Uyghur genocide report ‘deeply disturbing,’ says UN
Agence France-Presse, December 13, 2021
US sanctions Chinese AI firm SenseTime, Xinjiang officials, citing human rights abuses
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2021
Monday, December 13, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
Access to Justice (司法公正)
China places lawyers, activists under house arrest on Human Rights Day
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2021
Jailed Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan explains motivations in pre-arrest videos
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2021
广西维权律师陈家鸿律师煽颠案将于2021年12月14日上午开庭宣判(Guangxi Human Rights lawyer Chen Jiahong's incitement case will be tried on December 14, 2021)
Weiquanwang, December 13, 2021
天津公开退党第一人、维权人士张兰英涉嫌“寻衅滋事”案将于2021年12月17日在天津市南开区法院开庭审理(Rights activist Zhang Lanying—the first person in Tianjin to quit the CPC—will be tried at Nankai District Court, Tianjin, for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" on December 13)
Weiquanwang, December 13, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
International media watchdog digs into the ‘great leap backwards’ of journalism in China
GlobalVoices, December 10, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
欧盟驻华代表团国际人权日发表声明 关切中国人权问题( On International Human Rights Day, EU delegation to China issues statement of concern over China's human rights problems)
Radio Free China, December 13, 2021
Related:
Statement of the EU Delegation to China on the International Human Rights Day
Delegation of the European Union to China, December 10, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Douban punished for weak censorship, pulled from app stores
SupChina, December 10, 2021
Alibaba Fires Female Employee Who Accused Then-Supervisor of Sexual Assault
The Wall Street Journal, December 12, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, 7 others get jail sentences ranging from 4½ to 14 months over banned Tiananmen Square vigil
South China Morning Post, December 13, 2021
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‘Systemic erasure of history’: Hong Kong activists convicted over banned Tiananmen Massacre vigil deliver defiant mitigation pleas
Hong Kong Free Press, December 13, 2021
Hong Kong elections: covert ‘foreign agents’ in city could undermine Legislative Council poll, No 2 official John Lee warns
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2021
【立法會爭位】中大民調：33% 受訪市民表明不投票 較答「一定會」多(CUHK survey shows 33% of respondents say they will not vote, more than those who say they "will definitely vote")
Stand News, December 13, 2021
港駐倫敦經貿辦去信《星期日泰晤士報》 斥社論失實 籲杯葛選舉違法(Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London sends letter to Sunday Times accusing its editorial urging people not to vote of lacking factual basis and breaching the law)
Stand News, December 11, 2021
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China shows its true colours — and they’re not pretty
The Sunday Times, December 5, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Why China Is Freaking Out Over Biden’s Democracy Summit
Foreign Policy, December 10, 2021
Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam should take Legco election voter turnout seriously
South China Morning Post, December 13, 2021
Students and teachers are running away from Hong Kong’s ‘patriotic’ education
Hong Kong Free Press, December 11, 2021
Thursday, December 09, 2021
Xinjiang (新疆)
House Votes to Impose Forced Labor Ban on Goods Made in Xinjiang
美国众议院通过法案，全面禁止进口新疆产品
The New York Times, December 9, 2021
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US House passes bill to ban imports made by Xinjiang forced labour
South China Morning Post, December 9, 2021
Uyghurs subjected to genocide by China, unofficial UK tribunal finds
The Guardian, December 9, 2021
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维吾尔族法庭：北京犯有种族灭绝罪(The Uyghur Tribunal: Chinese gov’t is committing genocide)
Deutsche Welle, December 9, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Group of Chevening scholars call on China to release detained #MeToo, labour activists
South China Morning Post, December 9, 2021
民主人士陈云飞以“强制猥亵罪”被判刑四年 外界哗然(Democracy activist Chen Yunfei’s 4-year sentence for "indecency" causes public uproar)
Radio Free Asia, December 8, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
2021年中国监禁记者人数全球居冠(China tops world in number of journalists imprisoned in 2021)
Deutsche Welle, December 9, 2021
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Number of journalists behind bars reaches global high
Committee to Protect Journalists, December 9, 2021被监禁新闻工作者人数又创新高
Committee to Protect Journalists, December 9, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Xi Jinping’s New World Order
Foreign Affairs, January/February 2022
China Wants to Rule the World by Controlling the Rules
The Atlantic, December 9, 2021
Xi Jinping wants lawyers in China to ‘follow and embrace’ the Communist Party’s leadership
South China Morning Post, December 9, 2021
中国特色的人权日：维权人士出门遭限(Human Rights Day with Chinese characteristics: Rights defenders are barred from going out)
Deutsche Welle, December 9, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
Canada and Britain join diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics, amid human rights concerns
South China Morning Post, December 9, 2021
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Countries boycotting Beijing Olympic will ‘pay the price,’ China warns
Agence France-Presse, December 9, 2021
北京冬奥会遭多国外交抵制，中国当局“可能会为面子”作出反制(As Beijing Winter Olympics faces diplomatic boycott by many countries, Chinese authorities "may retaliate for the sake of face")
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 9, 2021
Hong Kong (香港)
Jimmy Lai among three Hong Kong democracy activists convicted over Tiananmen vigil
Agence France-Presse, December 9, 2021
TG群組涉煽惑「三罷」反對安心出行及投白票 4人被捕(4 arrested over inciting "three strikes": opposing Leave Home Safe app, casting blank ballots, rejecting vaccines)
inmedia.hk, December 9, 2021
廉署再拘3人涉互聯網轉載籲立法會選舉投白票(Independent Commission Against Corruption arrests 3 over reposting on Internet urging voters to cast blank ballots)
Ming Pao, December 9, 2021
It ‘does not mean anything’: Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam says low election turnout may mean gov’t is credible and doing well
Hong Kong Free Press, December 9, 2021
Hong Kong police, think tank separately publish teaching guides on Chinese culture, history to boost students’ sense of national identity
South China Morning Post, December 8, 2021
Commentary (评论)
Biden’s Democracy Conference Is About Much More Than Democracy
拜登“民主峰会”真正的意义
The New York Times, December 9, 2021
Hong Kong: Tiananmen vigil convictions an affront to human rights and international law
Amnesty International, December 9, 2021
Wednesday, December 08, 2021
Access to Justice (司法公正)
彭博中国籍员工被拘留满一年 至今仍下落不明(Bloomberg Chinese employee has been detained for one year with her whereabouts still unknown)
Radio France Internationale, December 7, 2021
Access to Information (公众知情权)
“THIS TIME, I STAND WITH THE WTA,” AKA “THE WOMEN’S TABLELESS PING PONG ASSOCIATION”
China Digital Times, December 7, 2021
China is biggest captor of journalists, says report
BBC News, December 8, 2021
调查：中国新闻业大跃退成“讯息黑洞” 恐成世界威胁(Investigation: China's journalism retreats into "information black hole," may constitute threat to the world)
Deutsche Welle, December 7, 2021
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An unprecedented RSF investigation: The Great Leap Backwards of Journalism in China
Reporters Without Borders, December 7, 2021
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
Chinese social media users slam state media for failure to expose sex abuses
Radio Free Asia, December 7, 2021
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Decoding Xi Jinping
Foreign Affairs, December 8, 2021
Ahead of Biden’s Democracy Summit, China Says: We’re Also a Democracy
北京发布《中国的民主》白皮书反击拜登“民主峰会”
The New York Times, December 8, 2021
无声的镇压 人权团体指控中共系统性剥夺被告法律权益(Silent suppression: human rights group accuses CPC of systematically depriving defendants of their legal rights)
Voice of America, December 8, 2021
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Access Denied 3: China’s Legal Blockade
Safeguard Defenders, December 7, 2021
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
China to tighten rules for tech companies seeking foreign funding
Financial Times, December 8, 2021
Apple’s ugly China deal mostly bought time
Reuters, December 8, 2021
苹果与中共千亿秘密协议曝光，舆论哗然(Apple and CPC's $275 billion secret deal causes uproar in public opinion)
Voice of America, December 8, 2021
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Inside Tim Cook’s Secret $275 Billion Deal with Chinese Authorities
The Information, December 7, 2021
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)
Australia joins US diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics, citing human rights abuses in Xinjiang
Agence France-Presse, December 8, 2021
How Many Countries Will Follow the U.S. Official Snub of Beijing's Olympics
The New York Times, December 7, 2021
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