Access to Justice (司法公正)

Beijing poet's wife “loses sanity” amid evictions, death threats to family
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/poet-wife-03222017123121.htm

Rights lawyer complains to mayor over “Cultural Revolution” treatment of colleagues
Radio Free Asia, March 22, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/lawyer-03222017121614.html

11国驻华使馆要求中国查人权律师遭酷刑案 (11 countries urge China to investigate torture allegations regarding human rights lawyers)
Deutsche Welle, March 22, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/ zh/11国驻华使馆要求中国查人权律师遭酷刑案/a-38062232

Related:
11-country letter to China stirs fears on U.S. rights stance
China Digital Times, March 11, 2017
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/03/11-country-letter-china-stirs-fears-u-s-rights-stance/

Mass crackdown on Chinese lawyers, defenders and international reactions: A brief chronology
Human Rights in China, February 16, 2017
http://www.hrichina.org/en/mass-crackdown-chinese-lawyers-defenders-and-international-reactions-brief-chronology

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

忧心忡忡，德国政治基金会在华何去何从？(What is the direction of Konrad Adenauer Foundation in China under new FNGO law? )
Deutsche Welle, March 22, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/忧心忡忡德国政治基金会在华何去何从/a-38070523

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese police detain care center head after 21 deaths
Agence France-Presse, March 23, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/03/23/chinese-police-detain-care-centre-head-21-deaths/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

微软公司为中国政府修改WINDOWS10 (Microsoft to modify Windows 10 for Chinese gov’t)
Radio Free Asia, March 22, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/nu-03222017105817.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Little choice for Hong Kong as China controls leadership race
Financial Times, March 23, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/d7913d84-0ee7-11e7-b030-768954394623

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Nearly two hundred detained following self-immolation in Kardze
Radio Free Asia, March 21, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/detained-03202017165328.html

湖北孝昌一名嫌犯审讯中死亡 (A suspect dies in detention pending trial in Xiaochang, Hubei)
Radio Free Asia, March 21, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yl-03212017110550.html

江西村民因强拆杀官案触发舆论沸腾 (A villager in Jiangxi commits murder while protesting forceful demolition, case sparks heated debate)
Voice of America, March 21, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/lawyers-met-the-peasant-who-killed-village-official-20170321/3775322.html

Related:
江西明经国反强拆锄杀官员案：律师遭约谈 亲属被抓 (Case of Ming Jingguo, arrested for murder, while protesting forceful demolition: Lawyers “have a talk” with officials, family arrested)
Radio Free Asia, March 21, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-03212017111001.html

跨性別者C先生（上）：我為何告訴中國我是直男 (Transgender man “Mr. C”: Why I told China I am a straight man)
New York Times, March 22, 2017
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170322/transgender-china/zh-hant/

Related:
Transgender man was unfairly fired, but bias not proved, Chinese court says
中國跨性別者被解僱，法院：無歧視證據
New York Times, January 3, 2017
EN: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170103/china-transgender-lawsuit/en-us/
CH: http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170103/china-transgender-lawsuit/zh-hant/

两高将发司法解释 明确侵犯个人信息定罪量刑标准 (SPC and SPP to issue judicial explanation clarifying standards for conviction and sentence lengths in cases of violation of personal information)
Legal Daily, March 21, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-03/21/content_7061582.htm

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese police say officers may have tortured dead suspect in rare admission on social media
Agence France-Presse, March 21, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/03/21/chinese-police-say-officers-may-tortured-dead-suspect-rare-admission-social-media/

Demolition gangs forcibly raze villagers' houses in China's Guangxi
Radio Free Asia, March 21, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/houses-03212017121930.html

China calls on int'l community to improve global human rights governance
Xinhua, March 21, 2017
http://www.ecns.cn/2017/03-21/249949.shtml

Canada, 10 other countries call out China for torturing human rights lawyers
The Globe and Mail, March 20, 2017
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/canada-10-other-countries-call-out-china-for-torturing-human-rights-lawyers/article34346186/

Related:
Criticized for torturing lawyers, China lashes out at Canada and other countries
The Globe and Mail, March 21, 2017
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/criticized-for-torturing-lawyers-china-lashes-out-at-canada-and-other-countries/article34360424/

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

官媒："恐袭"数量减少 危害仍大 (State media: There are less “terrorist attacks” but risk is still substantial)
Deutsche Welle, March 22, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/官媒恐袭数量减少-危害仍大/a-38038548

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong elects a new chief executive: what you need to know
The Guardian, March 22, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/22/hong-kong-chief-executive-election-what-you-need-to-know

Related:
Compare the candidates: Where Hong Kong’s three chief executive candidates stand on key issues
Hong Kong Free Press, March 22, 2107
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/03/22/compare-candidates-hong-kongs-three-chief-executive-candidates-stand-key-issues/

Thousands expected to protest this weekend as 1,194 electors gather to choose Hong Kong’s next leader
Hong Kong Free Press, March 22, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/03/22/thousands-expected-to-protest-this-weekend-as-1194-electors-gather-to-choose-hong-kongs-next-leader/

Commentary (评论)

As the 20th anniversary of the handover to China nears, Hong Kong artists meditate on space, memory
Quartz, March 21, 2017
https://qz.com/936603/as-the-20th-anniversary-of-the-handover-to-china-nears-hong-kong-artists-meditate-on-space-memory/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

新龙县一名藏人自焚抗议 自焚者亲友被拘遭殴 (Tibetan self-immolated in Xinlong county, his family detained and beaten up)
Radio Free Asia, March 19, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-03192017092238.html

聚焦司改：提高刑事审判证人出庭率难在哪里 (What are the difficulties in raising attendance rate of witnesses at trial?)
China Youth Daily, March 21, 2017
http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2017/03-21/8178850.shtml

Related:
提高证人出庭率和律师辩护率首次写入最高法工作报告 (Raising rates of witness attendance and lawyers defending cases written into annual work report of SPC for the first time)
Xinhua News, March 13, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2017lh/2017-03/13/c_1120619885.htm

Chinese lawmakers seek to protect dead Communist heroes with new law
Global Voices, March 21, 2017
https://globalvoices.org/2017/03/21/chinese-lawmakers-seek-to-protect-dead-communist-heroes-with-new-law/

Wukan activist's mother interrogated, intimidated after incognito visit
Radio Free Asia, March 21, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/mother-03202017131533.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Taiwan community college manager with NGO links incommunicado in China
Radio Free Asia, March 20, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/taiwan-community-collage-manager-with-ngo-links-incommunicado-in-china-03202017133229.html

China embraces public activists—in battling pollution
Christian Science Monitor, March 17, 2017
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2017/0317/China-embraces-public-activists-in-battling-pollution

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China draws up list of “negatives” to vet delegates to top Communist Party congress
South China Morning Post, March 21, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2080716/china-draws-list-negatives-vet-delegates-top-communist

Autistic boy’s death one of many linked to squalid “care center” in China
The New York Times, March 20, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/20/world/asia/china-care-center-deaths.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

科技101:网络战加信息战，中国软硬实力兼施 (China applies both soft and hard power to combat cyberwarfare and information warfare)
Voice of America, March 21, 2017
http://www.voachinese.com/a/cyber-20170320/3774551.html

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

China says number of “terror attacks” is down, but threat remains high
Reuters, March 21, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-security-idUSKBN16S0C5

Hong Kong (香港)

特首选举论坛期间 多个团体抗议“小圈子选举” (Multiple groups protest against “small-circle” election during CE election forum)
Radio Free Asia, March 20, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/wsw-03202017102757.html

中联办喉舌发狂炮轰曾俊华“选举伪术”犹如文革敌我斗争 (Mouthpieces of China Liaison Office publish articles criticizing John Tsang’s “hypocrisies in election”)
Radio France Internationale, March 20, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170320-中联办喉舌发狂炮轰曾俊华“选举伪术”犹如文革敌我斗争

Hong Kong’s leadership hopefuls want to win hearts and minds in an election where no one gets to vote
Quartz, March 19, 2017
https://qz.com/933858/hong-kongs-leadership-hopefuls-want-to-win-hearts-and-minds-in-an-election-where-no-one-gets-to-vote/

Woo Kwok-hing “very disappointed” that many pro-democracy electors plan to vote for John Tsang
Hong Kong Free Press, March 21, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/03/21/woo-kwok-hing-disappointed-many-pro-democracy-electors-plan-vote-john-tsang/

“Only resistance can bring change”: Occupy activist Ken Tsang rallies supporters before going to jail
Hong Kong Free Press, March 21, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/03/21/resistance-can-bring-change-occupy-activist-ken-tsang-rallies-supporters-going-jail/

Joshua Wong: Hong Kong's democracy fighter gets Netflix treatment
Cable News Network, March 20, 2017
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/20/asia/joshua-wong-netflix-hong-kong-china/index.html

Commentary (评论)

How China is preparing for cyberwar
Christian Science Monitor: Passcode, March 20, 2017
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Passcode/Passcode-Voices/2017/0320/How-China-is-preparing-for-cyberwar

Random comments on China's new civil code
Chinese Law Prof Blog, March 19, 2017
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/china_law_prof_blog/2017/03/random-comments-on-chinas-new-civil-code.html

Access to Justice (司法公正)

涉709案不予办护照 吕动力起诉千阳县公安局 (Application for passport rejected due to involvement in “709”, Lu Dongli sues Qianyang Province Public Security Bureau over violation of personal rights)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-03172017103459.html

输入假枪判刑8年 上诉4年赢重审机会 (Feng Xin, who was sentenced to eight-years imprisonment for importing imitation firearms, gets re-trial after appealing for four years)
Radio France Internationale, March 19, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170319-输入假枪判刑8年-上诉4年赢重审机会

夏钧律师批评最高法院院长周强向全国人大的报告，指现在的法官就像文革时的军管 (Lawyer Xia Jun criticizes Zhou Qiang’s annual work report, says judges today are like military commissioners during Cultural Revolution)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ck-03172017104502.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Young farmer stages first Tibetan self-immolation of 2017
Radio Free Asia, March 19, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/sichuan-immolation-03192017095940.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese police officer jailed over bribes spent on property in Australia
The Guardian, March 19, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/19/chinese-police-officer-jailed-over-bribes-spent-on-property-in-australia

The hunt is on for “crocodiles” in China’s corridors of power
SOuth China Morning Post, March 19, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2080327/hunt-crocodiles-chinas-corridors-power

成都再现“雷洋”案：一司机被警方殴打致死 当局封锁消息 (Another “Lei Yang” case in Chengdu: A driver beaten to death by police officers, authorities block all relevant information)
Radio Free Asia, March 17, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-03172017104620.html

网络再度盛传六四屠杀中国政府发言人袁木移民美国生活悠闲自在 (Photos of Yuan Mu, Chinese gov’t spokesperson during June Fourth, living a wealthy life in U.S. circulated on Internet again)
Radio France Internationale, March 19, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170319-网络再度盛传六四屠杀中国政府发言人袁木移民美国生活悠闲自在