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 05, 2015

Access to Information (信息公开)

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

Government control of China ferry aftermath weakens
The Financial Times, June 5, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/ea95aa16-0b45-11e5-994d-00144feabdc0.html

China takes two-track approach to censoring Shangri-La Dialogue coverage
South China Morning Post, June 4, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1816138/china-takes-two-track-approach-censoring-singapore

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Women's rights body forced to shut office
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 5, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150605/news_20150605_56_1105283.htm

Related:
Feminist group forced to close in China after detentions
The Standard, June 5, 2015
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=62404

广西多人绝食纪念六四遭警方骚扰 (Over ten rights activists’ hunger strike in commemoration of June Fourth disrupted by police)
Voice of America, June 5, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/advocates-on-hunger-strike-on-june-4th-anniversary-20150604/2807113.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Who wants to be a mandarin?
The Economist, June 6, 2015
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21653669-public-service-less-fun-if-you-cant-take-bribes-who-wants-be-mandarin

Thousands converge on central Beijing ahead of massacre anniversary
Radio Free Asia, June 4, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/tiananmen-06032015160642.html

Chinese students in U.S. urge justice for Tiananmen Massacre
Voice of America, June 4, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/chinese-students-urge-justice-for-tiananmen-square-massacre/2807051.html

Exiled Tiananmen student leaders find that home remains out of bounds (+video)
Christian Science Monitor, June 5, 2015
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2015/0604/Exiled-Tiananmen-student-leaders-find-that-home-remains-out-of-bounds-video

Hong Kong holds Tiananmen Square commemoration
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 4, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33013270

Related:
135,000 candles light up park
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 5, 2015
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=157682&sid=44608425&con_type=3&d_str=20150605

Mourners shun main event and flock to HKU and Tsim Sha Tsui to mark June 4
South China Morning Post, June 5, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1816800/mourners-shun-main-event-and-flock-hku-and-tsim-sha-tsui

Related:
近半港大集會者「棄維園」 (Nearly half of HKU commemoration participants are “quiters” of the Victoria Park vigil)
Mingpao, June 5, 2015
http://news.mingpao.com/pns/近半港大集會者「棄維園」-明報民調:支聯集會者多挺五大綱領/web_tc/article/20150605/s00001/1433441494303

Hong Kong marks June 4 massacre anniversary amid discord over its own future
Radio Free Asia, June 4, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/discord-06042015102717.html

香港纪念“六四”活动遍地开花 不同理念人士港九同悼念 (June Fourth commemoration flourishes in Hong Kong: groups with diverse views hold activities across the city)
Radio Free Asia, June 4, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl2-06042015104928.html

Hong Kong's youth find new meaning in Tiananmen vigil
The Hindu Times, June 5, 2015
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/tiananmen-vigil-hong-kongs-youth-find-new-meaning/article7283760.ece

美国呼吁中国就六四事件受害者做正式说明 (U.S. calls on China to give official explanation about June Fourth victims)
Voice of America, June 5, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/USDOS-statement-on-the-26th-anniversary-of-tiananmen-square-20150604/2807146.html

台北自由廣場晚會追悼「六四」26週年 (June Fourth 26th anniversary commemorated at Taipei National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 4, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/06/150604_taiwan_china_64

Related:
台湾数百学生撑黄伞悼『六四』 (Hundreds of students in Taiwan hold up yellow umbrellas at June Fourth commemoration)
Radio Free Asia, June 4, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hx2-06042015112126.html

马英九呼吁北京当局正视及平反六四事件 (Ma Ying-jeou calls on Beijing to face June Fourth and vindicate the 1989 Democracy Movement)
Voice of America, June 5, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/taiwan-president-on-june-4th-20150604/2807102.html

六四纪念活动在德国斯图加特中心广场展开 (June Fourth commemoration held in Germany’s Stuttgart central plaza)
Radio Free Asia, June 4, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/zhengzhi/gr-06042015101819.html

外媒追問 華春瑩語塞 (Foreign journalist’s question on China taking historical accountability for June Fourth leaves spokesperson Hua Chunying speechless)
Apple Daily, June 5, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20150605/19173102

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Massive cyber attack hits US federal workers, probe focuses on China
The Hindu, June 5, 2015
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/massive-cyber-attack-hits-us-federal-workers-probe-focuses-on-china/article7285127.ece

Related:
OPM hack: as China blames US for huge cyberattack, new era of cyberwarfare and internet terrorism arrives
The Independent, June 5, 2015
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/opm-hack-as-china-blames-us-for-huge-cyberattack-new-era-of-cyberwarfare-and-internet-terrorism-arrives-10299003.html

Hong Kong (香港)

HC rejects Yvonne Leung 's plea on reform package
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 5, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150605/news_20150605_56_1105266.htm

內地人到維園 盼港珍惜自由 (Mainland Chinese participants at Victoria Park event hope that Hong Kong people treasure freedom)
South China Morning Post, June 5, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20150605/19173274

拒袋8.31方案 學生燒基本法 (Students burn Basic Law in rejection of “831 decision”)
Apple Daily, June 5, 2015
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20150605/19173117

Counterterrorism (反恐)

China urges greater security role for the SCO
The Diplomat, June 5, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/06/china-urges-greater-security-role-for-the-sco/