HRIC Daily Brief

Calls mount for “best” treatment for imprisoned dissident Liu Xiaobo Voice of America, June 26, 2017 https://www.voanews.com/a/calls-mou...

China bans evidence by force from court China Daily, June 27, 2017 http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-06/27/content_29906110.htm ...

四川茂县发生二次滑坡 官媒此前报道山体裂缝遭删 (Secondary landslide occurs in Maoxian, Sichuan, previous state media reports about mountain cracks deleted) Radio...

Guangzhou police search house of feminist activists Sixth Tone, June 27, 2017 http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1000415/guangzhou-police-se...

China is among worst human trafficking offenders, State Dept. says The New York Times, June 27, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/27/...

China’s all-seeing surveillance state is reading its citizens’ faces The Wall Street Journal, June 26, 2017 https://www.wsj.com/articles...

China passes tough new intelligence law Reuters, June 27, 2017 https://mobile.nytimes.com/reuters/2017/06/27/world/asia/27reuters-china-...

Chinese official denies Beijing vetoed incoming leader Carrie Lam’s ministerial choices Hong Kong Free Press, June 26, 2017 https://www....

HK20: Why Hong Kong’s July 1 democracy march isn’t “just another protest” Hong Kong Free Press, June 27, 2017 https://www.hongkongfp.com...

Chinese Nobel rights activist Liu Xiaobo's cancer beyond surgery: wife Reuters, June 27, 2017 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-chin...

709大抓捕：4名律师未过年检 9家属联署抗议 (709 crackdown: 4 lawyers “fail” annual license inspection, 9 family members issue joint statement in protest) Rad...

山东平度一化工厂大爆炸 官员拒回应伤亡情况 (Authorities refuse to answer inquiries about casualties following chemical plant explosion in Pingdu, Shandong) Rad...

Tibetan cuts own throat in Lhasa freedom protest Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2017 http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/freedom-0623201717...

EP Rights Subcommittee calls for resumption of Sino-Tibetan Dialogue The Tibet Post, June 26, 2017 http://www.thetibetpost.com/en/news/i...

Overseas deals a national security matter for China, Xi says South China Morning Post, June 27, 2017 http://www.scmp.com/news/china/econ...

Hong Kong: the 20th anniversary of the handover—Q&A The Guardian, June 27, 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/27/hong-k...

Authorities confirm Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo in hospital South China Morning Post, June 26, 2017 http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-...

Approaching the “International Day in Support of Victims of Torture,” a request to OHCHR and IBA to address the torture of Chinese human rig...

Farewell VPNs & independent multimedia content: China vows to clear network space The Diplomat, June 23, 2017 http://thediplomat.com...

Beijing shopkeepers protest evictions The Straits Times, June 23, 2017 http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/beijing-shopkeepers-pr...