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, March 06, 2017

Access to Information (信息公开)

BBC team have cameras smashed in China—video
The Guardian, March 3, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/media/video/2017/mar/03/bbc-team-have-cameras-smashed-in-china-video

Related:
北京两会:BBC记者采访遭暴打被迫签认罪书 (Beijing Two Congresses: BBC journalist beaten and forced to sign guilty plea)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 3, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-39155109

Chinese official calls for easing of internet censorship
The Guardian, March 4, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/04/chinese-official-slams-internet-censorship

Related:
政协副主席:网络封锁有悖开放发展理念 (Vice-chairman of the CPPCC: Internet censorship goes against principles of openness and development)
Deutsche Welle, March 5, 2017
http://bit.ly/2lRh1wa

Censors step in after Chinese TV drama scene names Xi Jinping as “traitor”
South China Morning Post, March 3, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2075785/chinese-tv-drama-censored-after-showing-scene-listing-xi-jinping