Access to Justice (司法公正)

China state security trials fell 40 percent in 2015, official data suggest
Dui Hua Human Rights Journal, April 6, 2016
http://www.duihuahrjournal.org/2016/04/hrj20160406-china-state-security-trials.html

Chinese journalist Gao Yu in hospital after demolition raid on home
Radio Free Asia, April 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinese-journalist-gao-04062016124742.html

Waking up to the threat of domestic violence
Sixth Tone, April 3, 2016
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/waking-threat-domestic-violence

李和平音讯全无 代理律师控告天津市公安局 (No news about Li Heping, representative lawyers charge Tianjin Public Security Bureau)
Radio Free Asia, April 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-04062016095947.html

Related:
陈光诚吁美律师协会关注中国被捕同业 (Chen Guangcheng urges the American Bar Association to pay attention to the arrested fellow Chinese lawyers)
Voice of America, April 7, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/chenguangcheng-20160406/3273162.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, 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)

Chinese censors erase #PanamaPapers evidence from web
Global Voices, April 5, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/04/05/chinese-censors-erase-panamapapers-evidence-from-web/

China downloaders seeking Hong Kong-set Ten Years get 10 Years, Hollywood rom-com, instead
South China Morning Post, April 7, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/film-tv/article/1934107/china-downloaders-seeking-hong-kong-set-ten-years-get-10-years

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese voice frustration over “Great Firewall”
The Wall Street Journal, April 7, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/04/07/chinese-voice-frustration-over-great-firewall/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Panama Papers reveal offshore secrets of China’s red nobility
The Guardian, April 6, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/06/panama-papers-reveal-offshore-secrets-china-red-nobility-big-business

Related:
Panama Papers tie more of China’s elite to secret accounts
The New York Times, April 7, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/07/world/asia/china-panama-papers.html

Mayor of major eastern Chinese city placed under investigation for graft month after being named in Hong Kong lawsuit
South China Morning Post, April 6, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1934006/mayor-major-eastern-chinese-city-placed-under

China pushes Marxism for party members to root out wrongdoing
Reuters, April 6, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics-idUSKCN0X405O

国际特赦：中国或为全球头号刽子手 外交部：无兴趣评论 (Amnesty International alleges China to be the global no.1 executioner, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says there is no interest in commenting)
South China Morning Post, April 7, 2016
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/153eea30f81c305/guo-ji-te-she-zhong-guo-huo-wei-quan-qiu-tou-hao-gui-zi-shou-wai-jiao-bu-wu-xing-qu-ping-lun

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

WhatsApp’s encryption could make it a target of the Chinese government
Quartz, April 6, 2016
http://qz.com/655778/whatsapps-encryption-could-make-it-a-target-of-the-chinese-government/

U.S. military cyber head questions Beijing's spying activities
Phys.org, April 5, 2016
http://phys.org/news/2016-04-military-cyber-beijing-spying.html

China domain name rules could hurt business, competition
Voice of America, April 6, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/china-domain-name-rules-could-hurt-business-competition/3271581.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Activist arrested after calling on public to “resist” library books in simplified Chinese
Hong Kong Free Press, April 7, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/04/07/activist-arrested-after-calling-on-public-to-resist-library-books-in-simplified-chinese/

HK gov’t turning “blind eye” as Beijing “chips away” at rights and freedoms, says ex-chief sec. Anson Chan
Hong Kong Free Press, April 6, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/04/06/hk-govt-turning-blind-eye-as-beijing-chips-away-at-rights-and-freedoms-says-ex-chief-sec-anson-chan/

HSBC denies bank accounts for Hong Kong democracy activist
Radio Free Asia, April 6, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hsbc-denies-hong-kong-04062016151842.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

China in the Panama Papers
ChinaFile, April 6, 2016
https://www.chinafile.com/conversation/china-panama-papers

HKFP Interview: Shareholder activist David Webb on the Panama Papers and improving transparency
Hong Kong Free Press, April 5, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/04/05/hkfp-interview-shareholder-activist-david-webb-on-the-panama-papers-and-improving-transparency/

China’s future: unstable and unsettled
China Change, April 6, 2016
http://chinachange.org/2016/04/06/chinas-future-unstable-and-unsettled/

Vitriolic reactions to pro-independence National Party only increase the attraction of independence
Hong Kong Free Press, April 5, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/04/05/vitriolic-reactions-to-pro-independence-national-party-only-increase-the-attraction-of-independence/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

北京被抓人权律师李和平至今音信杳无 (Still no news about Beijing rights lawyer Li Heping who has been taken away)
Radio France Internationale, April 6, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160406-北京被抓人权律师李和平至今音信杳无

Related:
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)

254家排污单位须公开环境信息 (254 sewage treatment units ordered to release environmental information)
Peninsula Capital Times, April 4, 2016
http://www.dzwww.com/shandong/sdnews/201604/t20160404_14093092.htm

“Powerful force” behind Panama Papers: China media
Hong Kong Free Press, April 5, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/04/05/powerful-force-behind-panama-papers-china-media/

Digital paper in China covers contentious issues, now in English
澎湃新闻上线英文版，没有“任务”只讲“故事”
The New York Times, April 6, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/06/business/international/china-media-the-paper-english.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/business/20160406/c06chinamedia/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Court in Hubei to hear case against a major chemical producer
Caixin, April 4, 2016
http://english.caixin.com/2016-04-04/100928064.html

China’s factory workers fight to protect basic labor rights
China Labor Bulletin, April 5, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/china%E2%80%99s-factory-workers-fight-protect-basic-labour-rights

Thousands strike at specialty distiller in China's Sichuan
Radio Free Asia, April 5, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/thousands-strike-04052016103354.html

Chinese public urges government to crack down on dog meat industry
Channel NewsAsia, April 4, 2016
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/chinese-public-urges/2665086.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Former top military official in China took “huge” bribes, inquiry finds
郭伯雄承认受贿，将被移送审查起诉
The New York Times, April 5, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/06/world/asia/guo-boxiong-china-bribery-inquiry.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160405/cc05guoboxiong/

国际特赦组织：全球死刑数字猛涨　中国“仍属榜首” (Amnesty International: Global executions on the rise, China still “tops the ranking”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 6, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/04/160406_amnesty_deaths_china

Related:
Death sentences and executions in 2015
Amnesty International, April 6, 2016
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2016/04/death-sentences-executions-2015/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

团伙利用网络云端比特币发展下线 (Gang uses online cloud computing for Bitcoin for pyramid scheme)
Legal Daily, April 5, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160405/Articel08002GN.htm

天津成立反电信网络诈骗犯罪中心 (Tianjin establishes anti- telecommunications and Internet fraud center)
China Police Daily, April 5, 2016
http://epaper.cpd.com.cn/szb/20160405/

Architect of China’s “Great Firewall” bumps into it
The New York Times, April 7, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/07/world/asia/china-internet-great-firewall-fang-binxing.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Wanna reach the Chinese Internet market? Time to register your domain in China
Global Voices, April 5, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/04/05/wanna-reach-the-chinese-internet-market-time-to-register-your-domain-in-china/

Hong Kong minister allegedly arrested and tried in mainland China for printing Christian books
South China Morning Post, April 6, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1933891/hong-kong-minister-allegedly-arrested-and-tried-mainland

HKFP Interview: Academic Timothy O’Leary on academic freedom and the “politicization” of campuses
Hong Kong Free Press, April 4, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/04/04/hkfp-interview-academic-tim-oleary-on-hku-council-and-the-politicisation-of-campuses/

香港牧師伍華廣州失蹤傳已被捕　疑涉印基督教書籍 (Hong Kong priest Ng Wah who disappeared in Guangzhou allegedly arrested for printing Christian books)
Ming Pao, April 5, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160405/s00001/1459866764820

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

5 things to know about Hong Kong and the “Panama Papers”
The Wall Street Journal, April 6, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/briefly/2016/04/06/5-things-to-know-about-hong-kong-and-the-panama-papers/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Tibetan writer appeals prison term, calling writings “protected by China's Constitution”
Radio Free Asia, April 4, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/writings-04042016172733.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Panama papers: China censors online discussion
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 4, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35957235

Related:
Minitrue: Panama papers and foreign media attacks
China Digital Times, April 4, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/04/minitrue-panama-papers-foreign-media-attacks/

“Today, I must break my silence”: Veteran journalist Gao Yu
Radio Free Asia, April 1, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-gaoyu-04012016143948.html

【愈禁愈紅】《十年》上內地熱門榜？網友下載美國同名舊片齊怨中伏 ([The more censored gets more popular] Hong Kong film “Ten Years” became mainland’s trending search? Netizens whine about being cheated after downloading an old American film with the same title)
Ming Pao, April 5, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160405/s00004/1459834822391

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

內地當局禁拜祭李旺陽　維權人士清明到不了其墓地 (Mainland authorities prohibit memorial ceremonies for Li Wangyang, rights defenders could not reach his grave at Ching Ming festival)
Ming Pao, April 4, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160404/s00004/1459761547221

Related:
香港多个民间团体清明节献花悼念六四死难者 (Hong Kong civil groups offer flowers in remembrance of June Fourth victims at Ching Ming festival)
Radio Free Asia, April 4, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl2-04042016105658.html

“709大抓捕”律师家属出境遭拒 赵威母亲致函奥巴马呼吁关注 (Families of “709 mass crackdown” lawyers prohibited from leaving the border, Zhao Wei’s mother wrote open letter to Obama petitioning for attention)
Radio France Internationale, April 4, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160404-“709”事件律师家属出境遭拒-赵威母亲致函奥巴马呼吁关注

Related:
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

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Panama Papers: Family of China’s President Xi implicated
Agence-France Presse, April 4, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/04/04/panama-papers-family-of-chinas-president-xi-implicated/

Related:
Two more Chinese political leaders found to have links to offshore firms—Panama Papers leaks
Hong Kong Free Press, April 5, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/04/05/two-more-chinese-political-leaders-found-to-have-links-to-offshore-firms-panama-papers-leaks/

China Party journal denounces critics seeking to discredit anti-graft drive
Channel NewsAsia, April 2, 2016
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-party-journal-denou/2659608.html

When a mother's love conflicts with loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party
Global Voices, April 5, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/04/05/when-a-mothers-love-conflicts-with-loyalty-to-the-chinese-communist-party/

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong film awards: Ten Years wins top prize amid China anger
The Guardian, April 4, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/04/hong-kong-film-awards-ten-years-wins-top-prize-amid-china-anger

Related:
China news blackout as “Ten Years” takes Hong Kong Best Film Award
《十年》香港电影金像奖折桂，大陆媒体噤声
The New York Times, April 4, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/05/world/asia/hong-kong-china-film-award-ten-years.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160405/c05hongfilm/

Creating platform to discuss Hong Kong’s future more important than winning award, say Ten Years directors
South China Morning Post, April 5, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1933635/creating-platform-discuss-hong-kongs-future-more

Hong Kong tops for secretive offshore financial services, according to leaked docs
Hong Kong Free Press, April 4, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/04/04/hong-kong-tops-for-secretive-offshore-financial-services-according-to-leaked-docs/

Hong Kong government warns of “limits” to free speech amid independence row
Radio Free Asia, April 1, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hong-kong-government-04012016110333.html

黃之鋒周庭未能開聯名戶口　匯豐：不因政治意見拒絕開戶 (Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow from former Scholarism could not open joint bank account, HSBC says political opinion would not constitute a reason to be rejected)
Ming Pao, April 4, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160404/s00001/1459763726654

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

China’s President Xi Jinping vows to step up nuclear security in face of terror threat
South China Morning Post, April 3, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/1933090/chinas-president-xi-jinping-vows-step-nuclear-security