Access to Justice (司法公正)

六四公祭被刑拘记者诉警方 开庭日30人围观法院突取消 (Reporter criminally detained for organizing June Fourth public memorial service in 2014 sues police for unlawful detention, hearing cancelled as 30 people try to attend)
Radio Free Asia, February 20, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-02202017104712.html

江天勇妻子忧丈夫安危 致信德国总理默克尔获回复 (Wang Qiaoling, wife of detained lawyer Jiang Tianyong, writes to German Chancellor expressing concern for husband’s safety, receives reply )
Radio Free Asia, February 19, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-02192017111607.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

高官揭川震曾有「類似福島」事故 (High-level Chinese official reveals that an accident “similar to Fukushima” occurred during 2008 Sichuan earthquake)
Mingpao, February 18, 2017
http://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20170218/s00013/1487354254098

China Focus: One year on, Xi's speech injects vitality into media
Xinhua, February 19, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-02/19/content_28258235.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese filmmaker who documented labour activists’ fight for workers’ rights in southern China tells of exile in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, February 15, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/culture/film-tv/article/2070745/chinese-filmmaker-who-documented-labour-activists-fight-workers

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China names and shames cities for failing to tackle smog
South China Morning Post, February 20, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2072335/china-names-and-shames-cities-failing-tackle-smog

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

北京朝陽公安推手機舉報應用程式　學者憂破壞道德底線 (Ministry of Public Security in Chaoyang, Beijing releases smart phone app for reporting cases, scholars worry it may damage moral values)
Radio Television Hong Kong, February 18, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1314311-20170218.htm

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

公安部：深入开展反恐怖斗争 打击网络违法犯罪 (Ministry of Public Security: To thoroughly carry out the fight against terrorism, we must crackdown on Internet crimes)
People Daily, February 20, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0220/c1001-29094541.html

Region in China's restive Xinjiang to track vehicles as anti-terror measure
Reuters, February 21, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-xinjiang-idUSKBN1600DS

新疆7网民涉暴恐被捕 四川“净网”5人被拘 (7 netizens arrested in Xinjiang for involvement in terrorist activity, 5 others arrested as result of Sichuan’s “Internet cleansing”)
Radio Free Asia, February 17, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/XL1-02172017115408.html

Related:
Chinese troops stage show of force in Xinjiang and vow to “relentlessly beat” separatists
The Guardian, February 20, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/20/chinese-troops-stage-show-of-force-in-xinjiang-and-vow-to-relentlessly-beat-separatists

Xi: Security of nation a priority
China Daily, February 18, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-02/18/content_28248812.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

黨報專訪城大法律教授：警被重判衝擊法治 (Law professor at City University of Hong Kong comments on Ken Tsang’s assault case in State newspaper: Severe sentence against police officers tempers rule of law)
Mingpao, February 21, 2017
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170221/s00001/1487635926271

”No plan” to criminalise insulting police in Hong Kong in wake of Occupy court case
South China Morning Post, February 20, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2072288/ken-tsang-says-jail-sentences-hong-kong-police-officers-who

李嘉诚踢爆香港特首选举是一场早知结果的戏码 (Li Ka-shing reveals that Hong Kong’s CE election is a play in which the ending is known early on)
Radio France Internationale, February 19, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170219-李嘉诚踢爆香港特首选举是一场早知结果的戏码

Commentary (评论)

观察：美议员重提香港人权法案 有用吗？ (Observation: Will the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act proposed by U.S. congressmen be effective?)
British Broadcasting Corporation, February 17, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-39008862

Related:
Hong Kong’s relations with China are no business of the U.S.
South China Morning Post, February 20, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2072219/hong-kongs-relations-china-are-no-business-us

Access to Justice (司法公正)

郭洪伟曝光酷刑遭报复吐血 担架上见家属 (Jinlin activist Guo Hongwei allegedly beaten in prison for exposing his torture, in critical condition)
Radio Free Asia, February 16, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-02162017122332.html

Related:
Announcement of the establishment of the China Anti-Torture Alliance (中国反酷刑联盟正式成立)
China Anti-Torture Alliance, February 7, 2017 (Chinese)
China Change, February 16, 2017 (English)
https://chinachange.org/2017/02/16/announcement-of-the-establishment-of-the-china-anti-torture-alliance/

Lawyers for rights activists in China increasingly persecuted, report says
South China Morning Post, February 16, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2071421/lawyers-rights-activists-china-increasingly-persecuted

Courts urged to better serve ethnic people
China Daily, February 17, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-02/17/content_28234453.htm

內地校園暴力犯罪處罰輕？　公安部擬將行政拘留從16歲降至14歲 (Is the punishment for school violence too lenient on the mainland? Ministry of Public Security to lower minimum age for administrative detention from 16 to 14)
Hong Kong 01, February 17, 2017
https://www.hk01.com/兩岸/72570/內地校園暴力犯罪處罰輕-公安部擬將行政拘留從16歲降至14歲

Related:
公安部关于《中华人民共和国治安管理处罚法（修订公开征求意见稿）》公开征求意见的公告 (Ministry of Public Security notice regarding solicitation of comments on “Public Security Administrative Punishments Law (Draft Revisions for Solicitation of Public Comments)”)
The Ministry of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China, January 16, 2017 (Chinese)
China Law Translate, January 17, 2017 (English)
CH: http://www.mps.gov.cn/n2254536/n4904355/c5604357/content.html
EN: http://bit.ly/2ky3zND

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

互联网募捐信息平台“轻松筹”被民政部约谈 (Internet fundraising platform “Qing Song Chou” invited to “chat” with Ministry of Civil Affairs)
Xinhua, February 17, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0217/c1001-29086982.html

各地家长致函人大代表请求关注雾霾 (Parents from all over China send letters to over 600 NPC deputies calling for attention to smog problem)
Radio Free Asia, February 16, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/ml1-02162017122810.html

Fighting on behalf of China’s women — from the United States
New York Times. February 15, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/15/world/asia/china-trump-feminists-march.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Legal experts call for clarity over State compensation
China Daily, February 17, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-02/17/content_28240744.htm

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

China jails former senior judge for life in graft case
Reuters, February 16, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-court-idUSKBN15V10W?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

Related:
最高人民法院原副院长奚晓明受贿案一审宣判 (Verdict announced in Xi Xiaoming’s bribery case)
Xinhua, February 17, 2017
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2017/0217/c1001-29087724.html

China holds “anti-terrorism” mass rally in Xinjiang's Uighur heartland
Reuters, February 16, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-xinjiang-idUSKBN15W0A0?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

Hong Kong (香港)

7人判囚2年　法官怒斥令警隊蒙羞　支持者痛哭大叫 (Ken Tsang assault case: all 7 police officers sentenced to 2 years’ imprisonment, judge criticizes policemen for being an insult to Police Force, supporters cry after hearing judgment)
Mingpao, February 17, 2017
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170217/s00001/1487296798557

Related:
Outraged Hong Kong police officers condemn court verdict in Ken Tsang assault case
South China Morning Post, February 17, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2071786/outraged-hong-kong-police-officers-condemn-court-verdict

Defecting Communist Party-backed newspaper editor investigated for “leaking secrets”
Radio Free Asia, February 16, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/defecting-02162017111002.html

約翰遜：英國支持香港「一國兩制」立場不變 (Boris Johnson: The UK remains supportive of Hong Kong’s “one country, two systems”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, February 17, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1314047-20170217.htm

U.S. senators reintroduce bill to punish those suppressing freedom in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, February 17, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/02/17/us-senators-reintroduce-bill-punish-suppressing-freedom-hong-kong/

Commentary (评论)

Black Mirror or Red Herring? Shazeda Ahmed on China’s Social Credit System
China Digital Times, February 16, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/02/qa-shazeda-ahmed-on-chinas-social-credit-system/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

权平涉煽颠案开庭 律师被解聘法院封锁消息 (“Inciting subversion” case against Quan Ping opens, defense lawyers “fired” and court blocks off information)
Mingpao, February 16, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-02152017120309.html

Related:
Chinese activist stands trial for subversion over “Xitler” t-shirt
Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/teeshirt-trial-02152017123713.html

Human rights lawyer swept up in “709 crackdown” to face court in Tianjin for subversion
South China Morning Post, February 16, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2071188/709-lawyer-face-court-tianjin-subversion

Related:
「709大圍捕」維權律師王全璋涉顛覆國家政權被起訴 (“709 Crackdown” rights defense lawyer Wang Quanzhang formally charged with “inciting subversion of state power”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, February 15, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1313766-20170215.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

Why smog-reading apps pose a threat to Chinese authorities
South China Morning Post, February 16, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2071359/why-smog-reading-apps-may-pose-threat-chinese-authorities

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China “eliminating civil society” by targeting human rights activists – report
The Guardian, February 16, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/16/china-eliminating-civil-society-by-targeting-human-rights-activists-report

Related:
“They Target My Human Rights Work as a Crime”: Annual Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in China (2016)
Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD), February 2017
https://www.nchrd.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/annual-report.pdf

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

「兩套班子」治疆 維穩發展齊抓 (Xinjiang Party Secretary Chen Quanguo says 2 teams will govern the region: one focused on stability maintenance and the other development)
Mingpao, February 16, 2017
http://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20170216/s00013/1487181992153

新疆通報7網上傳播暴恐信息案 (Xinjiang authorities reportedly bust 7 cases of individuals spreading terrorist information online)
Mingpao, February 16, 2017
http://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20170216/s00013/1487181991794

Related:
Xinjiang busts seven cases of illegal, extremist online content
Global Times, February 15, 2017
http://english.sina.com/china/s/2017-02-15/detail-ifyamkzq1320292.shtml

Hong Kong (香港)

Police chief expresses sadness over conviction of seven officers, mentions appeal mechanism
Hong Kong Free Press, February 16, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/02/16/police-chief-expresses-sadness-conviction-seven-officers-mentions-appeal-mechanism/

全國政協界別51名選委一致提名林鄭月娥為特首候選人 (All 51 election committee members in Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference sector decide to nominate Carrie Lam)
Radio Television Hong Kong, February 15, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1313765-20170215.htm

曾鈺成質疑林鄭「新」政綱：今日的娥打倒昨日的娥？ (Jasper Tsang expresses doubt over Carrie Lam’s “new” platform: Carrie Lam contradicting herself?)
Mingpao, February 16, 2017
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170216/s00001/1487204675700

泛民推雷霆救兵 留票保曾胡入閘 (Pan-democrats have new plan to get both John Tsang and Woo Kwok-hing nominated)
Mingpao, February 16, 2017
http://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20170216/s00002/1487181909067

Access to Justice (司法公正)

江天勇母亲首次接受外媒采访 呼吁国际关注 (Mother of Jiang Tianyong interviewed by foreign media for the first time, calls for international attention on his case)
Radio Free Asia, February 14, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-02142017105605.html