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, May 18, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

微博处置发布时政有害信息的账号,涉@六神磊磊等1532个 (Weibo punishes 1,532 accounts for publishing “harmful information” on current politics)
The Paper, May 15, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2131343

Hong Kong journalists protest detention of news cameraman in Beijing
Radio Free Asia, May 16, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hong-kong-journalists-protest-detention-of-news-cameraman-in-beijing-05162018110507.html