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.

Wednesday, September 06, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China to prosecute activist over support for letter calling on president to step down
Radio Free Asia, September 5, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/sichuan-huang-09052017124727.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Why Australian universities have upset Chinese students
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 5, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-41104634

China censors discussion of North Korea's bomb test
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 4, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-41152784

网友忧朝鲜核爆,“氢弹”却成中国网络敏感词 (“Hydrogen bomb” gets censored on Chinese social media as netizens worry about the nuclear test in North Korea)
Voice of America, September 5, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/nokor-bomb-20170904/4014969.html

臨近選舉 Telegram失靈「澳門限定」? 竟要翻牆先上到 (Telegram goes offline in Macau as election closes in, and users need VPN to log in)
Macau Concealers, September 5, 2017
https://www.facebook.com/macauconcealers/photos/a.158212900914486.37247.153478958054547/1423428511059579/

北京下发中小学生“三年养成计划”:1年级小学生会唱国歌 (Beijing education authority issues a “three year cultivation plan”, requiring first graders to be able to sing the National Anthem)
Legal Evening News, September 5, 2017
http://www.fawan.com/2017/09/05/446911t185.html?kuaixun

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

湖北省潜江市近百民师在市教育局示威 (Nearly 100 teachers in Hubei protest at local education authority for social security and official status)
Weiquanwang, September 5, 2017
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2017/09/blog-post_41.html

石渠县藏人要求当局交代洛桑仁波切下落 (Tibetans in Sichuan write open letter to local gov’t demanding the whereabouts of a detained eminent monk)
Radio Free Asia, September 5, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-09052017111449.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China seeks to silence critics at U.N. forums: rights body report
Reuters, September 5, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights/china-seeks-to-silence-critics-at-u-n-forums-rights-body-report-idUSKCN1BG0QP

Related:
The costs of international advocacy
Human Rights Watch, September 5, 2017
https://www.hrw.org/report/2017/09/05/costs-international-advocacy/chinas-interference-united-nations-human-rights

China’s rights crackdown is called “most severe” since Tiananmen Square
人权观察:中国打压人权“天安门事件以来最严重"
The New York Times, September 5, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/world/asia/china-human-rights-united-nations.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170906/china-human-rights-united-nations/

南昌3家幼儿园疑似发生食物中毒 (120 kindergarteners in Jiangxi hospitalized after suspected food poisoning)
Xinhua News Agency, September 6, 2017
http://news.xinhuanet.com/local/2017-09/06/c_1121613998.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

Activists, academics and politicians establish independent fund to provide assistance to jailed protesters
Hong Kong Free Press, September 4, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/04/activists-academics-politicians-establish-independent-fund-provide-assistance-jailed-protesters/

BBC “disappointed” after Hong Kong’s RTHK replaces World Service with state-run Chinese station
Hong Kong Free Press, September 5, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/09/05/bbc-disappointed-hong-kongs-rthk-replaces-world-service-state-run-chinese-station/

Commentary (评论)

Chinese feminism beyond borders: Past, present and future
Wagic, August 24, 2017
https://www.wagic.org/blank-2/2017/08/24/chinesefeminismbeyondborders

A comprehensive bibliography of Liu Xiaobo’s writings
China Change, September 5, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/09/05/a-comprehensive-bibliography-of-liu-xiaobos-writings/