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.

Wednesday, July 08, 2015

Access to Information (信息公开)

UN rights chief worried by breadth of China Security Law
联合国官员担忧中国国安法进一步限制人权
The New York Times, July 8, 2015
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150708/c08ap-eu-united-nations-china-security/dual/

欧盟驻华商会:中国网安法草案措辞模糊 (EU Chamber of Commerce in China: wording of China’s cybersecurity law is vague)
VOA Chinese, July 8, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-cyber-security-law-irk-business-20150708/2853424.html

Related:
《网络安全法》保护谁的安全? (China Cybersecurity Law (Draft): who’s security is it protecting?)
Deutsche Welles, July 8, 2015
http://bit.ly/1D1iilU

China mulls privacy protection, further curbs on Internet
The New York Times, July 8, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/07/08/world/asia/ap-as-china-internet-security-law.html

China's draft cybersecurity law has chilling implications for internet, multinationals
South China Morning Post, July 8, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1834506/chinas-publishes-draft-cybersecurity-law-implications

网络安全法(草案)全文
People's Republic of China Cybersecurity Law (Draft)
China National People’s Congress, July 6, 2015
China Law Translate (English translation), July 6, 2015
CH: http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/xinwen/lfgz/flca/2015-07/06/content_1940614.htm
EN: http://chinalawtranslate.com/cybersecuritydraft/?tpedit=1&lang=en

Baidu and Sina begin censoring searches for "Xiao Gang step down"
Fei Chang Dao [blog], July 7, 2015
http://blog.feichangdao.com/2015/07/baidu-and-sina-begin-censoring-searches.html