Access to Justice (司法公正)

成都教會牧師王怡下周一受審 (Early Rain Covenant Church pastor Wang Yi to be tried on Nov. 25, "sensitive" individuals warned not to attend hearing)
Ming Pao, November 21, 2019

Is China Detaining Hong Kong Protesters on the Mainland?
Foreign Policy, November 20, 2019

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U.K. Summons Chinese Ambassador in 'Outrage' Over Tortured Consular Employee
Radio Free Asia, November 20, 2019

China: UK consulate worker allegations fit pattern of endemic torture on mainland
Amnesty International, November 20, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese State Media Runs Facebook Ad With Bill Gates Talking About How Great China Is Doing
Gizmodo, November 20, 2019

NYU Shanghai Quietly Added Pro-Government Course at Behest of Chinese Government
Vice, November 20, 2019

Students in China Indoctrinated to Abhor Hong Kong Protestors
Bitter Winter, November 19, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

A Prominent Chinese-American Artist Is the Latest to Fall Afoul of China’s Censors
The New York Times, November 20, 2019

Carleton student group warns members to avoid upsetting Chinese officials in upcoming embassy visit
Globe and Mail, November 20, 2019

Tibetans Cast Alarm on High-Tech Persecution of Faiths in China
Bitter Winter, November 18, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

香港人权法案获美国两院通过，将提交总统批准
U.S. Bill Supporting Hong Kong Rights Heads to Trump’s Desk
The New York Times, November 21, 2019

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China summons U.S. Embassy official to lodge protest against U.S. Senate's passing of HK-related bill
Xinhua, November 20, 2019

特區政府：美眾院通過涉港法案　無助香港局勢降溫 (U.S. bill will not help de-escalate the situation, says HKSAR government)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 21, 2019

Pence Warns Trade Deal ‘Very Hard’ If Hong Kong Uses Violence
Bloomberg, November 20, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Huawei: US grants more exemptions to Chinese phone ban
BBC, November 20, 2019

China's Megvii seeks approval for Hong Kong IPO despite U.S. blacklist: sources
Reuters, November 19, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Despair and destruction at Hong Kong's Polytechnic University - in pictures
The Guardian, November 22, 2019

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【圍困理大】警開咪嘲留守者要食生命麵包　網民發起「和你食包」：食包唔可恥，Popo 你食屎 (Daily "Lunch With You" protesters eat plain bread today to show solidarity after police mock starving students trapped in PolyU)
Stand News, November 22, 2019

民間記者會引述理大抗爭者：校內非人生活 轟警「想殺死我哋」("They're trying to kill us": Letter from trapped PolyU student slams inhumane treatment by police, "peaceful resolution" just ends in over 200 arrests)
Inmediahk.net, November 22, 2019

Abuse and acrimony as crisis-hit Hong Kong holds district polls
Channel NewsAsia, November 22, 2019

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網民發表《連登共同宣言》：11.24 絕不破壞，齊齊投票 (Joint declaration circulated on LIHKG urging protesters to vote on district elections on Sunday)
Stand News, November 22, 2019

'Police election presence needed to make voters feel safe'
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 22, 2019

趙家賢永世記得耳廓被扯甩聲音　至今仍感陣痛頭暈 ("I will always remember the sound": District elections candidate who had ear bitten off by attackers leaves hospital, prepares for election)
Ming Pao, November 22, 2019

被捕人士庭上稱遭警狂毆 鄧炳強指非新鮮事：成日都有 ("Complaints like these happen all the time," says new Police Commissioner after hundreds of protesters brought to court claim beaten by police and magistrate urged authorities to act)
Inmediahk.net, November 22, 2019

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【圍困理大】首批被告 19 人控暴動　投訴警毆打推倒至手掌骨折　延 42 小時送院 (First batch charged with rioting in PolyU siege raise complaints of police brutality and 42-hour delay in being sent to hospital)
Stand News, November 22, 2019

Hong Kong hospitals find themselves on protest frontlines
Reuters, November 22, 2019

西灣河被槍傷男子被控非法集結　警方不排除加控罪行 (Protester shot in abdomen by live round charged with illegal assembly)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 22, 2019

15 學者、宗教人士宣布絕食　要求警方和平解決理大事件 (Scholars and religious leaders start hunger strike to demand independent investigation of police violence, peaceful resolution and dropping of rioting charges in PolyU crisis, and go-ahead for district council elections)
Stand News, November 21, 2019

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社福界下月罷工3日促查警暴設獨立調查委員會　1215遊行路線待定 (Social welfare sector to go on strike for three days in December urging establishment of independent commission to investigate police violence)
Ming Pao, November 21, 2019

Hong Kong protests: call for peace from son of Luo Changqing, killed by brick hurled during Sheung Shui clash
South China Morning Post, November 21, 2019

人民日報轟港法院判刑輕　倡設特別法庭快審快判　再斥高院廢《禁蒙面法》(People's Daily urges setting up special court to speed up prosecution of protesters, slams Hong Kong courts for light sentencing and "exceeding authority" in anti-mask law ruling)
Stand News, November 22, 2019

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北京警告可能干预香港司法裁决
In Warning to Hong Kong’s Courts, China Shows Who Is Boss
The New York Times, November 21, 2019

Commentary (评论)

China Must Free Huang Xueqin and End Harassment Against Women Human Rights Defenders
Frontline Defenders, November 21, 2019

International humanitarian norms are violated in Hong Kong
The Lancet, November 21, 2019

“新疆文件”说明了什么？
Between the Lines of the Xinjiang Papers
The New York Times, November 21, 2019

In Hong Kong, Beijing’s tough talk could spark a constitutional crisis: The rule of law is at the heart of the protests
Washington Post, November 21, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

Xinjiang ‘Pair Up’ Campaign Highlights Power Imbalance Between Chinese ‘Relatives,’ Uyghur Hosts
Radio Free Asia, November 19, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Four Tibetan Monks are Detained After Calling for Tibet’s Independence
Radio Free Asia, November 19, 2019

NPCSC Legislative Affairs Commissions Criticizes Hong Kong Court’s Mask Ban Ruling, Signals Possible NPCSC Intervention
NPC Observer, November 18, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

Senior CPC official stresses high-quality development of Chinese movies
Xinhua, November 20, 2019

How China Influences Media in Central and Eastern Europe
The Diplomat, November 19, 2019

Hong Kong: How Chinese media are reporting the crisis
Deutsche Welle, November 19, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Beijing officials deny permit for show of Chinese-American artist amid political tensions
The Art Newspaper, November 19, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

U.S. Senate unanimously passes Hong Kong rights bill backing protesters
Reuters, November 20, 2019

11th China-US Political Party Leaders Dialogue opens in Beijing
China Internet Information Center, November 19, 2019

Some passenger trains between mainland China and HK suspended: Global Times
Reuters, November 19, 2019

Taiwan president alleges Chinese electoral interference
Associated Press, November 19, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

EU Poised to Send Warning to China on 5G
Bloomberg, November 19, 2019

Zuckerberg’s Anti-China Rhetoric Roils Facebook Employees
The Information, November 19, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Former U.K. Consulate Employee Says Chinese Secret Police Tortured Him
The Wall Street Journal, November 20, 2019

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英領館職員稱內地被拘留遭虐待盤問　逼供出英助港示威情報　返港「被辭職」正尋庇護 (British consulate staff Simon Cheng seeks asylum, says he was tortured while detained in mainland for intelligence that UK was supporting Hong Kong's protests)
Ming Pao, November 20, 2019

稱警方怕影響部署　拒公開催淚彈成分　陳肇始：示威者縱火、擲汽油彈產生二噁英 (Department of Health says tear gas chemical ingredients should not be disclosed because it would "affect police deployment," claims carcinogenic dioxins came from fires started by protesters)
Stand News, November 20, 2019

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清潔工硬食催淚彈二噁英 團體促改派專業人員執手尾 (Government's cleaners sent out to work without proper gear for tear gas toxins, labor rights groups urge Food and Environmental Hygiene Department to hire professionals)
Inmediahk.net, November 20, 2019

Hong Kong lawyers, democrats warn against Beijing intervention after court rules mask ban unconstitutional
Hong Kong Free Press, November 20, 2019

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禁蒙面法被判違憲　民主派：律政司建議法庭暫緩執行裁決，容許法例續生效 (Department of Justice to apply to court to allow anti-mask law to remain in force pending appeal on ruling on its constitutionality)
Stand News, November 20, 2019

Hong Kong mask law: Beijing claim on ‘unconstitutional’ ruling could spell end of ‘one country, two systems’, legal heavyweights warn
South China Morning Post, November 20, 2019

Hardcore protesters holed up in Hong Kong PolyU campus for fourth day
Agence France-Presse, November 20, 2019

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李家超：以暴動罪拘捕所有離開理大人士　檢控須研證據 (All personnel who leave besieged PolyU will be arrested for rioting, says Secretary for Justice)
Ming Pao, November 20, 2019

【圍困理大】李家超稱 900 人離開校園「自首」　中學校長指不符警承諾　感愕然 (Headmasters surprised that authorities said students who left PolyU "surrendered," urge clarification on deal that underage students will not be arrested)
Stand News, November 20, 2019

Hong Kong Protests: Over 1,000 Detained at a University, and a Warning From Beijing After a three-day standoff with the police, about 50 protesters remained on the campus of a besieged university
The New York Times, November 18, 2019

Hundreds of Protesters Released From Besieged Hong Kong University: ‘I Feel Lucky to Get Out’
Wall Street Journal, November 19, 2019

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理工大遭封锁，香港学生抗议者父母走上“前线”
Parents of Besieged Hong Kong Protesters Come to the Front Lines
The New York Times, November 20, 2019

Taiwan schoolgirl at Hong Kong Polytechnic campus was ‘too scared to leave’
South China Morning Post, November 19, 2019

Hong Kong police drop ‘pride and care’ motto, now vow to serve with ‘honour, duty and loyalty’
Hong Kong Free Press, November 20, 2019

Albert Ho ambushed, beaten by men with 'canes'
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 19, 2019

Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong banned by Hong Kong court from travelling to London to receive human rights award from British parliament
South China Morning Post, November 19, 2019

Commentary (评论)

My beloved Hong Kong has become a war zone and daily life is full of anxiety
The Guardian, November 20, 2019

Hong Kong Was Never Built to Stand Up to China
The Nation, November 19, 2019

Hong Kong: ‘You either have the rule of law or you don’t’
Financial Times, November 19, 2019

External forces and black hands
China Media Project, November 19, 2019

What the Hong Kong protests can teach the world about enduring social movements
Quartz, November 19, 2019

Hong Kong has declared war against its young people
The Guardian, November 19, 2019

Hong Kong’s Silent Majority Can Speak at the Ballot Box
Foreign Policy, November 19, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

中国回应时报新疆报道，为镇压穆斯林辩护
China Defends Crackdown on Muslims, and Criticizes Times Article
The New York Times, November 19, 2019

Related:
The language used to justify Xinjiang’s camps is being echoed in Hong Kong
Quartz, November 18, 2019

Uyghur Trader Who Went Missing in Xinjiang Ahead of Travel to Turkey Died in Detention
Radio Free Asia, November 18, 2019

Two Chinese representatives dropped from UBC business forum amid anger from Uyghur groups in Canada
The Globe and Mail, November 17, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Background: Zhou Yuanzhi 周远志
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, November 18, 2019

Leniency from China court in Dying to Survive cancer drug case
South China Morning Post, November 18, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

From Hong Kong to the military: the Communist Party’s top new talking points
South China Morning Post, November 15, 2019

Chinese Professor Claims Bank Harassed Him Over ‘Incomplete Map’
Sixth Tone, November 15, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Vietnam Activists Urge Government to Back Off Over China Protest T-Shirt
Radio Free Asia, November 18, 2019

“He refused”: China sees online tributes to an official who freed Muslims in Xinjiang
Quartz, November 18, 2019

Chinese netizens think Mark Zuckerberg betrayed China
South China Morning Post, November 18, 2019

The shifting patterns of transport worker protests in China present a major challenge to the trade union
China Labour Bulletin, November 18, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Sweden honours imprisoned writer despite Chinese threats
Agence France-Presse, November 16, 2019