Access to Justice (司法公正)

李和平再曝酷刑细节 江天勇女儿公开致父信 (Li Heping again reveals details of his torture, Jiang Tianyong’s daughter writes open letter to her father)
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-05312017102730.html

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

Activist held in China's Guangdong for printing T-shirts bearing Guo Wengui quote
Radio Free Asia, June 1, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/tshirts-05312017111855.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese Foreign Ministry rebukes student for exalting free speech in graduation remarks
Global Voices, May 30, 2017
https://globalvoices.org/2017/05/30/chinese-foreign-ministry-rebukes-student-for-exalting-free-speech-in-graduation-remarks/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

More than 20 veterans behind bars, 28 years after Tiananmen massacre
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/tiananmen-prisoners-05312017144952.html

Hidden away for 28 years, Tiananmen protest pictures see light of day
The New York Times, June 1, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/01/world/asia/china-tiananmen-1989-photographs.html

Former China Telecom boss Chang Xiaobing sentenced to six years for corruption
South China Morning Post, May 31, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2096382/former-china-telecom-boss-chang-xiaobing-sentenced-six-years

Former China statistics chief jailed for life over corruption
South China Morning Post, May 31, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2096402/former-china-statistics-chief-jailed-life-over

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

《网络安全法》施行前夕国家互联网信息办公室网络安全协调局负责人答记者问 (Ahead of Cyber Security Law implementation, spokesman for the Cyberspace Administration of China Cybersecurity Mediation Bureau responds to journalists’ questions)
Cyberspace Administration of China, May 31, 2017
http://www.cac.gov.cn/2017-05/31/c_1121062481.htm

Related:
中国施行《网络安全法》 外企为何担忧？(With the implementation of the Cyber Security Law, what do multinationals have to worry about?)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 31, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-40111643

China gives businesses 19 months to comply with controversial cross-border cyber data rules
South China Morning Post, May 31, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2096406/china-gives-businesses-19-months-comply-controversial

Facebook sorry for Tiananmen picture frame rejection
Facebook为“误禁”香港纪念六四头像特效框道歉　还有谁曾中招？
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 31, 2017
EN: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-40102562
CH: http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-40104098

China's cybersecurity law: What you need to know
The Diplomat, June 1, 2017
http://thediplomat.com/2017/06/chinas-cybersecurity-law-what-you-need-to-know/

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

China created a new terrorist threat by repressing secessionist fervor in its western frontier
Quartz, May 31, 2017
https://qz.com/993601/china-uyghur-terrorism/

Hong Kong (香港)

School apologizes after exam asks about police rally and Hong Kong rule of law
Hong Kong Free Press, June 1, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/06/01/school-apologises-exam-asks-police-rally-hong-kong-rule-law/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Liu Shaoming, a 1989 veteran and a labor activist, remains imprisoned without sentence
China Change, May 31, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/05/31/liu-shaoming-a-1989-veteran-and-a-labor-activist-remains-imprisoned-without-sentence/

China detains activist who worked at manufacturer of Ivanka Trump shoes
The New York Times, May 30, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/30/business/labor-activist-detained-ivanka-trump-factory.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

中国网上流行的女同性恋约会应用程序被关闭 (Popular Chinese Internet dating app shut down)
Radio Free Asia, May 29, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/nu-05292017155216.html

Transparency calls follow Taiwanese activist’s subversion arrest
China Digital Times, May 30, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/05/transparency-calls-follow-taiwanese-activists-subversion-arrest/

Facebook “mistakenly” censored Tiananmen massacre tribute
Hong Kong Free Press, May 30, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/05/30/facebook-apologises-mistakenly-banning-1989-tiananmen-massacre-profile-tribute/

Tibetan social media draw Chinese police attention after self-immolations
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/media-05302017150250.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

LGBT conference in China forced to cancel; organizers say they were detained for 8 hours
Hong Kong Free Press, May 31, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/05/31/lgbt-conference-china-forced-cancel-organisers-say-detained-8-hours/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China puts activists under house arrest, surveillance ahead of massacre anniversary
Radio Free Asia, May 30, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activists-05302017113246.html

山东民间举行纪念六四聚会已持续10年 (People in Shandong hold get together to commemorate June Fourth for tenth year)
Radio Free Asia, May 30, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-05302017111452.html

中国作家及律师女友敏感日被逼离广州 (Chinese writer and lawyer girlfriend forced to leave Guangzhou ahead of sensitive date)
Voice of America, May 30, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/guangzhou-writer-and-lawyer-forced-to-leave-ahead-of-june-4th/3877088.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

中国《网络安全法》冲击跨国公司 (China’s cybersecurity law impacts multinational corporations)
Financial Times, May 31, 2017
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001072794

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Taiwan rights activist’s wife demands answers after arrest in China
South China Morning Post, May 30, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2096174/taiwan-rights-activists-wife-demands-answers-after

Veteran 1989 democracy, labor rights activist's case stalled: Lawyer
Radio Free Asia, May 29, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activist-trial-05292017092919.html

两高司法解释将实施：中介买卖交换个人信息将严处 (Judicial interpretation of Supreme People’s Court and Procuratorate to take effect: broker trading of personal information to be harshly punished)
Legal Daily, May 30, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-05/30/content_7184875.htm?node=5955

Access to Information (信息公开)

China Defamation Law – based on a (mostly) true story
China Law Blog, May 29, 2017
http://www.chinalawblog.com/2017/05/china-defamation-law-based-on-a-mostly-true-story.html

Popular Chinese lesbian dating app removed from Internet
Voice of America, May 29, 2017
http://www.voanews.com/a/chinese-lesbian-dating-app/3875422.html

China’s news websites face harsh discipline
The Diplomat, May 27, 2017
http://thediplomat.com/2017/05/chinas-news-websites-face-harsh-discipline/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

村主任带领村民堵塞河道致景区停业: 16名被告人因破坏生产经营被判刑 (Village head leads villagers to block river in attempt to gain higher compensation for commercial use of land, 16 people sentenced for “destruction of production and operation”)
People’s Court Daily, May 30, 2017
http://rmfyb.chinacourt.org/paper/html/2017-05/24/content_125826.htm?div=-1

Government Accountability (政府问责)

A high-proof tribute to Tiananmen’s victims finds a way back to China
The New York Times, May 30, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/30/world/asia/china-tiananmen-liquor-bottle-baijiu.html

Foreword to “the martial law troops of June Fourth”
China Change, May 29, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/05/29/foreword-to-the-martial-law-troops-of-june-fourth/

宁波纪委端午节现身景区，严查公车私用、公款买票 (Dragon boat festival, Ningbo Commission for Discipline Inspection closely investigates private use of government vehicles and ticket purchases with public funds)
The Paper, May 30, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1696913

十省份推反腐专题片 这些官员成反面主角 (Ten provinces promote anti-corruption TV series)
Legal Evening News, May 29, 2017
http://news.ifeng.com/a/20170529/51181029_0.shtml

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

6月起一批新规将实施 网络安全法保护个人信息 (A number of new regulations to be implemented in June: Cyber Security Law to strengthen protection of personal information protection)
Xinhua, May 30, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2017-05/26/c_129618860.htm

China’s cyber security law rattles multinationals
The Financial Times, May 30, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/b302269c-44ff-11e7-8519-9f94ee97d996

Hong Kong (香港)

China commemorates Hong Kong’s Basic Law by restricting it
The Diplomat, May 30, 2017
http://thediplomat.com/2017/05/china-commemorates-hong-kongs-basic-law-by-restricting-it/

What more does China want from Hong Kong 20 years on from handover?
South China Morning Post, May 30, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2096227/what-more-does-china-want-hong-kong-20-years-handover

Commentary (评论)

How China can gain from clearing the air over freedom of speech
South China Morning Post, May 30, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2096217/how-china-can-gain-clearing-air-over-freedom-speech

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Taiwanese activist arrested for alleged subversion in mainland China
South China Morning Post, May 27, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2095896/taiwanese-activist-arrested-alleged-subversion-mainland

Video: Cops track family of Chinese rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang as they try to sue authorities
Hong Kong Free Press, May 26, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/05/26/video-cops-track-family-chinese-rights-lawyer-wang-quanzhang-try-sue-authorities/

Related:
709案跟进︰家属到最高检控办案机关违法 (709 case follow-up: Family bring case to Supreme People's Procuratorate accusing case authorities of breaking the law)
Radio Free Asia, May 26, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ml2-05262017103613.html

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, April 27, 2017
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-and-defenders
CH: http://www.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)

Law scholar He Weifang quits social media
China Digital Times, May 26, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/05/law-scholar-weifang-quits-social-media/

Related:
贺卫方：从此在社交媒体不再发声 (He Weifang: Will no longer post on social media)
Deutsche Welle, May 26, 2017
http://bit.ly/2r3xBho