Access to Justice (司法公正)

Tibetan monks missing in custody for almost a year have been sentenced
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/sentenced-06212017153903.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

无许可证宣扬负面言论 微博、A站、凤凰网等被要求关停视听节目服务 (“Unlicensed” online platforms including Weibo, AcFun, and Phoenix Television asked to halt audio and video services)
Bowen Press, June 22, 2017
https://bowenpress.com/news/bowen_179618.html

Related:
Chinese regulators clamp down on online videos
Financial Times, June 22, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/9c58c583-bc9f-32ab-84fa-35762e9ac824

China is now censoring paparazzi on social media
NextShark, June 21, 2017
https://nextshark.com/china-now-censoring-papparazzi-social-media-2/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China Focus: China considers changes to public interest litigation rules
Xinhua, June 22, 2017
http://english.sina.com/news/2017-06-22/detail-ifyhmtrw3566243.shtml

不满耕地被征抛荒 广东村民诉政府二审开庭 (Guangdong villages dissatisfied with land requisition participate in second trial against county gov't)
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-06222017111842.html

China supplier for Ivanka Trump brand worst labor abuser, says pressure group
South China Morning Post, June 22, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2099522/china-supplier-ivanka-trump-brand-worst-labour-abuser

Ethnic Mongolian activist lodges formal complaint over “tiger bench” torture, interrogation
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/torture-06222017104847.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Three weeks on: what we know about enforcement of China’s cybersecurity law
The National Law Review, June 22, 2017
http://www.natlawreview.com/article/three-weeks-what-we-know-about-enforcement-china-s-cybersecurity-law-part-1

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

In China's far west the “perfect police state” is emerging
The Guardian, June 23, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/23/in-chinas-far-west-experts-fear-a-ticking-timebomb-religious

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong's new chief vows to fight “pro-independence behavior” with law enforcement
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/pursue-06212017133053.html

Related:
Incoming Hong Kong leader says she defers to China on missing booksellers
Cable News Network, June 22, 2017
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/22/asia/hong-kong-carrie-lam-gui-booksellers/index.html

3,000 petition against rumoured appointment of pro-Beijing teacher as education undersecretary
Hong Kong Free Press, June 22, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/06/22/3000-petition-rumoured-appointment-pro-beijing-teacher-education-undersecretary/

“Deep regret and disappointment”: Journalism watchdog hits out at Carrie Lam’s continuation of digital media ban
Hong Kong Free Press, June 22, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/06/22/deep-regret-disappointment-journalism-watchdog-hits-carrie-lams-continuation-digital-media-ban/

President Xi Jinping’s visit to Hong Kong for 20th anniversary of handover confirmed—details of his packed itinerary revealed
South China Morning Post, June 23, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2099645/president-xi-jinpings-visit-hong-kong-20th-anniversary-handover

Two decades after taking over Hong Kong, China is getting tougher
The Economist, June 22, 2017
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21723879-will-territorys-new-leader-carrie-lam-stand-up-its-meddling-two-decades-after-taking-over

Commentary (评论)

Xi Jinping takes “first step” in gaining further control over China’s domestic security
The Epoch Times, June 21, 2017
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/2260337-xi-jinping-takes-first-step-in-gaining-further-control-over-chinas-domestic-security/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Nine held after clashes over access to Inner Mongolia freshwater lake
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/access-06192017131133.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Kazakhs hit out at China's travel ban
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/travel-06202017133815.html

Related:
新疆没收哈萨克族人护照 关闭民间网站 (Xinjiang authorities confiscate Kazakh residents’ passports, shut down folk websites)
Apple Daily, June 20, 2017
http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/new/20170620/1144138/

广西数百老兵集体上访无果 赴京维权遭围追堵截 (Hundreds of Guangxi veterans petition Beijing for improved treatment, face suppression from authorities)
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-06202017112143.html

要求加薪 珠海逾两千公交司机大罢工 (2,000 Guangdong bus drivers seeking higher pay go on strike)
New Tang Dynasty Television, June 21, 2017
http://www.ntdtv.com/xtr/gb/2017/06/21/a1330086.html#nextvideo

数百名银行下岗员工连续两天在北京银监会维权 (Hundreds of laid off bank employees protest outside the Beijing Banking Regulatory Commission office for two consecutive days)
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-06202017112212.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

German ambassador to China calls for release of pope-chosen bishop
South China Morning Post, June 20, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2099209/german-ambassador-china-calls-release-pope-chosen

Related:
德国驻北京大使敦促中国当局释放梵蒂冈任命的温州教区主教邵祝敏 (German ambassador to China urges authorities to release Vatican-appointed Wenzhou bishop Shao Zhumin)
Radio Free Asia, June 20, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-06202017113501.html

Trial of deceased former Shanxi vice governor opens
Xinhua, June 21, 2017
http://english.sina.com/news/2017-06-21/detail-ifyhmpew2888436.shtml

Related:
中国一副省长已死三年 1477万赃款被追扣 (Deceased former Shanxi governor placed on trial, 14.77 million yuan in assets confiscated)
Deutsche Welle, June 21, 2017
http://china.dwnews.com/news/2017-06-21/59821282.html

Graft fugitive on "red list" surrenders
Xinhua, June 21, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-06/21/c_136383732.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

Carrie Lam defends cabinet as “ideal team”, dismisses talk of Beijing meddling in choices
South China Morning Post, June 21, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2099380/carrie-lam-defends-cabinet-ideal-team-dismisses-talk-beijing

Hong Kong police watchdog to send observers to July 1 anti-government march
South China Morning Post, June 21, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2099246/hong-kong-police-watchdog-send-observers-july-1-anti

Corruption watchdog drops investigation into pro-Beijing candidate’s sudden election withdrawal
Hong Kong Free Press, June 21, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/06/21/corruption-watchdog-drops-investigation-pro-beijing-candidates-sudden-election-withdrawal/

Commentary (评论)

Britain is looking away as China tramples on the freedom of Hong Kong—and my father
The Guardian, June 22, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/22/britain-is-looking-away-as-china-tramples-on-the-freedom-of-hong-kong-and-my-father

Voices: “We are not extremists”—activists talk Chinese suppression
The News Lens, June 21, 2017
https://international.thenewslens.com/article/71427

A lawyer is not acceptable—at least not in China
The McGill International Review, June 20, 2017
http://mironline.ca/lawyer-not-acceptable-least-not-china/

Why the West treats China with kid gloves
Politico, June 21, 2017
http://www.politico.eu/article/china-europe-trade-why-the-west-treats-with-kid-gloves/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

广东顺德逢沙村民险遭强拆 户主被行政拘留15天 (Guangdong Shunde village demolished, protest leaders placed in administrative detention for 15 days)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-06192017103559.html

Chinese police detain at least 10 ethnic Kazakhs in Xinjiang for “ties with Uyghurs”
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/kazakhs-06192017104938.html

Canadian arrested for her religion pepper sprayed, shackled in Chinese detention
The Globe and Mail, June 20, 2017
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/canadian-arrested-for-her-religion-pepper-sprayed-shackled-in-chinese-detention/article35391374/

China's police-run detention centers are a “human rights disaster”: Rights lawyers
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/chinas-police-run-detention-centers-are-a-human-rights-disaster-rights-lawyers-06202017112320.html

Related:
中华人民共和国看守所法（公开征求意见稿） (Ministry of Public Security form for public input on detention center law)
Legal Daily, June 19, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/xwzx/content/2017-06/19/content_7210198.htm?node=53628

Access to Information (信息公开)

China universities accused of ideological weakness
Financial Times, June 19, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/88191d36-54b4-11e7-9fed-c19e2700005f

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

北京商住户群体维权 三里屯散步遇强势维稳 (Beijing commercial housing owners stage protest in Sanlitun against housing policy change)
Voice of America, June 19, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-home-owners-in-beijing-walking-for-rightas-were-supressed-by-police-20170618/3905302.html

河南内黄修路车辆限行 瓜农不满围堵县政府讨说法 (Dissatisfied melon farmers in Henan Neixiang County protest road repair project, block roads outside township office)
Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-06192017103529.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

CCDI names and shames corrupt grassroots officials
Xinhua, June 19, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-06/19/c_136378094.htm

被王岐山点名 这位女委员遭断崖式降级 (Central Commission Discipline Inspection member appointed by Wang Qishan undergoes “falling-off-a-cliff demotion”)
Deutsche Welle, June 20, 2017
http://china.dwnews.com/news/2017-06-20/59821021.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Alert over harmful food and drugs sold on Chinese social media
China Daily, June 20, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-06/20/content_29815183.htm

China bans online loans to college students
China Daily, June 20, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-06/20/content_29811721.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong youths turn their backs on Chinese identity: survey
Reuters, June 20, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-anniversary-idUSKBN19B1IE

Hong Kong independence advocates plan June 30 rally despite “zero tolerance” warning
South China Morning Post, June 19, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2099058/hong-kong-independence-advocates-plan-june-30-rally-planned

Another opposition Hong Kong politician visits mainland China after lifting of travel ban
South China Morning Post, June 20, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2099200/another-opposition-hong-kong-politician-visits-mainland

Hong Kong: Change in the air?
The Diplomat, June 20, 2017
http://thediplomat.com/2017/06/hong-kong-change-in-the-air/

Commentary (评论)

China: Tibet propaganda masks repression
Human Rights Watch, June 19, 2017
https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/06/19/china-tibet-propaganda-masks-repression

Chinese court decision highlights the need for full implementation of anti-domestic violence law
Duihua Human Rights Journal, June 19, 2017
http://www.duihuahrjournal.org/

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China publishes draft law on detention houses
Xinhua, June 19, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-06/19/c_136377984.htm

Related:
Lawyers skeptical about China’s new detention center law
Sixth Tone, June 19, 2017
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1000357/lawyers-skeptical-about-chinas-new-detention-center-law

公安部关于《中华人民共和国看守所法（公开征求意见稿）》公开征求意见的公告 (Ministry of Public Security issues notice requesting public input on detention center law)
Legal Daily, June 19, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/xwzx/content/2017-06/19/content_7210223.htm?node=53628

中华人民共和国看守所法（公开征求意见稿） (Ministry of Public Security form for public input on detention center law)
Legal Daily, June 19, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/xwzx/content/2017-06/19/content_7210198.htm?node=53628

新疆监狱斋月停止探监 张海涛申诉渠道受阻 (Xinjiang prison halts all prisoner visits during Ramadan, detained activist Zhang Haitao’s wife’s appeal is rejected)
Radio Free Asia, June 17, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-06172017140339.html