Access to Justice (司法公正)

我国深化社区矫正改革取得重要成果, 社区服刑人员矫正期间再犯罪率0.2% (China's deepening reform of community corrections achieves significant results, recidivism among those serving community corrections sentences at 0.2%)
Legal Daily, February 15, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160215/Articel01007GN.htm

超期提出执行异议法院不受理 (Courts not to accept late protests at enforcement)
Legal Daily, February 15, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160215/Articel03005GN.htm

定西临洮开庭审理首例精神病人强制医疗案 (Dingxi City's Lintao Prefecture holds first trial of a person with mental illness for compulsory medical treatment)
Lanzhou Morning News, February 16, 2016
http://gansu.gscn.com.cn/system/2016/02/16/011261549.shtml

China must release detained activists, rights lawyers: UN
Agence France-Presse, February 16, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/16/china-must-release-detained-activists-rights-lawyers-un/

Related:
UN Human Rights Chief deeply concerned by China clampdown on lawyers and activists
人权高专对中国压制律师和人权活动人士表达关切
United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner, February 16, 2016
EN: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=53242#.VsQQqbR96Ul
CH: http://www.un.org/chinese/News/story.asp?newsID=25662

中国回应联合国批评：称李波不希望受到高度关注 (China’s response to UN’s criticism: Lee Bo does not wish to receive strong attention)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 17, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/world/2016/02/160217_china_un_right_reax

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, February 5, 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

Access to Information (信息公开)

南昌重大行政执法决定上网公布; 公开行政处罚信息 (Nanchang to publish major administrative enforcement decisions online; public disclosure of administrative punishments information)
Jiangxi News Online, February 16, 2016
http://jx.ifeng.com/news/sz/detail_2016_02/16/4765963_0.shtml

New China regulation seeks to tighten control over “creative works” published online
South China Morning Post, February 15, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/tech/article/1913342/new-china-regulation-seeks-tighten-control-over-creative-works-published-online

Chinese writer says he’s forbidden from traveling to U.S. for Harvard prize
记者杨继绳被禁止赴美领奖，曾撰书记录大饥荒
The New York Times, February 16, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/17/world/asia/yang-jisheng-tombstone-harvard.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160217/c17china/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中国对美参议院以刘晓波名更改中国使馆街道名议案表达愤怒 (China furious over U.S. Senate bill to name the plaza where Chinese embassy is situated as “Liu Xiaobo”)
Radio France Internationale, February 16, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160216-中国对美国参议院以刘晓波名更改中国使馆街道名议案愤怒

江苏去年查办贪贿案1278件 (Jiangsu investigated and handled 1,278 bribery cases last year)
Legal Daily, February 16, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160216/Articel03005GN.htm

山西去年查办职务案1444件 (Shanxi investigated and handled 1,444 cases of abuse of public office last year)
Legal Daily, February 16, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160216/Articel03006GN.htm

安徽老人被冤20年后告公安局：遭逼供为求死认罪 (Elderly Anhuinese wronged 20 years ago tells Public Security Bureau: You tortured me so much that I wanted to confess just so that I could receive the death penalty and die)
Beijing Times, February 16, 2016
http://news.qq.com/a/20160217/002886.htm

CPC journal stresses continuing anti-graft campaign
Xinua, February 16, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-02/16/c_135103970.htm

What NOT to learn from Zhou Yongkang and Ling Jihua: Fall of China’s corrupt party “gangs” a lesson for its cadres
South China Morning Post, February 16, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1913589/what-not-learn-zhou-yongkang-and-ling-jihua-fall-chinas

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Exploring cybersecurity from China’s perspective
Christian Science Monitor: Passcode, February 11, 2016
http://passcode.csmonitor.com/china

Hong Kong (香港)

Gov’t rejects scholars’ calls for independent inquiry on Mong Kok unrest
Hong Kong Free Press, February 16, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/16/govt-rejects-scholars-calls-for-independent-inquiry-on-mong-kok-unrest/

Hong Kong localist group “knows no bounds” when it comes to protesting, says activist and by-election candidate
South China Morning Post, February 16, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/article/1913594/hong-kong-localist-group-knows-no-bounds-when-it-comes-protesting-says-activist

Protests may continue in Hong Kong
Voice of America, February 16, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/protests-may-continue-in-hong-kong/3192761.html

China says missing bookseller doesn't want his case hyped up
Reuters, February 16, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-un-response-idUSKCN0VQ003

Related:
Hong Kong bookseller Lee Po could face 10 years in jail for blackmail
South China Morning Post, February 16, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1913595/hong-kong-bookseller-lee-po-could-face-10-years-jail

HSBC spooked by HK-China “integration” and eroding autonomy, says activist
Hong Kong Free Press, February 16, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/16/hsbc-spooked-by-hk-china-integration-and-eroding-autonomy-says-activist/

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

福建举行跨区域应急处置演习: 检验反恐应急能力 (Fujian holds cross-regional emergency response drills: checking counter-terrorism emergency response capability)
China Police Online, February 16, 2016
http://www.hxnews.com/news/fj/fj/201602/14/820859.shtml

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

A legal defense against Chinese oppression
The Wall Street Journal, February 16, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-legal-defense-against-chinese-oppression-1455645739

贺卫方：同性恋群体的中国处境 (He Weifang: The situation of China's LGBT community)
Aisixiang, February 16, 2016
http://www.aisixiang.com/data/97083.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China’s legal professionals, under limits at home, note Scalia’s death
在中国，斯卡利亚之死是一面镜子
The New York Times, February 16, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/16/world/asia/china-legal-professionals-antonin-scalia.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160216/c16chinascalia/

Access to Information (信息公开)

许多中国大陆记者 因不堪当局控制媒体退出新闻界 (Many Chinese reporters withdraw from journalism, unable to stand authorities’ control over media)
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/nu-02152016170542.html

Ties to Chinese state media raise questions in U.S. election campaign
The New York Times, February 6, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/06/world/asia/phillip-yin-lieutenant-governor-washington-state.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

To purge or not to purge: China’s anti-corruption campaign
The Diplomat, February 15, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/02/to-purge-or-not-to-purge-chinas-anti-corruption-campaign/

China's military sets up anti-corruption hotline
Reuters, February 15, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-military-corruption-idUSKCN0VO185

Deadly Tianjin warehouse explosion: review leads to China moving 10 chemical plants
South China Morning Post, February 15, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1913250/deadly-tianjin-warehouse-explosion-review-leads-china

China to protect migrant workers' “left-behind” children
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 15, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35581716

Hong Kong (香港)

Beijing pins Hong Kong riot on “radical separatists”
Agence France-Presse, February 15, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/15/beijing-pins-hong-kong-riot-on-radical-separatists/

Student activists stage fresh protest against “brainwashing” curriculum changes
Hong Kong Free Press, February 15, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/15/student-activists-stage-fresh-protest-against-brainwashing-curriculum-changes/

Hong Kong government rejects calls for inquiry into “fishball” riots
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/riots-hk-02152016151608.html

谁是黄之锋？(Who is Joshua Wong? A Three-part interview series with Joshua Wong, in Chinse)
South China Morning Post, February 14-16, 2016
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/152d4df6859a3d4/shui-shi-huang-zhi-feng-
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/152def13cb62544/shui-shi-huang-zhi-feng-er-
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/152def9880488cb/shui-shi-huang-zhi-feng-san-

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

Chinese Uighur was tortured into confessing role in Bangkok bomb: lawyer
Reuters, February 15, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-blast-idUSKCN0VO0ID

Related:
曼谷爆炸案：律师称当事人遭酷刑逼供 (Bangkok bomb: Lawyer says defendant’s confession extorted through torture)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 15, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/world/2016/02/160215_thailand_blast

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

The rise of rule by fear
The University of Nottingham: China Policy Institute, February 15, 2016
http://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/chinapolicyinstitute/2016/02/15/rule-of-law-vs-rule-by-fear/

Guo Jianmei, Zhongze, and the empowerment of women in China
China Change, February 14, 2016
http://chinachange.org/2016/02/14/guo-jianmei-zhongze-and-the-empowerment-of-women-in-china/

Access to Information (信息公开)

China's young reporters give up on journalism: “You can't write what you want”
The Guardian, February 12, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/12/china-journalism-reporters-freedom-of-speech

Chinese media in uproar over U.S. move to honor dissident
Associated Press, February 14, 2016
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/chinese-media-in-uproar-over-us-move-to-honour-dissident/article8236775.ece

That time China censored an art summit—in another country
The Washington Post, February 12, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/02/12/that-time-china-censored-an-art-summit-in-another-country/

Chinese journalist banned from flying to U.S. to accept a prize for his work
The Guardian, February 15, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/15/chinese-journalist-banned-from-flying-to-us-to-accept-a-prize-for-his-work

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

独立民间组织生存环境恶化 维权NGO担忧未来命运 (Environment for independent NGOs worsens, rights defense NGO worries about future fate)
Radio Free Asia, February 12, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-02122016104857.html

Two monks detained in Sichuan over Dalai Lama prayers
Radio Free Asia, February 11, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/prayers-02112016162509.html

Campaign against China's Christians spreads to Guangdong province
Radio Free Asia, February 12, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/campaign-against-chinas-christians-spreads-to-guangdong-province-02122016111628.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Portrait of a purge: Who is being investigated for corruption and why?
The Economist, February 13, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21692928-who-being-investigated-corruption-and-why-portrait-purge

Brother of disgraced Chinese presidential aide Ling Jihua is sharing golf secrets in U.S.—not state secrets: lawyer
South China Morning Post, February 12, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1912288/brother-disgraced-chinese-presidential-aide-ling-jihua

Steel imports from China investigated by European Commission
欧盟扩大调查中国钢铁“倾销”种类
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 12, 2016
EN: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-35559540
CH: http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/world/2016/02/160212_eu_china_steel_investigation

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Beijing officials tout all-volunteer “internet police”
Voice of America, February 11, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/beijing-officials-all-volunteer-internet-police-online-tipsters/3187858.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kongers’ long-simmering distrust of government boils over in the “fishball riots”
Global Voices, February 12, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/02/12/hong-kongers-long-simmering-distrust-of-government-boils-over-in-the-fishball-riots/

Beijing's top official in Hong Kong calls rioters “radical separatists”
Reuters, February 14, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-riots-beijing-idUSKCN0VO042

Scuffles in court as student activist faces rioting charges
Hong Kong Free Press, February 13, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/13/scuffles-in-court-as-student-activist-faces-rioting-charges/

Britain accuses China of violating treaty in Hong Kong bookseller’s case
The New York Times, February 13, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/13/world/asia/britain-china-hong-kong-bookseller.html

Over troubled water: Cross-border transport links are overshadowed by political fears
The Economist, February 11, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21692935-cross-border-transport-links-are-overshadowed-political-fears-over-troubled-water

Hong Kong has probably lost HSBC’s headquarters for good—and Beijing is to blame
Quartz, February 15, 2016
http://qz.com/616791/hong-kong-has-probably-lost-hsbcs-headquarters-for-good-and-beijing-is-to-blame/

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

China’s prosecutors make terror fight a top priority
2016检察工作首重政治安全 分析：公民自由或再受限
South China Morning Post, February 13, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1912464/chinas-prosecutors-make-terror-fight-top-priority
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/152d60bb4384baf/2016-jian-cha-gong-zuo-shou-zhong-zheng-zhi-an-quan-fen-xi-gong-min-zi-you-huo-zai-shou-xian

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China continues to use psychiatric “treatment” on its critics: Report
上海一访民在北京被送精神病院 无锡以精神病院代替黑监狱囚访民
Radio Free Asia, February 11, 2016
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/treatment-02112016133837.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-02112016101548.html