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 23, 2016

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese lawyers say judicial officials barred them from advising Wukan protest chief
South China Morning Post, June 22, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1979700/chinese-lawyers-say-judicial-officials-barred-them

Detained Chinese rights activist Yang Maodong “looks very weak,” refuses to end hunger strike—lawyer
Hong Kong Free Press, June 23, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/23/detained-chinese-rights-activist-looks-very-weak-refuses-to-end-hunger-strike-says-lawyer/

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

Fears grow for “disappeared” wife of detained Chinese activist
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/wife-06222016145702.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Websites called on to excise “malignant” comments
China Digital Times, June 22, 2016
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/06/websites-called-excise-malignant-comments/

China bans media coverage of ongoing protests in Guangdong's rebel village
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-bans-media-coverage-of-ongoing-protests-in-guangdongs-rebel-village-06222016113157.html

中国国信办要求网站不要一味追求点击率 (Cyberspace Administration of China demands websites not to blindly seek clicks ratio)
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/nu-06222016111123.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China's one-time “democracy” village protests for fourth straight day
Reuters, June 22, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-wukan-idUSKCN0Z81D2

环保组织首对毒跑道事件发起公益诉讼 (Environmental protection organization initiates public interest litigation concerning poisonous running tracks)
Legal Daily, June 23, 2016
http://politics.people.com.cn/n1/2016/0623/c1001-28471231.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Woman on China’s list of most wanted corruption suspects overseas surrenders to authorities
South China Morning Post, June 23, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1979858/woman-chinas-list-most-wanted-corruption-suspects

Two more Chinese activists detained for promoting alcohol with Tiananmen massacre tribute
Hong Kong Free Press, June 22, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/22/two-more-chinese-activists-detained-for-promoting-alcohol-with-tiananmen-massacre-tribute/

Teaching Tiananmen to a new generation
The New York Times, June 22, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/22/world/asia/china-tiananmen-rowena-he.html

How to smear your enemies and silence your critics, Chinese Communist Party style
Quartz, June 23, 2016
http://qz.com/712187/how-to-smear-your-enemies-and-silence-your-critics-chinese-communist-party-style/

如何认定处理 “对抗组织审查行为” (How to recognize and handle “behaviors resisting investigation”)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection News, June 23, 2016
http://csr.mos.gov.cn/content/2016-06/22/content_35440.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

Spell out how Hongkongers who break mainland law are dealt with, CY Leung says in letter to Beijing
South China Morning Post, June 21, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1978402/beijing-pressed-answers-hong-kong-bookseller

Activist Joshua Wong, 19, fails in bid to lower minimum age to stand in Legco polls from 21
South China Morning Post, June 22, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1979291/activist-joshua-wong-19-fails-bid-lower-minimum-age-stand

Hong Kong lawmakers call for review of scope of notification system in wake of bookseller detention cases
South China Morning Post, June 23, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1979364/hong-kong-lawmakers-call-review-scope-notification-system

Abuse of police power has worsened since the Occupy protests, say human rights group
Hong Kong Free Press, June 23, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/23/abuse-of-police-power-has-worsened-since-the-occupy-protests-say-human-rights-group/

“Long Hair” Leung Kwok-hung arrested over alleged HK$250,000 payment from media tycoon Jimmy Lai
被指收黎智英25万未申报 梁国雄:欲加之罪何患无辞
Hong Kong Free Press, June 23, 2016
EN: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1979866/long-hair-leung-kwok-hung-arrested-over-alleged-hk250000
CH: http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk-macau-tw/1557b697ad70c2d/bei-zhi-shou-li-zhi-ying-25-wan-wei-shen-bao-liang-guo-xiong-yu-jia-zhi-zui-he-huan-wu-ci