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, March 02, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China accuses rights activist of “fake news” fabricating torture
Reuters, March 2, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-idUSKBN1690GA

Related:
Statement by lawyers representing Jiang Tianyong regarding the Global Times interview
China Change, March 2, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/03/02/statement-by-lawyers-representing-jiang-tianyong-regarding-the-global-times-interview/

Letter to world leaders by “709” family members includes emerging details of horrific torture
China Change, March 1, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/03/01/letter-to-world-leaders-by-709-family-members-includes-emerging-details-of-horrific-torture/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Police, interceptors swoop on petitioners, activists as thousands converge on Beijing
Radio Free Asia, March 1, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/congress-interceptors-03012017124358.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Former SOE executive sentenced to 16 years for graft
Xinhua, February 28, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-02/28/c_136092190.htm

China replaces top general in charge of tackling military corruption
South China Morning Post, March 2, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2075243/china-replaces-top-general-charge-tackling-military

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China warns against cyber “battlefield” in Internet strategy
Reuters, March 1, 2017
http://in.reuters.com/article/us-china-internet-idINKBN16849M

Related:
中国发布《网络空间国际合作战略》(China publishes “International Cooperation Strategy for Cyberspace”)
Radio Free Asia, March 1, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yl-03012017111633.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong tries to unseat pan-democratic lawmakers in oaths row
Radio Free Asia, March 1, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hongkong-oaths-03012017152559.html

Beijing works the phones in secret push to pick Hong Kong’s next leader
北京通过电话施压的方式暗助心仪的香港特首候选人
The Wall Street Journal, February 28, 2017
EN: https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-hong-kong-elections-beijings-shadow-looms-large-1488288813
CH: http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20170301/BCH160135.asp