Access to Justice (司法公正)

“Love is a serious crime, a life sentence” – Liu Xia audio on May 25, 2018
China Change, June 1, 2018
https://chinachange.org/2018/06/01/loving-liu-xiaobo-is-a-serious-crime-a-life-sentence-liu-xia-audio-on-may-25-2018/

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劉霞錄音中透露　會等到7月份看能否有機會出國 (Liu Xia voice recording: Wait until July to see if there’s an opportunity to go abroad)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 1, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1399483-20180601.htm

Interview: “I cannot express the pain and helplessness I feel”
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/mother-05312018150607.html

六四前夕 鲍彤遭禁声异议学者被旅游 (In advance of June Fourth, dissident scholars are forced to travel or are placed under house arrest)
Radio Free Asia, June 1, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-05312018100738.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Allowing photography in Hong Kong courts “could help prevent future riots,” says woman accused of contempt after uploading images to WeChat
South China Morning Post, June 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2148901/allowing-photography-hong-kong-courts-could

Student group at Fudan University forced to cancel annual production of “The Vagina Monologues”
SupChina, May 31, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/05/31/student-group-at-fudan-university-forced-to-cancel-annual-production-of-the-vagina-monologues/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China's complicated LGBT movement
The Diplomat, June 1, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/06/chinas-complicated-lgbt-movement

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Vocational school in Hunan tells students to “say no to homosexuality”
SupChina, May 30, 2018
https://supchina.com/2018/05/30/vocational-school-in-hunan-tells-students-to-say-no-to-homosexuality

More teachers protest unpaid bonuses in China's Anhui Province
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/teachers-strike-05312018140009.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s reform and opening: 40 years and counting
The Diplomat, June 1, 2018
https://thediplomat.com/2018/06/chinas-reform-and-opening-40-years-and-counting

Portraits of persistence: the Hongkongers refusing to let memories of China’s 1989 Tiananmen crackdown die
South China Morning Post, June 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2148681/portraits-persistence-hongkongers-refusing-let-memories-die

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Hong Kong’s leftover Tiananmen activists face cynicism, powerlessness and growing resignation that 1989 protesters may never be vindicated
South China Morning Post, June 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2148642/hong-kongs-leftover-tiananmen-activists-face-cynicism

专访支联会主席：悼念六四 良心行为 (Interview: Chair of Hong Kong Alliance says commemorating June Fourth is an act of conscience)
Deutsche Welle, June 1, 2018
http://p.dw.com/p/2yVPx

首座刘晓波永久雕像将竖立台北 (The first permanent statute of Liu Xiaobo to be displayed in Taipei)
Deutsche Welle, June 1, 2018
http://p.dw.com/p/2ylHF

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Taiwan plans sculpture honoring Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel-winning activist
The New York Times, June 1, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/world/asia/liu-xiaobo.html

天安門母親致習近平公開信　堅持真相、賠償及問責 (Tiananmen Mothers send open letter to Xi Jinping, persevering in request for truth, compensation, and accountability)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 1, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1399418-20180601.htm

Related:
Open letter to Xi Jinping from the Tiananmen Mothers
天安门母亲致习近平公开信
Human Rights in China, May 31, 2018
EN: https://www.hrichina.org/en/node/21838
CH: https://www.hrichina.org/chs/node/21828

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

One of China’s poorest provinces wants to be a tech hub
The Economist, May 31, 2018
https://www.economist.com/china/2018/06/02/one-of-chinas-poorest-provinces-wants-to-be-a-tech-hub

China talks of building a “digital Silk Road”
The Economist, May 31, 2018
https://www.economist.com/china/2018/06/02/china-talks-of-building-a-digital-silk-road

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong court overturns ruling granting spousal benefits to husband of gay civil servant
Hong Kong Free Press, June 1, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/01/hong-kong-court-overturns-ruling-granting-spousal-benefits-husband-gay-civil-servant

Related:
Why gay civil servant Angus Leung took on the Hong Kong government to claim for spousal benefits
South China Morning Post, June 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2148858/why-openly-gay-civil-servant-angus-leung-took

Conservative lawyers’ good showing in Hong Kong Law Society vote driven by proxy votes
South China Morning Post, June 1, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2148872/conservative-lawyers-good-showing-hong-kong