diff --git a/modules/context/repo.go b/modules/context/repo.go
index 3815fc8cea..1f6e5037cc 100644
--- a/modules/context/repo.go
+++ b/modules/context/repo.go
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func (r *Repository) CanUseTimetracker(issue *models.Issue, user *models.User) b
 	// 2. Is the user a contributor, admin, poster or assignee and do the repository policies require this?
 	isAssigned, _ := models.IsUserAssignedToIssue(issue, user)
 	return r.Repository.IsTimetrackerEnabled() && (!r.Repository.AllowOnlyContributorsToTrackTime() ||
-		r.Permission.CanWrite(models.UnitTypeIssues) || issue.IsPoster(user.ID) || isAssigned)
+		r.Permission.CanWriteIssuesOrPulls(issue.IsPull) || issue.IsPoster(user.ID) || isAssigned)
 }
 
 // CanCreateIssueDependencies returns whether or not a user can create dependencies.
diff --git a/modules/repofiles/action.go b/modules/repofiles/action.go
index 3be6509bc2..a1c2bd993f 100644
--- a/modules/repofiles/action.go
+++ b/modules/repofiles/action.go
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ func UpdateIssuesCommit(doer *models.User, repo *models.Repository, commits []*r
 			refMarked[key] = true
 
 			// FIXME: this kind of condition is all over the code, it should be consolidated in a single place
-			canclose := perm.IsAdmin() || perm.IsOwner() || perm.CanWrite(models.UnitTypeIssues) || refIssue.PosterID == doer.ID
-			cancomment := canclose || perm.CanRead(models.UnitTypeIssues)
+			canclose := perm.IsAdmin() || perm.IsOwner() || perm.CanWriteIssuesOrPulls(refIssue.IsPull) || refIssue.PosterID == doer.ID
+			cancomment := canclose || perm.CanReadIssuesOrPulls(refIssue.IsPull)
 
 			// Don't proceed if the user can't comment
 			if !cancomment {
diff --git a/routers/api/v1/repo/issue.go b/routers/api/v1/repo/issue.go
index 2463586e71..c480f2a46f 100644
--- a/routers/api/v1/repo/issue.go
+++ b/routers/api/v1/repo/issue.go
@@ -206,6 +206,10 @@ func ListIssues(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 	//   in: query
 	//   description: search string
 	//   type: string
+	// - name: type
+	//   in: query
+	//   description: filter by type (issues / pulls) if set
+	//   type: string
 	// responses:
 	//   "200":
 	//     "$ref": "#/responses/IssueList"
@@ -241,6 +245,16 @@ func ListIssues(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	var isPull util.OptionalBool
+	switch ctx.Query("type") {
+	case "pulls":
+		isPull = util.OptionalBoolTrue
+	case "issues":
+		isPull = util.OptionalBoolFalse
+	default:
+		isPull = util.OptionalBoolNone
+	}
+
 	// Only fetch the issues if we either don't have a keyword or the search returned issues
 	// This would otherwise return all issues if no issues were found by the search.
 	if len(keyword) == 0 || len(issueIDs) > 0 || len(labelIDs) > 0 {
@@ -251,6 +265,7 @@ func ListIssues(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 			IsClosed: isClosed,
 			IssueIDs: issueIDs,
 			LabelIDs: labelIDs,
+			IsPull:   isPull,
 		})
 	}
 
@@ -475,6 +490,7 @@ func EditIssue(ctx *context.APIContext, form api.EditIssueOption) {
 		return
 	}
 	issue.Repo = ctx.Repo.Repository
+	canWrite := ctx.Repo.CanWriteIssuesOrPulls(issue.IsPull)
 
 	err = issue.LoadAttributes()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -482,7 +498,7 @@ func EditIssue(ctx *context.APIContext, form api.EditIssueOption) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if !issue.IsPoster(ctx.User.ID) && !ctx.Repo.CanWrite(models.UnitTypeIssues) {
+	if !issue.IsPoster(ctx.User.ID) && !canWrite {
 		ctx.Status(http.StatusForbidden)
 		return
 	}
@@ -495,7 +511,7 @@ func EditIssue(ctx *context.APIContext, form api.EditIssueOption) {
 	}
 
 	// Update or remove the deadline, only if set and allowed
-	if (form.Deadline != nil || form.RemoveDeadline != nil) && ctx.Repo.CanWrite(models.UnitTypeIssues) {
+	if (form.Deadline != nil || form.RemoveDeadline != nil) && canWrite {
 		var deadlineUnix timeutil.TimeStamp
 
 		if (form.RemoveDeadline == nil || !*form.RemoveDeadline) && !form.Deadline.IsZero() {
@@ -519,7 +535,7 @@ func EditIssue(ctx *context.APIContext, form api.EditIssueOption) {
 	// Pass one or more user logins to replace the set of assignees on this Issue.
 	// Send an empty array ([]) to clear all assignees from the Issue.
 
-	if ctx.Repo.CanWrite(models.UnitTypeIssues) && (form.Assignees != nil || form.Assignee != nil) {
+	if canWrite && (form.Assignees != nil || form.Assignee != nil) {
 		oneAssignee := ""
 		if form.Assignee != nil {
 			oneAssignee = *form.Assignee
@@ -532,7 +548,7 @@ func EditIssue(ctx *context.APIContext, form api.EditIssueOption) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if ctx.Repo.CanWrite(models.UnitTypeIssues) && form.Milestone != nil &&
+	if canWrite && form.Milestone != nil &&
 		issue.MilestoneID != *form.Milestone {
 		oldMilestoneID := issue.MilestoneID
 		issue.MilestoneID = *form.Milestone
@@ -618,7 +634,7 @@ func UpdateIssueDeadline(ctx *context.APIContext, form api.EditDeadlineOption) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if !ctx.Repo.CanWrite(models.UnitTypeIssues) {
+	if !ctx.Repo.CanWriteIssuesOrPulls(issue.IsPull) {
 		ctx.Error(http.StatusForbidden, "", "Not repo writer")
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/routers/api/v1/repo/issue_comment.go b/routers/api/v1/repo/issue_comment.go
index 8c97936204..6b0e388194 100644
--- a/routers/api/v1/repo/issue_comment.go
+++ b/routers/api/v1/repo/issue_comment.go
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ func CreateIssueComment(ctx *context.APIContext, form api.CreateIssueCommentOpti
 		return
 	}
 
-	if issue.IsLocked && !ctx.Repo.CanWrite(models.UnitTypeIssues) && !ctx.User.IsAdmin {
+	if issue.IsLocked && !ctx.Repo.CanWriteIssuesOrPulls(issue.IsPull) && !ctx.User.IsAdmin {
 		ctx.Error(http.StatusForbidden, "CreateIssueComment", errors.New(ctx.Tr("repo.issues.comment_on_locked")))
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/routers/api/v1/repo/issue_reaction.go b/routers/api/v1/repo/issue_reaction.go
index 40632dcab7..9c1322b3fe 100644
--- a/routers/api/v1/repo/issue_reaction.go
+++ b/routers/api/v1/repo/issue_reaction.go
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func changeIssueCommentReaction(ctx *context.APIContext, form api.EditReactionOp
 		ctx.Error(http.StatusInternalServerError, "comment.LoadIssue() failed", err)
 	}
 
-	if comment.Issue.IsLocked && !ctx.Repo.CanWrite(models.UnitTypeIssues) {
+	if comment.Issue.IsLocked && !ctx.Repo.CanWriteIssuesOrPulls(comment.Issue.IsPull) {
 		ctx.Error(http.StatusForbidden, "ChangeIssueCommentReaction", errors.New("no permission to change reaction"))
 		return
 	}
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ func changeIssueReaction(ctx *context.APIContext, form api.EditReactionOption, i
 		return
 	}
 
-	if issue.IsLocked && !ctx.Repo.CanWrite(models.UnitTypeIssues) {
+	if issue.IsLocked && !ctx.Repo.CanWriteIssuesOrPulls(issue.IsPull) {
 		ctx.Error(http.StatusForbidden, "ChangeIssueCommentReaction", errors.New("no permission to change reaction"))
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/routers/api/v1/repo/issue_stopwatch.go b/routers/api/v1/repo/issue_stopwatch.go
index 3ffdf24404..3b7c20d4d3 100644
--- a/routers/api/v1/repo/issue_stopwatch.go
+++ b/routers/api/v1/repo/issue_stopwatch.go
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ func prepareIssueStopwatch(ctx *context.APIContext, shouldExist bool) (*models.I
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if !ctx.Repo.CanWrite(models.UnitTypeIssues) {
+	if !ctx.Repo.CanWriteIssuesOrPulls(issue.IsPull) {
 		ctx.Status(http.StatusForbidden)
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/routers/repo/issue.go b/routers/repo/issue.go
index c2aa1a83bb..49481e7e2e 100644
--- a/routers/repo/issue.go
+++ b/routers/repo/issue.go
@@ -63,13 +63,12 @@ var (
 // If locked and user has permissions to write to the repository,
 // then the comment is allowed, else it is blocked
 func MustAllowUserComment(ctx *context.Context) {
-
 	issue := GetActionIssue(ctx)
 	if ctx.Written() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if issue.IsLocked && !ctx.Repo.CanWrite(models.UnitTypeIssues) && !ctx.User.IsAdmin {
+	if issue.IsLocked && !ctx.Repo.CanWriteIssuesOrPulls(issue.IsPull) && !ctx.User.IsAdmin {
 		ctx.Flash.Error(ctx.Tr("repo.issues.comment_on_locked"))
 		ctx.Redirect(issue.HTMLURL())
 		return
@@ -344,7 +343,7 @@ func RetrieveRepoMilestonesAndAssignees(ctx *context.Context, repo *models.Repos
 
 // RetrieveRepoMetas find all the meta information of a repository
 func RetrieveRepoMetas(ctx *context.Context, repo *models.Repository, isPull bool) []*models.Label {
-	if !ctx.Repo.CanWrite(models.UnitTypeIssues) {
+	if !ctx.Repo.CanWriteIssuesOrPulls(isPull) {
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -1022,7 +1021,6 @@ func ViewIssue(ctx *context.Context) {
 	ctx.Data["IsIssuePoster"] = ctx.IsSigned && issue.IsPoster(ctx.User.ID)
 	ctx.Data["IsIssueWriter"] = ctx.Repo.CanWriteIssuesOrPulls(issue.IsPull)
 	ctx.Data["IsRepoAdmin"] = ctx.IsSigned && (ctx.Repo.IsAdmin() || ctx.User.IsAdmin)
-	ctx.Data["IsRepoIssuesWriter"] = ctx.IsSigned && (ctx.Repo.CanWrite(models.UnitTypeIssues) || ctx.User.IsAdmin)
 	ctx.Data["LockReasons"] = setting.Repository.Issue.LockReasons
 	ctx.HTML(200, tplIssueView)
 }
@@ -1283,9 +1281,10 @@ func NewComment(ctx *context.Context, form auth.CreateCommentForm) {
 		}
 
 		ctx.Error(403)
+		return
 	}
 
-	if issue.IsLocked && !ctx.Repo.CanWrite(models.UnitTypeIssues) && !ctx.User.IsAdmin {
+	if issue.IsLocked && !ctx.Repo.CanWriteIssuesOrPulls(issue.IsPull) && !ctx.User.IsAdmin {
 		ctx.Flash.Error(ctx.Tr("repo.issues.comment_on_locked"))
 		ctx.Redirect(issue.HTMLURL(), http.StatusSeeOther)
 		return
diff --git a/routers/repo/issue_dependency.go b/routers/repo/issue_dependency.go
index 055b5ed2af..8a83c7bae3 100644
--- a/routers/repo/issue_dependency.go
+++ b/routers/repo/issue_dependency.go
@@ -93,9 +93,6 @@ func RemoveDependency(ctx *context.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	// Redirect
-	ctx.Redirect(issue.HTMLURL(), http.StatusSeeOther)
-
 	// Dependency Type
 	depTypeStr := ctx.Req.PostForm.Get("dependencyType")
 
@@ -126,4 +123,7 @@ func RemoveDependency(ctx *context.Context) {
 		ctx.ServerError("RemoveIssueDependency", err)
 		return
 	}
+
+	// Redirect
+	ctx.Redirect(issue.HTMLURL(), http.StatusSeeOther)
 }
diff --git a/routers/routes/routes.go b/routers/routes/routes.go
index 74bddc79e5..815d78bb2f 100644
--- a/routers/routes/routes.go
+++ b/routers/routes/routes.go
@@ -508,19 +508,13 @@ func RegisterRoutes(m *macaron.Macaron) {
 	reqRepoReleaseWriter := context.RequireRepoWriter(models.UnitTypeReleases)
 	reqRepoReleaseReader := context.RequireRepoReader(models.UnitTypeReleases)
 	reqRepoWikiWriter := context.RequireRepoWriter(models.UnitTypeWiki)
+	reqRepoIssueWriter := context.RequireRepoWriter(models.UnitTypeIssues)
 	reqRepoIssueReader := context.RequireRepoReader(models.UnitTypeIssues)
 	reqRepoPullsWriter := context.RequireRepoWriter(models.UnitTypePullRequests)
 	reqRepoPullsReader := context.RequireRepoReader(models.UnitTypePullRequests)
 	reqRepoIssuesOrPullsWriter := context.RequireRepoWriterOr(models.UnitTypeIssues, models.UnitTypePullRequests)
 	reqRepoIssuesOrPullsReader := context.RequireRepoReaderOr(models.UnitTypeIssues, models.UnitTypePullRequests)
 
-	reqRepoIssueWriter := func(ctx *context.Context) {
-		if !ctx.Repo.CanWrite(models.UnitTypeIssues) {
-			ctx.Error(403)
-			return
-		}
-	}
-
 	// ***** START: Organization *****
 	m.Group("/org", func() {
 		m.Group("", func() {
diff --git a/templates/repo/issue/view_content.tmpl b/templates/repo/issue/view_content.tmpl
index bee8a3dfe5..d336b78049 100644
--- a/templates/repo/issue/view_content.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/issue/view_content.tmpl
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 				{{ template "repo/issue/view_content/pull". }}
 			{{end}}
 			{{if .IsSigned}}
-				{{ if and (or .IsRepoAdmin .IsRepoIssuesWriter (or (not .Issue.IsLocked))) (not .Repository.IsArchived) }}
+				{{ if and (or .IsRepoAdmin .IsIssueWriter (or (not .Issue.IsLocked))) (not .Repository.IsArchived) }}
 				<div class="comment form">
 					<a class="avatar" href="{{.SignedUser.HomeLink}}">
 						<img src="{{.SignedUser.RelAvatarLink}}">
diff --git a/templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl b/templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl
index 95932d9e02..7aa29f0b08 100644
--- a/templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl
+++ b/templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl
@@ -3133,6 +3133,12 @@
             "description": "search string",
             "name": "q",
             "in": "query"
+          },
+          {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "filter by type (issues / pulls) if set",
+            "name": "type",
+            "in": "query"
           }
         ],
         "responses": {