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.

Tuesday, January 02, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

中国新年管控言论第一枪 “今日头条”关闭社会频道 (China censors popular portal website section and replaces it with “New Era” socialist content)
Radio Free Asia, January 1, 2018
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/yf3-01012018114540.html

Related:
暗批封锁刘晓波去世消息 脱口秀节目遭删 (Talk show censored in China for criticizing censorship of Liu Xiaobo’s death)
Voice of America, January 1, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-china-liu-xiaobo-20180101/4187465.html

救助良心犯的微信群被封 群主遭驱赶 (WeChat group banned and group host harassed by state security police for helping political prisoners)
Radio Free Asia, December 31, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/hc-12312017131919.html