Access to Justice (司法公正)

公民要求公布雷洋案协议内容 联署质疑检警枉法 (In joint petition, citizens request authorities disclose contents of settlement in Lei Yang’s case, suspect that officers violated the law)
Voice of America, January 5, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/news-china-leiyang-case-20170103/3661439.html

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中国逾百所高校学生及民众为雷洋鸣不平 (Over 100 Chinese high school students and others launch online petition to express concern over Lei Yang case)
Radio Free Asia, December 26 , 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-12262016103014.html

The death of a young man in police custody is rattling the trust of China’s middle class
Quartz, January 4, 2017
https://qz.com/876828/the-death-of-a-young-man-in-police-custody-is-rattling-the-trust-of-chinas-middle-class/

Shanghai court accepts detained rights lawyer’s defamation case against state-backed media
South China Morning Post, January 5, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2059516/shanghai-court-accepts-detained-rights-lawyers

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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, June 10, 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

Couple held in China are free, but “even now we live under a cloud”
加拿大“间谍”夫妇讲述在中国被关押经历
The New York Times, January 4, 2017
http://cn.nytimes.com/world/20170104/canadian-couple-china-detention/dual/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

NGOs are trying to stay alive in China’s latest crackdown against “foreign forces”
Quartz, January 5, 2017
https://qz.com/873489/ngos-are-trying-to-stay-alive-in-chinas-latest-crackdown-against-foreign-forces/

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VOA连线：36名律师自发成立《境外NGO法》律师团 (36 Chinese lawyers to form legal services group to advise foreign organizations on Foreign NGO Law)
Voice of America, January 4, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/3662623.html

中国退伍军人再度集体上访北京 (Chinese veterans petition Beijing once again)
Voice of America, January 5, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/news-chinese-veteran-20170104/3662788.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese city official shoots 2 others and kills himself, state media says
The New York Times, January 4, 2017
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/04/world/asia/china-sichuan-shooting.html

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Minitrue: No unauthorized coverage of Sichuan shooting
China Digital Times, January 4, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/01/minitrue-no-unauthorized-coverage-sichuan-shooting/

China probes party official in restive Xinjiang days after attack
Reuters, January 4, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN14P0B5

Tianjin’s former mayor expelled from Communist Party
Caixin, January 4, 2017
http://www.caixinglobal.com/2017-01-04/101033390.html

China launches propaganda movie about the “iron” fight against corruption
Radio Free Asia, January 4, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-launches-propaganda-movie-about-the-iron-fight-against-corruption-01042017121802.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Apple removes New York Times app in China
The Guardian, January 5, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/05/apple-removes-new-york-times-app-in-china

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

Uyghur government workers ordered not to identify on forms as Muslim
Radio Free Asia, January 4, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/identify-01042017162826.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Occupy leaders Nathan Law and Joshua Wong appeal against conviction for storming government HQ
South China Morning Post, January 5, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2059556/occupy-leaders-nathan-law-and-joshua-wong-appeal-against

Veteran Hong Kong journalists launch new, non-profit Chinese news site in defense of press freedom
Hong Kong Free Press, January 5, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/01/05/veteran-hong-kong-journalists-launch-new-non-profit-chinese-news-site-in-defence-of-press-freedom/