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.

Friday, June 27, 2014

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

多次因言入狱不改初衷 民主党人王荣清病故 (Veteran China Democrat Party member dies in Zhejiang)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-06262014095504.html

伊力哈木拘留所“被绝食”10天 七五前伊犁又判捕数十维人 (Uyghur scholar deprived of food for 10 days, more Uyghurs arrested)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql1-06262014095419.html

Related:
Chinese academic's lawyers granted access six months after arrest
The Telegraph, June 26, 2014
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10929366/Chinese-academics-lawyers-granted-access-six-months-after-arrest.html

Uighur scholar kept in chains in China, lawyer says
Reuters, June 26, 2014
www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/26/us-china-xinjiang-idUSKBN0F11WP20140626

Chinese activist freed after Tiananmen anniversary
Associated Press, June 26, 2014
abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/chinese-activist-freed-tiananmen-anniversary-24311188

The Zhengzhou Twelve
China Change, June 26, 2014
chinachange.org/2014/06/26/the-zhengzhou-twelve/

Related:
Restrictions, detentions, disappearances, arrests before and beyond June 4, 2014
2014年六四25周年前后被限制自由、拘留、失踪、逮捕者名单
Human Rights in China, June 2014
EN: www.hrichina.org/en/restrictions-detentions-disappearances-arrests-and-beyond-june-4-2014
CH: www.hrichina.org/chs/2014nian-liu-si-25zhou-nian-qian-hou-bei-xian-zhi-zi-you-ju-liu-shi-zong-dai-bu-zhe-ming-dan

China livid over U.S. plan to rename embassy street after dissident
Al Jazeera, June 25, 2014
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/6/25/china-dissident-washington.html