Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese labor activist who probed Ivanka Trump supplier “meets with accident” in detention
Radio Free Asia, June 6, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/labor-ivanka-06052017144216.html

Related:
U.S. urges China to free labor activists who investigated Ivanka Trump’s shoe factories
Associated Press, June 6, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2097027/us-urges-china-free-labour-activists-who

China rejects U.S. call for release of labor rights activists
Reuters, June 6, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-usa-labour-idUSKBN18X12Y

Prominent Chinese rights activist charged with subversion after being held six months
Reuters, June 6, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-idUSKBN18X0C4

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

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese firms help government monitor citizens with big data
Voice of America, June 6, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/china-monitor-citizens-data/3888748.html

Volkswagen worker representatives arrested at Changchun plant
China Labor Bulletin, June 6, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/volkswagen-worker-representatives-arrested-changchun-plant

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Thousands join Hong Kong vigil for Tiananmen Square anniversary
Reuters, June 4, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-tiananmen-idUSKBN18V06C

Related:
China hits back at Taiwan leader's offer of help on democracy
Reuters, June 4, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-taiwan-idUSKBN18W0A9

时事大家谈：六四血迹改变了历史足迹 (Current Affairs Discussion: The blood of June Fourth altered the historical footprint)
Voice of America, June 6, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/voaweishi-io-20170605-june-4th-commemorate/3887604.html

Tiananmen Square anniversary: A war of memory and oblivion
The Diplomat, June 5, 2017
http://thediplomat.com/2017/06/tiananmen-square-anniversary-a-war-of-memory-and-oblivion/

The meaning of Tiananmen: 28 years later
The Diplomat, June 5, 2017
http://thediplomat.com/2017/06/the-meaning-of-tiananmen-28-years-later/

部分中国人改变对天安门事件看法 (Some Chinese citizens change their opinion on Tiananmen crackdown)
Financial Times, June 5, 2017
http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001072863

南京史庭福纪念六四被刑拘 株洲8人行为艺术被抓失联 (Shi Tingfu from Nanjing arrested for commemorating June Fourth, 8 other people in Zhuzhou taken away, contact lost and disappeared)
Radio Free Asia, June 5, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1e-06052017105629.html/ampRFA

“习金平”是巧合？编剧谈《人民的名义》用意 (Is "Xi Jinping" a coincidence? Screenwriter discusses meanings of "In the Name of the People")
The New York Times, June 6, 2017
https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170606/china-drama-zhou-meisen/

Hong Kong (香港)

張曉明指香港現分離思潮　有必要正確認識香港國家關係 (Zhang Xiaoming says there is a rise of separatism in Hong Kong and there is a need to learn accurately the relationship between Hong Kong and state)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 6, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1334433-20170606.htm

二千中大人联署反对停悼六四言论 称言论无知兼冷血 (Two thousand students and alumni from Chinese University of Hong Kong issue statement jointly opposing the halting of commemoration of June Fourth, saying that the opinion is ignorant and cold-blooded)
Radio France Internationale, June 5, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/港澳台/20170605-二千中大人联署反对停悼六四言论-称言论无知兼冷血

June Fourth （六四）

Remembering Tiananmen Square, 28 years later
Voice of America, June 3, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/remembering-tiananmen-square/3886042.html

HKFP Lens: Hongkongers pay tribute to the Tiananmen massacre victims with a sea of lights
Hong Kong Free Press, June 5, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/06/05/hkfp-lens-hongkongers-pay-tribute-tiananmen-massacre-victims-sea-lights/

Related:
华盛顿六四28周年烛光纪念会 (Candlelight vigil commemorating 28th anniversary of June Fourth held in Washington DC)
Radio Free Asia, June 4, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/m0604-wynews-06042017175829.html

日本东京举行六四天安门事件28周年纪念集会 (Rally for June Fourth 28th anniversary commemoration held in Tokyo, Japan)
Radio Free Asia, June 2, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/junshiwaijiao/nz-06022017121117.html

纽约举行纪念六四28周年烛光晚会 (Candlelight vigil for June Fourth 28th anniversary commemoration held in New York)
Voice of America, June 5, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/june-4th-vigil-in-ny/3887069.html

六四28週年：香港11萬群眾參與燭光晚會 (28th Anniversary of June Fourth: 110 thousand people jointed candlelight vigil in Hong Kong)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 4, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-40154468

六四28週年：香港紀念活動人數創九年最低 (28th Anniversary of June Fourth: The lowest turnout in 9 years for commemoration activity in Hong Kong)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 4, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-40149244

港大民调：港人55%支持平反六四越年轻越支持 (HKU Poll: 55% of Hong Kong people support June Fourth vindication with higher support rate amongst youngsters)
Radio France Internationale, June 3, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170603-港大民调：港人55支持平反六四越年轻越支持

On Tiananmen Square anniversary, detentions in China and candlelight vigil in Hong Kong
Washington Post, June 4, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/06/04/on-tiananmen-square-anniversary-detentions-in-china-and-candlelight-vigil-in-hong-kong/

“六四”28周年全面禁议 中国民众“曲线”悼念 (With censorship on 28th anniversary of June Fourth, Chinese citizens commemorate creatively)
Radio Free Asia, June 4, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-06042017092402.html

As the sun rises on Tiananmen
China Law and Policy, June 2, 2017
http://chinalawandpolicy.com/2017/06/02/as-the-sun-rises-on-tiananmen/

Interview: Deng Xiaoping's June 4, 1989 massacre ushered in a corrupt China
Radio Free Asia, June 5, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/64-baotong-06042017132333.html

Related:

Essays by the Tiananmen Mothers

• An Essay on the 28th Anniversary of the June Fourth Massacre, June 1, 2017
• No Amount of Power Can Rub Out June Fourth, June 1, 2016

Twenty-fifth Anniversary of June Fourth

• June Fourth at 25: Resisting Enforced Amnesia, Building a Just Future

Background

• June Fourth Overview
• A Chronology of the 1989 Democracy Movement and June Fourth Crackdown

Multimedia

• Portraits of Loss and the Quest for Justice, a video documentary produced by Human Rights in China with footage shot by the Tiananmen Mothers, June 2009 

China Rights Forum Special June Fourth Issues

• “25 Years after June Fourth,” 2014, no. 1
• “Facing June Fourth,” 2009, no. 2

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China detains more than 40 Tibetans amid clash over water rights
Radio Free Asia, June 2, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/clash-06022017132533.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

广电总局：禁止在任何平台上播出“未删减版”节目 (State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television: Broadcasting “uncensored” programs on any platform is prohibited)
Jinyang Wang, June 2, 2017
http://news.ycwb.com/2017-06/02/content_24981480.htm

China's broadcast regulator, tightening control of content, promotes “core socialist values”
Reuters, June 3, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-regulator-broadcast-idUSKBN18U08D

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

List: Foreign NGOs registered in each Chinese province
The Diplomat, June 2, 2017
http://thediplomat.com/2017/06/list-foreign-ngos-registered-in-each-chinese-province/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

全国政协原常委、港澳台侨委员会原主任孙怀山严重违纪被开除党籍和公职 (Sun Huaishan, CPPCC Standing Committee member, Chairman of Committee for Liaison with Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Overseas Chinese, expelled from Party and position for serious discipline violations)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, June 2, 2017
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/xwtt/201706/t20170602_100369.html

An exiled tycoon rattles China's politics with his corruption exposés
Global Voices, June 5, 2017
https://globalvoices.org/2017/06/05/exiled-tycoons-corruption-expose-rattles-chinas-politics/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

沈阳地铁安装人脸识别系统 仅27小时识别出两逃犯 (Shenyang subway installs facial recognition system, 2 criminals recognized within 27 hours)
Observer, June 2, 2017
http://www.guancha.cn/industry-science/2017_06_02_411323.shtml

官方拟加强互联网公开募捐信息平台管理 或加强审查 (Gov't plans to strengthen management of online public-fundraising information platforms, might increase censorship)
China News, June 2, 2017
http://www.chinanews.com/m/gn/2017/06-02/8240265.shtml

Hong Kong (香港)

Never seen before: Amnesty chief laments Hong Kong’s “declining human rights record”
South China Morning Post, June 5, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2096698/never-seen-amnesty-chief-laments-hong-kongs

June Fourth （六四）

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

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

Pro-democracy activists fly kites in Sai Kung to commemorate 1989 Tiananmen massacre
Hong Kong Free Press, May 23, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/05/23/pro-democracy-activists-fly-kites-sai-kung-commemorate-1989-tiananmen-massacre/

Related:

Essays by the Tiananmen Mothers

• An Essay on the 28th Anniversary of the June Fourth Massacre, June 1, 2017
• No Amount of Power Can Rub Out June Fourth, June 1, 2016

Twenty-fifth Anniversary of June Fourth

• June Fourth at 25: Resisting Enforced Amnesia, Building a Just Future

Background

• June Fourth Overview
• A Chronology of the 1989 Democracy Movement and June Fourth Crackdown

Multimedia

• Portraits of Loss and the Quest for Justice, a video documentary produced by Human Rights in China with footage shot by the Tiananmen Mothers, June 2009 

China Rights Forum Special June Fourth Issues

• “25 Years after June Fourth,” 2014, no. 1
• “Facing June Fourth,” 2009, no. 2

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese rights lawyer charged with subversion after six months' secret detention
709大抓捕：江天勇律师“监视居住”期满遭正式逮捕
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2017
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyer-arrest-06012017124510.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ml2-06012017103601.html

两高公布国家赔偿新标准: 侵犯公民人身自由权每日赔偿金258.89元 (Supreme People’s Court and Supreme People’s Procuratorate publish new standards on state compensation: violating a citizen’s right to freedom brings a daily compensation of RMB 258.98)
Legal Daily, May 31, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-05/31/content_7187076.htm

China firm that makes shoes for Ivanka Trump denies missing activists' claims
The Guardian, June 1, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/01/china-ivanka-trump-shoes-activists-detained-missing

孟建柱: 深化刑事审判工作改革在更高层次上实现惩治犯罪和保障人权相统一 (Meng Jianzhu: Deepening reform of criminal trial work to, at a higher level, punish criminals while protecting human rights)
Legal Daily, June 1, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-06/01/content_7188374.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

中国记协发布《中国新闻事业发展报告 (2016年) 》(China Journalist Association publishes “Chinese Journalism Development Report (2016)”)
Legal Daily, May 31, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-05/31/content_7185726.htm

白皮书：新疆人权事业的发展进步 (White Paper: The development and progress of human rights in Xinjiang)
Xinhua, June 1, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2017-06/01/c_1121069277.htm

Related:
China is touting its protection of human rights in a Muslim-majority region riven by violence
Quartz, June 1, 2017
https://qz.com/996072/china-is-touting-its-protection-of-human-rights-in-a-muslim-majority-region-riven-by-violence/

Government white paper hails Xinjiang human rights progress
Global Times, June 1, 2017
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1049534.shtml

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

More than 7,000 foreign NGOs in China: Only 72 registered so far
The Diplomat, June 2, 2017
http://thediplomat.com/2017/06/more-than-7000-foreign-ngos-in-china-only-72-registered-so-far/

Pregnant woman takes employer to arbitration for unfair dismissal
China Labor Bulletin, June 1, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/pregnant-woman-takes-employer-arbitration-unfair-dismissal

Activist seeks Trumps' help in freeing labor investigators in China
Voice of America, May 31, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/activist-seeks-trumps-help-freeing-labor-investigators-china/3882101.html

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

Chinese conglomerate’s ex-chair gets 14 years in jail for corruption
South China Morning Post, June 1, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2096544/chinese-conglomerates-ex-chair-gets-14-years-jail-corruption

Former senior Chinese provincial official jailed for life for graft
Reuters, May 31, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN18S3OL

China punishes over 30 people over deadly power plant blast: Xinhua
Reuters, June 1, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-blast-idUSKBN18T00U

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s new cybersecurity law leaves foreign firms guessing
新网络安全法意味着什么？在华外企困惑不安
The New York Times, May 31, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/business/china-cybersecurity-law.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/business/20170601/china-cybersecurity-law/

Hong Kong (香港)

Boy band dedicates song to June 4 student victims in bid to grab attention of Hong Kong youngsters
South China Morning Post, June 1, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2096527/boy-band-dedicates-song-june-4-student-victims-bid-grab

梁振英最后答问：已主动向中央交代 (C.Y. Leung’s last question and answer session: I have already explained myself to Beijing)
Deutsche Welle, June 1, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/梁振英最后答问已主动向中央交代/a-39084276

回归首任大法官婉言批评人大抢先释法伤害香港司法独立 (First chief justice of CFA Andrew Li criticizes NPC for harming Hong Kong’s judicial independence with premature Basic Law interpretation)
Radio France Internationale, June 1, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/港澳台/20170601-回归首任大法官婉言批评人大抢先释法伤害香港司法独立

Commentary (评论)

June 4 exposes generational divide in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, June 2, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2096580/june-4-exposes-generational-divide-hong-kong

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