Access to Justice (司法公正)

Domestic violence victim in China wins death sentence reprieve
The Guardian, April 24, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/24/domestic-violence-victim-in-china-wins-death-sentence-reprieve

Related:
李彦因家暴杀夫分尸案宣判：死刑改判死缓 (Li Yan, originally sentenced to death for murder of abusive husband, receives two-year reprieve)
Chengdu News, April 24, 2015
http://news.chengdu.cn/2015/0424/1683666.shtml
国务院法制办公室关于《中华人民共和国反家庭暴力法（征求意见稿）》公开征求意见的通知 (PRC Anti-Domestic Violence Law (Draft) (Comments Draft))
Legislative Affairs Committee of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, November 25, 2014
CH:http://www.chinalaw.gov.cn/article/cazjgg/201411/20141100397718.shtml
EN:http://chinalawtranslate.com/en/domestic-violence-law/

最高人民法院最高人民检察院公安部司法部印发《关于依法办理家庭暴力犯罪案件的意见》的通知 (Opinion On Handling Criminal Cases Of Domestic Violence In Accordance With Law)
The Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China, March 4, 2015
CH:http://www.court.gov.cn/fabu-xiangqing-13616.html
EN:http://chinalawtranslate.com/en/dvopinion/

Storming the barriers around China’s judiciary
The New York Times, April 22, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/22/storming-the-barriers-around-chinas-judiciary/

Chinese man gets 14-month jail term for defacing Mao portrait
Reuters, April 23, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/23/us-china-mao-idUSKBN0NE0M120150423

Access to Information (信息公开)

VOA interview cited in case against Chinese dissident
Voice of America, April 23, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/voa-interview-cited-in-case-against-chinese-dissident/2732030.html

Embassy walls provide safe haven for free speech in China
The Globe and Mail, April 23, 2015
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/embassy-walls-provide-safe-haven-of-free-speech-in-china/article24093802/

State Of Rights: media freedom and press access in China
U.S. State Department, April 23, 2015
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2015/04/241040.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Freed Chinese feminist refuses to be silenced
Aljazeera, April 23, 2015
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/04/china-women-rights-activists-150423044736369.html

Related:
Supporting women's rights in China
声援中国女权人士
Human Rights in China, April 22, 2015
EN: http://bit.ly/1Hd5v5D
CH: http://bit.ly/1DTr8Wy

China draft law lets foreign NGOs open offices with government OK
Reuters, April 23, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/24/us-china-parliament-ngos-idUSKBN0NF08L20150424

Government Accountability (政府问责)

发起“六四公祭” 于世文案起诉书首度曝光 (Indictment of Yu Shiwen, who held June Fourth public memorial, revealed)
Radio Free Asia, April, 23, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/6-04232015112303.html

Subversion, public order cases of Tiananmen anniversary activists move closer to trial
Radio Free Asia, April 23, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/closer-04232015105706.html

Former 1989 student leader stopped at Hong Kong border with China
Radio Free Asia, April 24, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-xiong-04232015145533.html

Wanted list reveals nature of Chinese corruption
Financial Times, April 23, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/4a465994-e993-11e4-a687-00144feab7de.html

Related:
China tracks “corrupt” fugitives to Britain
Financial Times, April 23, 2015
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11557711/China-tracks-corrupt-fugitives-to-Britain.html

Former Chinese official goes on trial for corruption
Aljazeera, April 23, 2015
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/4/23/former-chinese-official-goes-on-trial-for-corruption.html

Related:
Associate of Zhou Yongkang, China’s fallen security chief, admits taking bribes
New York Times, April 24, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/world/asia/associate-of-zhou-yongkang-chinas-fallen-security-chief-admits-taking-bribes.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong chief secretary says electoral reform open to future changes
South China Morning Post, April 24, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1774221/hong-kong-chief-secretary-says-electoral-reform-open-future

X marks the spot: A struggle looms in Hong Kong’s legislature over political reform
The Economist, April 25, 2015
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21649541-struggle-looms-hong-kongs-legislature-over-political-reform-x-marks-spot

梁振英林郑月娥首日落区推广政改即遭黄伞军包围 (CY Leung and Carrie Lam encircled by “yellow umbrella army” during first community visit to promote political reform proposal)
Radio France Internationale, April 24, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/政治/20150423-梁振英林郑月娥首日落区推广政改即遭黄伞军包围/

學聯承認三間院校退聯大大削弱學聯代表性及組織能力 (Federation of Students admits that withdrawal of 3 institutions drastically weakens its representative and organizational capacity)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 23, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150423/news_20150423_55_1094459.htm

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

So much for compromise: Hong Kong electoral reform will only benefit one-party state
South China Morning Post, April 24, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1775269/so-much-compromise-hong-kong-electoral-reform-will-only

Access to Justice (司法公正)

4名律師在湖南衡陽出庭辯護前遭人毆打 (Four defense lawyers in Hunan gang violence case beaten up)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 21, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/04/150421_cn_lawyer_beaten

Related:
四律师湖南法院外遭殴400律师联名促彻查 (400 lawyers petition for investigation into mobs’ attack on lawyers outside Hunan court)
Boxun, April 23, 2015
http://www.boxun.com/news/gb/china/2015/04/201504230232.shtml

法院殴打粗暴对待律师状况越演越凶 (Court violence and attacks on lawyers worsen)
Boxun, April 23, 2015
http://www.boxun.com/news/gb/china/2015/04/201504230206.shtml

Access to Information (信息公开)

Jailed Chinese journalist appeals seven-year jail term for “leaking secrets”
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/gao-yu-appeals-jail-term-04212015114704.html

Related:
Heavy sentence for Gao Yu exposes hollowness of “Rule by Law” in China
重判高瑜暴露中国“依法治国”的虚伪
Human Rights in China, April 17, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/heavy-sentence-gao-yu-exposes-hollowness-rule-law-china
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/sheng-ming/zhong-pan-gao-yu-bao-lu-zhong-guo-yi-fa-zhi-guo-de-xu-wei

前上海市委副秘书入股TVB香港免费电视赤化势难免 (Former deputy secretary of Shanghai invests in TVB, “reddening” of HK free broadcasting inevitable)
Radio France Internationale, April 23, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150423-前上海市委副秘书入股tvb香港免费电视赤化势难免/

Related:
Lawmakers concerned over TVB move to bring in mainland investor
Economic Journal, April 23, 2015
http://www.ejinsight.com/20150423-lawmakers-concerned-over-tvb-move-to-bring-in-mainland-investor/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese feminist describes prison ordeal
Sky News, April 21, 2015
http://news.sky.com/story/1469361/chinese-feminist-describes-prison-ordeal

Related:
Chinese feminists to lodge formal complaint over treatment in detention
Radio Free Asia, April 22, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-feminists-04222015134308.html

Supporting women's rights in China
Human Rights in China, April 22, 2015
EN: http://bit.ly/1Hd5v5D
CH: http://bit.ly/1DTr8Wy

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China trial begins for ally of retired domestic security chief
Reuters, April 22, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/23/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN0NE08D20150423

Related:
Ex-senior Chinese official and ally of detained security tsar Zhou Yongkang goes on trial
South China Morning Post, April 23, 2015
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1774102/ex-chinese-party-official-and-ally-disgraced-security

China's graft-busters release list of 100 wanted fugitives in Operation Sky Net
South China Morning Post, April 23, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1773872/chinas-graft-busters-release-list-100-wanted-fugitives

Related:
China points to America in most-wanted list
Wall Street Journal, April 22, 2015
EN: http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-points-to-america-in-most-wanted-list-1429716105

China's anti-corruption drive: don't stop now
Caixin, April 22, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-04-22/100802665.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese cyber tool poses risks for Chinese firms
Voice of America, April 22, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/china-great-cannon-great-firewall-digital-censorship/2730340.html

Hong Kong (香港)

李卓人：如香港人接受假普選 將來無可能爭取真普選 (Pan-dem Lee Cheuk-yan: If HK people accept “fake universal suffrage,” now, there’s no chance for genuine universal suffrage in the future)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 23, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150423/news_20150423_55_1094320.htm

Related:
袁國強：通過政改方案不代表扼殺往後民主發展 (Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen: Passing political reform proposal will not eliminate future democratic development)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 23, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150423/news_20150423_55_1094303.htm

Hong Kong activists threaten new protests against “fake democracy”
The Telegraph, April 22, 2015
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11554226/Hong-Kong-activists-threaten-new-protests-against-fake-democracy.html

Hong Kong election: Plans to appoint chief executive are in “strict compliance” with instructions from China-and ignore democracy campaigners' demands
The Independent, April 22, 2015
http://ind.pn/1d0H1A9

港府民意戰首站陷混亂 林鄭對是否公佈未來行程有保留 (First engagement in HK government’s battle to win public opinion stirs unrest, Carrie Lam uncertain about announcing the upcoming schedule)
South China Morning Post, April 23, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/tc/hk-macau-tw/14ce40bef325e8f/gang-fu-min-yi-zhan-shou-zhan-xian-hun-luan-lin-zheng-dui-shi-fou-gong-bu-wei-lai-xing-cheng-you-bao-liu

理大生通過退出學聯 (PolyU students pass referendum to withdraw from Federation of Students)
Apple Daily, April 23, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20150423/19122642

Related:
浸大學生會退聯公投傍晚結束 (Voting on HKBU referendum to withdraw from Federation of Students open until this evening)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 23, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150423/news_20150423_55_1094392.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

China added to list of 10 most censored countries
Aljazeera, April 22, 2015
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/4/21/china-added-to-list-of-10-most-censored-countries.html

Related:
China, Myanmar, North Korea and Vietnam among 10 worst media censors
CPJ公布“十大新闻审查国家名单” 中国监禁记者最多
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2015
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/press-freedom-04212015162105.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/jz-04202015105122.html

HRIC statement: Heavy Sentence for Gao Yu Exposes Hollowness of “Rule by Law” in China
中国人权声明：重判高瑜暴露中国“依法治国”的虚伪
Human Rights in China, April 17, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/heavy-sentence-gao-yu-exposes-hollowness-rule-law-china
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/sheng-ming/zhong-pan-gao-yu-bao-lu-zhong-guo-yi-fa-zhi-guo-de-xu-wei

高瑜案的警示 (Gao Yu’s case as a warning to us)
Human Rights in China Biweekly, April 20, 2015
http://biweekly.hrichina.org/article/27396

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

This Chinese feminist wants to be the country’s first openly gay lawyer, and police harassment won’t stop her
The Washington Post, April 22, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/chinese-feminist-tells-of-ordeal-in-detention-vows-to-continue-advocacy/2015/04/21/00d0ffc6-ae95-4495-82a1-19e26c0b82a7_story.html

Related:
HRIC Law Note: Five detained women released on “guarantee pending further investigation”
中国人权法律备忘录：五位被拘女权活动人士取保候审
Human Rights in China, April 13, 2015
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/en/hric-law-note-five-detained-women-released-guarantee-pending-further-investigation
CH:http://www.hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-ren-quan-fa-lu-bei-wang-lu-wu-wei-bei-ju-nu-quan-huo-dong-ren-shi-qu-bao-hou-shen

Supporting women's rights in China
声援中国女权人士
Human Rights in China, April 20, 2015
EN: http://bit.ly/1Hd5v5D
CH: http://bit.ly/1DTr8Wy

Hong Kong (香港)

泛民離場抗議 斥政府要港人淪投票工具 (Pan-dems walk out of LegCo, denounce government for reducing HK people to voting tools)
Apple Daily, April 22, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20150422/53659559

CE urges HK to seize chance for reforms
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 22, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150422/news_20150422_56_1093927.htm

Noisy protests outside Legislative Council
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 22, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150422/news_20150422_56_1093952.htm

Hong Kong faces election impasse
The Wall Street Journal, April 22, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/hong-kong-faces-election-impasse-1429689542

Hong Kong toes China line with reform package, vows no compromise
Reuters, April 22, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/22/us-hongkong-politics-reform-idUSKBN0ND06L20150422

劉卿稱方案令人心寒齒冷 重申民主黨不接受袋住先(Emily Lau says proposal is horrifying, reiterates Democratic Party’s refusal to compromise)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 22, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150422/news_20150422_55_1094000.htm

黃之鋒：學生及年青人呼籲議員否決8.31框架方案 (Joshua Wong: Students and young people call on lawmakers to reject proposal under “831 framework”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 22, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150422/news_20150422_55_1094035.htm

官媒緊貼報道 內地網民：香港民主是次要的 (Chinese state media follows HK political reform development closely: Mainland Chinese netizen comments that democracy is of secondary importance to HK compared with protection of China’s political stability)
Apple Daily, April 22, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/china/20150422/53660501

Counterterrorism (反恐)

Chinese president applauds Pakistan's anti-terror efforts
The Hindu, April 21, 2015
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/south-asia/chinese-president-applauds-pakistans-antiterror-efforts/article7125877.ece

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

言论自由与国家安全决不能对立 (Freedom of expression and state security should not work against one another)
The Global Times, April 22, 2015
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/editorial/2015-04/6250826.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

法官流失严重 单独薪酬能否留住现代“包公”(China is rapidly losing judges, can a separate pay scale keep fair ones?)
China Law Translate, April 20, 2015
http://chinalawtranslate.com/en/casefilingissues/

SPC provisions on several questions regarding case registration and filing
China Law Translate, April 20, 2015
http://chinalawtranslate.com/en/casefilingissues/

Related:
Opinion on People's Courts implementation of reforms to the case filing registration system
关于人民法院推行立案登记制改革的意见
The Supreme People’s Court, April 15, 2015
EN: http://chinalawtranslate.com/en/casefiling/
CH: http://www.court.gov.cn/fabu-xiangqing-14152.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

10 Most Censored Countries
Committee to Protect Journalists, April 21, 2015
http://www.cpj.org/2015/04/10-most-censored-countries.php

This chart explains everything you need to know about Chinese internet censorship
Foreign Policy, April 20, 2015
https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/04/20/this-chart-explains-everything-you-need-to-know-about-chinese-internet-censorship/

Gao Yu's family under surveillance amid security clampdown in Beijing
Radio Free Asia, April 20, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-gaoyu-04202015131747.html

Related:
HRIC statement: Heavy Sentence for Gao Yu Exposes Hollowness of “Rule by Law” in China
中国人权声明：重判高瑜暴露中国“依法治国”的虚伪
Human Rights in China, April 17, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/heavy-sentence-gao-yu-exposes-hollowness-rule-law-china
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/sheng-ming/zhong-pan-gao-yu-bao-lu-zhong-guo-yi-fa-zhi-guo-de-xu-wei

高瑜案的警示 (Gao Yu’s case as a warning to us)
Human Rights in China Biweekly, April 20, 2015
http://biweekly.hrichina.org/article/27396

China national security law to address “harmful moral standards”
Reuters, April 20, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/20/us-china-security-idUSKBN0NB0UU20150420

Related:
“维护国家网络空间主权”拟入法 (New draft legislation includes “protection of national cyber sovereignty”)
The Beijing Times, April 21, 2015
http://epaper.jinghua.cn/html/2015-04/21/content_191728.htm

US teacher deported after sending text messages critical of China’s Tibet policies
The Nanfang, April 21, 2015
https://thenanfang.com/us-teacher-deported-writing-text-message-critical-chinas-tibet-policies/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

我国拟放宽境外非政府组织在我境内设分支机构限制 (Draft law on Management of Foreign Non-Governmental Organizations gets second reading in legislature)
Xinhua, April 20, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2015-04/20/c_1115025351.htm

武嵘嵘的信：期待它日相聚时，畅谈人生，把酒言欢！ (Wu Rongrong’s letter: Look forward to getting together to chat over drinks)
Boxun, April 21, 2015
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2015/04/201504210018.shtml#.VTYOa9Kqqko

Related:
HRIC Law Note: Five detained women released on “guarantee pending further investigation”
中国人权法律备忘录：五位被拘女权活动人士取保候审
Human Rights in China, April 13, 2015
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/en/hric-law-note-five-detained-women-released-guarantee-pending-further-investigation
CH:http://www.hrichina.org/chs/zhong-guo-ren-quan-fa-lu-bei-wang-lu-wu-wei-bei-ju-nu-quan-huo-dong-ren-shi-qu-bao-hou-shen

Supporting women's rights in China
声援中国女权人士
Human Rights in China, April 20, 2015
EN: http://bit.ly/1Hd5v5D
CH: http://bit.ly/1DTr8Wy