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 11, 2020

Xinjiang (新疆)

China’s ‘repression against all religions continues to intensify’, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says as report devotes section to Xinjiang’s Uygurs
South China Morning Post, June 11, 2020

Related:
2019 Report on International Religious Freedom
U.S. Department of State, June 10, 2020

Access to Justice (司法公正)

聲援佔中異見詩人被捕 妻遭公安上門恐嚇 設 Twitter 向外求援 (Poet Wang Zang who supports Hong Kong’s democracy movement is arrested; wife, harassed by police, calls for help on Twitter)
The Stand News, June 11, 2020

Access to Information (公众知情权)

中国首例 武汉肺炎死者家属状告政府疫情 (First suit in China against government for concealing COVID-19 situation)
Radio Free Asia, June 11, 2020

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Zoom shuts account of US-based rights group after Tiananmen anniversary meeting
The Guardian, June 10, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

Interview: 'I'm Going to Stay Here And Fight to The Bitter End'
Radio Free Asia, June 10, 2020

Hong Kong police tell Tiananmen vigil organisers and media boss Jimmy Lai they will be prosecuted over Victoria Park gathering
South China Morning Post, June 11, 2020

Joint declaration ‘not relevant’ to national security law for Hong Kong, says Beijing
South China Morning Post, June 11, 2020

【港版國安法】律師會終詳細回應:倡以陪審團審訊 不以國籍指派法官 (On national security law for Hong Kong, The Law Society of Hong Kong suggests trial by jury, and assigns judges regardless of their nationality)
Apple Daily, June 11, 2020

Related:
National Security Legislation preliminary observations
國家安全立法初步意見
The Law Society of Hong Kong, June 11, 2020

【國歌法】林鄭簽署條例 明日刊憲生效 籲市民自覺尊重 (Carrie Lam signs National Anthem Law, effective on June 12 upon publication in the Hong Kong Government Gazette; urges citizens to be conscientious and respectful)
HK01, June 11, 2020

李家超:須確保國安法實施之日有隊伍執法 警隊已開始部署 (Hong Kong Secretary for Security: Police deployment already begun to ensure enforcement of national security law for Hong Kong the very day it is enacted)
The Stand News, June 11, 2020

國務院參事:港區國安法立法屬中國內政 (Zhu Guangyao, Counselor of the State Council: the national security law for Hong Kong is China's internal affairs)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 11, 2020