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 05, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

【甄江華案】檢察院上月宣布已開庭審理後刪帖 關注群批:鬼鬼祟祟 (Rights defender Zhen Jianghua still held incommunicado as notice of her “open” trial in August is deleted)
The Stand News, September 5, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/china/甄江華案-檢察院上月宣布已開庭審理後刪帖-關注群批-鬼鬼祟祟/

坚持“八种理念”实现“八个转变”加快政法网络新媒体创新发展 (Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission on need to accelerate innovative use of new media to shape narratives, serve CPC)
Legal Daily, September 5, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-09/05/content_7637863.htm?node=5955

Overseas social scientists “face real repression” during research in China
South China Morning Post, September 5, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2162950/overseas-social-scientists-face-real-repression-during-research