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.

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Access to Information (信息公开)

江苏省、南通市政府均拒绝公开黑监狱信息 张华诉省、市政府案即将开庭 (Citizen brings Jiangsu province gov't and Nantong municipal gov't to court as they refuse to publish information about black jails)
Weiquanwang, October 9, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/10/blog-post_19.html

Fifty shades of Xi: scores of books praising president published in China
The Guardian, October 10, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/10/fifty-shades-of-xi-scores-of-books-praising-president-published-in-china