The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Friday, May 09, 2014

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

美国媒体组织IWMF呼吁释放高瑜 (US media freedom group calls for release of journalist Gao Yu)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 8, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/05/140509_iwmf_gao_yu.shtml

See statement:
IWMF calls for release of detained Chinese journalist Gao Yu
International Women's Media Foundation, May 8, 2014
www.iwmf.org/iwmf-calls-for-release-of-detained-chinese-journalist-gao-yu/

Related:
China: detention of journalist for leaking state secrets a “smokescreen”
Amnesty International, May 8, 2014
www.amnesty.org/en/news/china-detention-journalist-leaking-state-secrets-smokescreen-2014-05-08

斥中共六四前找藉口拘高瑜 《明鏡》老總:密件早流傳 (Mingjing News editor slams detention of Gao Yu, says “confidential” document is neither secret nor was “leaked” by Gao)
Mingjing News, May 9, 2014
www.mingjingnews.com/MIB/news/news.aspx?ID=N000026863

China escalates persecution before 25th anniversary of June Fourth
六四25周年前夕当局加强打压
Human Rights in China, May 8, 2014
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/china-escalates-persecution-25th-anniversary-june-fourth
CH:http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/xin-wen-fa-bu/liu-si-25zhou-nian-qian-xi-dang-ju-jia-qiang-da-ya

China rebukes U.S. for demanding release of Tiananmen activists
Reuters, May 9, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/09/us-china-usa-rights-idUSBREA4806320140509?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews