Access to Justice (司法公正)

试点地区发现公益诉讼案件线索1233件 (In pilot areas, clues found in 1,233 public interest law suit cases [enabled progress in litigation])
Legal Daily, May 17, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160517/Articel01012GN.htm

张某等三人印发张贴“法轮功”宣传品获刑 (Zhang “Doe” and 3 others punished for posting “Falungong” propaganda)
Legal Daily, May 19, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160519/Articel01010GN.htm

检察机关三年刑事抗诉近两万件, 157人无罪改判有罪22人有罪改判无罪 (Nationwide procuratorial organs processed nearly 20,000 criminal appeals cases in 3 years, with 157 convicted and 22 found innocent on appeal)
Legal Daily, May 20, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160520/Articel01006GN.htm

遭儿家暴, 老太申请保护令 (Elderly lady applies for a personal protection order after suffering domestic violence from son)
Beijing Evening News, May 23, 2016
http://right.workercn.cn/156/201605/23/160523153717460.shtml

Slow progress on wrongful convictions
China Digital Times, June 1, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/06/slow-progress-wrongful-convictions/

Wife of imprisoned Chinese rights activist Guo Feixiong stages hunger strike outside UN HQ
Hong Kong Free Press, June 1, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/01/wife-of-imprisoned-chinese-rights-activist-guo-feixiong-stages-hunger-strike-outside-un-hq/

Related:
Guo Feixiong on Day 11 of Hunger Strike in Prison, Wife Asks President Xi Jinping to Intervene
郭飞雄狱中绝食11天，妻子吁习近平关注
Human Rights in China, May 19, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/case-update/guo-feixiong-day-11-hunger-strike-prison-wife-asks-president-xi-jinping
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/ge-gen-zong/guo-fei-xiong-yu-zhong-jue-shi-11tian-qi-zi-xu-xi-jin-ping-guan-zhu

Access to Information (信息公开)

新行政诉讼法实施一年收案量上升6成, 行政案件立案难基本解决 (In amended Administrative Litigation Law’s first year of implementation, cases handled increased 60%, fundamentally solving the difficulty in filing administrative cases)
Legal Daily, May 20, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160520/Articel03002GN.htm

"调查发现环境质量信息公开不均衡, 36%样本城市未公开重点排污单位名录 (Investigation finds uneven disclosure of environmental quality information, with 36% of sampled cities lacking public directory of key polluting work units)
Legal Daily, May 23, 2016
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index/content/2016-05/23/content_6642790.htm?node=20908

“Ever been to Tibet bro?” A nationalistic Chinese Twitter account goes rogue
The Washington Post, June 1, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/01/ever-been-to-tibet-bro-a-nationalistic-chinese-twitter-account-goes-rogue/

Five years of sensitive words on June Fourth
China Digital Times, June 1, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/06/five-years-sensitive-words-june-fourth/

中国五毛党：言论审查的另一面 (Chinese “Wumaos”: The other side of censorship)
Voice of America, June 2, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-50-cents-party-20160601/3357731.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

新区"妇女维权活动"启动, 增强维护自身合法权益 (Binhai “Women's Rights Defense Activities” kick off to strengthen defense of individuals’ legitimate rights and interests)
Binhai Times, May 23, 2016
http://www.tianjinwe.com/tianjin/bh/jmbh/201605/t20160523_1002194.html

China’s teachers continue the fight for decent work
China Labor Bulletin, June 1, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/china%E2%80%99s-teachers-continue-fight-decent-work

At least five dead in Uyghur prisoner uprising
Radio Free Asia, June 1, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/at-lesat-five-06012016164430.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

青海三年多立查贪污贿赂犯罪698人 (Qinghai investigated 698 people for bribery and corruption crimes in past 3 years)
Procuratorate Daily, May 23, 2016
http://newspaper.jcrb.com/2016/20160523/20160523_001/20160523_001_7.htm

北京推广警方“一站式”办案全程无死角监督 (Beijing police promote “one stop style” whole-of-process case handling without any gaps in supervision)
Procuratorate Daily, May 23, 2016
http://newspaper.jcrb.com/2016/20160523/20160523_001/20160523_001_10.htm

最高检新闻发布会介绍检察机关加强行政诉讼监督工作, 去年受理监督“民告官”案超3.4万件 (Supreme People's Procuratorate press conference: Procuratorial organs to strengthen administrative litigation supervisory work, with supervision of “people vs. the government” cases exceeding 340,000 last year)
Legal Daily, May 25, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160525/Articel01009GN.htm

China to probe police officers amid anger over death in custody
Radio Free Asia, June 1, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-to-probe-06012016110906.html

Sinosphere: Ding Zilin, Founder of Tiananmen Mothers, is silenced by Chinese police
The New York Times, June 2, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/02/world/asia/china-ding-zilin-tiananmen-mothers.html

Related:
六四临近高瑜鲍彤被旅游 (As June Fourth approaches, Gao Yu and Bao Tong “made travelling”)
Voice of America, June 1, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-gao-yu-bao-tong-on-forced-tours-as-tiananmen-20160601/3356823.html

前学运领袖：中国政府害怕六四真相 (Former student movement leader: The Chinese government fears truths about June Fourth)
Voice of America, June 2, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-anniversary-with-wuerkaixi-20160601/3357344.html

“六四”27周年：戴着头套说真话的中国青年 (27th anniversary of June Fourth: The Chinese youth who speaks truth wearing head cover)
Radio Free Asia, June 1, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/grace-06012016155305.html

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

“Totally unacceptable”: China foreign minister lashes out at Canadian reporter for asking about human rights
Hong Kong Free Press, June 2, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/02/totally-unacceptable-china-foreign-minister-lashes-out-at-canadian-reporter-for-asking-about-human-rights/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

网帖称银川警方放走打砸医院醉酒男子, 执法记录仪还原接警现场澄清谣言 (Online post claims Yinchuan police released drunken man who smashed up hospital but law enforcement record shows that original emergency dispatch labeled event as a rumor)
Legal Daily, May 16, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160516/Articel05006GN.htm

安徽设反电信网络诈骗中心 (Anhui establishes an anti-telecommunications fraud center)
Legal Daily, May 19, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160519/Articel03007GN.htm

Sogou and Microsoft's Bing cooperate on English language search
Feichangdao, May 20, 2016
http://blog.feichangdao.com/2016/05/sogou-and-microsofts-bing-cooperate-on.html

国家网络安全宣传周活动方案发布， 中央网信办牵头六部门参与每年九月第三周举办 (Program activities for National Cyber Security Awareness Week announced: Office of Central Leading Group for Cyberspace Affairs will lead 6 departments to conduct program in the 3rd week of September each year)
Legal Daily, May 20, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160520/Articel01008GN.htm

网购诈骗重灾小镇实现华丽转身 (Small town devastated by [its role as center of] online sales fraud undergoes a beautiful transformation)
Legal Daily, May 20, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160520/Articel02005GN.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

Should 18 year olds contest elections? Activist Joshua Wong begins court battle to lower minimum age for Legco candidates
South China Morning Post, June 1, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1961342/should-18-year-olds-contest-elections-activist-joshua-wong

Student groups set to host forum on importance of June 4 crackdown to young Hongkongers
South China Morning Post, June 1, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1961560/student-groups-set-host-forum-importance-june-4-crackdown

Related:
往年共赴維園晚會 同窗3女生 「六四」3抉擇 (3 schoolmates who went to the Victoria Park June Fourth vigil together in the past all make different choices this year)
Ming Pao, June 2, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20160602/s00002/1464804044897

【六四27年】立會外點蠟燭默哀　20泛民議員悼死難者 ([27th anniversary of June Fourth] Lighting candles and observing silence outside LegCo, 20 pan-dem lawmakers commemorate the victims)
Ming Pao, June 1, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160601/s00001/1464788569857

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Victoria Park vigil has deep and honorable roots, but young people want local focus
Hong Kong Free Press, June 2, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/02/victoria-park-vigil-has-deep-and-honourable-roots-but-young-people-want-local-focus/

周永康：學生會也好支聯會也好，大家都沒有忘記八九六四，這是大家的共同立場 (Alex Chow: Student unions or HK Alliance, they all did not forget about June Fourth, that is their common ground)
InMedia HK, June 2, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1042677

【六四27年】堅持繼續悼念 就是一種抗爭（文﹕蔡子強） ([27th anniversary of June Fourth] Ivan Choy: Persisting in continuing to commemorate, that is a form of protest)
Ming Pao, June 2, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160602/s00022/1464831559664