Access to Justice (司法公正)

60律师联署：谴责天津警方拒绝“709案”家属自聘律师 (60 lawyers joint petition: Condamning Tianjin police for prohibiting “709 event” families from hiring their lawyers)
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-05312016110823.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China’s 50 cent party: The other side of censorship
Voice of America, May 31, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/chinas-50-cent-party-the-other-side-of-censorship/3355262.html

Turns out maybe you shouldn’t trust the “media”
Foreign Policy, May 31, 2016
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/05/31/turns-out-that-maybe-you-shouldnt-trust-the-media/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Rights activist Ni Yulan “barred from leaving” China
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 30, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35924192

Husband of Chinese legal assistant detained for a year “worried for her safety”
South China Morning Post, May 31, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1960356/husband-chinese-legal-assistant-detained-year-worried

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

Government Accountability (政府问责)

At least three activists detained in Beijing over Tiananmen Massacre commemoration
Hong Kong Free Press, May 31, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/31/at-least-three-activists-detained-in-beijing-over-tiananmen-massacre-commemoration/

Chinese worker detained for photos of liquor labels marking Tiananmen Crackdown
男子因纪念“六四”酒瓶照片被拘
The New York Times, May 30, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/31/world/asia/china-tiananmen-june-4-baijiu.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160531/c31chinatiananmen/

Police close in on Tiananmen Mothers as massacre anniversary nears
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/anniversary-05312016110749.html

Families of Tiananmen Square victims accuse Beijing of three decades of “white terror”
The Guardian, June 1, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/01/families-tiananmen-square-victims-beijing-white-terror

Related:
Tiananmen Mothers: No amount of power can rub out June Fourth
天安门母亲群体：“六四惨案”二十七年祭
Human Rights in China, June 1, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/tiananmen-mothers-no-amount-power-can-rub-out-june-fourth
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/xin-wen-fa-bu/tian-men-mu-qin-qun-ti-liu-si-can-er-shi-qi-nian-ji

中国近四百万人受奴役 全球超4500万 (4 million people suffer slavery in China, over 45 million globally)
Voice of America, June 1, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-global-slavery-china-20160531/3355428.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

What to make of the newly established cybersecurity association of China
Center for Strategic and International Studies, May 25, 2016
https://www.csis.org/analysis/what-make-newly-established-cybersecurity-association-china

Hong Kong (香港)

100,000 will attend June 4 vigil in Hong Kong, organizer predicts
South China Morning Post, May 30, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1959604/100000-will-attend-june-4-vigil-hong-kong-organiser-predicts

June 4 veteran offers advice to HK students: build bridges, not walls
South China Morning Post, May 30, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1959644/june-4-veteran-offers-advice-hk-students-build-bridges-not

中港兩婦涉偽造13選民登記文件　保釋候審 (2 Hong Kong and mainland women forged documents for 13 applications for voter registration, on bail pending trial)
Ming Pao, June 1, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160601/s00001/1464771989680

“香港众志”秘书长黄之锋挑战立法会参选年龄限制 (Demosisto Secretary General Joshua Wong challenges age limit for standing for LegCo election)
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-05312016103529.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Making the case for nominating Ilham Tohti for the Sakharov Prize—My remarks at the European Parliament
China Change, May 31, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/05/31/making-the-case-for-nominating-ilham-tohti-for-the-sakharov-prize-my-remarks-at-the-european-parliament/

Put petty political divisions aside, pick up a candle and remember the dead on June 4
Hong Kong Free Press, May 31, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/31/hong-kong-put-petty-political-divisions-aside-pick-up-a-candle-and-remember-the-dead-on-june-4/

「見證六四」是一件無法透過想像去接近的事情 (“Witnessing June Fourth” is something unapproachable through imagination)
InMedia HK, June 1, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1042664

六四論壇意義何在？ (What’s the significance of the June Forth fora?)
InMedia HK, June 1, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1042663

論代溝——試梳理對維園六四悼念晚會的爭論 (Talking about generation gap—An attempt to straighten out debates over Victoria Park June Fourth commemoration vigil)
InMedia HK, June 1, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1042648