Access to Justice (司法公正)

UN fears Chinese human rights lawyer has been “disappeared” by authorities
The Guardian, December 6, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/06/un-human-rights-china-missing-lawyer-jiang-tianyong

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聯合國促中國調查人權活動人士江天勇下落 (UN human rights experts demand China to investigate the whereabouts of rights defender Jiang Tianyong)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 6, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-38228457

UN experts urge China to investigate disappearance of human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, December 6, 2016
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20987&LangID=E

709大抓捕：李和平被起诉 谢燕益、王全璋、李春富案均再次退补 (709 crackdown: Li Heping accused; Xie Yanyi, Wang Quanzhang and Li Chunfu cases investigation period extended again)
Radio Free Asia, December 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-12062016104420.html

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Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers, Defenders and International Reactions: A Brief Chronology
Human Rights in China, September 13, 2016
http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-defenders-and-international-reactions-brief-chronology

Beijing court issues first domestic violence protection order to male victim
Hong Kong Free Press, December 7, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/07/beijing-court-issues-first-domestic-violence-protection-order-to-male-victim/

China releases second Tibetan tied to self-immolation protest
Radio Free Asia, December 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/releases-12062016151351.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Striking workers call for negotiations at multinationals
China Labor Bulletin, December 6, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/striking-workers-call-negotiations-multinationals

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China torturing suspects in “war on corruption” says Human Rights Watch
The Guardian, December 8, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/dec/06/china-torturing-suspects-in-war-on-corruption-says-human-rights-watch

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人權觀察報告批評中國秘密拘押制度損害反腐運動 (Human Rights Watch report criticizes the harm that China’s secret detention system does to her anti-corruption campaign)
Radio France Internationale, December 6, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20161206-人權觀察報告批評中國秘密拘押制度損害反腐運動

“Special Measures”—Detention and Torture in the Chinese Communist Party’s Shuanggui System
Human Rights Watch, December 6, 2016
https://www.hrw.org/report/2016/12/06/special-measures/detention-and-torture-chinese-communist-partys-shuanggui-system

China vows to record graft probe grillings after torture report
Financial Times, December 7, 2016
https://www.ft.com/content/0f18b7d0-bc1f-11e6-8b45-b8b81dd5d080

Beijing grits teeth in face of Trump's tweets
The Guardian, December 5, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/05/beijing-grits-teeth-in-face-of-trumps-tweets

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Graft buster says officials’ interrogations should be recorded
South China Morning Post, December 7, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2052308/graft-buster-says-officials-interrogations-should-be

China’s securities Czar takes aim at new-money Barbarians
The Wall Street Journal, December 5, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/12/05/chinas-securities-czar-takes-aim-at-new-money-barbarians/

Hong Kong (香港)

Amid uproar, Hong Kong government backs down after barring questions from lawmakers facing review
South China Morning Post, December 5, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2051892/amid-uproar-government-backs-down-decision-block-questions-lawmakers

Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement changes strategy
Al Jazeera, December 7, 2016
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/12/hong-kong-pro-democracy-movement-election-161205065003667.html

北京解禁回乡证 民主派称坚持平反六四 (Beijing lifts ban on “Home Visit Permit”—but Hong Kong pan-dems insist on principles such as demand for redressing June Fourth)
Radio Free Asia, December 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-12062016104557.html

Commentary (评论)

The road of no return Part 1: Beijing’s ruling on Hong Kong’s Basic Law cannot be justified
Hong Kong Free Press, December 6, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/06/the-road-of-no-return-part-1-beijings-ruling-on-hong-kongs-basic-law-cannot-be-justified/

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The road of no return Part 2: How the courts could have handled the oaths row
Hong Kong Free Press, December 7, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/12/07/road-no-return-part-2-courts-handled-oaths-row/