Access to Justice (司法公正)

Rights groups denounce court ruling against Chinese activist
Voice of America, August 2, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/rights-groups-denounce-court-ruling-against-chinese-activist/3445329.html

Chinese activist Hu Shigen jailed for subversion
中国维权律师抓捕：家庭教会长老胡石根颠覆罪囚七年半
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 3, 2016
EN: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-36961431
CH: http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/08/160803_china_activist_lawyers_trial

Related:
Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers, Defenders and International Reactions: A Brief Chronology
Human Rights in China, July 29, 2016
http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-defenders-and-international-reactions-brief-chronology

709大案首人被判 网友三不王宇“认罪” (First person sentenced from 709 Crackdown, netizens organize “three negations” campaign in response to Wang Yu’s “confession”)
Voice of America, August 2, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/news-first-person-of-709-case-went-trial-and-sentenced-20160802/3445343.html

Related:
时事大家谈: 赵威王宇“认错”，当局镇压下的维权律师 (Current Affairs Discussion: Zhao Wei and Wang Yu’s “confessions”—rights defenders under the authorities repression)
Voice of America, August 2, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/io-20160802-china-rights-lawyers-submissions/3445458.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

海淀区公开85部门决算 (Haidian district makes public final accounts for 85 departments)
Beijing Morning Post, July 29, 2016
http://www.morningpost.com.cn/2016/0730/1460323.shtml

云南千余亩橡胶林被铲, 村民诉政府信息公开胜诉 (Villager wins suit to compel government to make public legal basis for forcible removal of 1000 mu of rubber plantation)
Beijing Times, July 31, 2016
http://china.huanqiu.com/article/2016-07/9245139.html

南通政府信息公开案件大幅增长， 去年受理此类一审案件437件 (Nantong, Jiangsu OGI cases increase substantially, with 437 last year)
Jiangsu Online, August 1, 2016
http://jsnews.jschina.com.cn/system/2016/07/31/029299748.shtml

China is using Hong Kong’s media to broadcast its smear campaigns
Quartz, August 1, 2016
http://qz.com/747918/hong-kong-media-has-become-beijings-new-go-to-spot-for-forced-confessions-and-fake-interviews/

The tussle over China’s history and the “Five Heroes of Langya Mountain”
The Wall Street Journal, August 2, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/08/02/the-tussle-over-chinas-history-and-the-five-heroes-of-langya-mountain/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国拟再收紧对NGO管控 (China to further tighten control on NGOs)
Deutsche Welle, August 2, 2016
http://www.dw.com/zh/中国拟再收紧对ngo管控/a-19443350

Related:
民政部关于公开征求《社会团体登记管理条例》（修订草案征求意见稿）意见的通知 (Ministry of Civil Affairs issues notice on release of Revised Registration Regulations for Social Groups for public comment)
Ministry of Civil Affairs, August 1, 2016
http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2016-08/01/content_5096611.htm

Artist Ai Weiwei posts videos satirizing “released" rights lawyer Wang Yu’s controversial interview
Hong Kong Free Press, August 2, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/08/02/artist-ai-weiwei-posts-videos-satirising-released-rights-lawyer-wang-yus-controversial-interview/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

最高检7月公布大要案信息28条 (Supreme People's Procuratorate makes public general information on 28 major cases)
Legal Daily, July 31, 2016
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2016-07/31/content_6742527.htm

Communist Youth League to overhaul key structures ahead of Communist Party congress
South China Morning Post, August 3, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1998362/communist-youth-league-overhaul-key-structures-ahead

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

广西梧州网警:渲染地震恐怖气氛将追究法律责任 (Guangxi Wuzhou Internet police: Those who exaggerated earthquake’s terrifying atmosphere by shaking camera while filming will be investigated for legal responsibility)
Sina News, July 31, 2016
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2016-07-31/doc-ifxunuyk4224872.shtml

China’s “white-hat” hackers fear dark times after community founder is detained
The Wall Street Journal, August 1, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/08/01/chinas-white-hat-hackers-fear-dark-times-after-community-founder-is-detained/

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

广西开展史上最大规模反恐实兵实弹演习 (Guangxi commences largest-scale counterterrorism drills in history, with live bullets and real soldiers)
China News, July 31, 2016
http://www.chinanews.com/tp/hd2011/2016/07-31/661907.shtml

新疆制定《自治区实施〈反恐怖主义法〉办法》 (Xinjiang enacts Autonomous Region Counterterrorism Law Implementing Measures)
Radio France Internationale, July 31, 2016
http://rfi.my/2ayBNuR

Hong Kong (香港)

Critics see China's fingerprints all over the turmoil at Hong Kong's anti-corruption authority
Global Voices, August 2, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/08/02/critics-see-chinas-fingerprints-all-over-the-turmoil-at-hong-kongs-anti-corruption-authority/

“The dark shadow of the Stars and Stripes”: Beijing blasts Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong as a pro-independence advocate backed by the U.S.
South China Morning Post, August 2, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1998329/beijing-blasts-hong-kong-radical-joshua-wong-pro

Hong Kong bans pro-independence candidates from running in elections
Radio Free Asia, August 2, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/elections-08022016123007.html

Related:
Crackdown raises profile of Hong Kong independence activists
港独人士被禁选事件继续发酵
The Financial Times, August 2, 2016
EN: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6fd1c606-57cb-11e6-9f70-badea1b336d4.html
CH: http://www.ftchinese.com/story/001068759

本土悍將梁天琦被禁止參選揚言“只剩革命一途” (Bold localist fighter Edward Leung disqualified from LegCo elections, says “only the means of revolution is left”)
Radio France Internationale, August 3, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20160803-本土悍將梁天琦被禁止參選揚言“只剩革命一途”

獨媒記者被拒進場 選管會：暫時接受唔到網媒 (Hong Kong In-media journalist rejected from Electoral Affairs Commission premises to gather news, for being Internet media)
InMedia HK, August 2, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/10437917

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Hu Shigen: The prominent yet obscure political prisoner
China Change, August 2, 2016
https://chinachange.org/2016/08/02/hu-shigen-the-prominent-yet-obscure-political-prisoner/

Drawing the news: Black Friday “confessions”
China Digital Times, August 2, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/08/drawing-news-black-friday-confessions-trials/

質疑基本法不等同不擁護（文：劉進圖） (Former Ming Pao chief editor Kevin Lau: Questioning of Basic Law does not mean rejection of it)
Ming Pao, August 3, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160803/s00022/1470209121554

【立會選舉】陳文敏質疑選舉主任權力　憂開「危險先例」　釋法衝擊司法制度 ([LegCo election] Johannes Chan questions EAC Returning Officer’s power, worries that “dangerous example” is made, and an eventual interpretation of the law would shake the judicial system)
Ming Pao, August 3, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160803/s00001/1470191620367

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China frees Wang Yu, human rights lawyer, after videotaped confession
维权律师王宇取保候审，疑被迫拍摄认罪视频
The New York Times, August 2, 2016
EN: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/world/asia/human-rights-lawyer-is-released-in-china-after-videotaped-confession.html
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20160802/human-rights-lawyer-is-released-in-china-after-videotaped-confession/

Related:
滕彪："王宇悔罪"意在打击维权群体 (Teng Biao: Purpose of “Wang Yu’s confession” is to strike rights groups)
Radio Free Asia, August 1, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/zl-08012016152527.html

“Joint Statement from 709 Victims’ Families: Release Our Family Members, Refuse Attempts to Divide Us, Monitor the Trials, and Acquit the Detained Activists”
709家属：709家属联合声明：释放家属，拒绝分化，关注庭审，维权无罪
Human Rights in China, August 1, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/joint-statement-709-victims-families-release-our-family-members-refuse-attempts
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/gong-min-yan-chang/709jia-shu-709jia-shu-lian-he-sheng-ming-shi-fang-jia-shu-ju-jue-fen-hua-guan-zhu

国际特赦忧任全牛遭酷刑 律所主任被变相非法拘禁 (Amnesty International concerned that Ren Quanniu might be tortured, director of his law firm illegally detained in disguise)
Radio Free Asia, August 1, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl3-08012016104028.html

Prominent Chinese human rights advocates to go on trial in Tianjin a year after sweeping crackdown
South China Morning Post, August 2, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1997893/prominent-chinese-human-rights-advocates-go-trial

Related:
Chinese activist Zhai Yanmin found guilty of subversion
中国维权律师抓捕：天津法院裁定翟岩民煽动颠覆有罪
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 2, 2016
EN: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-36950011
CH: http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2016/08/160802_china_activist_lawyers_trial

Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers, Defenders and International Reactions: A Brief Chronology
Human Rights in China, July 29, 2016
http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-defenders-and-international-reactions-brief-chronology

Detention of top Chinese scientist a blow for national security, says lawyer
South China Morning Post, August 1, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1997708/detention-top-chinese-scientist-blow-national-security-says-lawyer

Tibetan monk who died was tortured, says niece who fled China
Reuters, July 29, 2016
http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2016/07/29/tibetan-monk-who-died-was-tortured-says-niece-who-fled-china/

提高社会公众对改革的认同度和参与度 (Raising public approval of and participation in reform)
People's Procuratorate Daily, July 29, 2016
http://newspaper.jcrb.com/2016/20160729/20160729_001/20160729_001_6.htm

砀山虐童母亲被撤销监护资格 (Dangshan, Anhui: Custody of daughter revoked from abusive mother)
People’s Court Daily, July 29, 2016
http://rmfyb.chinacourt.org/paper/html/2016-07/29/content_114611.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China “tightening up on use of South Korean stars in TV dramas”, sources say, in wake of missile shield row
South China Morning Post, August 2, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1998090/china-tightening-use-south-korean-stars-tv-dramas-sources-say

The art of saying nothing at all: Learn how to communicate like the Chinese government
Quartz, August 1, 2016
http://qz.com/666292/the-art-of-saying-nothing-at-all-learn-how-to-communicate-like-the-chinese-government/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

民政部就慈善组织公开募捐管理办法征求意见 (Ministry of Civil Affairs seeks public comments on Management Measures for Public Donations for Charitable Organizations)
Legal Daily, July 29, 2016
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/government/content/2016-07/29/content_6741968.htm

China proposes tightening grip on NGOs
Reuters, August 1, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-ngos-idUSKCN10D087

Government Accountability (政府问责)

《保护司法人员依法履行法定职责规定》 (Regulations on the Protection of Justice System Personnel in the Lawful Discharge of their Duties)
People's Procuratorate Daily, July 29, 2016
http://newspaper.jcrb.com/2016/20160729/20160729_002/20160729_002_1.htm

How China's anti-corruption intersects with the South China Sea
The Diplomat, August 2, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/08/how-chinas-anti-corruption-intersects-with-the-south-china-sea/

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong Indigenous’ Edward Leung disqualified from Legco elections
梁天琦被取消參選立法會資格
South China Morning Post, August 2, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1998201/hong-kong-indigenous-edward-leung-disqualified-legislative
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/tc/hk-macau-tw/1564a9e9a704d5f/liang-tian-qi-bei-qu-xiao-can-xuan-li-fa-hui-zi-ge

Related:
本土民主前線就梁天琦被拒參選之聲明 (Statement by Hong Kong Indigenous’ Edward Leung regarding disqualification from LegCo election)
InMedia HK, August 2, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1043783

提倡“公投決定香港前途”5人獲准參選反映篩選標準全無章法 (5 advocates of “determining Hong Kong’s future by referendum” qualified for LegCo election—pre-selection logic can hardly be derived)
Radio France Internationale, August 2, 2016
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/政治/20160802-提倡“公投決定香港前途”5人獲准參選反映篩選標準全無章法

Edward Leung alters stance, signs new election declaration form
Hong Kong Economic Journal, July 29, 2016
http://www.ejinsight.com/20160729-edward-leung-alters-stance-and-signs-new-election-declaration-form/

The Edward Leung question: How does a mainland immigrant become a HK localist?
Hong Kong Free Press, July 31, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/07/31/edward-leung-question-mainland-immigrant-become-hk-localist/

内地与香港特区就改进完善通报机制进行第二轮磋商 (Hong Kong and Mainland in round 2 of talks to improve reciprocal notification mechanism)
Legal Daily, July 29, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160729/Articel01008GN.htm

内地警方向香港移交重大抢劫杀人犯罪嫌疑人 (Mainland police hand over major robbery homicide suspect to Hong Kong)
Legal Daily, July 29, 2016
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20160729/Articel02005GN.htm

HK Economic Journal should restore outspoken writer’s column, says letter from employees
Hong Kong Free Press, August 2, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/08/02/hk-economic-journal-restore-outspoken-writers-column-says-letter-employees/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Non-release “release” of human rights activists and their confessions
Jerry’s Blog, August 2, 2016
http://www.jeromecohen.net/jerrys-blog/2016/8/2/non-release-release-of-human-rights-activists-and-their-confessions

選管會的違法及違憲 (Electoral Affairs Commission’s actions are illegal and unconstitutional)
InMedia HK, August 2, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1043777

“One-country” declaration was ill-conceived but useful
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1996711/one-country-declaration-was-ill-conceived-useful

How CY Leung is trying to divide the opposition in Legco poll
Hong Kong Economic Journal, August 2, 2016
http://www.ejinsight.com/20160802-how-cy-leung-is-trying-to-divide-the-opposition-in-legco-poll/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

武汉市家庭暴力伤情司法鉴定站正式挂牌成立 (Domestic violence injury forensic examination station formally opens in Wuhan)
Yangtze Online, July 28, 2016
http://news.cjn.cn/24hour/wh24/201607/t2862258.htm

Wives of those detained in lawyer crackdown taken by police while trying to confirm activist’s trial date
Hong Kong Free Press, July 29, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/07/29/wives-detained-lawyer-crackdown-taken-police-trying-confirm-activists-trial-date/

Related:
Conscience conquers all: wife of detained rights lawyer Li Heping says her respect has only grown deeper despite pain of separation
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1996642/conscience-conquers-all-wife-detained-rights-lawyer-li-heping

Mass Crackdown on Chinese Lawyers, Defenders and International Reactions: A Brief Chronology
Human Rights in China, July 29, 2016
http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-defenders-and-international-reactions-brief-chronology

China says protected rights of jailed Tibetan monk who died
Channel NewsAsia, July 31, 2016
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-says-protected-righ/3000754.html

炎黄春秋杂志社起诉主管单位 法院不受理 (Reformist magazine Yanhuang Chunqiu sues managing authority, court rules inadmissible)
Radio Free Asia, July 29, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-07292016103415.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

加大案件信息公开力度 (Increase level of information disclosure for cases)
Xinhua, July 27, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/local/2016-07/27/c_129182805.htm

Why did China release rare videos of its successful anti-missile system tests?
South China Morning Post, July 29, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/1996388/why-did-china-release-rare-videos-its-successful-anti

China's Times Square propaganda video accused of skewing views of British MP
The Guardian, July 31, 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/31/chinas-times-square-propaganda-video-accused-of-skewing-views-of-british-mp

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese women's rights activists hit out at police over sex worker raids
Radio Free Asia, July 29, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinese-womens-rights-activists-hit-out-at-police-over-sex-worker-raids-07292016100310.html

Authorities attempt to manage rising labor unrest
China Digital Times, July 29, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/07/authorities-attempt-manage-rising-labor-unrest/

A Communist Party of China ad asks: “Who am I?” Social media responds: “Corrupt.”
Global Voices, July 29, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/07/29/a-chinese-communist-party-ad-asks-who-am-i-social-media-responds-corrupt/

李婷婷：要活着但不能苟活 (Women’s rights activist Li Tingting: Got to live, but not to drag out an ignoble existence)
Voice of America, July 30, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/chinese-feminist-li-tingting-20160729/3440734.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

民事赔偿之后能否再获工伤补偿 (After civil compensation is it possible to receive compensation for an industrial injury?)
China Youth Online, July 26, 2016
http://news.cyol.com/content/2016-07/26/content_13311239.htm

最高法院发布《中国环境资源审判》白皮书 (SPC releases white paper on "Environmental Resource Litigation in China")
People’s Court Daily, July 28, 2016
http://rmfyb.chinacourt.org/paper/html/2016-07/28/content_114572.htm

Party discipline becomes plenum focus
China Digital Times, July 29, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/07/cadres-face-stricter-rules-party-discipline-becomes-plenum-focus/

Chinese graft-busters take aim at another PLA general
South China Morning Post, July 31, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/1997337/chinese-graft-busters-take-aim-another-pla-general

Mayor of Chinese provincial capital Hefei investigated for graft
Reuters, July 30, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-hefei-idUSKCN10B04T

Thailand “full of Chinese agents,” no longer safe for Chinese refugees
Radio Free Asia, July 29, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/agents-07292016113331.html

Destruction proceeds at Larung Gar, with at least 600 structures torn down so far
Radio Free Asia, July 29, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/demolition-07292016161347.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

当裁判文书邂逅大数据评估 (When court judgments run into big data assessments)
People’s Court Daily, July 28, 2016
http://rmfyb.chinacourt.org/paper/html/2016-07/28/content_114592.htm

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

德调查60名申请避难者 他们有支持恐怖组织嫌疑 (Germany investigates 60 applicants for refugee status suspected of supporting terrorist organizations)
Xinhua, July 27, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2016-07/27/c_129179350.htm

中国代表呼吁国际社会向中西非国家提供反恐支持 (Chinese delegate calls upon international community to provide counterterrorism support to Central and West African nations)
Xinhua, July 28, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/2016-07/28/c_1119296591.htm

内江交通运输系统举行反恐防暴应急演练 (Neijiang traffic and transport systems hold counterterrorism and violence prevention emergency response drills)
Sichuan Online, July 28, 2016
http://neijiang.scol.com.cn/jrnj/201607/55600854.html

以反恐之名行恐怖之实 美军无人机滥杀无辜何时休？ (Committing terrorism in the name of fighting terrorism: When will the U.S. military's drone killings of innocent persons cease?)
Xinhua, July 26, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2016-07/26/c_129176779.htm

积极贯彻落实《反恐法》——浙江打造全民反恐防恐安全网 (Proactive implementation of Counterterrorism Law: Zhejiang creates national counterterrorism network)
Zhejiang Online, July 28, 2016
http://zjnews.zjol.com.cn/zjnews/zjxw/201607/t20160728_1803466.shtml

China praises Afghanistan for fight against Chinese separatist group
Reuters, July 31, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-afghanistan-xinjiang-idUSKCN10C1A6

China holds Japanese over “endangering” national security: Media
Channel NewsAsia, July 31, 2016
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/china-holds-japanese-over/3000386.html