HRIC Daily Brief

US sanctions over Xinjiang’s Uygur internment camps are “ready to go” except for Treasury hold-up due to trade war, sources say South Chin...

Renewed calls to lower China’s age of criminal responsibility ignore benefits of non-custodial measures and lessons from abroad: Part I of ...

Baidu removes 1.1 billion problematic ads as regulators clamp down Caixin, June 20, 2019

Is China headed towards another Cultural Revolution?: An interview with Professor Xu Youyu Global Voices, June 21, 2019 香港逃犯条例：中港矛盾延烧至美...

David Miliband: We’re living in an Age of Impunity Axios, June 21, 2019 Be on alert for external “hostile forces,” Chinese security chi...

Google will not drop Dragonfly project for China, rejects human rights inquiry of “censorship engine” Taiwan Times, June 20, 2019 Romne...

大批示威者包圍警總　要求與盧偉聰會面 (Protestors gather outside police headquarters demanding to speak with commissioner Stephen Lo) Radio Television Hong K...

孔傑榮：香港「暫緩」修訂逃犯條例，無法改變中國刑事司法醜陋現實 (Jerome Cohen: “Suspending” extradition amendments in Hong Kong does not change the ugly truth of criminal ...

维吾尔家庭在比利时使馆被中国警方带走 A Muslim family sought help at the Belgian embassy in Beijing. The police dragged them out. The New York Times, June 19...

China: Ex-Interpol chief Meng Hongwei pleads guilty to bribery Deutsche Welle, June 20, 2019 Related: 被控受賄1446萬元人民幣　孟宏偉認罪擇日宣判 (Former In...

各地禁止“崇洋媚外” 禁用外国地名命名 (In move to discourage “worshipping the West”, Chinese authorities ban use of names of foreign places for domestic attra...

性别歧视让柜子越来越深——中国性少数群体生存状况调查 (Study on situation of sexual minorities: Discrimination is deepening the closet) Radio Free Asia, June 19, 2019...

世行呼吁中国改革“一带一路”政策 (World Bank publishes independent study, calls for reforms of One Belt One Road policies to bolster transparency and trust)...

Google investors’ call for China rights review fails China Digital Times, June 19, 2019

【引渡惡法】留學生回港聲援反送中 步出機艙即被警截查 (Overseas Hong Kong students who flew back to support anti-extradition questioned by police at airport) Apple Da...

美国之音专访达赖喇嘛：全世界70亿人是一家 (Interview with the Dalai Lama: All 7 billion people are one big family) Voice of America, June 20, 2019 Cantonese ...

UN terrorism chief heavily criticized for trip to China’s Xinjiang region CNN, June 18, 2019 Scientists are aiding apartheid in China ...

维权律师摆地摊、看风水：荒唐吗？(From human rights lawyer to street vendor: After 709 Crackdown, Liu Xiaoyuan had few other options) Radio Free Asia, June...

无国界记者呼吁中国当局释放《新京报》前总编戴自更 (Reporters Without Borders urges Chinese authorities to release former chief editor of Beijing News) Voice of Ame...

VOA连线(莫雨)：活动人士再吁谷歌不要开发中国版搜索引擎 (Video: Activists renew urge for Google to not develop censored search engine for China) Voice of America, J...