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.

Thursday, December 22, 2016

Access to Information (信息公开)

“六四天网”创办人黄琦被当局指控非法泄漏国家机密 (Huang Qi, founder of “64 Tianwang” website, charged with illegally “leaking state secrets”)
Radio France Internationale, December 21, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20161221-“六四天网”创办人黄琦被当局指控非法泄漏国家机密

中国政府利用打黄扫非限制民众利用互联网直播平台 (Chinese government uses excuse of “cleaning up Internet porn” to restrict citizens from publishing “unofficial” videos on social media)
Radio Free Asia, December 20, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/hc-12202016114950.html

中国公布对境外NGO的业务主管单位名录 (China releases directory of professional supervisory units for overseas NGOs)
Voice of America, December 21, 2016
http://www.voachinese.com/a/china-foreign-ngos-20161221/3644197.html

Related:
China details operating areas for foreign NGOs under new law
Reuters, December 21, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-lawmaking-ngos-idUSKBN14A1HR

Independent journalism in China struggles to survive
The Diplomat, December 21, 2016
http://thediplomat.com/2016/12/independent-journalism-in-china-struggles-to-survive/