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.

Friday, December 11, 2015

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China to put top human rights lawyer on trial next week
Hong Kong Free Press, December 10, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/12/10/china-to-put-top-human-rights-lawyer-on-trial-next-week/

Related:
浦志强被羁押五百天后将于12月14日一审开庭 (Pu Zhiqiang will go on trial December 14, after more than 500 days in detention)
Radio France Internationale, December 10, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20151210-浦志强被羁押五百天后将于12月14日一审开庭

Pu Zhiqiang’s indictment and the seven incriminating weibo posts
China Change, December 10, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/12/10/pu-zhiqiangs-indictment-and-the-seven-incriminating-weibo-posts/

U.S.: Detained China lawyers “partners, not enemies”
美国大使呼吁中国尊重律师
Voice of America, December 10, 2015
EN: http://www.voanews.com/content/us-detained-china-lawyers-partners-not-enemies/3096839.html
CH: http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-news-china-to-put-top-human-rights-lawyer-on-trial-next-week-20151210/3097282.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese authorities think the Internet could use more “positive energy”
Global Voices, December 11, 2015
https://globalvoices.org/2015/12/11/chinese-authorities-think-the-internet-could-use-more-positive-energy/

Cooking the books: Government officials in China’s “rust belt” falsified economic figures
South China Morning Post, December 11, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/1889641/cooking-books-government-officials-chinas-rust-belt-falsified

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

国际人权日:藏、维、南蒙古人及汉人发表联合声明 (International Human Rights Day: Tibetans, Uyghurs, Southern Mongolians, and Hans issue joint statement)
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/nu-12102015113251.html

Related:
2015 Human Rights Day
Human Rights in China, December 10, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/2015-review

International Human Rights Day marked with appeals to China, scrutiny of North Korea
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/11/britain-criticised-for-praising-china-on-un-human-rights-day

Chinese authorities orchestrate surprise raid of labor NGOs in Guangdong, arresting leaders
China Change, December 10, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/12/10/chinese-authorities-orchestrate-surprise-raid-of-labor-ngos-in-guangdong-arresting-leaders/

Thousands protest in Wuhan over construction of waste processing plant
Hong Kong Free Press, December 10, 2105
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/12/10/thousands-protest-in-wuhan-over-construction-of-waste-processing-plant/

Ethnic Mongolian family on hunger strike in protest over China's rights abuses
Radio Free Asia, December 11, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/strike-12102015142129.html

Church crackdown continues in China
中国继续打压基督教 贵阳一教会被查封
Voice of America, December 10, 2015
EN: http://www.voanews.com/content/church-crackdown-continues-in-china/3096816.html
CH: http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-religious-freedom-20151210/3098403.html

My political activism is helping efforts to change China, says artist Ai Weiwei
South China Morning Post, December 10, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1889231/my-political-activism-helping-efforts-change-china-says

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Britain criticised for praising China on UN Human Rights Day
The Guardian, December 10, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/un-rights-12102015174329.html

Related:
Statement on the Occasion of Human Rights Day 2015
Representatives of the Federal Republic of Germany in the PRC, December 10, 2015
http://www.china.diplo.de/Vertretung/china/de/100-bo--peki/151209-menschenrecht-en-s.html

Human Rights Day Statement by Ambassador Max BaucusDay
The Guardian, December 10, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/un-rights-12102015174329.html

联合国人权组织呼吁中国停止酷刑虐待囚犯 (UN human rights body calls on China to stop torturing detainees)
Radio Free Asia, December 10, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-12102015113535.html

Related:
UN Torture Committee concludes review of China with scathing observations
Human Rights in China, December 10, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/un-torture-committee-concludes-review-china-scathing-observations

China denounces UN rights report as biased, “incorrect”
The Sun Daily, December 10, 2015
http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1634877

China’s Cultural Revolution could happen again, warns ex-Shenzhen mayor and former rising political star
South China Morning Post, December 10, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1889624/chinas-cultural-revolution-could-happen-again-warns

China to register “undocumented citizens”
Al Jazeera, December 10, 2015
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/12/china-register-undocumented-citizens-151210064713359.html

Related:
中国允许给黑户孩户口 (China to give undocumented children household registration permits)
Radio France Internationale, December 10, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20151210-中国一胎制人口-中国-一胎制-人口-珍妮特

China to prosecute former environment official for graft
Reuters, December 10, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-environment-idUSKBN0TU07020151211

Related:
Beijing’s smog is a symptom of corruption
The Financial Times, December 9, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/b9e6ba1e-9dcf-11e5-8ce1-f6219b685d74.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

The U.S., China and an abundance of cyber-caution
The Diplomat, December 11, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/12/the-us-china-and-an-abundance-of-cyber-caution/

Hong Kong (香港)

UN Committee Against Torture urges gov’t to “duly prosecute” police who used excessive force during Occupy
Hong Kong Free Press, December 10, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/12/10/un-committee-against-torture-urges-govt-to-duly-prosecute-police-who-used-excessive-force-during-occupy/

Related:
China rebuffs criticism from U.N. after torture report
Reuters, December 10, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-idUSKBN0TT0EU20151210

UN Torture Committee Concludes Review of China with Scathing Observations
Human Rights in China, December 10, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/press-release/un-torture-committee-concludes-review-china-scathing-observations

Lawmakers question gov’t study on adoption of mainland laws to allow shared immigration point
Hong Kong Free Press, December 9, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/12/09/lawmakers-question-govt-study-on-adoption-of-mainland-laws-to-allow-shared-immigration-point/

詳解「網絡23條」:香港人為什麼不相信它? (Explaining “internet Article 23” in depth: Why don’t Hong Kong people trust it?)
The Initium, December 9, 2015
https://theinitium.com/article/20151209-hongkong-copyrightbill/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

China's attack on feminism? Not quite.
The Diplomat, December 10, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/12/chinas-attack-on-feminism-not-quite/