HRIC Daily Brief

Thursday, June 25, 2020

Access to Justice (司法公正)

National Security Crime “Inciting Subversion” Used in Multiple Cases Against Chinese Lawyers/Activists
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, June 25, 2020

煽颠罪成判囚4年半 戈觉平:不服黑帮裁决 (Rights defender Ge Jueping to appeal “inciting subversion of state power” conviction and 4.5-year prison term)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2020

Access to Information (公众知情权)

Censorship in China: UK embassy’s rebuttals to state media accusations erased from WeChat
Hong Kong Free Press, June 25, 2020

国际记者联盟:中国利用各种手段加强对国际媒体和记者的影响 (Int’l Federation of Journalists: China uses various means to intensify influence on international media, journalists)
Voice of America, June 25, 2020

Counterterrorism (反恐)

美国务院2019反恐国别报告:中国继续借反恐实行压迫政策(U.S. Dep’t of State 2019 Counterterrorism Country Reports: China Continues to Use counterterrorism to carry out repressive policies)
Voice of America, June 25, 2020

Related:
Country Reports on Terrorism 2019: China (Hong Kong and Macau)
Bureau of Counterterrorism, U.S. Dep’t of State, June 24, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中国网军疫情期间攻击欧盟医院系统 欧盟: 不会容忍恶意行为 (EU: Will not tolerate malicious attack by China’s Internet army on EU hospital system during pandemic)
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2020

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Exclusive: Trump administration says Huawei, Hikvision backed by Chinese military
Reuters, June 25, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong protests: pepper spray used, at least 14 arrested in mall during national security law demonstration
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2020

Satirists, cartoonists and journalists say self-censorship is already sweeping Hong Kong
Agence France-Presse, June 25, 2020

Taiwan to ease travel curbs for Hong Kong people for 'humanitarian' reasons
Reuters, June 24, 2020

【國安法】聯合國專家恐侵犯人權 致函王毅促重新考慮 (In letter to PRC foreign minister Wang Yi, 7 UN special procedures urge China to reconsider the national security law for Hong Kong)
CitizenNews, June 25, 2020

Related:
Joint Communications from Special Procedures
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, June 19, 2020

民主派區議員發起6.28、7.1遊行反國安法 徐子見:不應放棄發聲機會 (Democratic district council members call for demonstrations against national security law on June 28 and July 1; Chui Chi-kin: We should not give up the chance to make our voices heard)
inmediahk.net, June 25, 2020

國安法|室外50人限聚令延至7.2 林鄭否認打壓遊行:無事實根據 (Hong Kong gov’t to extend ban on gathering with more than 50 people until July 2; Carrie Lam denies using the ban to suppress demonstrations)
HK01, June 25, 2020

Commentary (评论)

长平观察:中国酷刑,比你想象的更残忍 (Chang Ping: China's torture is more cruel than you imagine)
Deutsche Welle, June 25, 2020

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