Access to Justice (司法公正)

Activist, writer held on spying, subversion charges in China's Sichuan
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activist-writer-held-on-spying-subversion-charges-in-chinas-sichuan-12212016110458.html

China to try one rights lawyer as European diplomats visit family of another
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyers-trials-12212016123537.html

4 in China cleared after 2 successful death sentence appeals
The Washington Post, December 22, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/4-in-china-cleared-after-2-successful-death-sentence-appeals/2016/12/22/3c361a44-c810-11e6-acda-59924caa2450_story.html

广东乌坎9村民被控“非法集会游行” 集体受审 (9 Wukan villagers charged with “illegal assembly” in a joint trial)
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-12202016115313.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

“六四天网”创办人黄琦被当局指控非法泄漏国家机密 (Huang Qi, founder of “64 Tianwang” website, charged with illegally “leaking state secrets”)
Radio France Internationale, December 21, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20161221-“六四天网”创办人黄琦被当局指控非法泄漏国家机密

中国政府利用打黄扫非限制民众利用互联网直播平台 (Chinese government uses excuse of “cleaning up Internet porn” to restrict citizens from publishing “unofficial” videos on social media)
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/hc-12202016114950.html

中国公布对境外NGO的业务主管单位名录 (China releases directory of professional supervisory units for overseas NGOs)
Voice of America, December 21, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/china-foreign-ngos-20161221/3644197.html

Related:
China details operating areas for foreign NGOs under new law
Reuters, December 21, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-lawmaking-ngos-idUSKBN14A1HR

Independent journalism in China struggles to survive
The Diplomat, December 21, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/12/independent-journalism-in-china-struggles-to-survive/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

“Airpocalypse”: dirties credibility of Chinese government
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2056404/airpocalypse-dirties-credibility-chinese-government

China foreign minister says U.S. ties face new uncertainties
Reuters, December 21, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-usa-idUSKBN14B0AA

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China invents the digital totalitarian state
The Economist, December 15, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21711902-worrying-implications-its-social-credit-project-china-invents-digital-totalitarian

China’s digital dictatorship: Worrying experiments with a new form of social control
The Economist, December 17, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21711904-worrying-experiments-new-form-social-control-chinas-digital-dictatorship

Hong Kong (香港)

警察之都：香港拟增千警对付示威者 (Hong Kong to increase police presence to deal with demonstrators)
Radio France Internationale, December 21, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/政治/20161221-警察之都：香港拟增千警对付示威者

China’s Public Security Ministry labels Hong Kong democracy activists “foreign proxies”
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2056387/chinas-public-security-ministry-labels-hong-kong

Commentary (评论)

Did Oslo kowtow to Beijing?
ChinaFile, December 21, 2016
http://www.chinafile.com/conversation/did-oslo-kowtow-beijing