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, November 07, 2018

UPR of China(联合国对中国的普遍定期审议)

West calls on China to close Uighur detention camps
Reuters, November 6, 2018

Related:
China’s UPR: Will Concerns Raised over Ethnic and Religious Repression Lead to Accountability?
Human Rights in China, November 6, 2018

China says UN criticism of human rights record is “politically driven”
The Guardian, November 6, 2018

China dismisses criticism about mass detentions at UN
Associated Press, November 7, 2018

聯合國審議中國人權 多國關注新疆再教育營 中方反斥偏離事實 (UN reviews China human rights, multiple states concerned over Xinjiang camps, China dismisses allegations as “lacking factual basis”)
The Stand News, November 7, 2018

多國關注港澳人權 張建宗:不必要、毫無根據、不成立 (Matthew Cheung: States’ concern with Hong Kong and Macau is unnecessary, groundless, and unfounded)
Ming Pao, November 7, 2018

“Political censorship”: United Nations removes submissions from int’l civil groups at China’s human rights review
Hong Kong Free Press, November 6, 2018

Related:
【疑中國施壓】交聯合國人權專員被删走 香港眾志報告書全文 (Deleted from UN OHCHR webpage: full Submission by Demosisto to High Commissioner for Human Rights for Universal Periodic Review of China)
The Stand News, November 7, 2018

Joint Press Statement: China UPR -- civil society deeply concerned by removal of key stakeholder information by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for upcoming Universal Periodic Review of China
Human Rights Watch, November 5, 2018

Video: China grilled over internment camps, civil rights and Hong Kong freedoms at UN review
Agence France-Presse, November 6, 2018