Access to Justice (司法公正)

Supreme court procedure reduces death sentences by 60%
Caixin, September 13, 2016
http://english.caixin.com/2016-09-13/100988191.html

Guangdong labor activists to face trial by end of September
China Labor Bulletin, September 13, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/guangdong-labour-activists-face-trial-end-september

China's rights lawyers say judicial white paper “full of lies”
Radio Free Asia, September 13, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-judicial-09132016135020.html

Related:
Full text: New Progress in the Judicial Protection of Human Rights in China
中国司法领域人权保障的新进展
The State Council Information Office, September 12, 2016
EN: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2016-09/12/c_135681609.htm
CH: http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2016-09/12/c_1119549617.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

A Chinese Internet entrepreneur was sentenced to three years in prison for running a porn site
Quartz, September 14, 2016
http://qz.com/780254/a-chinese-internet-entrepreneur-was-sentenced-to-3-years-in-prison-for-running-a-porn-site/

Citing eroding standards of taste, China says all live-streaming providers must obtain licenses
South China Morning Post, September 14, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2019089/citing-eroding-standards-taste-china-says-all-live

Video: Clampdown on reporting from Wukan “rebel village” as protesters are detained
Hong Kong Free Press, September 14, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/09/14/clampdown-on-reporting-from-wukan-rebel-village-as-protesters-are-detained/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China cracks down on “rebel” fishing village of Wukan
乌坎13名村民涉嫌聚众扰乱公共秩序被逮捕
Deustche Welle, September 13, 2016
EN: http://www.dw.com/en/china-cracks-down-on-rebel-fishing-village-of-wukan/a-19546739
CH: http://www.dw.com/zh/乌坎13名村民涉嫌聚众扰乱公共秩序被逮捕/a-19546600

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s legal foundation shaken as 45 lawmakers expelled in unprecedented vote-rigging scandal
South China Morning Post, September 13, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2019087/dozens-chinese-lawmakers-expelled-vote-rigging-scandal

Related:
辽宁45名全国人大代表因贿选被褫夺资格 (45 legal representatives from Liaoning province disqualified for electoral fraud)
Radio France Internationale, September 13, 2016
http://rfi.my/2cDU6mv

Status, power, connections ... what’s behind the unprecedented voting fraud in electing China’s most powerful organ?
South China Morning Post, September 14, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2019295/status-power-connections-whats-behind-unprecedented

China charges former senior PetroChina, FAW Group officials with graft: Xinhua
Reuters, September 14, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-petrochina-idUSKCN11K0AI

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

U.S. spies think China wants to read your e-mail
Bloomberg, September 13, 2016
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-09-13/u-s-spies-think-china-wants-to-read-your-e-mail

Microsoft, Huawei join in cybersecurity message
The Wall Street Journal, September 13, 2016
http://www.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-huawei-join-in-cybersecurity-message-1473757469

Hong Kong (香港)

「六四紀念館」的發展前景 (Development prospects for "June Fourth museum")
InMedia HK, September 13, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1044618a

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Can China’s best newspaper survive?
ChinaFile, September 13, 2016
http://www.chinafile.com/conversation/can-chinas-best-newspaper-survive

Letters from Inside: Ai Weiwei
British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4, September 2016
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07v0fv8

Statement upon the third anniversary of the Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Group
China Change, September 13, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/09/13/statement-upon-the-third-anniversary-of-the-chinese-human-rights-lawyers-group/