Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Activists openly mark Tiananmen crackdown on China's streets
Radio Free Asia, June 2, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/activists-openly-mark-06022016112155.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Time is “slipping away”: Amnesty International calls for justice ahead of Tiananmen massacre anniversary
Hong Kong Free Press, June 2, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/02/time-is-slipping-away-amnesty-international-calls-for-justice-ahead-of-tiananmen-massacre-anniversary/

Related:
Tiananmen Mothers: No amount of power can rub out June Fourth
天安门母亲群体：“六四惨案”二十七年祭
Human Rights in China, June 1, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/tiananmen-mothers-no-amount-power-can-rub-out-june-fourth
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/xin-wen-fa-bu/tian-men-mu-qin-qun-ti-liu-si-can-er-shi-qi-nian-ji

China Tiananmen crackdown anniversary remembered in Taiwan
Voice of America, June 3, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/ap-china-tiananmen-crackdown-anniversary-remembered-in-taiwan/3360078.html

Related:
由学生发起的台湾六四晚会： “人权是最大公约数” (Student initiated June Fourth commemoration in Taiwan: “Human rights is the highest common factor”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 3, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/06/160602_china_junefourth_anniversary_taiwan

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China mandates state-private management model to censor the Internet
Global Voices, June 1, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/06/01/china-to-mandates-state-private-management-model-to-censor-the-internet/

Cyberattack on Taiwan’s ruling party pinned on hackers from Chinese mainland
South China Morning Post, June 2, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1963047/cyberattack-taiwans-ruling-party-pinned-hackers-chinese

China's ruling party continues to tighten grip on Internet content
Radio Free Asia, June 2, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinas-ruling-party-continues-to-tighten-grip-on-internet-content-06022016113146.html

Breaching China’s Great Firewall requires legal ingenuity
The Financial Times, June 2, 2016
https://next.ft.com/content/20c49114-f1ba-11e5-9f20-c3a047354386

China’s Internet speed ranks 91st in the world
The New York Times, June 3, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/world/asia/china-internet-speed.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Firefighters remove "Never forget June 4" banner unfurled on Kowloon slope
六四27周年前夕 狮子山现“毋忘六四"直幡但已拆除
South China Morning Post, June 3, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1962950/firefighters-remove-never-forget-june-4-banner
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk-macau-tw/15514bfb7b00f9d/liu-si-2-7-zhou-nian-qian-xi-shi-zi-shan-xian-wu-wang-liu-si-zhi-fan-dan-yi-chai-chu

毋忘八九啟蒙　醞釀民主力量 —— 六四晚會後遊行聲明 (Never forget June Fourth as the source of awakening and its effect on developing democratization—Statement of post June Fourth vigil march)
Ming Pao, June 2, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160603/s00022/1464919197616

Squaring off: A museum of China’s democracy movement in 1989 is in trouble
The Economist, June 4, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21699926-museum-chinas-democracy-movement-1989-trouble-squaring

8 groups with LegCo election votes share address of a pro-China businessman—report
Hong Kong Free Press, June 3, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/03/8-groups-with-legco-election-votes-share-address-with-pro-china-businessman-report/

【禁止酷刑公約】為香港人做過咩？ (What has the “Convention Against Torture” done for Hongkongers so far?)
InMedia HK, June 3, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1042701

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

Beijing touts Uighurs’ religious freedom amid terrorism crackdown
The Wall Street Journal, June 2, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/06/02/beijing-touts-uighurs-religious-freedom-amid-terrorism-crackdown/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

【六四27年】27年前的六四事件與2047年的香港（文：郭榮鏗） ([27th anniversary of June Fourth] June Fourth 27 years ago and Hong Kong in 2047)
Ming Pao, June 2, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160603/s00022/1464924471455

港人註銷特區護照激增 值得關注（文：紀碩鳴） (Attention should be paid to the drastic rise in Hongkongers’ cancellation of their Hong Kong passports)
Ming Pao, June 2, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160603/s00022/1464919197616

Access to Justice (司法公正)

试点地区发现公益诉讼案件线索1233件 (In pilot areas, clues found in 1,233 public interest law suit cases [enabled progress in litigation])
Legal Daily, May 17, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160517/Articel01012GN.htm

张某等三人印发张贴“法轮功”宣传品获刑 (Zhang “Doe” and 3 others punished for posting “Falungong” propaganda)
Legal Daily, May 19, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160519/Articel01010GN.htm

检察机关三年刑事抗诉近两万件, 157人无罪改判有罪22人有罪改判无罪 (Nationwide procuratorial organs processed nearly 20,000 criminal appeals cases in 3 years, with 157 convicted and 22 found innocent on appeal)
Legal Daily, May 20, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160520/Articel01006GN.htm

遭儿家暴, 老太申请保护令 (Elderly lady applies for a personal protection order after suffering domestic violence from son)
Beijing Evening News, May 23, 2016
http://right.workercn.cn/156/201605/23/160523153717460.shtml

Slow progress on wrongful convictions
China Digital Times, June 1, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/06/slow-progress-wrongful-convictions/

Wife of imprisoned Chinese rights activist Guo Feixiong stages hunger strike outside UN HQ
Hong Kong Free Press, June 1, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/01/wife-of-imprisoned-chinese-rights-activist-guo-feixiong-stages-hunger-strike-outside-un-hq/

Related:
Guo Feixiong on Day 11 of Hunger Strike in Prison, Wife Asks President Xi Jinping to Intervene
郭飞雄狱中绝食11天，妻子吁习近平关注
Human Rights in China, May 19, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/case-update/guo-feixiong-day-11-hunger-strike-prison-wife-asks-president-xi-jinping
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/ge-gen-zong/guo-fei-xiong-yu-zhong-jue-shi-11tian-qi-zi-xu-xi-jin-ping-guan-zhu

Access to Information (信息公开)

新行政诉讼法实施一年收案量上升6成, 行政案件立案难基本解决 (In amended Administrative Litigation Law’s first year of implementation, cases handled increased 60%, fundamentally solving the difficulty in filing administrative cases)
Legal Daily, May 20, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160520/Articel03002GN.htm

"调查发现环境质量信息公开不均衡, 36%样本城市未公开重点排污单位名录 (Investigation finds uneven disclosure of environmental quality information, with 36% of sampled cities lacking public directory of key polluting work units)
Legal Daily, May 23, 2016
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index/content/2016-05/23/content_6642790.htm?node=20908

“Ever been to Tibet bro?” A nationalistic Chinese Twitter account goes rogue
The Washington Post, June 1, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/01/ever-been-to-tibet-bro-a-nationalistic-chinese-twitter-account-goes-rogue/

Five years of sensitive words on June Fourth
China Digital Times, June 1, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/06/five-years-sensitive-words-june-fourth/

中国五毛党：言论审查的另一面 (Chinese “Wumaos”: The other side of censorship)
Voice of America, June 2, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-50-cents-party-20160601/3357731.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

新区"妇女维权活动"启动, 增强维护自身合法权益 (Binhai “Women's Rights Defense Activities” kick off to strengthen defense of individuals’ legitimate rights and interests)
Binhai Times, May 23, 2016
http://www.tianjinwe.com/tianjin/bh/jmbh/201605/t20160523_1002194.html

China’s teachers continue the fight for decent work
China Labor Bulletin, June 1, 2016
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/china%E2%80%99s-teachers-continue-fight-decent-work

At least five dead in Uyghur prisoner uprising
Radio Free Asia, June 1, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/at-lesat-five-06012016164430.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

青海三年多立查贪污贿赂犯罪698人 (Qinghai investigated 698 people for bribery and corruption crimes in past 3 years)
Procuratorate Daily, May 23, 2016
http://newspaper.jcrb.com/2016/20160523/20160523_001/20160523_001_7.htm

北京推广警方“一站式”办案全程无死角监督 (Beijing police promote “one stop style” whole-of-process case handling without any gaps in supervision)
Procuratorate Daily, May 23, 2016
http://newspaper.jcrb.com/2016/20160523/20160523_001/20160523_001_10.htm

最高检新闻发布会介绍检察机关加强行政诉讼监督工作, 去年受理监督“民告官”案超3.4万件 (Supreme People's Procuratorate press conference: Procuratorial organs to strengthen administrative litigation supervisory work, with supervision of “people vs. the government” cases exceeding 340,000 last year)
Legal Daily, May 25, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160525/Articel01009GN.htm

China to probe police officers amid anger over death in custody
Radio Free Asia, June 1, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-to-probe-06012016110906.html

Sinosphere: Ding Zilin, Founder of Tiananmen Mothers, is silenced by Chinese police
The New York Times, June 2, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/02/world/asia/china-ding-zilin-tiananmen-mothers.html

Related:
六四临近高瑜鲍彤被旅游 (As June Fourth approaches, Gao Yu and Bao Tong “made travelling”)
Voice of America, June 1, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-gao-yu-bao-tong-on-forced-tours-as-tiananmen-20160601/3356823.html

前学运领袖：中国政府害怕六四真相 (Former student movement leader: The Chinese government fears truths about June Fourth)
Voice of America, June 2, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-anniversary-with-wuerkaixi-20160601/3357344.html

“六四”27周年：戴着头套说真话的中国青年 (27th anniversary of June Fourth: The Chinese youth who speaks truth wearing head cover)
Radio Free Asia, June 1, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/grace-06012016155305.html

Tiananmen Mothers: No amount of power can rub out June Fourth
天安门母亲群体：“六四惨案”二十七年祭
Human Rights in China, June 1, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/tiananmen-mothers-no-amount-power-can-rub-out-june-fourth
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/xin-wen-fa-bu/tian-men-mu-qin-qun-ti-liu-si-can-er-shi-qi-nian-ji

“Totally unacceptable”: China foreign minister lashes out at Canadian reporter for asking about human rights
Hong Kong Free Press, June 2, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/02/totally-unacceptable-china-foreign-minister-lashes-out-at-canadian-reporter-for-asking-about-human-rights/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

网帖称银川警方放走打砸医院醉酒男子, 执法记录仪还原接警现场澄清谣言 (Online post claims Yinchuan police released drunken man who smashed up hospital but law enforcement record shows that original emergency dispatch labeled event as a rumor)
Legal Daily, May 16, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160516/Articel05006GN.htm

安徽设反电信网络诈骗中心 (Anhui establishes an anti-telecommunications fraud center)
Legal Daily, May 19, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160519/Articel03007GN.htm

Sogou and Microsoft's Bing cooperate on English language search
Feichangdao, May 20, 2016
http://blog.feichangdao.com/2016/05/sogou-and-microsofts-bing-cooperate-on.html

国家网络安全宣传周活动方案发布， 中央网信办牵头六部门参与每年九月第三周举办 (Program activities for National Cyber Security Awareness Week announced: Office of Central Leading Group for Cyberspace Affairs will lead 6 departments to conduct program in the 3rd week of September each year)
Legal Daily, May 20, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160520/Articel01008GN.htm

网购诈骗重灾小镇实现华丽转身 (Small town devastated by [its role as center of] online sales fraud undergoes a beautiful transformation)
Legal Daily, May 20, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160520/Articel02005GN.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

Should 18 year olds contest elections? Activist Joshua Wong begins court battle to lower minimum age for Legco candidates
South China Morning Post, June 1, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1961342/should-18-year-olds-contest-elections-activist-joshua-wong

Student groups set to host forum on importance of June 4 crackdown to young Hongkongers
South China Morning Post, June 1, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1961560/student-groups-set-host-forum-importance-june-4-crackdown

Related:
往年共赴維園晚會 同窗3女生 「六四」3抉擇 (3 schoolmates who went to the Victoria Park June Fourth vigil together in the past all make different choices this year)
Ming Pao, June 2, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20160602/s00002/1464804044897

【六四27年】立會外點蠟燭默哀　20泛民議員悼死難者 ([27th anniversary of June Fourth] Lighting candles and observing silence outside LegCo, 20 pan-dem lawmakers commemorate the victims)
Ming Pao, June 1, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160601/s00001/1464788569857

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Victoria Park vigil has deep and honorable roots, but young people want local focus
Hong Kong Free Press, June 2, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/02/victoria-park-vigil-has-deep-and-honourable-roots-but-young-people-want-local-focus/

周永康：學生會也好支聯會也好，大家都沒有忘記八九六四，這是大家的共同立場 (Alex Chow: Student unions or HK Alliance, they all did not forget about June Fourth, that is their common ground)
InMedia HK, June 2, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1042677

【六四27年】堅持繼續悼念 就是一種抗爭（文﹕蔡子強） ([27th anniversary of June Fourth] Ivan Choy: Persisting in continuing to commemorate, that is a form of protest)
Ming Pao, June 2, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160602/s00022/1464831559664

Access to Justice (司法公正)

60律师联署：谴责天津警方拒绝“709案”家属自聘律师 (60 lawyers joint petition: Condamning Tianjin police for prohibiting “709 event” families from hiring their lawyers)
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-05312016110823.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China’s 50 cent party: The other side of censorship
Voice of America, May 31, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/chinas-50-cent-party-the-other-side-of-censorship/3355262.html

Turns out maybe you shouldn’t trust the “media”
Foreign Policy, May 31, 2016
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/05/31/turns-out-that-maybe-you-shouldnt-trust-the-media/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Rights activist Ni Yulan “barred from leaving” China
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 30, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35924192

Husband of Chinese legal assistant detained for a year “worried for her safety”
South China Morning Post, May 31, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1960356/husband-chinese-legal-assistant-detained-year-worried

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)

At least three activists detained in Beijing over Tiananmen Massacre commemoration
Hong Kong Free Press, May 31, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/31/at-least-three-activists-detained-in-beijing-over-tiananmen-massacre-commemoration/

Chinese worker detained for photos of liquor labels marking Tiananmen Crackdown
男子因纪念“六四”酒瓶照片被拘
The New York Times, May 30, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/31/world/asia/china-tiananmen-june-4-baijiu.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160531/c31chinatiananmen/

Police close in on Tiananmen Mothers as massacre anniversary nears
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/anniversary-05312016110749.html

Families of Tiananmen Square victims accuse Beijing of three decades of “white terror”
The Guardian, June 1, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/01/families-tiananmen-square-victims-beijing-white-terror

Related:
Tiananmen Mothers: No amount of power can rub out June Fourth
天安门母亲群体：“六四惨案”二十七年祭
Human Rights in China, June 1, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/tiananmen-mothers-no-amount-power-can-rub-out-june-fourth
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/xin-wen-fa-bu/tian-men-mu-qin-qun-ti-liu-si-can-er-shi-qi-nian-ji

中国近四百万人受奴役 全球超4500万 (4 million people suffer slavery in China, over 45 million globally)
Voice of America, June 1, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-global-slavery-china-20160531/3355428.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

What to make of the newly established cybersecurity association of China
Center for Strategic and International Studies, May 25, 2016
https://www.csis.org/analysis/what-make-newly-established-cybersecurity-association-china

Hong Kong (香港)

100,000 will attend June 4 vigil in Hong Kong, organizer predicts
South China Morning Post, May 30, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1959604/100000-will-attend-june-4-vigil-hong-kong-organiser-predicts

June 4 veteran offers advice to HK students: build bridges, not walls
South China Morning Post, May 30, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1959644/june-4-veteran-offers-advice-hk-students-build-bridges-not

中港兩婦涉偽造13選民登記文件　保釋候審 (2 Hong Kong and mainland women forged documents for 13 applications for voter registration, on bail pending trial)
Ming Pao, June 1, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160601/s00001/1464771989680

“香港众志”秘书长黄之锋挑战立法会参选年龄限制 (Demosisto Secretary General Joshua Wong challenges age limit for standing for LegCo election)
Radio Free Asia, May 31, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-05312016103529.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Making the case for nominating Ilham Tohti for the Sakharov Prize—My remarks at the European Parliament
China Change, May 31, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/05/31/making-the-case-for-nominating-ilham-tohti-for-the-sakharov-prize-my-remarks-at-the-european-parliament/

Put petty political divisions aside, pick up a candle and remember the dead on June 4
Hong Kong Free Press, May 31, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/05/31/hong-kong-put-petty-political-divisions-aside-pick-up-a-candle-and-remember-the-dead-on-june-4/

「見證六四」是一件無法透過想像去接近的事情 (“Witnessing June Fourth” is something unapproachable through imagination)
InMedia HK, June 1, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1042664

六四論壇意義何在？ (What’s the significance of the June Forth fora?)
InMedia HK, June 1, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1042663

論代溝——試梳理對維園六四悼念晚會的爭論 (Talking about generation gap—An attempt to straighten out debates over Victoria Park June Fourth commemoration vigil)
InMedia HK, June 1, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1042648