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.

Tuesday, June 09, 2015

Access to Information (信息公开)

师涛抗议六四26周年期间微信屏蔽其朋友圈 (Shi Tao protests blocking of Weixin “moments” during 26th anniversary of June Fourth)
Reuters, June 6, 2015
https://www.evernote.com/shard/s543/sh/f0300b52-5cf0-4496-85bc-5ae24d8b418a/28355c6876b3e98b0230a7a21c984651

Related:
In statement, journalist Shi Tao protests deletion of WeChat contents
微信圈被定点屏蔽 师涛发声明抗议
Human Rights in China, June 5, 2015
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/statement-journalist-shi-tao-protests-deletion-wechat-contents
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/xin-wen-fa-bu/wei-xin-quan-bei-ding-dian-ping-bi-shi-tao-fa-sheng-ming-kang-yi

Beijing goes after online vulgarity
The Wall Street Journal, June 5, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/beijing-goes-after-online-vulgarity-1433543529