Access to Justice (司法公正)

China detains more than 12 lawyers and activists in end of year crackdown – rights groups
Agence France-Presse, January 3, 2020

Related:
China Detains Eight Activists, Questions More After Dec. 13 Meeting in Xiamen
Radio Free Asia, January 2, 2020

向習近平畫像潑墨被囚精神病院逾兩年　董瑤瓊近日獲釋　父稱變癡呆判若兩人 (Dong Yaoqiong, girl who splashed ink on Xi Jinping's portrait, is released from mental institution after 1 plus year; father fears her deteriorated mental state a result of forced medication in custody)
Stand News, January 3, 2020

全国人大将开通网上信访平台：通过“中国人大网”注册登录 (National People's Congress to set up online petitioning platform)
The Paper, January 2, 2020

Access to Information (信息公开)

官方未澄清疑似SARS病例 网民转发信息八人被警传唤 (Eight citizens summoned by police for sharing information on unidentified pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan)
Radio Free Asia, January 2, 2020

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【武漢肺炎】高鐵西九龍站無防疫告示　武漢乘客無戴口罩 (No health warning signs in high-speed rail station, passengers from Wuhan allowed to enter Hong Kong without face masks, say they have not heard of outbreak)
Ming Pao, January 2, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China to promote occupational skill ranking system
Sina, January 3, 2020

China’s Climate Diplomacy 2.0
The Diplomat, January 2, 2020

Police Collect Children’s Blood Without Parents’ Consent
Bitter Winter, January 2, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

【元旦大圍捕】首批被捕者獲保釋：路經遭圍捕　被要求換灰衫褲　大部分人未見律師 (Arrested protesters forced to wear grey uniforms and slippers when released from police station, majority are delayed access to lawyers)
Stand News, January 3, 2020

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【元旦大圍捕】公安條例容許警方定義「暴動」　監警會國際專家小組成員斥違《基本法》(International expert who withdrew from IPCC investigation criticizes kettling-arrest tactic in New Year’s march says current law allowing police to define "riot" violates rights protected under Basic Law)
Stand News, January 3, 2020

學者不排除當局透過大圍捕迫使和理非人士與勇武派割席 (Scholar says mass arrests might be police's tactic to cause rift between peaceful and radical protesters)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 2, 2020

Officer removed lawmaker’s goggles to pepper spray him as he displayed ‘passive resistance,’ Hong Kong police say
Hong Kong Free Press, January 2, 2020

新公務員工會批警方終止遊行　政府發稿：公務員不應批評執法行動　如違守則將嚴肅處理 (Civil servants union criticizes early termination of peaceful march, while government warns it to stay silent or face consequences)
Stand News, January 3, 2020

Hong Kong teachers' union is one inciting 'white terror' not us, says Education Bureau
South China Morning Post, January 3, 2020

Related:
立法會教育事務委員會通過成立小組研究學校教材 (Legco education committee to establish working group to review teaching materials in schools)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 3, 2020

Hong Kong protests: civil rights group accuses police of breaking international law after three observers are arrested
South China Morning Post, January 2, 2020

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強烈譴責警方阻撓和拘捕三名人權觀察員 (Civil Rights Observer condemns police for obstructing and arresting three human rights observers)
Stand News, January 2, 2020

Teacher seeks evidence to sue Hong Kong’s top cop after being partially blinded by police projectile
Hong Kong Free Press, January 3, 2020

Hong Kong district councillors kick off new term with pledge to pursue protesters' demands amid anti-government movement
South China Morning Post, January 2, 2020

Commentary (评论)

HKFP Lens: The year that changed Hong Kong forever – May James’s best shots from the frontlines, Part 2
Hong Kong Free Press, January 3, 2020

Xinjiang (新疆)

哈国人权组织创办人缓刑期满获自由 (Kazakh rights group founder Serikzhan Bilash released on December 30)
Radio Free Asia, January 1, 2020

China took their parents: the Uighur refugee children of Turkey
Agence France-Presse, January 1, 2020

‘The Darkness Only Deepens’: A Decade Of Stories Of Loss In Xinjiang
SupChina, January 1, 2020

中国如何将新疆穆斯林少数民族改造为工人大军
Inside China's Push to Turn Muslim Minorities Into an Army of Workers
The New York Times, December 31, 2019

Xinjiang's Descent Into Darkness
Foreign Policy, December 30, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China Sentences Wang Yi, Christian Pastor, to 9 Years in Prison
The New York Times, December 30, 2019

Related:
China jails Protestant pastor Wang Yi for 9 years for 'inciting' subversion
Agence France-Presse, December 30, 2019

US calls on China to release jailed Early Rain church founder Wang Yi
South China Morning Post, January 1, 2020

China: "Appalling" jail sentence for outspoken pastor makes mockery of religious freedoms
Amnesty International, December 30, 2019

前代表律師稱王怡因講道被控煽動顛覆國家　判決不公義 (Wang Yi's former legal representative calls Wang Yi’s incitement conviction—for preaching— unjust)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 30, 2019

Five Chinese human rights lawyers, activists detained after secret gathering
South China Morning Post, January 1, 2020

Related:
Urgent Action: China Must Release Activists/Lawyers Detained for Peaceful Assembly
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 2, 2020

川維權律師來港受阻被拘 (Sichuan rights lawyer prevented from going to Hong Kong, then taken from his home; peers worry recurrence of 709)
Ming Pao, January 2, 2020

Access to Information (信息公开)

China internet: Top talking points of 2019 and how they evaded the censors
BBC, December 31, 2019

"脸书"防范台湾大选假新闻侵蚀社媒平台 (Facebook prepares to combat fake news from mainland in upcoming Taiwan presidential elections)
Voice of America, December 30, 2019

Related:
Facebook to set up 'war room' in Taiwan ahead of elections
Taiwan News, December 31, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

人权律师团发表新年献词 形容中国人权大溃烂大倒退 (In new year speech, Chinese human rights lawyers slam "big erosion and setback" in human rights in China)
Radio Free Asia, January 2, 2020

Related:
做好准备，迎接未来 ——中国人权律师团律师2020年新年献辞 (Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Group 2020 new year address)
Independence Chinese Pen Centre, January 1, 2020

Twelve works of art that chart the emotional upheavals of the Hong Kong protests
Quartz, December 31, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

External forces targeting Macau as well as Hong Kong, Chinese official says
South China Morning Post, January 2, 2020

Taiwan president’s New Year address defends law aimed at Beijing influence
South China Morning Post, January 2, 2020

China’s Monumental Year
Foreign Policy, January 1, 2020

中国治藏新模式：思想管控对抗宗教影响 (New mode of Chinese governance in Tibet: Using thought control to combat religious influence)
Radio Free Asia, December 31, 2019

'China has a grand, strategic plan. We don't': how Djibouti became a microcosm of Beijing's growing foothold in Africa
South China Morning Post, December 31, 2019

China Convicts 3 Researchers Involved in Gene-Edited Babies
The Diplomat, December 31, 2019

Related:
China jails 'gene-edited babies' scientist for three years
BBC, December 30, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Hundreds arrested in Hong Kong in New Year's Day protests: police
Reuters, January 2, 2020

Related:
【有殺錯無放過】星島：警採新戰略極速大圍捕　部分人或不涉案 (Swift, mass-scale arrests a new tactic by police, sources say; officer admits rounding up non-suspects)
Stand News, January 2, 2020

銅鑼灣大圍捕　警擴大封鎖範圍阻拍攝　記協批如同新聞封鎖　衝擊新聞自由底線 (Hong Kong Journalist Association slams kettling operation in mass-arrest in Causeway Bay as tantamount to news blockade)
Stand News, January 2, 2020

A million attend pro-democracy demo, say organisers, as Hong Kong police halt protest early amid vandalism, tear gas
Hong Kong Free Press, January 1, 2020

‘Resist tyranny, join a union’: Huge turnout as Hongkongers hit the streets for New Year’s Day protest
Hong Kong Free Press, January 1, 2020

屯門假「便衣警」警署附近截查市民　六旬男遭搶走21萬現金 (Robbers posing as plainclothes police officers stop and search citizens near police station, fleeing with 210,000 HKD in cash)
Ming Pao, January 2, 2020

Hong Kong protests: lawmakers and leaders from 18 countries urge Carrie Lam to set up independent panel to probe police conduct
South China Morning Post, January 1, 2020

警拘 5 人涉協助暴動　指使用非法無線電發布警方布防資訊 (Police arrest five on charges of aiding rioting after they used radio to broadcast information of police front line)
Stand News, January 1, 2020

Education Bureau says it needs to act against Hong Kong teachers found guilty over protest-related misconduct to ensure students’ interests and defend the image of the profession
South China Morning Post, January 2, 2020

Related:
Hong Kong education chief warns principals may be fired if they support teachers under investigation over protests
Hong Kong Free Press, December 30, 2019

Interview: Hong Kong: reporter blinded covering protests on her bid to sue police
The Guardian, December 31, 2019

天水圍6男女貼文宣被圍捕　孕婦跪地嘔吐未獲即時送院 (Police arrest six in Tin Shui Wai for posting on Lennon Wall, make pregnant woman vomiting from forced kneeling wait hours for medical treatment )
Ming Pao, December 31, 2019

Crossing the line: Off-duty police officer, paramedic wade into tear gas to aid injured Hong Kong protesters
South China Morning Post, December 30, 2019

Hong Kong inmates need better living conditions and complaints system before ‘smart prisons’, human rights group says
South China Morning Post, December 30, 2019

Hong Kong’s police were once revered. Now they’re just a blunt tool, ex-cop says
Los Angeles Times, December 28, 2019

Commentary (评论)

Interview with Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute: Hon Kong's civil polls might be facing censorship)
The Initium, January 2, 2020

「黃色經濟圈」轉型建基於產業廣泛化 (Expansion of "Yellow Economic Circle" in Hong Kong hinges on diversification)
Stand News, January 1, 2020

Equality watchdog chief’s words on same-sex marriage point to inaction and deference to discrimination
Hong Kong Free Press, January 1, 2020

Hong Kong’s Looming 2047 Question
The Diplomat, January 1, 2020

Xinjiang (新疆)

新疆镇压行动中的维吾尔族儿童
In China’s Crackdown on Muslims, Children Have Not Been Spared
The New York Times, December 30, 2019

美国会推进涉疆法案，制裁拘禁穆斯林的中国官员
Congress Wants to Force Trump’s Hand on Human Rights in China and Beyond
The New York Times, December 30, 2019

Thousands Rally in Indonesia, Malaysia to Protest China’s Treatment of Uyghurs
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2019

Related:
‘Get out, China’: Indonesian Muslims march to protest against treatment of Uygurs
South China Morning Post, December 28, 2019

China Denies Jailed Former Xinjiang University President Sentenced to Death
Radio Free Asia, December 27, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese court sentences Early Rain Church pastor to nine years jail for subversion
Reuters, December 30, 2019

六四天網黃琦二審維持原判 囚巴中12年 (Activist Huang Qi's sentence upheld during appeal, to serve 12 years prison term in Bazhong)
Ming Pao, December 30, 2019

China axes 'custody and education' system which subjected sex workers to forced labour
Independent, December 29, 2019

Related:
China scraps extra-judicial forced labor for sex workers
Reuters, December 28, 2019

‘Nothing except lies’: Ex-inmate hits back at China over prison labour row
Agence France-Presse, December 29, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

中國官媒引述「香港新疆事務屬中國內政」　韓外交部指文在寅被曲解　向中方轉達正確版本 (South Korea's Ministry of Affairs says Chinese state media misquoted president Moon Jae-in, did not reaffirm Hong Kong and Xinjiang issues are China's internal affairs)
Stand News, December 30, 2019

Taiwan's citizens battle pro-China fake news campaigns as election nears
The Guardian, December 30, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

2020台湾大选：总统候选人电视辩论聚焦“一国两制”、香港示威和《反渗透法 》(One Country Two Systems, Hong Kong protests, and anti-infiltration law: Taiwan presidential candidates debate before 2020 elections)
BBC, December 29, 2019

Related:
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen says talks with Beijing could resume
South China Morning Post, December 30, 2019

China Expands Drug-Buying Program to Cut Costs for Patients
Bloomberg, December 29, 2019

China’s coal production on the rise, along with reports of mining accidents
South China Morning Post, December 28, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

人臉辨識監控無第三方監察ㅤ澳門科技業界人士︰權力可以無限大 (Macau's technology sector concerned at police's use of facial recognition for surveillance without third-party supervision)
Stand News, December 28, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong to end year with multiple protests, kick off 2020 with big march
Reuters, December 30, 2019

Hong Kong student beaten by police diagnosed with PTSD, abandons upcoming exams
Hong Kong Free Press, December 30, 2019

Related:
台灣教會支援約二百港人　大部分學生有創傷症候群徵狀 (Taiwan church offers humanitarian aid to 200 Hong Kongers who fled the city, says most students suffer from PTSD)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 30, 2019

港鐵新工會爭公開7.21、8.31CCTV 主席：想擺脫「黨鐵」之名為市民服務 (Newly formed MTR workers union urges disclosure of surveillance footage for Yuen Long and Prince Edward attacks)
Inmediahk.net, December 30, 2019

Related:
江永祥：有人帶示威者入元朗　牽引 721 襲擊　否認最先到場軍裝警「逃走」("Someone brought protesters to Yuen Long" and led to 7.21 attacks, says police in interview; denies officers "fled" after first arriving on scene)
Stand News, December 30, 2019

社協：去年48宗在囚人士企圖自殺　應獨立檢討 (NGO received 48 reports of prisoners trying to commit suicide in jail this year, urges independent review of complaint mechanisms)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 30, 2019

Pro-Beijing party scrambling to find 200 jobs and restore morale of staff crushed in Hong Kong elections
South China Morning Post, December 30, 2019

葉建源認為楊潤雄說法非常不恰當　將校長置於政治風眼 (Legislator slams Secretary for Education after threats that headmasters who support teachers suspended for protest-conduct could face disqualification)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 29, 2019

Related:
Hong Kong protests: school principal hoping to bring warring sides together one sharing session at a time
South China Morning Post, December 29, 2019

早前稱自願參與　楊潤雄今指要求出版社提交通識教科書 (Education chief reaffirms "voluntary participation" while reports say publishers required to submit Liberal Studies textbook for review)
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 29, 2019

All I want for Christmas is a free Hong Kong: how activists used festive cards to get the word out
Hong Kong Free Press, December 29, 2019

Hong Kong district council elections: will victories for three openly gay candidates pave the way for improved LGBT rights in the city?
South China Morning Post, December 29, 2019

Taiwan seeking legal help from Hong Kong has ‘nothing to do with politics’
South China Morning Post, December 29, 2019

The Hong Kong resistance is only just getting started
Quartz, December 28, 2019

Hong Kong police paid $17 million in allowances related to protest
Hong Kong Free Press, December 28, 2019

In Hong Kong, local entrepreneurs champion the pro-democracy cause
Hong Kong Free Press, December 28, 2019

Hong Kong's year in seven intense emotions
BBC, December 28, 2019

Commentary (评论)

Why China’s crackdown on academic freedom will backfire
South China Morning Post, December 29, 2019

Hong Kong’s election Catch-22: if the vote was valid, you’re disqualified; if it wasn’t, then you lose your seat
Hong Kong Free Press, December 29, 2019

The ‘Infinity War’ in the Streets of Hong Kong
The New York Times, December 27, 2019

India and China may have border disputes, but they find common ground on dealing with protests
South China Morning Post, December 27, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

新疆伊犁居民外出须填写请假审批表 (Residents of Ili prefecture required to seek "vacation approval" for leaving their village)
Radio Free Asia, December 26, 2019