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.

Monday, November 27, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Teacher detained after abuse allegations at Beijing kindergarten
北京幼儿园疑似虐童案:一名教师被刑拘
The New York Times, November 27, 2017
EN: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171127/china-teacher-kindergarten-arrest/en-us/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20171127/china-teacher-kindergarten-arrest/

Related:
Beijing kindergartens get permanent inspectors after abuse scandal: Xinhua
Reuters, November 27, 2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ryb-education-china/beijing-kindergartens-get-permanent-inspectors-after-abuse-scandal-xinhua-idUSKBN1DR01M

Police detain 90 suspects in telecom fraud case
Xinhua News Agency, November 27, 2017
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-11/27/content_35056708.htm

Access to Information (信息公开)

北京否认清理“低端人口” 金马奖获奖导演提“低端人口”直播被掐 (Award-winning director’s speech of “low-end population” censored in China, as Beijing denies driving migrant workers out of city)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shehui/yf-11262017112801.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国知识分子联名要求北京停止驱赶外来人口 (Chinese intellectuals launch signature campaign calling Beijing to stop evicting migrant population)
Voice of America, November 26, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/Chinese-intellectuals-urge-Beijing-stop-removing-migrate-workers-20171126/4137298.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Related:
Chinese intellectuals urge Beijing authorities to stop “forcing” tens of thousands of migrant workers out of city in wake of deadly fire
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2121633/chinese-intellectuals-urge-beijing-authorities-stop

Hong Kong (香港)

黃浩銘:判刑如鎚重擊 下周料再入獄 「我們有花崗岩的意志」 (Raphael Wong expects going back to prison next week and says sentence hit him like sledge hammer, but he and others have “will of granite”)
Inmediahk, November 27, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1053514a

Related:
Hong Kong activist Raphael Wong on what scares him more than going back to prison
South China Morning Post, November 27, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2121631/hong-kong-activist-rafael-wong-what-scares-him-more-going

立法會追討薪津270至310萬 DQ4:政治迫害 (LegCo asks disqualified lawmakers to return millions; Four disqualified lawmakers call it “political persecution”)
Inmediahk, November 27, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1053537

Related:
LegCo demands four ousted lawmakers in oath-taking saga return up to HK$3.1 million each
South China Morning Post, November 27, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2121707/legco-demands-four-ousted-lawmakers-oath-taking-saga-return

In Pictures: Hong Kong Migrants’ Pride – Domestic worker groups rally against discrimination, harassment
Hong Kong Free Press, November 27, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/11/27/pictures-hong-kong-migrants-pride-domestic-worker-groups-rally-sexual-harrassment-discrimination/

李柱銘:無基本法條文可作一地兩檢法律基礎 (Martin Lee says there is no clause in the Basic Law that can be used as legal foundation for co-location arrangement)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 26, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1366906-20171126.htm

Related:
林鄭月娥:一地兩檢符法理情 梁愛詩:有法律基礎 (Carrie Lam says co-location arrangement is in accordance with law, reasoning, and emotion; Elsie Leung claims arrangement has legal foundation)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 25, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1366801-20171125.htm

Commentary (评论)

China’s Trojan train into Hong Kong
The New York Times, November 26, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/26/opinion/china-train-hong-kong.html

In China, the brutality of “house arrest”
The New York Times, November 25, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/25/opinion/in-china-the-brutality-of-house-arrest.html