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A Contested History (Podcast-Mandarin)
(Listen to the podcast) HRIC Introduction In this segment of the HRIC podcast series, “A Contested History,” a mainlander working in Hong Kong talks about the significance of the annual June 4th candlelight vigil held in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park that commemorates the victims of the military...
August 17, 2015
China Rights Forum
A Contested History (Transcript)
( Listen to the podcast ) [Translation by Human Rights in China] HRIC Introduction In this segment of the HRIC podcast series, “A Contested History,” a mainlander working in Hong Kong talks about the significance of the annual June 4th candlelight vigil held in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park that...
August 17, 2015
China Rights Forum
A Complex Relationship (Transcript)
(Listen to the podcast) HRIC Introduction Welcome to the first installment of HRIC’s new podcast series. We begin with a segment that looks at the complex relationship between Hong Kongers and mainlanders at this critical historical juncture. Last year in Hong Kong, during the Umbrella Movement,...
August 17, 2015
China Rights Forum
A Complex Relationship (Podcast-English)
(Listen to the podcast) HRIC Introduction Welcome to the first installment of HRIC’s new podcast series. We begin with a segment that looks at the complex relationship between Hong Kongers and mainlanders at this critical historical juncture. Last year in Hong Kong, during the Umbrella Movement,...
August 17, 2015
China Rights Forum
Editor's Note (CRF 2015.1)
In this new issue of China Rights Forum —“HK & Mainland: Shared Future, Contested Present”—we are pleased to launch our new podcast series. Building upon the discussion we initiated in two previous CRF issues: “ Hong Kong & Mainland China: Building a shared Future ” (2011, No. 4), and “...
August 14, 2015
China Rights Forum
CRF 2015, no. 1 - HK & Mainland: Shared Future, Contested Present
Building upon the discussion we initiated in two previous China Rights Forum issues: “Hong Kong & Mainland China: Building a shared Future” (2011, No. 4), and “Steadfast in the Storm” (2014, No. 2), we continue to explore the linkages between the present citizen struggles and democratic futures...
In Statement, Journalist Shi Tao Protests Deletion of WeChat Contents
In a statement of protest (see below), Shi Tao, a journalist who served eight years of a ten-year prison term, says that contents in his social networking WeChat account were deleted in recent days, in the lead up to the 26th anniversary of the June Fourth crackdown on the 1989 Democracy Movement...
June 5, 2015
Press Release
Women rights are not a crime, give me a legal basis for confiscating my Xiaomi Mi Band
After being detained for 37 days, women’s rights activist Li Tingting was released on bail on April 13. She wrote a request to the Haidian Public Security Bureau to return her personal items as soon as possible, especially her Xiaomi Mi Band. Why is it so important to her? In this essay, Li...
April 24, 2015
Citizens' Square
Female Rights Defense Warrior’s Situation Kept in the Dark by the Authorities Documenting The Political Persecution of Su Changlan
Six months into detention, Guangdong rights defender Su Changlan has still not been granted her right to meet with her lawyer. On April 27, 2015, Su’s husband, Chen Dequan, requested open government information about her health condition, which was rejected by the Nanhai District Court of Foshan...
April 27, 2015
Citizens' Square
Su Changlan
Statement by Chinese Lawyers on Not Participating in Unlawful Annual Inspections and Assessments
Cheng Hai (程海), a lawyer currently disputing his one year suspension from legal practice, leads 38 lawyers in demanding an end to the annual assessment and certification process for lawyers. The statement argues that this certification practice, mandated by the Ministry of Justice, not only...
March 15, 2015
Citizens' Square
Cheng Hai

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