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.

Tuesday, June 07, 2022

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

浙江杭州民主党人、八九学生领袖徐光遭拘留 (Hangzhou Democratic Party member, 1989 student leader Xu Guang detained)
Weiquanwang, June 7, 2022

Hong Kong pro-democracy figures set for largest national security trial
Agence France-Presse, June 7, 2022

National security: 2 more Hong Kong democrats see case transferred to High Court, where max penalty is life in prison
Hong Kong Free Press, June 7, 2022

「二代美國隊長」違《國安法》提刑期上訴質疑案件非「情節嚴重」 成首宗《國安法》刑期上訴(“Captain America” challenges characterization of his case as “grave,” becoming first national security case to appeal sentence)
Ming Pao, June 7, 2022

Hong Kong singer-activist appears in court without lawyer after withdrawing legal aid application
Hong Kong Free Press, June 7, 2022

女學生涉「三罷」非法集結罪成判囚4.5月 官不接納被告有悔意(Female student is sentenced to 4.5 months in jail after conviction of illegal assembly over "three suspensions" in 2019; judge rejects defendant's expression of remorse)
Ming Pao, June 7, 2022

宣誓被質疑拒回覆 姚鈞豪被取消大埔區議員議席(Herman Yiu is unseated from Tai Po district councilor post after oath being questioned)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 6, 2022

June 4 in Hong Kong: A suppressed city fights for its memory of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown
SupChina, June 6, 2022

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