Access to Justice (司法公正)

范木根周五宣判前儿子及律师北京被绑架 (Fan Mugen’s son and lawyer kidnapped in Beijing prior to his sentencing on Friday)
Radio Free Asia, May 7, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql3-05072015100227.html

Related:
公民广场: 范木根案大事记 (Citizens’ Square: Fan Mugen case timeline)
Human Rights in China, February 4, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/chs/gong-min-yan-chang/fan-mu-gen-da-shi-ji

How Chinese institutions manufacture conviction and quash acquittal
Dui Hua, May 6, 2015
http://www.duihuahrjournal.org/2015/05/how-chinese-institutions-manufacture.html

In Their Defense: China’s latest round of judicial reforms aims to shield criminal defense lawyers from stress, risk and discrimination, but experts say it will be years before any impact is felt
News China, May 2015
http://www.newschinamag.com/magazine/in-their-defense#id:2220#date:16:38

Access to Information (信息公开)

China media website whitelist targets “false information”
Radio Free Asia, May 7, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/media-website-whitelist-targets-false-information-05072015110705.html

Action taken to speed release of govt information
China Daily, May 8, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-05/08/content_20655086.htm

New China security bill calls for protecting “cyber sovereignty”
Bloomberg Business, May 7, 2015
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-08/new-china-security-bill-calls-for-protecting-cyber-sovereignty-

Related:
中华人民共和国国家安全法（草案）（二次审议稿）征求意见 (National Security Law of the People's Republic of China (2nd draft for review))
[Proposed National Security Law now open for public comment]
The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, May 7, 2015
http://www.npc.gov.cn/COBRS_LFYJNEW/user/UserIndex.jsp?ID=6691283

China offers first glimpse of sweeping national security law
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1788339/release-chinas-draft-security-law-sparks-fears-further

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

CDB English Translation of The Overseas NGO Management Law (Second Draft)
China Development Brief, May 7, 2015
http://chinadevelopmentbrief.cn/articles/cdb-english-translation-of-the-overseas-ngo-management-law-second-draft/

草案七问：《境外非政府组织法（草案）》刍议 (7 questions on draft foreign NGO law)
China Development Brief, May 7, 2015
http://www.chinadevelopmentbrief.org.cn/news-17498.html

Related:
境外非政府组织管理法（草案二次审议稿）全文 (Foreign NGO Management Law (2nd draft for review)) [Proposed foreign NGO management law now open for public comment]
The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/lfgz/flca/2015-05/05/content_1935666.htm

Rule of Law and civil society in China
The Diplomat, May 7, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/05/rule-of-law-and-civil-society-in-china/

美國呼籲釋放浦志強 中國指責美干涉內政 (U.S. calls for release of Pu Zhiqiang, China criticizes U.S. for interfering in domestic policy)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 7, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/05/150507_china_us_puzhiqiang_reax

Related:
One-year anniversary of lawyer Pu Zhiqiang's detention
U.S. Department of State, May 6, 2015
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2015/05/241956.htm

China hits back after U.S. calls for release of human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang
Reuters, May 7, 2015
http://www.newsweek.com/china-hits-back-after-us-calls-release-human-rights-lawyer-pu-zhiqiang-329286

Elderly bereaved parents blame lack of pension on China's one-child policy
Radio Free Asia, May 6, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/pension-05062015125238.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

CPC expels former senior official in Hebei
China Daily, May 8, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-05/08/content_20656909.htm

China’s hunt for tigers and flies is taking a toll on business
The Financial Times, May 7, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/b2cb7c7a-f25c-11e4-b914-00144feab7de.html

China “to hold officials accountable for life for environmental problems”
The Financial Times, May 7, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-05-08/100807608.html

Counterterrorism (反恐)

2015中国（西安）国际社会公共安全产品暨警察反恐技术装备博览会 ( Xi‘an holds 2015 International Public Security Product and Counter-terrorism Technology and Equipment Expo)
http://xa.sxcps.cn/zh_huiyuan103.html

Hong Kong (香港)

中共《環球時報》批香港中大學生會「不自重」 (CPC’s Global Times criticizes Chinese University of Hong Kong's Student Association for its "lack of self-respect")
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 8, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/05/150508_china_media_reax_hk_pla

Related:
Students criticised over PLA visit
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 8, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150508/news_20150508_56_1098060.htm

Beijing unleashes another attack on student Occupy activists
South China Morning Post, May 8, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1788751/beijing-unleashes-another-attack-student-occupy-activists

Counterterrorism (反恐)

Release of China’s draft security law sparks fears of further erosion of citizens’ freedoms
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1788339/release-chinas-draft-security-law-sparks-fears-further

Access to Justice (司法公正)

丈夫街头殴打妻子 哈尔滨开首份《家庭暴力告诫书》(Harbin man admonished by police after publicly beating wife as city tests out a “Domestic Violence Admonishment System”)
New Evening Newspaper, May 6, 2015
http://hlj.ifeng.com/news/detail_2015_05/07/3871337_0.shtml

Courts in China face balancing act on domestic abuse
家暴受害者杀夫案，法院夹在法理与民意之间
New York Times, May 6, 2015
EN: http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/06/courts-in-china-face-balancing-act-on-domestic-abuse/
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150507/c07chinacourts/

Chinese rights lawyer marks ten months under house arrest
Radio Free Asia, May 6, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyer-05062015160836.html

人权律师浦志强案进入审查起诉关键期 (Rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang’s case enters critical investigation and prosecution stage)
Voice of America, May 7, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/latest-development-of-rights-attorney-20150507/2753348.html

Supreme People’s Court interprets the Administrative Litigation Law
Supreme Court Monitor, May 6, 2015
http://supremepeoplescourtmonitor.com/2015/05/

Related:
最高人民法院关于适用《中华人民共和国行政诉讼法》若干问题的解释
SPC Interpretation on The Administrative Litigation Law
Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China, April 22, 2015
CH: http://www.court.gov.cn/fabu-xiangqing-14294.html
EN: http://chinalawtranslate.com/en/allinterpretation/

Access to Information (信息公开)

Controversy erupts as policeman kills attacker in train station
Caixin, May 6, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-05-06/100806988.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Foreign NGO Management Law (Second Reading Draft) Full Text
China Law Translate, May 6, 2015
http://chinalawtranslate.com/en/foreign-ngo-draft-2/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese artist “warned off” 1989 Tiananmen activist photo project
Radio Free Asia, May 6, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-64photos-05062015153018.html

天安门母亲坚称永不放弃诉求 山东11公民家庭纪念六四 (Tiananmen mothers insist they will never give up their demands as 11 Shandong families commemorate June Fourth)
Radio Free Asia, May 6, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql3-05062015100719.html

Errant officials to be penalized for pollution
China Daily, May 7, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-05/07/content_20643404.htm

China military says some not taking graft fight seriously
Reuters, May 6, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/07/us-china-corruption-defence-idUSKBN0NS05M20150507

Critics say Xi’s anti-graft campaign shouldn’t be just about counting tigers
The Wall Street Journal, May 6, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/05/07/critics-say-xis-anti-graft-campaign-shouldnt-be-just-about-counting-tigers/

Retired Chinese health ministry official “investigated for corruption”
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1788065/retired-chinese-health-ministry-official-investigated-corruption

Hong Kong (香港)

香港中大學生反對 解放軍訪校活動延遲 (Visit by PLA troops postponed as CUHK students oppose)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 6, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/05/150506_cuhk_pla_protest

Related:
Chinese University postpones visit by Hong Kong PLA troops
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1787914/chinese-university-postpones-visit-hong-kong-pla

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

境外NGO法　攘外為了安內 (Foreign NGO Management Law: Repressing external forces to silence internal ones)
On.cc, May 6, 2015
http://hk.on.cc/cn/bkn/cnt/commentary/20150506/bkncn-20150506000318106-0506_05411_001.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Lead poisoning lawsuit tests China's resolve over pollution
The Age, May 6, 2015
http://www.theage.com.au/world/lead-poisoning-lawsuit-tests-chinas-resolve-over-pollution-20150506-ggv33r.html

Appeals against judicial process to be speeded up
China Daily, May 5, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-05/05/content_20629686.htm

广东中山将在公租房设家暴“庇护屋” (Zhongshan city, Guangdong, plans to install shelters in public housing projects for women fleeing domestic violence)
All China Women’s Federation, May 4, 2015
http://www.china-woman.com/2015-05/04/content_60503.htm

亳州成立首家反家暴庇护所 家暴受害妇女可获得法律援助 (Bozhou city, Anhui, establishes anti-domestic violence shelter where women can obtain legal aid)
Bozhou Daily, May 5, 2015
http://news.hefei.cc/2015/0505/025186667.shtml

殴打妻子致骨折 男子被判刑两年 (Man gets two years’ sentence for long-term domestic violence and causing wife’s bone fracture)
Health Channel, May 4, 2015
http://health.gmw.cn/newspaper/2015-05/04/content_106350424.htm

大陸律師抱團取暖 為陳建剛律師維權 (Chinese lawyers form rights defense group in support of lawyer Chen Jiangang)
New Tang Dynasty Television, May 5, 2015
http://www.ntdtv.com/xtr/b5/2015/05/05/a1195021.html

浦志强收押周年北京检方三令补充侦查 (On 1-year anniversary of Pu Zhiqiang’s detention, Beijing prosecution orders further investigation for 3rd time)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 5, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/05/150505_china_activist_pu_zhiqiang

China wants more open legal system: Xinhua
Xinhua, May 6, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150506/news_20150506_56_1097399.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

国家网信办公布可供网站转载新闻的新闻单位名单 (State Internet Information Office publishes list of media outlets permitted to repost news)
China.com, May 5, 2015
http://news.sdchina.com/show/3318824.html

近3成政府信息公开指南得零分 “三需要”成借口 (Study by Guangzhou CSO shows nearly 1/3 of government-issued “Open Government Information guides” are deficient and provide inadequate, incorrect, or misleading information)
Legal Net, May 5, 2015
http://news.sohu.com/20150505/n412393999.shtml

Chinese netizens migrate away from closely censored Weibo platforms
中国网民针对微博审查应对不同
Radio Free Asia, May 5, 2015
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/migrate-05052015135233.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf3-05052015100649.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Xi urges Red Cross China to reform
China Daily, May 5, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-05/05/content_20629412.htm

Former Chinese propaganda workers protest over unpaid pensions
Radio Free Asia, May 5, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/pensions-05052015105010.html

Feminist five thank domestic and international support that secured their release
China Change, May 6, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/05/05/feminist-five-thank-domestic-and-international-support-that-secured-their-release/

Related:
Supporting women's rights in China
声援中国女权人士
Human Rights in China, April 28, 2015
EN: http://bit.ly/1Hd5v5D
CH: http://bit.ly/1DTr8Wy

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Shanghai enacts curbs on business dealings of officials’ relatives
The New York Times, May 5, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/06/world/asia/shanghai-enacts-curbs-on-business-dealings-of-officials-relatives.html

Related:
The trouble with China's anti-corruption campaign
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 6, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-32590433

China prosecutors investigate former investment boss for graft
Reuters, May 5, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/05/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN0NQ0RA20150505

Changes to food safety law include tougher punishments
Caixin, May 5, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-05-04/100806234.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

The Chinese government hops on the WeChat bandwagon
China Policy Institute Blog, May 6, 2015
http://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/chinapolicyinstitute/2015/05/06/chinese-government-hops-on-the-wechat-bandwagon/

How China will become more cooperative in cyberspace
The Diplomat, May 6, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/05/how-china-will-become-more-cooperative-in-cyberspace

Related:
Cyber security in China: new political leadership focuses on boosting national security
Mercator Institute for China Studies, December 9, 2014
http://www.merics.org/fileadmin/templates/download/china-monitor/China_Monitor_No_20_eng.pdf

Counterterrorism (反恐)

China orders Muslim shopkeepers to sell alcohol, cigarettes, to “weaken” Islam
The Washington Post, May 5, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/05/05/china-orders-muslim-shopkeepers-to-sell-alcohol-cigarettes-to-weaken-islam/

Related:
新疆和田政府明令维族人店铺售烟酒 (Xinjiang Hotan prefectural government orders Muslim Uyghurs to sell cigarettes and alcohol)
Radio Free Asia, May 5, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-05052015100303.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Pro-Beijing group plans new petition to support Hong Kong electoral reform
South China Morning Post, May 6, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1786594/pro-beijing-group-plans-new-petition-support-hong-kong

董建華：反共者不能出閘 (Ex HK Chief Executive & Vice Chairman of CPPCC Tung Chee-hwa: anti-communists cannot stand for election)
Apple Daily, May 6, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20150506/19137616