HRIC Daily Brief

The Chinese rights lawyer denied right to see his lawyer South China Morning Post, July 20, 2015 http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies...

Rumours, politics and corruption most likely topics to be censored on Chinese messaging app WeChat South China Morning Post, July 20, 2015...

Xi turns back the clock on women’s rights in China The Wall Street Journal, July 20, 2015 http://www.wsj.com/articles/xi-turns-back-the-...

With days to go, human rights groups question whether China should be awarded another Olympic Games The Speaker, July 20, 2015 http://th...

Hong Kong barristers campaign over China's “arbitrary” detention of rights lawyers Radio Free Asia, July 20, 2015 http://www.rfa.org...

China airs “bomb attack confession” from Xinjiang man British Broadcasting Corporation, July 20, 2015 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia...

Is Beijing’s decision on democracy in Hong Kong written in stone? Hong Kong Free Press, July 20, 2015 https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/07...

China carries out crackdown on lawyers and activists Al Jazeera, July 19, 2015 http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/07/china-crackdown-law...

China state media’s Ramadan rally Wall Street Journal, July 17, 2015 http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/07/17/china-state-medias-ra...

China's Xi tells army to learn from uncorrupt past Reuters, July 17, 2015 http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/17/us-china-hongkon...

Making Sense of China’s New National Security Law Sri Lanka Guardian, July 20, 2015 http://www.slguardian.org/?p=28882 內蒙：9外國客認涉恐被逐 遊...

Lack of due process mars China’s war on drugs East Asia Forum, July 20, 2015 http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2015/07/20/lack-of-due-process-m...

China detains 100 lawyers, activists Voice of America, July 17, 2015 http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/china-detains-100-lawyers...

Minitrue: Don’t hype story on Leiyang’s angry poet China Digital Times, July 16, 2015 http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/15/goo...

Gov't gives think tanks food for thought with supporting policies Caixin, July 17, 2015 http://english.caixin.com/2015-07-17/100830006...

中国又一名高官被情人举报遭调查 (Another top official is exposed by lover and undergoing investigation) British Broadcasting Corporation, July 17, 2015 ...

Top China leader tells HK youth to “promote stability” Reuters, July 17, 2015 http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/17/us-china-hongko...

中国以反恐名义拘捕人道援助服务的外国非政府组织成员引关注 (China's use of “anti-terrorism” label to detain humanitarian assistance workers at foreign NGO draws scrut...

Exiled Chinese lawyer says the country is moving toward a new totalitarianism Public Radio International, July 16, 2015 http://www.pri.o...

China is using televised confessions to shame detained lawyers, journalists, and activists1 Quartz, July 15, 2015 http://qz.com/453477/c...