The 10th Hong Kong Literature Festival

Enchanting English Poems-Cities and Memory

The 10th Hong Kong Literature Festival

Kubrick Poetry

時間 Time:2014/6/29 (Sunday) 11:00am-12:30pm

地點 Venue:香港中央圖書館地下演講廳/ Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) Continue reading

Overcoming hostile Chinese amendment, Human Rights Council passes resolution affirming online rights

11:17am | 26 June 2014 | by Thomas Schalke,

As the 26th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) nears its close, the Council today adopted a resolution on the “The promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet,” spearheaded by Sweden, Brazil, Tunisia, Nigeria, Turkey, and the USA. As we noted in our HRC briefing note, Continue reading

‘Picking Quarrels’ Casts Shadow Over Chinese Law

9:10 am HKT Jun 30, 2014 LAW & POLITICS

Protesters in Hong Kong hold pictures of Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang as they march to the Chinese liaison office on May 14. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

By Stanley Lubman

In a Beijing apartment in May, about 20 people met to discuss the Tiananmen protests in June 1989 Continue reading

Big turnout in Hong Kong democracy vote irks Beijing

By AP News Jun 30, 2014 5:39AM UTC


An assistance guides voters at a polling station for an unofficial referendum on democratic reform in Hong Kong Sunday

HONG KONG (AP) — An informal referendum aimed at bolstering support for greater democracy in Hong Kong has drawn nearly 800,000 votes and Beijing’s ire. Continue reading

Hong Kong democracy ‘referendum’ draws nearly 800,000

30 June 2014 Last updated at 02:15 ET

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A total of 792,808 voters took part in an unofficial referendum on universal suffrage in Hong Kong, organisers said.

The 10-day poll was held by protest group Occupy Central. 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 30, 2014. Total Count: 134 individuals. (An asterisk (*) denotes that the detention or physical restriction of the individual has ended.)

See also: Citizen Activists on Trial 2013-2014: Schedule/Status and Essays Continue reading

Hong Kong Lawyers in Mass Silent Protest Over China’s White Paper

2014-06-27 


Lawyers gather in front of the court of final appeal during a march in defence of judicial independence in Hong Kong, June 27, 2014.
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Nearly 2,000 members of Hong Kong’s legal profession, Continue reading

UN Panel Calls on China to Release Chen Guangcheng’s Nephew

By Joshua Lipes

2014-06-25


Chen Guangcheng at RFA in Washington, June 25, 2014.
RFA
A United Nations panel has ruled that the nephew Continue reading