HRIC Daily Brief

Down but not out: six months after China crackdown, human rights lawyers strike back Hong Kong Free Press, January 8, 2016 https://www.h...

Journalist detained a year is told he's ineligible for payout Caixin, January 7, 2016 http://english.caixin.com/2016-01-07/100897238...

中国拆十字架运动进入2016年 (China’s “cross-removal movement” enters 2016) Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2016 http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/...

“Punishment better than words”: China’s top graft-buster vows no let-up in hunt for corrupt “tigers” South China Morning Post, January 7, ...

A “year of innovation” for Internet controls China Media Project, January 7, 2016 http://cmp.hku.hk/2016/01/07/39575/

Breaking Hong Kong law to enforce Chinese law OK, state media says Hong Kong Free Press, January 7, 2016 https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016...

China’s first counter-terror law and its implications for Tibet International Campaign for Tibet, January 7, 2016 https://www.savetibet....

Conspiracies, commentaries and scandal: see the banned titles in the spotlight after bookseller disappearances South China Morning Post, J...

China’s first marriage equality case accepted by court China Digital Times, January 6, 2016 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/01/chinas-...

提前出版引發轟動 (Published ahead of schedule, “One-Child: The Story of China’s Most Radical Experiment” creates a stir) Sing Tao Daily, January 6...

中国首例同性恋婚权案立案 当事人遭警察登门调查 (Plaintiff of China’s first case of right to same-sex marriage gets a visit from police at home) Radio Free Asia, ...

Senior official from Qinghai stands trial over bribery Xinhua, January 6, 2016 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-01/06/c_134984143....

CES 2016: Netflix chief says he will follow Apple into China British Broadcasting Corporation, January 7, 2016 http://www.bbc.com/news/t...

Missing Hong Kong bookseller Lee Bo’s British passport counts for little as China reasserts sovereignty South China Morning Post, January ...

Controls on Uyghur villages, mosques continue into new year Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2016 http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/cont...

Here comes the Red tide: has “One Country, Two Systems” run aground? Hong Kong Free Press, January 6, 2016 https://www.hongkongfp.com/20...

Chinese lawyer detained, tortured in long-running “revenge” case Radio Free Asia, January 5, 2016 http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/...

The latest codeword used to beat China's internet censors British Broadcasting Corporation, January 5, 2016 http://www.bbc.com/news/...

国际特赦呼吁中国释放声援浦志强的7人 (Amnesty International calls on Chinese authorities to release 7 citizens who supported Pu Zhiqiang) Voice of America, ...

Death sentences surge, even as more countries drop capital punishment 全球死刑判决增加，中国最多 The New York Times, January 6, 2016 EN: http://www....