Access to Justice (司法公正)

江天勇父母家摄像头被拆 律师再申请会见遭闭门羹 (Cameras at Jiang Tianyong parents’ residence removed, lawyer’s application for meeting rejected again)
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-02232017122617.html

沈阳中院出台法官职业保障十项措施 (Shenyang Intermediate Court releases 10 measures to safeguard judges’ profession)
China Court Daily, February 24, 2017
http://www.chinacourt.org/article/detail/2017/02/id/2554943.shtml

China orders courts to record, video all trial proceedings
中国最高法新规：法院庭审全程录影
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/trial-02232017123654.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ml1-02232017114447.html

Related:
最高人民法院修订发布《关于人民法院庭审录音录像的若干规定》(SPC releases “Several Provisions on the Audio and Visual Recording of Court Trials”)
Supreme People’s Court of the PRC, February 22, 2017
http://www.court.gov.cn/zixun-xiangqing-36572.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

The complicated relationship between tech markets and streaming regulations in China
China Film Insider, February 23, 2017
http://chinafilminsider.com/complicated-relationship-tech-markets-streaming-regulations-china/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

McDonald’s China sale will “put enormous pressure on workers”: antitrust complaint.
China Labor Bulletin, February 23, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/mcdonald%E2%80%99s-china-sale-will-%E2%80%9Cput-enormous-pressure-workers%E2%80%9D-antitrust-complaint

China muzzles feminist group after criticism of Trump’s “misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic and racist policies”
Hong Kong Free Press, February 23, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/02/23/china-muzzles-feminist-group-after-criticism-of-trumps-misogynistic-homophobic-transphobic-and-racist-policies/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

PICC’s president Wang Yincheng under investigation by China’s discipline commission
South China Morning Post, February 23, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2073484/piccs-president-wang-yincheng-under-investigation-chinas

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

China cracks down on Xinjiang's Christians in “anti-terror” campaign
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/christians-02232017120516.html

Killings in Xinjiang’s Guma sparked by anger at prayer restrictions
Radio Free Asia, February 23, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/killings-in-xinjiangs-guma-sparked-by-anger-at-prayer-restrictions-02232017163713.html

Hong Kong (香港)

七警判刑 引爆社会两极争议 (Conviction against 7 police officers sparks polarized debate)
Deutsche Welle, February 23, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/七警判刑-引爆社会两极争议/a-37690856

Related:
律政司：接獲3警申上訴 (Secretary for Justice: 3 of the 7 police officers apply for appeal)
Mingpao, February 23, 2017
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170223/s00001/1487851809855

梁頌昕毋須「同行同檢」　空姐申覆核機管局決定獲批 (Application for judicial review against Airport Authority Hong Kong’s decision to allow Leung Chung-yan, C.Y. Leung's daughter, to retrieve left-behind luggage without going through security checks accepted by court)
Mingpao, February 24, 2017
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170224/s00001/1487909230826

Hong Kong police hasten to contain diplomatic embarrassment over remarks comparing convicted officers to persecuted Jews
South China Morning Post, February 24, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2073699/not-appropriate-compare-convicted-hong-kong-police-officers

Commentary (评论)

Could volunteer-based CSOs be a model for practicing human rights in China?
Open Democracy, February 22, 2017
https://www.opendemocracy.net/openglobalrights/hou-ping/could-volunteer-based-csos-be-model-for-practicing-human-rights-in-china