Access to Justice (司法公正)

China launches special campaign to rectify miscarriages of justice
Xinhua, April 28, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-04/28/c_134193259.htm

Related:
Hearing reviews 20-year-old rape and murder case
Xinhua, April 29, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-04/29/c_134193313.htm

Police in China's Suzhou detain dozens in dawn raid on activists [re. Lin Zhao memorial service]
Radio Free Asia, April 29, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/suzhou-police-detain-dozens-in-dawn-raid-on-activists-04292015142052.html

See more information on Lin Zhao
http://www.hoover.org/news/letters-and-diaries-chinese-political-activist-lin-zhao-opened-hoover-institution-archives

Access to Information (信息公开)

Publisher of China’s leading pro-reform magazine vows to carry on despite growing pressure from authorities
South China Morning Post, April 28, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1779317/publisher-chinas-leading-pro-reform-magazine-vows-carry

China's new internet rules raise questions over role of agency
Radio Free Asia, April 29, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/rules-04292015104205.html

Cloudy with a chance of censorship: China bans unofficial weather reports
The Wall Street Journal, April 29, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/04/29/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-censorship-china-bans-unofficial-weather-reports/?mod=WSJBlog

China’s scientific progress hinges on access to data
Nature, April 28, 2015
http://www.nature.com/news/china-s-scientific-progress-hinges-on-access-to-data-1.17426

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

The women of the Chinese internet remain defiant
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 30, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-32518852

Related:
”女权五姐妹” 之一武嵘嵘就不接受传唤发布声明 (Wu Rongrong of the “Feminists Five” issues statement on refusing interrogation summons)
Radio Free Asia, April 29, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/3-04292015102833.html

Supporting women's rights in China
声援中国女权人士
Human Rights in China, April 28, 2015
EN: http://bit.ly/1Hd5v5D
CH: http://bit.ly/1DTr8Wy

China’s miners step up protests as industry downturn continues
China Labour Bulletin, April 29, 2015
http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/china%E2%80%99s-miners-step-protests-industry-downturn-continues

Chinese labour activists “increasingly targets of violent attacks, intimidation”
Xinhua, April 28, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/1781528/chinese-labour-activists-increasingly-targets-violent-attacks

Counterterrorism (反恐)

Police in Guangdong province practice anti-terrorism drills including the handling of a mock protest by villagers blocking construction of a development.
South China Morning Post, April 30, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1781652/police-southern-china-practice-anti-terrorism-drills-including

Related:
广东江门举行反恐演练 模拟拆迁村民闹事(图) (Jiangmen, Guangdong Province holds anti-terror drills simulating protest by villagers against demolition (with pictures))
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 30, 2015
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/p/2015-04-30/092131780292.shtml

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Crackdown on corruption at Chinese environmental risk assessment agencies
South China Morning Post, April 29, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1779975/crackdown-corruption-chinese-environmental-risk

3 in Guangdong investigated for Party discipline violations
China Daily, April 30. 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-04/30/content_20582869.htm

Eight hospital heads said to be found taking bribes
Caixin, April 29, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-04-29/100805004.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Goldman and IDG put $50 million to work in a Bitcoin company [Note: IDG is a China-based firm]
The New York Times, April 30, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/30/business/dealbook/goldman-and-idg-put-50-million-to-work-in-a-bitcoin-company.html

Related:
Under a 2013 notice issued by the People’s Bank of China, Chinese financial institutions are not permitted to use or interact with Bitcoin:
English: https://vip.btcchina.com/page/bocnotice2013
Chinese: http://www.pbc.gov.cn/publish/goutongjiaoliu/524/2013/20131205153156832222251/20131205153156832222251_.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Officials' assurances on reform “conflicting”
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 30, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150430/news_20150430_56_1096090.htm

陳文敏指政改方案沒回應市民憂慮 (Ex HKU law dean Johannes Chan says political reform package does not respond to citizens’ concerns)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 30, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150430/news_20150430_55_1096119.htm

Related:
李卓人：中央若關心香港內耗 應拆8.31框架 (Pan-dem Lee Cheuk-yan: If Chinese government cares about HK internal friction, August 31 Framework should be dropped)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 29, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150429/news_20150429_55_1095886.htm

Less than half HK’s residents support electoral reforms
Taipei Times, April 30, 2015
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2015/04/30/2003617161

Hong Kong trips again in global press freedom ranking
Hong Kong Economic Journal, April 30, 2015
http://www.ejinsight.com/20150430-hong-kong-trips-again-in-global-press-freedon-ranking/

Related:
去年撐警集會記者遇襲案 警指無足夠證據檢控 (Police say not enough evidence to charge attackers of journalists during last year’s pro-police event)
Apple Daily, April 29, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20150429/53687604

Freedom of the Press 2015: Harsh Laws and Violence Drive Global Decline
Freedom House, April 28, 2015
https://freedomhouse.org/article/freedom-press-2015-harsh-laws-and-violence-drive-global-decline#.VUHjVdKqqko

Freedom of the Press 2015
Freedom House, April 28, 2015
https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/FreedomofthePress_2015_FINAL.pdf

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

YCW conversation–legal reform in China
Young China Watchers, April 28, 2015
http://www.youngchinawatchers.com/ycw-conversation-legal-reform-in-china/

Forced disappearances, brutality, and communist China's politics of fear
Vice News, April 28, 2015
https://news.vice.com/article/forced-disappearances-brutality-and-communist-chinas-politics-of-fear