Category Archives: Special Topics

CloudFlare: Hong Kong democracy movement hit by ‘one of largest DDoS attacks in internet history’

Occupy Central, a grassroots movement that aims to bring universal suffrage to Hong Kong, has been subject to “one of the largest and most persistent DDoS attacks in the history of the Internet,” Continue reading

Restrictions, Detentions, Disappearances, Arrests before and beyond June 4, 2014

Compiled by HRIC based on published reports and information available online. Last updated on June 19, 2014. Total Count: 130 individuals. (An asterisk (*) denotes that the detention or physical restriction of the individual has ended.). Continue reading

Sensitive Words: Returning From Exile, Hunting Tigers

As of June 20, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for user” function).

Returning From Exile: Tiananmen protest leader Zhou Fengsuo, who has been living in exile as a US citizen for the past 25 years, returned to Beijing on the anniversary of the June 4th crackdown. Continue reading

More than 400,000 Vote in Hong Kong Electoral Reform Poll

2014-06-20

A Hong Kong colonial flag is seen waved by a demonstrator during a protest against plans for a new town development outside the Continue reading

China Expands Crackdown on Free Expression

 

Protester holds mask of Chinese President Xi Jinping during demonstration for Chinese journalist Gao Yu, Hong Kong publisher Yao Wentian, Continue reading

Over 200,000 vote as Hong Kong democracy ‘referendum’ kicks off

BY EMILY CHUNG AND NIKKI SUN

HONG KONG Fri Jun 20, 2014 6:09am EDT

Supporters hold banners and placards at Hong Kong’s financial Central district during a kick-off ceremony to urge people to vote in an unofficial referendum June 20, 2014. Continue reading

In Hong Kong, an Unofficial Election Draws Beijing’s Ire

By MICHAEL FORSYTHE, CHRIS BUCKLEY and ALAN WONGJUNE 20, 2014

Members of the group Occupy Central with Love and Peace, which organized an unofficial referendum in Hong Kong, before voting began on Friday. Credit Vincent Yu/Associated Press Continue reading

5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT HONG KONG’S REFERENDUM

20 JUN 2014 3:46AM

1 WHAT IS HONG KONG’S UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE REFERENDUM?
Residents in the former British colony, which returned to China in 1997, have been fighting for a democratic system for years. Currently, Continue reading