The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Monday, July 07, 2014

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Chinese police arrest 17 over Tiananmen Memorial events
参与“六四公祭”七人遭批捕 家属、律师斥办案机关违法
Radio Free Asia, July 4, 2014
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/tiananmen-07042014141415.html
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-07032014094950.html

Related:
河南维权律师常伯阳被更改罪名批捕 涉“非法经营罪”引发各界质疑 (Henan rights defense lawyer Chang Boyang’s crime changed to “illegal business activity”)
Radio Free Asia, July 7, 2014
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-07072014102739.html

Organizers of June Fourth commemorative event officially arrested
六四公祭组织者陈卫、于世文被正式逮捕
Human Rights in China, July 3, 2014
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/case-update/organizers-june-fourth-commemorative-event-officially-arrested
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/ge-gen-zong/liu-si-gong-ji-zu-zhi-zhe-chen-wei-yu-shi-wen-bei-zheng-shi-dai-bu

胡赵及六四祭拜者郑州被捕 各地网友举牌抗议 (Netizens protest the arrest of Zhengzhou June Fourth commemorators)
Voice of America, July 7, 2014
http://www.voachinese.com/content/protest-arrest-20140707/1952032.html

六四論壇書面發言 作家「自首」(Author of June Fourth seminar statement surrenders himself)
Ming Pao, July 7, 2014
http://news.mingpao.com/20140707/chb1.htm