Access to Justice (司法公正)

China promotes understanding of law among civil servants
Xinhua, April 7, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-04/07/c_135259120.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

Jack Ma is paying journalists “cash gifts” to stay at the newspaper he just took over
Quartz, April 8, 2016
http://qz.com/657604/jack-ma-is-paying-journalists-cash-gifts-to-stay-at-the-newspaper-he-just-took-over/

The Economist’s website is now censored in China—and all it took was one satirical cover
Quartz, April 7, 2016
http://qz.com/655995/the-economists-website-is-now-censored-in-china-and-all-it-took-was-one-satirical-cover/

Initium’s ambition: A digital magazine for all Chinese
Foreign Policy, April 6, 2016
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/04/06/a-magazine-for-every-chinese-hong-kong-media-censorship-china-initium/

China steps up Panama Papers censorship after leaders' relatives named
The Guardian, April 7, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/07/china-ramps-up-panama-papers-censorship-after-leaders-relatives-named

Related:
学者：巴拿马文件或冲击中国民众对中共信心 (Academic: Panama Papers may shock Chinese people's confidence in CPC)
Voice of America, April 7, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-involvements-panama-papers-faith-crisis-20160407/3274274.html

Underground, overground: Despite harassment by police, China’s house-church movement is growing
The Economist, April 9, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21696534-despite-harassment-police-chinas-house-church-movement-growing-underground-overground

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Pastor of China’s largest Protestant church released: Report
The Washington Post, April 7, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/pastor-of-chinas-largest-protestant-church-released-report/2016/04/08/892793a2-fd57-11e5-813a-90ab563f0dde_story.html

廣州街頭舉橫額聲援佔中　重囚4年半　律師斥判決損一國兩制 (Guandzhou activists who publicly brandished banner supporting Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement sentenced, the longest for 4.5 years, lawyer condemns the judgement as a breach of One Country Two Systems)
Ming Pao, April 8, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160408/s00004/1460098148701

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Xi Jinping's PLA ambitions: Why Guo Boxiong had to go
The Diplomat, April 7, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/04/xi-jinpings-pla-ambitions-why-guo-boxiong-had-to-go/

China warns sports establishment must root out corruption after sector hit by graft scandals
South China Morning Post, April 8, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1934595/china-warns-sports-establishment-must-root-out

China’s baby milk powder scandal: watchdog admits endorsing safety of suspect infant formula to “hold back public panic”
South China Morning Post, April 8, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1934641/chinas-baby-milk-powder-scandal-watchdog-admits

China was largest market for “Panama Papers” law firm: investigation
South China Morning Post, April 7, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1934168/china-was-largest-market-panama-papers-law-firm

China was largest market for Panama Papers law firm: ICIJ
Hong Kong Free Press, April 7, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/04/07/pin-to-desktop-x-china-was-largest-market-for-panama-papers-law-firm-icij/

China is still top executioner amid global rise in death penalty
Radio Free Asia, April 7, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-is-still-top-executioner-amid-global-rise-in-death-penalty-04072016111150.html

Related:
死刑，是打擊犯罪的靈丹？ (Death sentence—is it a magic remedy for combatting crime?)
InMedia HK, April 7, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1041672

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Mounting criticism on both sides of the Great Firewall
China Digital Times, April 7, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/04/u-s-government-netizens-voice-concern-great-firewall/

U.S. sdds China’s Internet controls to list of trade barriers
美国把中国“防火长城”首次列为贸易壁垒
The New York Times, April 7, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/08/business/international/china-internet-controls-us.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/business/20160408/c08chinatrade/

Hong Kong (香港)

University forum on protest methods allegedly banned by school as it “may promote violence”
Hong Kong Free Press, April 8, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/04/08/university-forum-on-protest-methods-allegedly-banned-by-school-as-it-may-promote-violence/

Mong Kok unrest: Court agrees to request to withdraw riot charges against 10 defendants
Hong Kong Free Press, April 7, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/04/07/mong-kok-unrest-court-agrees-to-request-to-withdraw-riot-charges-against-10-defendants/

Britain issues warning over threats to Hong Kong freedoms
The Guardian, April 8, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/08/britain-issues-warning-over-threats-to-hong-kong-freedoms

Why did Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement fail?
The Diplomat, April 6, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/04/why-did-hong-kongs-umbrella-movement-fail/

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

China asking for terror suspects list ahead of G20 summit
Reuters, April 7, 2016
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-g20-china-security-idUKKCN0X40B9