HRIC Daily Brief

30 Hong Kong pupils get half a day in Stanley prison, but government denies radical scheme is bid to frighten youth from political activism ...

覆巢：中国权利NGO生死劫（万字完整版）(The life of death tragedy of China’s rights NGOs) Initium Media, September 17, 2015 https://www.zine.la/article/532...

Despite crackdown, Chinese lawyers vow to press for human rights The New York Times, September 16, 2015 http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.co...

Activists’ families targeted China Digital Times, September 15, 2015 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/09/dont-return-sydney-student-tol...

China moves diplomat to graft-busting role as Beijing seeks global help in bringing suspects home South China Morning Post, September 15, ...

Cyberthreat posed by China and Iran confounds White House The New York Times, September 15, 2015 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/16/world...

No one is above the law, says Hong Kong’s top judge in surprise rebuke to leader CY Leung's defense of his “transcendent” position Sou...

阅兵后无人机再现身“雄鹰-2015”警方反恐演练 (After troop reviews, drones reappear in “Operation Eagle 2015" police counterterrorism exercises) Chinabyte...

Above the law: China official undermines Hong Kong’s core values Hong Kong Free Press, September 15, 2015 https://www.hongkongfp.com/201...

346 days in jail China Media Project, September 14, 2015 http://cmp.hku.hk/2015/09/14/39233/ Detained scholar released ahead of Chines...

Liberal media group forced onto “correct road” China Digital Times, September 12, 2015 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/09/liberal-medi...

3千陸豐村民抗議核電站 遭逾2千警鎮壓 (3,000 Lufeng, Guangdong villagers protesting nuclear plant are suppressed by over 2,000 policemen) Apple Daily, Septe...

Opening Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein at the 30th session of the Human Rights Council Office...

U.S. will not impose sanctions on Chinese firms before state visit by President Xi Jinping 美媒：习访美前不制裁中国黑客 上周五通宵开会达协议 South China Morning ...

C.Y. defends Zhang’s comments about separation of powers amid protest Hong Kong Free Press, September 15, 2015 https://www.hongkongfp.co...

Authorities in Xinjiang require special permits to buy kitchen knives Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2015 http://www.rfa.org/english/new...

时事大家谈：王岐山谈中共“合法性”，显现中共危机意识？ (“Let’s Talk Current Affairs”: Does Wang Qishan’s talk of CPC “legitimacy” reflect the Party’s awareness of a c...

Party turns to a failed approach to fixing judicial system Caixin, September 14, 2015 http://english.caixin.com/2015-09-14/100849472.htm...

艾未未: 中国仍独裁但当局态度有改善 (Ai Weiwei: China is still a dictatorship but authorities’ attitude has improved) Voice of America, September 14, 2015 ...

被羁押十数月后判无罪 他们称要讨回公道 (Detained for over 10 months before being found not guilty, they say they want justice returned to them) Yangcheng Eve...