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.

Monday, June 06, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

警监严密:天安门母亲成员今赴公墓祭拜亲人(Under police watch, members of Tiananmen Mothers visit cemetery to commemorate their loved ones who perished in June Fourth massacre)
Radio France Internationale, June 4, 2022

“It's my duty”: 中国网民在审查机器的夹缝间纪念六四(“It's my duty”: Despite censorship, Chinese netizens try to bypass sensitive words to mark June Fourth)
Voice of America, June 4, 2022

Tiananmen crackdown anniversary: Hong Kong police make 6 arrests as Beijing slams consulates for ‘political tricks’
Hong Kong Free Press, June 5, 2022

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六四33年|前支聯會常委趙恩來持花到銅鑼灣遭截查 警稱或煽動非法集結要求離開(Former HK Alliance standing committee member Chiu Yan-loy stopped and searched by police while bringing flowers to Causeway Bay; police say it may incite unlawful assembly, ask him to leave)
Ming Pao, June 4, 2022

六四33年|劉山青被捕 穿李旺陽肖像T恤到維園(Lau Shan-ching of League of Social Democrats wears a T-shirt with Li Wangyang's portrait to Victoria Park, is arrested)
Ming Pao, June 4, 2022

【六四33】社民連欲默站被阻 成員余煒彬被拉上警車離開(League of Social Democrats members standing in silence are made to leave; Yu Wai-pan is taken into police van)
inmediahk.net, June 4, 2022

【六四33】李卓人第二年獄中禁食悼念 發文勉港人:邪惡永遠不會戰勝(Lee Cheuk-yan fasts in prison for 2nd year to commemorate June Fourth, writes to Hong Kongers: Evil will never prevail)
inmediahk.net, June 3, 2022

【六四33】藝術家行為藝術悼六四 一人涉公眾地方行為不檢被捕(Artists use performance to mourn June Fourth; one is arrested for disorderly conduct in public places)
inmediahk.net, June 3, 2022

Dozens of Hong Kong democrats may face life in prison as national security case transferred to High Court
Hong Kong Free Press, June 6, 2022

黎智英等涉欺詐案 法官裁定表證成(Jimmy Lai and others charged with alleged fraud has a case to answer)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 6, 2022

古思堯出發中聯辦示威前被捕否認煽動罪 警檢獲採訪邀請及寫上「打倒共產黨」字眼棺木(Veteran activist Koo Sze-yiu pleads not guilty to sedition for planning to protest at liaison office of central gov't; police seize press invitation and coffin inscribed with "Down with the Communist Party")
Ming Pao, June 6, 2022

兩男認中環「和你Lunch」非法集結 分判入勞教中心及教導所(Two men sentenced to detention center and correctional centre after pleading guilty to unlawful assembly in "Lunch with you" action during 2019 protests)
Ming Pao, June 6, 2022

Publishers warn of grim future for industry after 2 more applications to join Hong Kong Book Fair rejected
South China Morning Post, June 5, 2022

Third political cartoonist leaves Hong Kong in less than 7 weeks, citing shrinking artistic freedom
Hong Kong Free Press, June 6, 2022