Access to Justice (司法公正)

妇联：常州市召开“中澳家暴危机干预中心试点项目”总结交流暨反家暴工作推进会 (Women's federation: Changzhou city convenes trial program for “Sino-Australian domestic violence emergency intervention center”)
Municipal All-China Women's Federation, August 26, 2016
https://perma.cc/UZ5X-DMY6

律师详解如何申请人身安全保护令 (Lawyer explains how to apply for a personal protection order)
Workercn.cn, August 26, 2016
https://perma.cc/RHS4-DSLW

民政部通报1135家山寨社团 大部分仍在活动 (Ministry of Civil Affairs circulates notice of 1,135 “nonprofits hiding in the hills”, the majority of whom are still active)
Sina News, August 29, 2016
https://perma.cc/2NLZ-XVFT

敢向扶贫资金伸“黑手”我们不答应 (They dared to extend their “black hands” into poverty relief funds, we disagreed)
Procuratorate Daily, August 29, 2016
http://newspaper.jcrb.com/2016/20160829/20160829_002/20160829_002_1.htm#

构建合适成年人释法说理机制 (Construct a mechanism for adults to explain laws [to minors])
Procuratorate Daily, August 29, 2016
http://newspaper.jcrb.com/2016/20160829/20160829_003/20160829_003_2.htm#

Environmental Law blunted by crippling court costs
ChinaFile, August 29, 2016
http://www.chinafile.com/environment/environmental-law-blunted-crippling-court-costs

Access to Information (信息公开)

妻子:遭家暴 要离婚 法院:证据不足 判不离 (Wife: I was domestically abused, and I wanted a divorce: but the evidence was insufficient, and the court did not grant it)
Shenyang.net, August 29, 2016
http://ln.ifeng.com/a/20160829/4915048_0.shtml

福清市妇联举办反家庭暴力法律讲座 (Fuqing City women's federation holds lectures on anti-domestic violence law)
Fuqing Qiaoxiang Newspaper Agency, August 29, 2016
https://perma.cc/BM4X-WZKP

China's new film law to tighten censorship
Press Trust of India, August 29, 2016
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/china-s-new-film-law-to-tighten-censorship-116082900135_1.html

China regulator to curb news that promotes “Western lifestyles”
South China Morning Post, August 30, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2011150/beijing-bans-entertainment-news-promotes-western

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Human rights activists in Jiangsu arrested and detained ahead of G20 summit—report
Hong Kong Free Press, August 29, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/08/29/human-rights-activists-in-jiangsu-arrested-and-detained-ahead-of-g20-summit-report/

Ai Weiwei hits back after being dropped from art show in China's Ningxia
Radio Free Asia, August 29, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/ai-weiwei-hits-back-after-being-dropped-from-art-show-in-chinas-ningxia-08292016120500.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Prosperity, stability, control: Beijing’s clashing priorities
China Digital Times, August 29, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/08/prosperity-stability-control-beijings-conflicting-priorities/

Xinjiang Communist Party chief “on his way out” as Beijing reshuffles top provincial jobs
South China Morning Post, August 29, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2010366/xinjiang-communist-party-chief-his-way-out-beijing

China to exclude negligent officials from promotion
Xinhua, August 29, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-08/29/c_135643016.htm

“Every minute counts” –UN experts raise alarm over short-term enforced disappearances International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
“分秒必争”——多名联合国专家对短期强迫失踪提出警告
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, August 30, 2016
EN: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20416&LangID=E
CH: http://www.ohchr.org/CH/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20416&LangID=C

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

我们怎么就成了“透明人” (How did we become “transparent people”?)
Procuratorate Daily, August 29, 2016
http://newspaper.jcrb.com/2016/20160829/20160829_001/20160829_001_5.htm

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

沪反恐怖综合演练：直升机、装甲突击车、防弹运兵车轮番登场 (Shanghai comprehensive counter-terrorism drill: helicopters, armored assault vehicles, bullet-proof troop carriers make their appearance one after another)
Xinhua, August 26, 2016
https://perma.cc/J6DY-PNFJ

南京依反恐法开罚单：宾馆未实名登记旅客被罚10万 (Nanjing issues fines pursuant to counter-terrorism law: hotel which did not register guests' real names fined 100,000 RMB)
The Paper, August 29, 2016
http://news.sohu.com/20160829/n466497350.shtml

张春贤反恐语录 (Record of Zhang Chunying's counter-terrorism speech)
Phoenix News, August 29, 2016
http://news.ifeng.com/a/20160829/49857586_0.shtml

Hong Kong (香港)

Prosecutors seek tougher punishment for youth leaders of Occupy protests Joshua Wong and Nathan Law
South China Morning Post, August 29, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/article/2010892/prosecutors-seek-tougher-punishment-youth-leaders-occupy-protests-joshua-wong

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

A prisoner’s human rights report
China Change, August 29, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/08/29/a-prisoners-human-rights-report/

An open letter to G20 leaders attending the 2016 Hangzhou summit
Initiatives for China, August 29, 2016
http://www.initiativesforchina.org/?p=2500