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, October 02, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese journalist arrested after slapping volunteer at British conference on Hong Kong freedoms and labelling participants traitors
South China Morning Post, October 1, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2166455/chinese-journalist-slaps-volunteer-british-conference-hong

说不得碰不得 “英烈”也有禁区?(Has new law turned heroes and martyrs into a new forbidden zone for humor?)
Radio Free Asia, September 28, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/yf2-09282018093822.html