Access to Justice (司法公正)

Police in China want rights lawyer prosecuted on subversion charge
维权律师周世锋以颠覆罪送检
The New York Times, June 16, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/world/asia/china-zhou-shifeng.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160614/china-zhou-shifeng/

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

Jailed for watching Islamic video, Uyghur dies in police custody
Radio Free Asia, June 13, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/custody-06132016142251.html

《关于深化律师制度改革的意见》 (“Comments on deepening the reform of the legal practitioners’ system”)
People’s Daily, June 14, 2016
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0614/c1001-28441595.html

Related:
司法部：律师因执业受到侮辱有关机关应及时制止 (Ministry of Justice: Relevant departments should intervene timely where legal practitioners are insulted for exercising the profession)
People’s Daily, June 14, 2016
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0614/c1001-28441941.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

What sparked the Yan Zhou unrest? China's information deficit in the spotlight
Global Voices, June 12, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/06/12/civil-unrest-over-a-quarrel-or-a-kidnap-attempt-differing-takes-on-the-same-dramatic-event-highlight-chinas-information-vacuum/

Authorities detain Uyghur web masters and writers in China’s Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, June 14, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/authorities-detain-uyghuer-web-masters-and-writers-in-chinas-xinjiang-06132016153910.html

【千萬人反玉林狗肉節】環時指不應施壓改變地方習俗：這是人權要義 ([11 million people against Yulin dog-meat festival] Global Times: Regional custom should not be suppressed, that is the gist of human rights)
Ming Pao, June 14, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160614/s00004/1465889141395

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

The death and life of middle class politics in China
China Change, June 13, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/06/13/the-death-and-life-of-middle-class-politics-in-china/

“六四”期间被软禁者陆续获释 (Some of the rights defenders detained or under house arrest during June Fourth have been released)
Radio Free Asia, June 13, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-06132016100041.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Gay Chinese man sues mental hospital for trying to “cure” him with drugs and beatings
The Washington Post, June 14, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/14/gay-chinese-man-sues-mental-hospital-for-trying-to-cure-him-with-drugs-and-beatings/

China’s graft watchdog calls for trials in absentia to strengthen cases against suspects who fled abroad
South China Morning Post, June 14, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1974751/chinas-graft-watchdog-calls-trials-absentia-strengthen

Human rights are an excuse to harbor corrupt officials, says China’s anti-graft commission
Hong Kong Free Press, June 13, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/13/china-anti-graft-commission-human-rights-an-excuse-to-harbour-corrupt-officials/

人权保障没有最好，只有更好 (There is no “best” but better practice for human rights protection)
Xinhua, June 14, 2016
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0614/c1001-28444117.html

Related:
中国将制定新一期国家人权行动计划 (China will draft the national human rights action plan for the next period)
Xinhua, June 14, 2016
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0614/c1001-28444425.html

Hong Kong (香港)

“Missing” bookseller Lam Wing-kee returns to Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, June 14, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/14/missing-bookseller-lam-wing-kee-returns-hong-kong/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

六四燭光晚會出席人數統計及反思（文：鄒之喬） (Statistics of participant number in June Fourth vigil and reflections)
Ming Pao, June 14, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160614/s00022/1465864915847