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, June 16, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Worries flare over Yang Maodong, jailed Chinese dissident on hunger strike
The New York Times, June 16, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/16/world/asia/china-guo-feixiong-hunger-strike.html

Related:
Sister says Guo Feixiong will not stop hunger strike
杨茂平: 郭飞雄会活着走出监狱吗?
Human Rights in China, June 15, 2016
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/case-update/sister-says-guo-feixiong-will-not-stop-hunger-strike
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/ge-gen-zong/yang-mao-ping-guo-fei-xiong-hui-huo-zhao-zou-chu-jian-yu-ma

2 Chinese activists sentenced to over 10 years on subversion charges
The New York Times, June 17, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/18/world/asia/china-lu-gengsong-chen-shuqing.html

Court accepts lesbian student’s lawsuit over textbook homophobia
Sixth Tone, June 15, 2016
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/court-accepts-lesbian-student%E2%80%99s-lawsuit-over-textbook-homophobia

China seeks to open judiciary to lawyers and scholars
South China Morning Post, June 16, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1975937/china-seeks-open-judiciary-lawyers-and-scholars

Lawyer for Hebei man executed in 1995 says rehabilitation could restore confidence in justice system
Hong Kong Free Press, June 16, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/16/lawyer-for-hebei-man-executed-in-1995-says-rehabilitation-could-restore-confidence-in-justice-system/

Access to Information (信息公开)

Reuters to scale down Chinese language news site, editorial staff to be redeployed
Hong Kong Free Press, June 15, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/15/reuters-to-scale-down-chinese-language-news-site-editorial-staff-to-be-redeployed/

古巴也解禁!全球只剩兩國禁 Google 及 Facebook! (Cuba lifts the ban! Only two countries in the world still ban Google and Facebook!)
Yes News, June 15, 2016
http://yes-news.com/53739/古巴也解禁全球只剩兩國禁-Google-及-Facebook

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Navigating China’s new era of civil society regulation
China Digital Times, June 15, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/06/navigating-chinas-new-era-civil-society-regulation/

In China, feminism is growing—and so is the backlash
Los Angeles Times, June 15, 2016
http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-china-feminist-activists-20160614-snap-story.html

How the Cultural Revolution sowed the seeds of dissent in China
The New York Times, June 16, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/16/world/asia/china-cultural-revolution-guobin-yang.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Son and wife of China’s jailed ex-security tsar found guilty of taking bribes
South China Morning Post, June 15, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1975551/son-and-wife-chinas-jailed-ex-security-tsar-found

Obama meets Dalai Lama in spite of China protest
Reuters, June 15, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-obama-daililama-idUSKCN0Z1221

Related:
白宮發布奧巴馬晤達賴照片 強調私人性質 (White House releases photo of Obama’s meeting with Dalai Lama, emphasizing the “personal nature” of the meeting)
Ming Pao, June 16, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160616/s00004/1466040346938

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

The best and worst Internet experience in the world
MIT Technology Review, June 8, 2016
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601498/the-best-and-worst-internet-experience-in-the-world/

China-U.S. talks on cybercrime: What are the outcomes?
The Diplomat, June 16, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/06/china-us-talks-on-cybercrime-what-are-the-outcomes/

Related:
Inside the slow workings of the U.S.-China Cybersecurity Agreement
The Wall Street Journal, June 15, 2016
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2016/06/15/inside-the-slow-workings-of-the-u-s-china-cybersecurity-agreement/

Hong Kong (香港)

Bookseller Lam Wing-kee reveals explosive details of his mainland China detention, claims Lee Po told him he was "taken away from Hong Kong"
South China Morning Post, June 16, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1976489/bookseller-lam-wing-kee-reveals-explosive-details-his

Related:
I wasn’t abducted by mainland agents … Lam Wing-kee has it wrong, Lee Po insists
South China Morning Post, June 17, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1976820/i-wasnt-abducted-mainland-agents-lam-wing-kee-has-it-wrong

Pro-democracy singer Denise Ho to hold concert on same day as cancelled Lancôme gig
Hong Kong Free Press, June 15, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/15/pro-democracy-singer-denise-ho-to-hold-concert-on-same-day-as-cancelled-lancome-gig/

香港人民力量、社民连联盟参选立法会 (People Power and League of Social Democrats join hands in their bid for the upcoming LegCo elections)
Radio Free Asia, June 15, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-06152016103005.html

Causeway Bay Bookstore book seller Lam Wing-kee spoke out, discussion with Albert Ho & William Nee, Belt Road Scholarship with Michael Tien & Chan Ka-lok
The Pulse, June 18, 2016
http://programme.rthk.hk/rthk/tv/programme.php?name=tv/thepulse&d=2016-06-18&p=2862&e=361304&m=episode