Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese attorneys, relatives demand public inquiry into lawyers' detentions
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinese-attorneys-relatives-demand-public-inquiry-into-lawyers-detentions-03112016103705.html

Related:
Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers and Defenders
中国大规模镇压维权律师和活跃人士
Human Rights in China, February 5, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-and-defenders
CH: http://hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-da-gui-mo-zhen-ya-wei-quan-lu-shi-he-huo-yue-ren-shi

Access to Information (信息公开)

How one brave woman is taking on growing might of China’s censors
The Guardian, March 13, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/13/china-censorship-economy-editor

Edward Snowden, Pussy Riot and Ai Weiwei protest cyber censorship
The Guardian, March 11, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/11/edward-snowden-pussy-riot-ai-weiwei-protest-cyber-censorship

【新華社錯失】劉銳紹指這類錯誤少有　亦須注意近期不滿習近平輿論 ([Xinhua News blunder] News commentator Lau Yui-siu says such mistake is rare, attention should be paid to recent public opinions unfavorable of Xi Jinping)
Ming Pao, March 14, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160314/s00001/1457931451582

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Miners’ protest: ailing Chinese coal firm Heilongjiang Longmay told to pay workers
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1924126/miners-protest-ailing-chinese-coal-firm-heilongjiang

China wrestles with draft law on nongovernmental organizations
在华境外NGO命运或迎转机？
The New York Times, March 12, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/12/world/asia/china-ngo-law.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160314/c14chinango/

Related:
HRIC Law Note: Draft Law on Foreign NGOs Undermines Chinese Civil Society and China’s International Engagement
中国人权法律评论：境外非政府组织管理法草案损害了中国的民间社会和中国政府的国际参与
Human Rights in China, September 17, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/legal-resources/hric-law-note-draft-law-foreign-ngos-undermines-chinese-civil-society-and-chinas
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-ren-quan-fa-lu-ping-lun-jing-wai-fei-zheng-fu-zu-zhi-guan-li-fa-cao-sun-hai-liao-zhong-guo

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China ramps up offensive against U.S. on human rights record, accusing it of racism and fueling terrorism
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/1924579/china-ramps-offensive-against-us-human-rights-record

Beijing defends itself on human rights “with Chinese characteristics”
Agence France-Presse, March 11, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/11/beijing-defends-itself-on-human-rights-with-chinese-characteristics/

Beijing’s graft-buster looks to Hong Kong for help with fugitive asset hunt
South China Morning Post, March 11, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1923527/beijings-graft-buster-looks-hong-kong-help-fugitive

China must further purge energy sector of Zhou scandal “poison,” former top official says
Reuters, March 11, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-parliament-corruption-idUSKCN0WD137

Hong Kong (香港)

穆迪降香港展望至负面 称中国影响削港优势 (Moody’s downgrades Hong Kong outlook to “negative,” claiming that influence from China reduces Hong Kong’s competitive advantage)
Radio France Internationale, March 12, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160312-穆迪降香港展望至负面-称中国影响削港优势

香港团体游行至中联办示威 促中国释放被捕维权人士 (Hong Kong organizations march to Liaison Office in protest, urging China to release arrested rights defenders)
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl2-03132016112551.html

學苑出版《香港青年時代的宣言》　文章倡香港成獨立主權國家 (HKU student association magazine “Undergrad” publishes article “The Declaration of Hong Kong’s Youth Generation” that suggests Hong Kong’s becoming an independent sovereign state)
Ming Pao, March 14, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160314/s00001/1457930980492

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

China terror convictions nearly doubled in 2015
Hong Kong Free Press, March 14, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/14/china-terror-convictions-nearly-doubled-in-2015/

Development key to stabilizing Xinjiang, says Li Keqiang
Irish Times, March 11, 2016
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/asia-pacific/development-key-to-stabilising-xinjiang-says-li-keqiang-1.2569719

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

No one believes the booksellers’ stories, but China has achieved its cloak-and-dagger aims
Hong Kong Free Press, March 13, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/13/no-one-believes-the-booksellers-stories-but-china-has-achieved-its-cloak-and-dagger-aims/

Writing China: David Shambaugh, “China’s future”
The Wall Street Journal, March 14, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/03/14/writing-china-david-shambaugh-chinas-future/