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.

Monday, July 30, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

国家文物局:力戒红色旅游中的低俗庸俗恶俗现象 (State Administration of Cultural Heritage issues guidelines for preserving revolutionary artifacts, promoting patriotism)
Legal Daily, July 30, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-07/30/content_7605659.htm?node=5955

浙江网民将描述湖南贪官的打油诗改为当地地名后传播,被罚款 (Netizen is fined for posting limericks on corruption, “spreading false information”)
Changshan News Media WeChat , July 29, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2301605

德州警方:一公号发布疫苗相关文章误导群众,运营者被拘十日 (WeChat public account operator is detained for 10 days for posting vaccine-related information that allegedly misleads public)
Lingxian Public Safety Bureau WeChat, July 28, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2300264

China silencing overseas critics amid crackdown in Muslim region, says U.S. journalist after family detained
Hong Kong Free Press, July 28, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/28/china-silencing-overseas-critics-amid-crackdown-muslim-region-says-us-journalist-family-detained/

假疫苗案:张凯律师评论被封 (Lawyer’s critique of vaccine scandal taken down)
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/huanjing/yf2-07272018093751.html

China puts Guangdong musician on trial who sang about Liu Xiaobo
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/musician-07272018115530.html

Is Western media biased against China? (Part One)
Global Voices, July 26, 2018
https://globalvoices.org/2018/07/26/is-western-media-biased-against-china-part-one/

他在微信群里发大量暴力血腥视频被抓:宣扬恐怖主义 (Man convicted of terrorism for posting gruesome videos in WeChat groups)
Procuratorial Daily, July 27, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2302116