HRIC Daily Brief

六四公祭被刑拘记者诉警方 开庭日30人围观法院突取消 (Reporter criminally detained for organizing June Fourth public memorial service in 2014 sues police for unlawful...

高官揭川震曾有「類似福島」事故 (High-level Chinese official reveals that an accident “similar to Fukushima” occurred during 2008 Sichuan earthquake) Ming...

Chinese filmmaker who documented labour activists’ fight for workers’ rights in southern China tells of exile in Hong Kong South China Mor...

China names and shames cities for failing to tackle smog South China Morning Post, February 20, 2017 http://www.scmp.com/news/china/poli...

北京朝陽公安推手機舉報應用程式　學者憂破壞道德底線 (Ministry of Public Security in Chaoyang, Beijing releases smart phone app for reporting cases, scholars worry it ...

公安部：深入开展反恐怖斗争 打击网络违法犯罪 (Ministry of Public Security: To thoroughly carry out the fight against terrorism, we must crackdown on Internet crim...

黨報專訪城大法律教授：警被重判衝擊法治 (Law professor at City University of Hong Kong comments on Ken Tsang’s assault case in State newspaper: Severe sentence ...

观察：美议员重提香港人权法案 有用吗？ (Observation: Will the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act proposed by U.S. congressmen be effective?) British Br...

郭洪伟曝光酷刑遭报复吐血 担架上见家属 (Jinlin activist Guo Hongwei allegedly beaten in prison for exposing his torture, in critical condition) Radio Free As...

互联网募捐信息平台“轻松筹”被民政部约谈 (Internet fundraising platform “Qing Song Chou” invited to “chat” with Ministry of Civil Affairs) Xinhua, February 17...

Legal experts call for clarity over State compensation China Daily, February 17, 2017 http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-02/17/cont...

China jails former senior judge for life in graft case Reuters, February 16, 2017 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-co...

7人判囚2年　法官怒斥令警隊蒙羞　支持者痛哭大叫 (Ken Tsang assault case: all 7 police officers sentenced to 2 years’ imprisonment, judge criticizes policemen for ...

Black Mirror or Red Herring? Shazeda Ahmed on China’s Social Credit System China Digital Times, February 16, 2017 http://chinadigitaltim...

权平涉煽颠案开庭 律师被解聘法院封锁消息 (“Inciting subversion” case against Quan Ping opens, defense lawyers “fired” and court blocks off information) Mingpa...

Why smog-reading apps pose a threat to Chinese authorities South China Morning Post, February 16, 2017 http://www.scmp.com/news/china/s...

China “eliminating civil society” by targeting human rights activists – report The Guardian, February 16, 2017 https://www.theguardian.c...

「兩套班子」治疆 維穩發展齊抓 (Xinjiang Party Secretary Chen Quanguo says 2 teams will govern the region: one focused on stability maintenance and the oth...

Police chief expresses sadness over conviction of seven officers, mentions appeal mechanism Hong Kong Free Press, February 16, 2017 http...

江天勇母亲首次接受外媒采访 呼吁国际关注 (Mother of Jiang Tianyong interviewed by foreign media for the first time, calls for international attention on his cas...