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.

Thursday, July 10, 2014

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

China's dissidents feel the “chilling effect” as party's muzzling tactics prove effective
South China Morning Post, July 10, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1550960/chinas-dissidents-feel-chilling-effect-partys-muzzling-tactics-prove

Related:
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

Li Chengpeng’s social media and blog accounts suspended
李承鹏新浪及腾讯微博账号被注销
The New York Times, July 9, 2014
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140710/c10lichengpeng/dual/

Related:
Radical liberals must accept political bottom line
The Global Times, July 9, 2014
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/869539.shtml