Access to Justice (司法公正)

Fewer Chinese citizens filing petitions against authorities as Beijing tries to curb use
South China Morning Post, August 23, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2107944/fewer-chinese-citizens-filing-petitions-against

Chinese activist Jiang Tianyong's subversion trial dismissed as sham
The Guardian, August 22, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/22/chinese-activist-jiang-tianyong-subversion-trial-dismissed-as-sham

Related:
Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers, Defenders and International Reactions: A Brief Chronology
Human Rights in China, June 6, 2017
http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-defenders-and-international-reactions-brief-chronology

Poet held in southern China over planned poetry anthology remembering Liu Xiaobo
Radio Free Asia, August 22, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/poet-08222017110033.html

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广州诗人浪子参与编选刘晓波纪念诗集被拘 (Guangzhou poet Liangzi involved in compiling Liu Xiaobo commemorative poetry anthology is arrested)
Voice of America, August 23, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/guangzhou-poet-detained-by-police/3997017.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese police ramp up charges against detained rights lawyer
Radio Free Asia, June 7, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyer-06072017111256.html

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江天勇被易罪逮捕 家属存钱未获回单 王全璋家人再向最高法提控告 (Jiang Tianyong arrested and charge changed, his family receives no receipt after sending Jiang money in jail, Wang Quanzhang’s family brings case to SPC again)
Radio Free Asia, June 7, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-06072017113828.html

Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers, Defenders and International Reactions: A Brief Chronology
Human Rights in China, May 11, 2017
http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-defenders-and-international-reactions-brief-chronology

“You disappeared?” A wife seeks her husband missing in China
Associated Press, June 8, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/you-disappeared-a-wife-seeks-her-husband-missing-in-china/2017/06/08/8b4e84d6-4c3b-11e7-987c-42ab5745db2e_story.html

大陆清算声援香港占中者：苏昌兰、陈启棠二审被驳回上诉 (China clears Occupy Central supporters: Su Changlan and Chen Qitang’s appeal against second instance judgements rejected)
Radio Free Asia, June 7, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/ml1-06072017114005.html

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Chinese court rejects appeal for activists who voiced support for Hong Kong’s Occupy protests
Hong Kong Free Press, June 8, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/06/08/chinese-court-rejects-appeal-activists-voiced-support-hong-kongs-occupy-protests/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

美国呼吁中国当局立即释放华海峰等3名中国劳工权利活动人士 (U.S. calls on Chinese authorities to immediately release 3 labor rights activists, including Hua Haifeng)
Radio Free Asia, June 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yl-06062017100509.html

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China won't release men investigating supplier producing Ivanka Trump items
Associated Press, June 6, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/06/ivanka-trump-china-shoes-factory-investigation

China police say activists investigating Ivanka Trump brand used illegal devices, passed info to foreign groups
Hong Kong Free Press, June 7, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/06/07/china-police-say-activists-investigating-ivanka-trump-brand-used-illegal-devices-passed-info-foreign-groups/

被失踪6个月后江天勇被正式批捕 (Jiang Tianyong, missing for six months, formally arrested)
Deutsche Welle, June 6, 2017
http://bit.ly/2rAFrzk

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VOA连线：王全璋家人到最高院控告 要求展开调查 (VOA Connects: Wang Quanzhang’s family takes case to SPC, to demand they carry out investigation)
Voice of America, June 6, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/voaweishi-connect-20170606-709-lawyer-case/3888907.html

Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers, Defenders and International Reactions: A Brief Chronology
Human Rights in China, June 6, 2017
http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-defenders-and-international-reactions-brief-chronology

江西赣州破获一起非法使用窃听窃照专用器材犯罪案，刑拘三人 (Ganzhou City, Jiangxi cracks case involving illegal use of wiretaps and covert photo devices, 3 people detained)
The Paper, June 6, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1702397

周强：增强司法话语权和国际规则制定权 (Zhou Qiang, Chief Justice and President of SPC: enhance Chinese rights to have judicial discourse and to make international rules)
Legal Daily, June 6, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-06/06/content_7194464.htm?node=5955

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese labor activist who probed Ivanka Trump supplier “meets with accident” in detention
Radio Free Asia, June 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/labor-ivanka-06052017144216.html

Related:
U.S. urges China to free labor activists who investigated Ivanka Trump’s shoe factories
Associated Press, June 6, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2097027/us-urges-china-free-labour-activists-who

China rejects U.S. call for release of labor rights activists
Reuters, June 6, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-usa-labour-idUSKBN18X12Y

Prominent Chinese rights activist charged with subversion after being held six months
Reuters, June 6, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-idUSKBN18X0C4

Related:
Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers, Defenders and International Reactions: A Brief Chronology
Human Rights in China, May 11, 2017
http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-defenders-and-international-reactions-brief-chronology

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China detains more than 40 Tibetans amid clash over water rights
Radio Free Asia, June 2, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/clash-06022017132533.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Beijing's rewards for unmasking foreign “spies” leaves NGOs, journalists at risk
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/rewards-04132017112629.html

上海律师李天天被以“寻滋罪”刑拘 疑曝光国保身份遭报复 (Shanghai-based lawyer Li Tiantian believed to be criminally detained over “picking quarrels and provoking troubles” charge after exposing identity of a domestic security officer)
Radio Free Asia, April 12, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-04122017101412.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

回應李明哲事件　國台辦：別有用心人士借機製造事端 (Taiwan Affairs Office in response to Li Ming-che case: People with ulterior motives are using it to provoke conflict)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 12, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1324776-20170412.htm

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國台辦：李明哲依法受查　已透過台灣團體通報其妻 (Taiwan Affairs Office: Li Ming-che is under investigation in accordance with law, his wife has been notified through a Taiwanese group)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 12, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1324763-20170412.htm

Access to Justice (司法公正)

709案升级祸延家属 王峭岭公开“托孤”(“709 Crackdown” escalation: Families are involved, Wang Qiaoling, wife of arrested lawyer, Li Heping, believed to be in danger, openly asks friends to take care of her children)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-04102017103322.html

Related:
Wife of 709 Lawyer Fears Arrest
李和平律师妻子面临危险，托付友人“善后”
Human Rights in China, April 7, 2017
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/wife-709-lawyer-fears-arrest
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/zhong-guo-ren-quan-jian-xun/li-he-ping-lu-shi-qi-zi-mian-lin-wei-xian-tuo-fu-you

Another Shenzhen activist held on “subversion” charges in secret location
深圳李江鹏被控“颠覆” 王军孕妻回深仍受监控
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activist-04102017110245.html
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/zhong-guo-ren-quan-jian-xun/li-he-ping-lu-shi-qi-zi-mian-lin-wei-xian-tuo-fu-you

China’s death penalty is still veiled in secrecy, Amnesty says
数据不透明掩盖中国死刑真相
The New York Times, April 11, 2017
EN: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170411/china-execution-amnesty-international/en-us/
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170411/china-execution-amnesty-international/

China's detention of Taiwan rights activist strains relations
Voice of America, April 11, 2017
http://www.voanews.com/a/china-detention-of-taiwan-rights-activist/3805188.html

Related:
Badiucao: Travel ban on wife of detained Taiwan activist
China Digital Times, April 10, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/04/badiucao-travel-ban-detained-taiwan-activists-wife/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

苏昌兰、陈启棠将提起上诉 家人遭控7日始获自由 (Su Changlan and Chen Qitang, previously convicted after sharing posts supporting “Occupy Central”, to appeal conviction, their families taken by authorities, freed seven days later)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-04102017101304.html

张海涛入狱四个月监狱仍不通知 民众怀疑受虐或被殴伤 (Families of Zhang Haitao still not informed four months after his imprisonment, public fears torture or violence against him in jail)
Radio Free Asia, April 8, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-04082017105852.html

陈桂秋致信谢阳案官派律师 陈建刚再被司法局约谈 (Wife of Xie Yang, Chen Guiqiu writes to authority-appointed lawyer for her husband, Xie Yang’s choice of defense lawyer, Chen Jiangang brought in to talk to Justice Bureau again)
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-04102017101818.html

Related:
As China blocks Xie Yang’s own lawyers following the torture revelation, wife reprimands the lawyer who met him without consent
China Change, April 10, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/04/10/as-china-blocks-xie-yangs-own-lawyers-following-the-torture-revelation-wife-reprimands-the-lawyer-who-met-him-without-consent/

Court in China's Guangdong acquits milk-scandal father jailed for five years
Radio Free Asia, April 7, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/court-in-chinas-guangdong-acquits-milk-scandal-father-jailed-for-five-years-04072017094814.html

Wife of detained Taiwanese activist barred from boarding flight to mainland China
South China Morning Post, April 10, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2086404/beijing-prevents-wife-imprisoned-taiwanese-activist

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李明哲妻欲赴京寻夫 台胞证被注销 (Chinese visa of Li Ming-che’s wife cancelled right before she departs to Beijing to find her husband)
Deutsche Welle, April 10, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/李明哲妻欲赴京寻夫-台胞证被注销/a-38363023

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese police detain netizens for “insulting” officers online
Radio Free Asia, February 1, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinese-police-detain-netizens-for-insulting-officers-online-02012017122417.html

谢阳案起诉书曝光 代理律师将逐条反驳 (Indictment of Xie Yang comes to light, his lawyer will refute every part)
Radio Free Asia, February 1, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-02012017103143.html

涉709事件︰幸清贤证实获取保 (709 case: Xing Qingxian confirmed to have been released on bail)
Radio Free Asia, February 1, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ml1-02012017110432.html

中国再有多人因辱骂警察被抓 引发舆论两极反应 (More people arrested in China for insulting police officers, sparks polarized reaction)
Radio Free Asia, February 1, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf1-02012017105642.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Torture accusations as EU ambassador raises case of Chinese lawyer Xie Yang
Hong Kong Free Press, January 25, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/01/25/torture-accusations-eu-ambassador-raises-case-chinese-lawyer-xie-yang/

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Two held in Northeastern China after online campaign for tortured lawyer
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/campaign-01252017123116.html

国际关注危难律师日 29名各国律界人士谴责中国迫害律师 (29 legal professionals worldwide criticize China on “Day of Endangered Lawyer” for persecuting lawyers)
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-01252017102850.html

中国人权律师团2016十大人权案件出炉 709案列首位 (Chinese human rights lawyers’ group publishes list of 10 biggest human rights cases of 2016, “709 Crackdown” case ranks number 1)
Radio Free Asia, January 25, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-01252017102920.html

Related:
Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers, Defenders and International Reactions: A Brief Chronology
Human Rights in China, January 23, 2017
http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-defenders-and-international-reactions-brief-chronology

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China abandoning rule of law, human rights lawyers say
The Guardian, January 24, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/24/china-abandoning-rule-of-law-human-rights-lawyers-say

李春富被關押後健康欠佳　歐盟駐華大使表示十分關切 (E.U. Ambassador to China expresses concern for Li Chunfu’s health after detention)
Radio Television Hong Kong, January 24, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1309853-20170125.htm

Related:
709 Lawyer Released on Bail in Psychological Distress
“709”被捕律师李春富取保候审，身心状况异常
Human Rights in China, January 13, 2017
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/709-lawyer-released-bail-psychological-distress
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/zhong-guo-ren-quan-jian-xun/709bei-bu-lu-shi-li-chun-fu-qu-bao-hou-shen-shen-xin

709大抓捕：律师李和平王全璋遭酷刑曝光　电击曾致昏厥 (709 Crackdown: Torture of lawyers Li Heping and Wang Quanzhang comes to light, subjected to electric shocks until they passed out)
Radio Free Asia, January 24, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-01242017103042.html

Related:
The anti-torture work of lawyer Li Heping that irked the Chinese authorities
China Change, January 25, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/01/25/the-anti-torture-work-of-lawyer-li-heping-that-irked-the-chinese-authorities/

Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers, Defenders and International Reactions: A Brief Chronology
Human Rights in China, January 23, 2017
http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-defenders-and-international-reactions-brief-chronology

Access to Justice (司法公正)

处境危险律师国际观察站关注中国律师 (“L’Observatoire international des avocats en danger” pays close attention to Chinese lawyers)
Radio France Internationale, January 22, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170122-处境危险律师国际观察站今年关注中国律师

“Your only right is to obey”: lawyer describes torture in China's secret jails
The Guardian, January 23, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/23/lawyer-torture-china-secret-jails-xie-yang

Related:
Scores of Chinese lawyers rally around colleague who claims he was tortured during crackdown
South China Morning Post, January 21, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2064227/scores-chinese-lawyers-rally-around-colleague-who

谢阳反告10名国保施酷刑 (Xie Yang brings torture claims against 10 Domestic Security officers)
Radio France Internationale, January 21, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170121-谢阳反告10名国保施酷刑

Chinese human rights lawyers set their sights on smog
Agence France-Presse, January 23, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/01/23/chinese-human-rights-lawyers-set-sights-smog/

中国敢言律师告当局治理污染不利 (Chinese outspoken lawyer sues the authority for incompetence in controlling pollution)
Radio France Internationale, January 21, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170121-中国敢言律师告当局治理污染不利

A broken lawyer and a hawkish judge cast deep pall over China’s legal system
The Washington Post, January 20, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/a-tortured-broken-lawyer-and-a-hawkish-judge-cast-deep-pall-over-chinas-legal-system/2017/01/20/1daf0ff6-dd62-11e6-b2cf-b67fe3285cbc_story.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

中国法律人敦促周强引咎辞职 (Chinese legal profession urges Zhou Qiang to resign)
Deutsche Welle, January 19, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/中国法律人敦促周强引咎辞职/a-37189971

Related:
中国知识界联署要求最高院周强“走人” (Intellects in China petition to demand President of SPC Zhou Qiang to “leave”)
Voice of America, January 20, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/news-china-scholars-demand--resignation-20170119/3682745.html

四位旅美前中国法律界人士谴责周强抵制司法独立的言论违法违宪要求人大撤销其职务 (4 U.S.-residing former Chinese legal professionals criticize Zhou Qiang for speech rejecting judicial independence, demand his dismissal from CPC)
Radio Free Asia, January 19, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ck-01192017100729.html

“709案”谢燕益回家仍有8人被羁押 谢阳拒绝当局“放人条件” (“709 case”: Xie Yanyi returns home while 8 people still detained, Xie Yang refuses the authorities’ “conditions for release” )
Radio Free Asia, January 19, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-01192017103426.html

Related:
Transcript of Interviews with Lawyer Xie Yang (1)
China Change, January 19, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/01/19/transcript-of-interviews-with-lawyer-xie-yang-1/

Authorities Deny Lawyers’ Access to Xie Yang and His Case File
“709”案谢阳律师被违法阻止律师会见和阅卷
Human Rights in China, October 21, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/authorities-deny-lawyers-access-xie-yang-and-his-case-file
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/gong-min-yan-chang/709an-xie-yang-lu-shi-bei-wei-fa-zu-zhi-lu-shi-hui-jian-he-yue-juan

Rights groups ask China to free Tibetan education advocate
人权组织呼吁释放藏语教育倡导者扎西文色
The New York Times, January 20, 2017
EN: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170120/china-tibetan-education-advocate/en-us/
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170120/china-tibetan-education-advocate/

Wife of detained Chinese rights lawyer seeks Angela Merkel’s help
被监禁的人权律师江天勇妻子向默克尔求助
The New York Times, January 19, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/world/asia/china-lawyer-jiang-tianyong-germany.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170120/china-lawyer-jiang-tianyong-germany/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese human rights lawyer Xie Yanyi reunited with family after 18 months in detention
Hong Kong Free Press, January 19, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/01/19/chinese-human-rights-lawyer-xie-yanyi-reunited-family-18-months-detention/

Related:
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

律师再申请会见江天勇 要求检察院监督案件 (Lawyers apply again to meet Jiang Tianyong, demand Procuratorate supervise the case)
Radio Free Asia, January 19, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-01182017104900.html

Related:
Statement by Lawyers Tan Chenshou and Chen Jinxue on Jiang Tianyong’s Case
覃臣寿、陈进学关于江天勇案的律师声明
Human Rights in China, December 16, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/statement-lawyers-tan-chenshou-and-chen-jinxue-jiang-tianyongs-case
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/gong-min-yan-chang/tan-chen-shou-chen-jin-xue-guan-yu-jiang-tian-yong-de-lu-shi-sheng-ming

中国最高人民法院院长驳斥司法独立 (President of SPC refutes judicial independence)
Financial Times, January 19, 2017
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001071044

Access to Justice (司法公正)

A fourth update on lawyer Li Chunfu’s situation: “What are you hiding from me?”
China Change, January 17, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/01/17/a-fourth-update-on-li-chunfus-situation-what-are-you-hiding-from-me/

Related:
709 Lawyer Released on Bail in Psychological Distress
“709”被捕律师李春富取保候审，身心状况异常
Human Rights in China, January 13, 2017
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/709-lawyer-released-bail-psychological-distress
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/zhong-guo-ren-quan-jian-xun/709bei-bu-lu-shi-li-chun-fu-qu-bao-hou-shen-shen-xin

Access to Justice (司法公正)

A third update on lawyer Li Chunfu: He was drugged in custody
China Change, January 15, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/01/15/a-third-update-on-lawyer-li-chunfu-he-was-drugged-in-custody/

Related:
709 Lawyer Released on Bail in Psychological Distress
“709”被捕律师李春富取保候审，身心状况异常
Human Rights in China, January 13, 2017
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/709-lawyer-released-bail-psychological-distress
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/zhong-guo-ren-quan-jian-xun/709bei-bu-lu-shi-li-chun-fu-qu-bao-hou-shen-shen-xin

Chinese government thwarts effort to appeal the recent Wukan sentences
China Change, January 17, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/01/17/chinese-government-thwarts-effort-to-appeal-the-recent-wukan-sentences/

人权组织呼吁释放藏族活动人士：审判扎西文色就是审判中国宪法 (Rights group calls for release of Tibetan activist: Putting Tashi Wangchuk on trial means putting the Chinese Constitution on trial)
Voice of America, January 17, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/hrw-calling-chian-drop-charges-tibetan-activist-20170116/3678608.html

Lawyers urge China’s top judge to quit over controversial comments against “Western” judicial independence
South China Morning Post, January 17, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2062829/lawyers-urge-chinas-top-judge-quit-over-controversial

Related:
“对司法独立亮剑"引发网民唇枪舌剑 (“To wield a sword against judicial independence” speech sparks heated online debate)
Deutsche Welle, January 17, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/对司法独立亮剑引发网民唇枪舌剑/ a-37145086

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese lawyer held for more than 500 days in civil rights crackdown has mental disorder
South China Morning Post, January 14, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2062246/chinese-lawyer-held-more-500-days-civil-rights

Related:
中国维权律师李春富被释放后“精神失常” (Rights defense lawyer Li Chunfu suffers “mental disorder” after release)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 14, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-38624049

709 Lawyer Released on Bail in Psychological Distress
“709”被捕律师李春富取保候审，身心状况异常
Human Rights in China, January 13, 2017
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/709-lawyer-released-bail-psychological-distress
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/zhong-guo-ren-quan-jian-xun/709bei-bu-lu-shi-li-chun-fu-qu-bao-hou-shen-shen-xin

China's top judge warns courts on judicial independence
Reuters, January 15, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-policy-law-idUSKBN14Z07B

Related:
中国最高法院长周强公开拒绝“宪政民主”“司法独立”引热议 (President of SPC Zhou Qiang sparks heated debate after he publicly rejects “constitutional democracy” and “judicial independence”)
Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-01152017103002.html

扎实做好人民法院各项工作 以优异成绩迎接党的十九大胜利召开 (Solid performance by courts, welcoming the Party’s victorious opening of the 19th National Congress with outstanding achievements)
China Court Daily, January 14, 2017
http://www.chinacourt.org/article/detail/2017/01/id/2512789.shtml

决不落入西方错误思潮“陷阱” (Never fall into the “trap” of western erroneous ideologies)
China Court Daily, January 15, 2017
http://www.chinacourt.org/article/detail/2017/01/id/2512848.shtml

How nine Wukan villagers were illegally tried and sentenced after rising up against corruption
China Change, January 14, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/01/14/how-nine-wukan-villagers-were-illegally-tried-and-sentenced-after-rising-up-against-corruption/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Death in custody: a Chinese scandal that will not die
The Economist, January 14, 2017
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21714389-public-resentment-police-brutality-growing-death-custody-chinese-scandal-will

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Hangzhou pastor who opposed cross removal arrested for embezzlement again
Hong Kong Free Press, January 11, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/01/11/hangzhou-pastor-opposed-cross-removal-arrested-embezzlement/