Hong Kong (香港)

University of Hong Kong told to contact Tiananmen Massacre statue artist as removal ultimatum nears, despite T8 typhoon
Hong Kong Free Press, October 13, 2021

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Artist behind Tiananmen crackdown memorial at University of Hong Kong seeks diplomatic help to relocate Pillar of Shame overseas
South China Morning Post, October 13, 2021

港區國安法｜聯合國人權專家對鄒幸彤被捕表關切　稱國安法不符國際法　律政司：不應評論待決案件(UN human rights experts express concern over arrest of Chow Hang-tung and National Security Law’s non-compliance with international law; DoJ says no comment on pending case)
Ming Pao, October 13, 2021

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Hong Kong: Arrests under security law are serious concern, UN experts call for review
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, October 12, 2021

UN Special Rapporteurs’ communication to China on the erosion of the right to freedom of speech, education, and academic freedom in Hong Kong
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, August 13, 2021, made public October 12, 2021

HRIC submission to UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education Koumbou Boly Barry: “Concerns regarding the right to education and academic freedom in Hong Kong since the implementation of the National Security Law”
Human Rights in China, February 18, 2021

Hong Kong protests: police to trial new anti-riot weapon for tackling violent disorder
South China Morning Post, October 13, 2021

公務員入職考試　明年中要考《國安法》(Civil servants recruitment exam to include National Security Law next year)
Stand News, October 13, 2021

Commentary (评论)

On Internet Freedom, China and Taiwan Are Worlds Apart
The Diplomat, October 12, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

How “Terror Capitalism” Links Uyghur Oppression to the Global Economy
The Nation, October 12, 2021

Explainer | Xinjiang timeline: key dates, events as China denies Western forced labour allegations
South China Morning Post, October 9, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

长沙公益案程渊已被入监湖南津市监狱 吴葛健雄已被秘密送至湖南衡州监狱 亲属吁“寄明信片陪他们渡过坐监的黑暗”(Updates on Changsha Three: Cheng Yuan is imprisoned in Hunan Jin City Prison; Wu Gejianxiong has been sent to Hunan Hengzhou Prison; relatives urge supporters to send postcards to "keep them company through darkness of imprisonment")
Weiquanwang, October 11, 2021

TOP POLICE OFFICIALS PURGED IN LEGAL-POLITICAL RECTIFICATION CAMPAIGN
China Digital Times, October 8, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

台湾庆双十国庆，蔡英文演说：“四个坚持”不向中国屈服(Taiwan celebrates National Day on Oct. 10; in "Four Perseverances" speech, Tsai Ing-wen vows no submission to China.)
Voice of America, October 10, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

China wants an even more dominant state monopoly on the media
Quartz, October 11, 2021

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关于《市场准入负面清单（2021 年版）》 有关情况的说明 (Negative Market Access List)
National Development and Reform Council, October 8, 2021

Chinese Social Sites Ban Online Influencers Capitalizing on Buddhism
China Film Insider, October 11, 2021

CHINESE STATE-BACKED DISINFORMATION ON COVID-19 ORIGINS DOMINATES SEARCH ENGINE RESULTS
China Digital Times, October 8, 2021

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

湖北潜江维权人士彭峰等到市人大要求行使民主选举权利(Human rights activists in Qianjiang, Hubei, demand exercise of democratic election rights at municipal people's congress)
Weiquanwang, October 10, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

As US returns to the UN Human Rights Council, it confronts an increasingly forceful China
South China Morning Post, October 10, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

卸任前德国政治家呼吁"外交抵制"北京冬奥(Before leaving office, German politician calls for "diplomatic boycott" of the Beijing Winter Olympics)
Deutsche Welle, October 11, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s probe into Didi is aimed at addressing national security risks arising from New York listing, Xinhua says
South China Morning Post, October 11, 2021

Facebook’s troubles stir debate over internet control and whether Beijing may have a point in keeping social media giant out
South China Morning Post, October 8, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong’s Democratic Party poised to skip election for first time in decades after window closes on nominations
South China Morning Post, October 12, 2021

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam dismisses suggestion Beijing officials in city have formed shadow government
South China Morning Post, October 10, 2021

Hong Kong lawmakers support plan to bar those convicted under security law from social work
Hong Kong Free Press, October 12, 2021

Hong Kong police to enhance cybersecurity against threat of violent members of anti-government movement ‘going underground’
South China Morning Post, October 10, 2021

Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai to mark 1-year in remand as transfer to High Court delayed to Dec
Hong Kong Free Press, October 12, 2021

【羊村繪本案】言語治療師工會 5 人被控煽動　3 人再申保釋再遭拒　旁聽人士呼生日快樂(Three members of the General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapists arrested for seditious children’s books are denied bail again)
Stand News, October 12, 2021

民主派初選47人案｜王百羽被拒保釋　官稱不信保釋後「不再」危害國安(In denying bail to Henry Wong, one of the 47 pro-democracy figures arrested under the National Security Law, judge says he does not believe Wong would not harm national security if granted bail)
Ming Pao, October 11, 2021

University of Hong Kong’s Wed deadline for removal of 2-ton Tiananmen Massacre statue remains despite two typhoons
Hong Kong Free Press, October 12, 2021

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Sculptor sounds warning on removal of iconic HKU statue
The Standard, October 11, 2021

Hong Kong schools must hold national flag ceremonies at least once a week under new Education Bureau rules
South China Morning Post, October 11, 2021

'This Drop Came So Quickly': Shrinking Schools Add to Hong Kong Exodus
The New York Times, October 11, 2021

Hong Kong press group apologises for ‘suspected theft’ of members’ info as Beijing-backed paper publishes shredded papers
Hong Kong Free Press, October 11, 2021

Hong Kong’s bookshops, losing readers and struggling through economic slump, try to read between ‘red lines’ of national security law
South China Morning Post, October 9, 2021

24歲男認中環暴動囚3年4個月　分析員認非法集結等囚9個月(24-year- old man sentenced to 3 years, 4 months after pleading guilty to rioting; 34-year-old bank analyst gets 9 months in jail for unauthorized assembly in 2019 protests)
Ming Pao, October 11, 2021

蕭澤頤：「假新聞」處心積累煽動群眾　有人立心不良以文化藝術「播毒」(Police Commissioner Raymond Siu says "fake news" is used deliberately to incite public and some people use arts and culture to "spread poison")
Stand News, October 10, 2021

Commentary (评论)

China: UN must act on Xinjiang atrocities after petition shows mass global outrage
Amnesty International, October 11, 2021

Hong Kong policy address: why the gap between elite and public opinion on the blueprint?
South China Morning Post, October 12, 2021

The Tiananmen Massacre statue and the purging of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, October 12, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

NEW ACCOUNTS DESCRIBE TORTURE, FORCED LABOR FACING XINJIANG DETAINEES
China Digital Times, October 7, 2021

China’s Xinjiang faces hidden risk from debt-heavy XPCC, with spending tipped to rise after US withdrawal from Afghanistan
South China Morning Post, October 8, 2021

US judge rejects Esquel Group’s request to remove Xinjiang unit from ‘entity list’
South China Morning Post, October 8, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Luo Changping Detained in China After Criticizing 'The Battle at Lake Changjin'
The New York Times, October 8, 2021

人权律师常玮平遭陕西地方官报复，酷吏名单曝光 (Exposed: Shaanxi officials who brutalized rights lawyer Chang Weiping)
Radio Free Asia, October 7, 2021

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

湖南省怀化市托口水库移民集体要求基本医疗保障与养老社保 (Hunan residents displaced by Huaihua Tuokou Reservoir demand basic medical insurance, social security)
Weiquanwang, October 8, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

CIA Creates Working Group on China as Threats Keep Rising
The Diplomat, October 7, 2021

C.I.A. Reorganization to Place New Focus on China
中情局将成立“中国任务中心”，应对中国挑战
The New York Times, October 8, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

微信回应“后台读取相册”：便于快速发图，新版本中将取消 (Responding to concerns over “background photos reading,” WeChat will discontinue quick image-sharing function in next app update)
The Paper, October 8, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

17 opposition Hong Kong district councillors have oaths of allegiance challenged; 20 more disqualified
South China Morning Post, October 8, 2021

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區議員宣誓｜新界西及離島區議員宣誓17人須補交資料　4人缺席宣誓即時離任(Oaths of 17 district councilors from New Territories West and Outlying Islands questioned by authorities; 4 absent from oath-taking ceremony ousted immediately)
Ming Pao, October 8, 2021

Chinese emblem appears on Hong Kong gov’t websites under updated flag law, local emblem shrinks
Hong Kong Free Press, October 8, 2021

Beijing officials in Hong Kong urge public to embrace national pride, support integration with mainland China
South China Morning Post, October 8, 2021

Hong Kong's oldest university orders Tiananmen statue removal
Agence France-Presse, October 8, 2021

Chinese University Student Union ‘forced to dissolve in such an ugly way,’ ex-leader says
Hong Kong Free Press, October 8, 2021

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中大學生會解散　民主牆遭圍封有學生批扼殺言論自由(CUHK’s “Democracy Wall” shut down following disbandment of students’ union; students call it strangling of freedom of speech)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 7, 2021

National security law: police arrest couple, seize pistol and 92 bullets during raid on northern Hong Kong flat
South China Morning Post, October 8, 2021

Hong Kong public broadcaster RTHK refuses to say why it deleted story about proposed law criminalising insults
Hong Kong Free Press, October 8, 2021

曾被《文匯》轟「放生暴徒」　據報法官沈小民提早退休移英　司法機構拒評(Judge Sham Siu-man, attacked by pro-Beijing newspaper for light sentences to 2019 protestors, to emigrate to UK in early retirement)
Stand News, October 8, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

Xinjiang exports rattled by coronavirus outbreaks in Central Asia as risks from US sanctions loom
South China Morning Post, October 6, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Indictment of Citizens Movement Advocate Xu Zhiyong — A Full Translation
China Change, October 6, 2021

Indictment of Citizens Movement Advocate Ding Jiaxi — A Full Translation
China Change, October 6, 2021

Chinese Labor’s 'Dark Web'
Protocol, October 6, 2021

人权公益人士广州遭抓捕 恐被控“煽动颠覆国家”罪 (Two human rights and public interests activists arrested in Guangzhou may face “inciting subversion” charges)
Voice of America, October 7, 2021