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 11, 2019

June Fourth 30th Anniversary (“六四”三十周年)

30 Years Ago: Revenge of the Old Guard
China Digital Times, June 11, 2019

Related:
HRIC’s “Unforgotten” project: profiles of June Fourth Victims
‐ Project subsite homepage
‐ HRIC statement
‐ Profiles of the “Unforgotten”

Beyond Beijing: What China's 1989 Democracy Movement was like in Changsha
Global Voices, June 11, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

US envoy decries lack of response from Islamic world to China's attacks on Uighurs
The Guardian, June 11, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

New Zealand blocks extradition of murder suspect Kyung Kim to China, claiming torture is “systemic” and “widespread”
South China Morning Post, June 11, 2019

维权律师彭永和会见王默后遭威胁殴打 (Human rights lawyer Wei Yong beaten up after meeting with detained activist Wang Mo)
Radio Free Asia, June 10, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

「華爾街見聞」涉違《網安法》關網整改 (Finance news website shut down for violation of Cybersecurity Law)
Ming Pao, June 11, 2019

Related:
China’s internet censor shuts financial news aggregator wallstreetcn.com amid worsening US relations over trade and tech
South China Morning Post, June 10, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China’s feminist fight: #MeToo in the middle kingdom
Foreign Affairs, June 11, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s fragmented health care system under increasing pressure as nation rapidly ages
South China Morning Post, June 11, 2019

China’s aid to African leaders’ home regions nearly tripled after they assumed power
Quartz, June 10, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

“You're a moral vacuum”: Huawei executive confronted in astonishing scenes
Sydney Morning Herald, June 11, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong democrat Ted Hui sentenced to community service for snatching gov’t officer’s phone at legislature
Hong Kong Free Press, June 11, 2019

梁君彥僅留66小時審議送中惡法 料下周四表決 (LegCo chairman schedules only 66 hours of meeting over 7 continuous days for reviewing extradition bill; final voting expected on June 20)
Inmediahk.net, June 11, 2019

Hong Kong businesses vow to strike as anger over extradition bill grows
The Guardian, June 11, 2019

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【反送中】中學生紛發起網上聯署罷課 英華學生:我們決定爭取屬於自己的未來 (Secondary school students jointly petition to postpone exams and start class boycott as extradition amendments LegCo reading set to resume)
The Stand News, June 11, 2019

【逃犯條例】教協周六辦集思會 籌備全港教師罷課 (Hong Kong Professional Teachers’ Union to plan city-wide class boycott)
Ming Pao, June 11, 2019

【逃犯條例】52個社福、宗教團體發起6.12罷工 張超雄:迫不得已 (52 social-work and religious groups to strike on Wednesday and rally outside LegCo)
HK01, June 11, 2019

US State Department and UK’s Asia minister express support for Hongkongers protesting extradition bill
South China Morning Post, June 11, 2019

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U.S. warns extradition law changes may jeopardize Hong Kong's special status
Reuters, June 11, 2019

Armed radicals or indecisive and leaderless – who are the protesters who clashed violently with police after Hong Kong extradition bill march?
South China Morning Post, June 10, 2019

Commentary (评论)

A world safe for autocracy? China’s rise and the future of global politics
Foreign Affairs, June 11, 2019

Monday, June 10, 2019

June Fourth 30th Anniversary (“六四”三十周年)

On This Day — June 9, 1989: In a speech, Deng Xiaoping states that the government has suppressed a “counterrevolutionary rebellion . . . determined by the international and domestic climate” where the “dregs of society” had sought to “establish a bourgeois republic entirely dependent on the West.”
See HRIC chronology and resources.

Related:
HRIC’s “Unforgotten” project: profiles of June Fourth Victims
‐ Project subsite homepage
‐ HRIC statement
‐ Profiles of the “Unforgotten”

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Kazakhstan: Serikzhan Bilash remains under house arrest
Bitter Winter, June 8, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

Western news sites blocked amid chill on Chinese media
China Digital Times, June 9, 2019

Related:
China adds Washington Post, Guardian to 'great firewall' blacklist
Sydney Morning Herald, June 9, 2019

CCP-launched online game promotes fear of religions
Bitter Winter, June 7, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

#ChinaWakeUp a call to action as women expose Twitter accounts selling date-rape drugs, porn
South China Morning Post, June 9, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

重返聯合國氣象大會突遭註銷資格,彭啟明:像健康的人突然罹癌 (Taiwan’s civil representative has “observer” status revoked in the middle of UN’s World Meteorological Organization meeting)
The News Lens, June 9, 2019

Related:
Taiwanese meteorology experts blocked from Geneva summit at last minute
Taipei Times, June 9, 2019

河南教堂遭强拆 官方反强逼教徒支付强拆费 (After Christians in Henan refuse to “donate” church to government, authorities raze church at congregations' expense)
Radio Free Asia, June 7, 2019

Smart locks in rental properties also monitor believers
Bitter Winter, June 7, 2019

Xi Jinping warns that resistance to globalisation, power politics are threatening world order
South China Morning Post, June 7, 2019

Stanford historian shows millions of relocated gravesites in China in new, interactive website
Stanford News, June 7, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese state media calls new tech export controls a shield “against certain countries”
South China Morning Post, June 9, 2019

China summons tech giants to warn against cooperating with Trump ban
The New York Times, June 8, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong lawmaker Tanya Chan handed suspended sentence over Umbrella Movement charges
Hong Kong Free Press, June 10, 2019

抗议《逃犯条例》,香港爆发大规模游行
Hong Kong march: Vast protest of extradition bill shows fear of eroding freedoms
The New York Times, June 9, 2019

Related:
HKFP Lens: Hong Kong Island comes to a standstill as hundreds of thousands protest extradition bill
Hong Kong Free Press, June 9, 2019

【圖輯】6.10 凌晨的衝擊與驅散 (In pictures: The violent clash and dispersal after peaceful march against extradition)
The Stand News, June 10, 2019

【 6.12 逃犯條例二讀】民陣號召周三起立法會外集會 召集人岑子杰:有會議就會有行動 (Civil Human Rights Front calls for rally outside LegCo when bill resumes second-reading on Wednesday)
The Stand News, June 10, 2019

Related:
Hong Kong will not withdraw extradition bill: Carrie Lam
Al Jazeera, June 10, 2019

聲援香港遊行 羅哲斯:絕食 36 小時 抗議港府無視反送中遊行 (Benedict Rogers to conduct 36-hour hunger strike in response to Hong Kong government’s indifference to massive protests)
The Stand News, June 10, 2019

High Court judge gets warning from Hong Kong’s chief justice after name appears on petition against extradition bill
South China Morning Post, June 8, 2019

Beyond #MeToo: three Hong Kong academics’ quest to challenge sexist attitudes in society and encourage victims to speak up
South China Morning Post, June 10, 2019

Commentary (评论)

“Never bet against the people of Hong Kong”: Why I won’t abandon this city, even as its politics deteriorate
Hong Kong Free Press, June 9, 2019

Same-sex couple benefits ruling a step forward, but equality remains far off in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, June 8, 2019

Friday, June 07, 2019

June Fourth 30th Anniversary (“六四”三十周年)

On This Day — June 9, 1989: In a speech, Deng Xiaoping states that the government has suppressed a “counterrevolutionary rebellion . . . determined by the international and domestic climate” where the “dregs of society” had sought to “establish a bourgeois republic entirely dependent on the West.”

See HRIC chronology and resources.

30 years ago: Legions of soldiers encircling Beijing
China Digital Times, June 7, 2019

30 years ago: Beijing chiefs face opposition
China Digital Times, June 6, 2019

Video: “Not double standards” – UN chief spokesperson refuses to condemn 1989 Tiananmen Massacre
Hong Kong Free Press, June 6, 2019

In the Mojave Desert, Crazy Horse keeps company with Tiananmen’s Tank Man
Radio Free Asia, June 5, 2019

As world remembers Tiananmen deaths, China says it's the victim
Bloomberg, June 4, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

法新社确认新疆清真寺被毁传闻 开斋节信徒在停车场祷告 (AFP confirms rumors of Xinjiang mosque destruction, believers celebrating the last day of Ramadan forced to pray in parking lot)
Radio France Internationale, June 7, 2019

US Speaker Pelosi says Uyghur Crackdown Bill “moving in a positive direction”
Radio Free Asia, June 6, 2019

美议员:中国要承担新疆迫害行径的后果 (US Officials: China has to take responsibility for the consequences of the persecution of people in Xinjiang)
Radio Free Asia, June 6, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

94 Taiwanese telecom fraud suspects extradited from Spain arrive in Beijing
Agence France-Presse, June 7, 2019

Related:
94名台湾嫌犯被西班牙遣送至中国大陆 (94 Taiwanese suspects extradited from Spain to China)
Deutsche Welle, June 7, 2019

Canada denies abusing Meng Wanzhou’s rights, saying border officers used “usual customs processes” when they took her phones at airport
South China Morning Post, June 7, 2019

Huawei CFO will challenge extradition, company says
Voice of America, June 6, 2019

Related:
孟晚舟引渡美国案明年1月展开聆讯 (Extradition case hearing for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou set January 1, 2020)
Radio France Internationale, June 7, 2019

A belt-and-road court dreams of rivalling the West’s tribunals
The Economist, June 6, 2019