Hong Konger by Shenzhen court officers not part of reporting mechanism, says chief secretary Matthew Cheung)
Ming Pao, January 6, 2019

Related:
Man barred from entering Hong Kong at West Kowloon high-speed rail station
Hong Kong Free Press, January 4, 2019

Husband of under-fire justice secretary Teresa Cheng to be prosecuted in connection with pool he allegedly built without permission
South China Morning Post, January 5, 2019

Hong Kong Justice Sec. Teresa Cheng to appear at legislature to explain “prosecution policy” amid CY row
Hong Kong Free Press, January 4, 2019

Commentary (评论)

2019年／同性婚姻的司法抗爭開跑吧！(The fight for same-sex marriage begins: 3 Hong Kong court cases in 2019)
Inmediahk.net, January 7, 2019

In Hong Kong, a playground for the rich has priority over decent housing
Hong Kong Free Press, January 6, 2019

Notification system is failing to notify
South China Morning Post, January 6, 2019

Why Hong Kong’s religious organisations should not remain silent about repression in China
Hong Kong Free Press, January 6, 2019

China’s Muslims brace for attacks
Foreign Policy, January 5, 2019

She’s on a #MeToo mission in China, battling censors and lawsuits
The New York Times, January 4, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

美学者：中共关押维吾尔知识分子 民族脊梁身陷囹圄 (U.S. scholar publishes list of detained Uyghur intellectuals)
Radio Free Asia, January 3, 2019

Masses of prison guards needed to staff detentions
Bitter Winter, January 3, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Wife of detained rights lawyer rejects blame from China's top prosecutor
Radio Free Asia, January 3, 2019

早報：中國最高法院法官王林清新錄像流出，稱曾因秉公辦案遭院方報復 (Supreme People’s Court judge reportedly taken away after his video account on refusing to hand down judgment as directed surfaced)
The Initium, January 4, 2019

Related
China’s top prosecutor “confident” of finding out what happened to missing papers
South China Morning Post, January 3, 2019

China’s supreme court forced to admit it lost documents in long-running contract dispute
South China Morning Post, December 30, 2018

Thirteen Canadians have been detained in China since Huawei executive’s arrest, says Ottawa
Globe and Mail, January 3, 2019

Related:
China says detained Canadians “without a doubt” violated the law
Reuters, January 3, 2019

Why it matters that a Chinese prosecutor says two detained Canadians “without a doubt” broke the law
Washington Post, January 3, 2019

Owner of China’s biggest torrent site sentenced to 3 years in prison
SupChina, January 3, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

向审查员传授“真相”？中国互联网审查遇两难 (The dilemma of China’s Internet censorship: To do their jobs, reviewers must be taught the truth)
Radio Free Asia, January 3, 2019

China’s state news sites deleted tweets announcing the lunar far side landing
Quartz, January 3, 2019

Under growing pressure, firms outsource censorship
China Digital Times, January 3, 2019

China’s cyber police take aim at “negative information” in new Internet crackdown
South China Morning Post, January 3, 2019

Related:
再紧网络控制 北京网信办责令百度、搜狐深入整改 (Baidu, Sohu ordered to complete another round of “rectification,” apps suspended for one week)
Voice of America, January 4, 2019

China’s education ministry bans harmful apps from school campuses
TechNode, January 3, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Two years of the Foreign NGO Law: How did 2018’s registrations and filings stack up against 2017’s?
ChinaFile, January 3, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese police get more powers on collecting electronic data as evidence
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2019

U.S. issues China travel advisory amid increased tensions
Reuters, January 4, 2019

Related:
China travel advisory
U.S. Department of State - Bureau of Consular Affairs, January 3, 2019

Hong Kong’s “One Country, Two Systems” led to loss of freedom, says Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council
Hong Kong Free Press, January 3, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

LinkedIn reverses course after censoring Chinese profile page of U.S.-based human rights activist Zhou Fengsuo
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2019

一键断网，中国式互联网审查蔓延刚果？(Panic button to cut the Internet: Has China’s censorship spread to the Congo?)
Voice of America, January 3, 2019

China launches first satellite in bid to create global communications network and broaden net access
South China Morning Post, January 2, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

【一地兩檢】內媒：深圳法院人員首次在西九高鐵站拉人 (Mainland court officers make first arrest in West Kowloon rail station)
The Stand News, January 4, 2019

Beijing liaison office lunch for lawmakers likely to be on the premises, which could keep pan-democrats away
South China Morning Post, January 4, 2019

政府今年將開放「資料一線通」網站逾650個數據集 (Government make 650 data sets publicly available in push for smart city)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 4, 2019

Two gay men mount first legal challenges to Hong Kong laws banning same-sex marriage, with court giving their applications green light to proceed
South China Morning Post, January 3, 2019

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam writes to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte over concerns about jailing of four men on drug charges
South China Morning Post, January 3, 2019

邀黃之鋒視像演講　新加坡社運人士非法集會罪成 (Singapore activist guilty of unlawful assembly for inviting Joshua Wong to join 2016 seminar via Skype)
The Stand News, January 3, 2019

One out of three Hongkongers would emigrate if they could - Chinese University of Hong Kong survey
Hong Kong Free Press, January 3, 2019

Commentary (评论)

China thinks it can arbitrarily detain anyone. It is time for change
The Guardian, January 4, 2019

穆斯林世界为何对中国的“古拉格”保持沉默
China’s gulag for Muslims
The New York Times, January 4, 2019

Justice must be seen to be done for Wang Quanzhang
South China Morning Post, January 3, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

The “patriotism” of not speaking Uyghur
SupChina, January 2, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

最高檢察院長：王全璋解僱律師拖延審訊　權益仍獲完善保障 (Supreme People’s Procurator says Wang Quanzhang caused delay by dismissing state-assigned lawyer)
The Stand News, January 3, 2019

成都“12.9” 秋雨圣约教案情况通报：21人遭刑拘及指定居所监视居住，2人被强迫失踪，共23人 (Update on Chengdu Early Rain Church crackdown: 21 under residential surveillance at designated locations, 2 forcefully disappeared)
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 2, 2019

最高检介绍内设机构改革情况：设十个业务检察厅 (Overview of restructuring of Supreme People's Procuratorate)
Beijing News, January 3, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

互联网审查工厂：一个有中国特色的新生行业
Censoring China’s Internet, for stability and profit
The New York Times, January 2, 2019

審查面紗下的大國形象：2018年被微信刪掉的十條新聞 (Seeing the nation behind its veil: 10 news items deleted by WeChat in 2018)
The Initium, January 3, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese policies damaging the ecology, says Tibetan govt-in-exile
Hindustan Times, January 2, 2019

China persecutes independent leftists in the name of Marxism
Global Voices, January 2, 2019

人权律师浦志强缓刑期满转三年安置帮教 (Human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang finishes 3-year suspended sentence, but gets 3 more years of “rehabilitation”)
Radio Free Asia, January 2, 2019

中国压制左派青年，北大学生举行抗议活动
Students defiant as Chinese university cracks down on young communists
The New York Times, January 2, 2019