Thursday, May 29, 2014

Children (儿童)

涉罪未成年人多来自残缺家庭或留守儿童 (Most juvenile offenders come from broken families or are left-behind children)
The Beijing News, May 29, 2014
www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2014/05/29/318714.html

Hong Kong (香港)

大赦国际敦促香港捍卫新闻自由 (Amnesty International calls on HK to safeguard press freedom)
Voice of America, May 29, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/amnesty-international-20140528/1924744.html

Related:
Hong Kong must be alert to gradual erosion of its freedom of expression
The South China Morning Post, May 27, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/comment/article/1520030/hong-kong-must-be-alert-gradual-erosion-its-freedom-expression

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Nobel laureate’s release from prison may hinge on his “regret”
刘晓波有机会获假释,但必须悔罪
The New York Times, May 29, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140529/c29laureates/dual/

June Fourth (六四)

美国会通过决议案 纪念六四民主运动25周年 (US House passes resolution to commemorate June Fourth anniversary)
Voice of America, May 28, 2014
www.voachinese.com/content/tiananmen-movement-20140528/1924825.html

Related:
US Congress calls on China to free Tiananmen prisoners
Agence France-Presse, May 29, 2014
http://www.alternet.org/rss/breaking_news/58431/us_congress_calls_on_china_to_free_tiananmen_prisoners

House debate on human rights in China
C-Span, May 28, 2014
http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4499420/house-debate-human-rights-china

House Resolution 599
113th United States Congress, May 28, 2014
http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-resolution/599

“重回天安门”运动吁演行为艺术 湖南维权人士被刑拘威胁 (June Fourth performance art piece planned; Hunan rights defender detained)
Radio Free Asia, May 28, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy2-05282014100953.html

专辑:六四25周年 (Special Edition: 25th Anniversary of June Fourth)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 28, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/indepth/cluster_june_fourth_25th.shtml

Tiananmen square anniversary prompts campaign of silence
六四25周年前夕,北京维稳力度空前
The New York Times, May 28, 2014
cn.nytimes.com/china/20140528/c28crackdown/dual/

六四25周年:香港学生的精神传承(June Fourth 25: HK students' spiritual heritage)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 29, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/05/140529_64_hongkong_local_youth.shtml

Activist couple put in detention for commemorating Tiananmen crackdown
South China Morning Post, May 29, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1521257/activist-couple-put-detention-commemorating-tiananmen-crackdown

XUAR (新疆维吾尔自治区)

新疆召开大会 公开审判逮捕拘留上百人 (Mass public trials and arrests of suspects of "terrorism" and "splittism")
Radio Free Asia, May 28, 2014
www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/xql-05282014144641.html

Related:
China holds public rally to punish 55 in northwest
Associated Press, May 28, 2014
www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-holds-public-rally-to-punish-55-in-northwest/2014/05/28/0921fcc2-e6e0-11e3-a70e-ea1863229397_story.html

China: Shameful stadium “show trial” is not justice
Amnesty International, May 29, 2014
http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/news-item/china-shameful-stadium-%E2%80%98show-trial-is-not-justice

Opinion (观点)

The Communist Party survived Tiananmen, but does it have the tools to last another 25 years?
South China Morning Post, May 29, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1520414/communist-party-survived-tiananmen-does-it-have-tools-last