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, July 14, 2017

Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

World urged to take steps to protect Liu Xia after death of husband Liu Xiaobo
The Guardian, July 14, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/13/liu-xia-protect-china-liu-xiaobo

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瀋陽西鶴園戒備森嚴 保安稱「不知道」 (Shenyang funeral parlor guarded and on alert, security says they “don’t know” about Liu Xiaobo)
Mingpao, July 14, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170714/s00004/1500017965368

微博蠟燭emoji下架 環球時報:做一夜吃瓜群眾 網民質疑當局封鎖消息、阻悼念 (Candle emoji banned on Weibo, netizens suspect the authorities of blocking information and stopping people from mourning)
Mingpao, July 14, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170714/s00004/1500012419668

Liu Xiaobo’s fate reflects fading pressure on China over human rights
劉曉波之死和無力對抗中國威權的西方世界
The New York Times, July 13, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/13/world/asia/liu-xiaobo-china-human-rights.html?_ga=2.2131125.448485249.1500021540-391141849.1499244675
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170714/liu-xiaobo-china-human-rights/zh-hant/

Liu Xiaobo, we miss you
劉曉波,我們想念你
The New York Times, July 13, 2017
EN: https://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/07/13/liu-xiaobo-we-miss-you/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20170714/c14kristof-liu-xiaobo-we-miss-you/zh-hant/

Hundreds gather at vigil in Hong Kong to mourn Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo
Hong Kong Free Press, July 14, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/14/hundreds-gather-vigil-hong-kong-mourn-nobel-laureate-liu-xiaobo/

China bears responsibility for Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo's death: Nobel committee
Reuters, July 13, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-nobel-idUSKBN19Y1QI?il=0

China in “whitewash campaign” ahead of Liu Xiaobo's death
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/whitewash-07132017103038.html

Liu Xiaobo, Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace laureate, 1955-2017
Financial Times, July 13, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/01353b20-5b02-11e7-9bc8-8055f264aa8b

Remembering Liu Xiaobo
The Atlantic, July 13, 2017
https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2017/07/liu-xiaobo-dies/533529/

Liu Xiaobo—the quiet, determined teller of China’s inconvenient truths
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2101699/liu-xiaobo-quiet-determined-teller-chinas-inconvenient

The Guardian view on Liu Xiaobo’s death: free the Nobel laureate’s wife now
The Guardian, July 13, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/13/the-guardian-view-on-liu-xiaobos-death-free-the-nobel-laureates-wife-now

Liu Xiaobo: A moderate, constructive, brilliant intellectual robbed of his rights and dignity to the very end
Hong Kong Free Press, July 14, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/14/liu-xiaobo-moderate-constructive-brilliant-intellectual-robbed-rights-dignity-end/

Liu Xiaobo’s Death is a Stain on the CPC, International Community Must Press for Liu Xia’s Freedom
刘晓波之死是中共污点,国际社会必须施压让刘霞获得自由
Human Rights in China, July 13, 2017
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/liu-xiaobos-death-stain-cpc-international-community-must-press-liu-xias-freedom
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/sheng-ming/liu-xiao-bo-zhi-si-shi-zhong-gong-wu-dian-guo-ji-she-hui-bi-xu-shi-ya

Access to Justice (司法公正)

河北律师欲立案遭铐打 浙江代理律师欲参加庭审被抬出法院 (Hebei lawyer seeking to file case suffers beating, Zhejiang lawyer wishing to participate in trial is carried out of court)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-07122017105042.html

More Uyghurs detained in Cairo as students appeal to Al-Azhar for help
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/appeal-07122017150212.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China reducing massive influence of social media celebrities
Voice of America, July 13, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/china-social-media-celebrities/3942435.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

“十一条”落实不到位 山东老兵持续维权 (“11 Point Plan” not implemented, Shandong veterans continue protests)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-07132017102054.html

Chinese Volkswagen workers call on German parent company to assume responsibility for violations
China Labor Bulletin, July 13, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/chinese-volkswagen-workers-call-german-parent-company-assume-responsibility-violations

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Apple to open data center in China with government ties
American Broadcasing Company, July 12, 2017
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/apple-open-china-data-center-government-ties-48596741

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

Sweeping counter-terrorism measures in China’s Xinjiang “creating huge police state”
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2102484/sweeping-counter-terrorism-measures-chinas-xinjiang

Related:
RFA独家:新疆强迫居民安装手机监控软件 10哈族妇女微信发言被拘 (RFA Exclusive: Xinjiang residents forced to install mobile monitoring software, 10 Kazakh women arrested for WeChat comments)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-07132017112039.html

Hong Kong (香港)

BREAKING: 4 more elected pro-democracy lawmakers to be ousted following Hong Kong court ruling
Hong Kong Free Press, July 14, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/14/breaking-4-elected-pro-democracy-lawmakers-ousted-following-hong-kong-court-ruling/

President of Hong Kong legislature refuses to let lawmakers discuss Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo
Hong Kong Free Press, July 13, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/13/president-hong-kong-legislature-refuses-let-lawmakers-discuss-chinese-dissident-liu-xiaobo/

Hong Kong police urged to respect detainees’ rights to privacy and women’s dignity
Hong Kong Free Press, July 13, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/13/hong-kong-police-urged-respect-detainees-rights-privacy-womens-dignity/

Commentary (评论)

How can China become a tech leader if it’s intolerant of free thought?
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/2102471/chinas-intolerance-free-thought-undermines-innovation