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, July 18, 2022

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

紧急关注:著名人权律师王宇成都医院看病 遭医院保安暴力 报警去派出所笔录竟被控涉嫌扰乱公共场所秩序(Well-known human rights lawyer Wang Yu is charged with disturbing order in a public place after she called police over attack by Chengdu hospital security)
Weiquanwang, July 18, 2022

原贵州大学教授杨绍政涉嫌煽动颠覆国家政权案将于2022年7月29号在贵阳市中级人民法院开庭开庭(Trial of Yang Shaozheng, former professor of Guizhou University, on inciting subversion of state power to be held on July 29, 2022)
Weiquanwang, July 17, 2022

Concerns remain over the health of journalists, writers jailed in China: RSF
Radio Free Asia, July 15, 2022

打油詩被指影射習近平 中國記者微博遭禁言(Chinese reporter is banned from Weibo for limericks accused of targeting Xi Jinping)
Deutsche Welle, July 18, 2022

Hong Kong orders first person convicted under security law to pay HK$1.38 million for failed legal bids
Hong Kong Free Press, July 18, 2022

Sedition is ‘like treason,’ prosecutor tells Hong Kong court at speech therapists’ trial over books about sheep
Hong Kong Free Press, July 18, 2022

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist says group was forced to delete online posts allegedly violating security law
Hong Kong Free Press, July 18, 2022

Hong Kong leader John Lee says he and journalists are ‘in the same boat,’ hopes they join him in promoting positive narrative of city
Hong Kong Free Press, July 18, 2022