HRIC Daily Brief

Chinese lawyers petition State Council to recall rules “aimed at silencing critics” South China Morning Post, October 10, 2016 http://ww...

Kidnapped by China: Beijing's battle against dissidents and free speech The Diplomat, October 7, 2016 http://thediplomat.com/2016/10...

Former Chinese lawmaker gets suspended death sentence over bribes Associated Press, October 10, 2016 http://www.wsj.com/articles/former-...

U.S. gov’t urged to rethink Hong Kong policy if threats to autonomy, rule of law, press freedom continue Hong Kong Free Press, October 7, ...

縮皮和低薪 皆非中國新聞最大死因（文：陳帆川） (Cost cutting and low salaries are not the greatest causes of Chinese media’s death) Ming Pao, October 10, 2016 ...

李克強即將到訪澳門又拒絕“敏感”港人入境 (Li Keqiang to visit Macau soon, “sensitive” Hongkonger denied entry) Radio France Internationale, October 6, 2016 ...

2 dueling visions of human rights in China The Diplomat, October 6, 2016 http://thediplomat.com/2016/10/2-dueling-visions-of-human-right...

Hong Kong Indigenous leader Edward Leung to challenge Legco poll results for New Territories East South China Morning Post, October 7, 201...

Our angry young people have a message we should listen to South China Morning Post, October 7, 2016 http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-...

China’s new religion law makes it easier for religion to be a security threat Buzz Feed, October 5, 2016 https://www.buzzfeed.com/meghar...

Chinese authorities shutter “Gongshi” intellectual website, leading netizens to ask: Is this “the end of Consensus?” Global Voices, Octobe...

中国民间“防爱滋第一人”高耀洁发声明交代后事 (Gao Yaojie, Chinese civil society's “First female AIDS prevention activist” issues statement regarding arrangeme...

境外媒体评中国孕妇死亡率升高：或因高龄女性拼生二孩 (Foreign media criticize increase in China’s maternal mortality rate, possibly caused by women giving birth to 2nd...

Activist Joshua Wong demands Hong Kong government response to blacklisting in Thailand South China Morning Post, October 6, 2016 http://...

Chinese analysis website stays offline as media crackdown widens Radio Free Asia, October 4, 2016 http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/...

Chinese activist monk missing after release on “bail” Radio Free Asia, October 4, 2016 http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/monk-missi...

Taiwan will neither give in to pressure nor resume confrontation with Beijing, says Tsai Ing-wen South China Morning Post, October 5, 2016...

Thailand bars entry to teenage HK activist “at China's request” Reuters, October 5, 2016 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-...

梁振英會被北京紅牌趕出場嗎？ (Will CY Leung be kicked out by Beijing?) China Worker, September 30, 2016 http://chinaworker.info/hhk/2016/09/30/13358/ ...

[CHRB] Revised measures on law firms further curb independence of Chinese lawyers (9/21-10/3, 2016) Chinese Human Rights Defenders, Octobe...