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 11, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China reports arrests of Uyghurs, Han Chinese for sharing “extremist” content
Radio Free Asia, May 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/content-05102018161549.html

Related:
Xinjiang authorities jail Uyghur Imam who took son to unsanctioned religious school
Radio Free Asia, May 10, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/imam-05102018155405.html

Eleven lawyers and counting: Pressure from China frustrates defense for arrested Canadian Falun Gong practitioner
The Globe and Mail, May 10, 2018
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-eleven-lawyers-and-counting-pressure-from-china-frustrates-defence/

最高法发出通知要求切实防止裁判文书低级错误反复发生 (Supreme People’s Court urges local courts to prevent repeated, careless mistakes in judgment documents, judges to be held accountable)
Legal Daily, May 10, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2018-05/10/content_7541996.htm?node=5955

刑事诉讼法修正草案征求社会公众意见 (Draft amendments to Criminal Procedures Law released for public comment: Permit trial in absentia, set up plea bargain system, speed up trial procedures)
Xinhua News Agency, May 10, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-05/10/c_129869067.htm

Death in custody raises questions about new anti-graft oversight
Caixin, May 9, 2018
https://www.caixinglobal.com/2018-05-09/death-in-custody-raises-questions-about-new-anti-graft-oversight-101246477.html

Related:
“First victim” of China’s new anti-graft agency was “left disfigured” after he collapsed and died during interrogation
South China Morning Post, May 10, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2145603/first-victim-chinas-new-anti-graft-agency-was-left

Access to Information (信息公开)

「愛國」嘻哈:中國留學生的民族主義與身份焦慮 (Patriotic Hip-Hop: Oversea Chinese student’s nationalism and identity crisis)
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 11, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-44065087

Chinese broadcaster censors LGBT symbols at Eurovision
British Broadcasting Corporation, May 11, 2018
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-44066237

709家属许艳:余文生律师情况通报—-妻子许艳向办案机关徐州市公安局邮寄信息公开申请 (Xu Yan, wife of detained rights lawyer Yu Wensheng, files information disclosure application against Jiangsu police)
Weiquanwang, May 11, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/05/709_11.html

一批社会直播和短视频网站开展自査 封禁主播2083个 (Live-streaming and short video platforms launch self-inspection teams to screen for violent, vulgar, and other “illegal” content, 1.5 million audio and video programs and 40,000 accounts already shut down)
Xinhua News Agency, May 10, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-05/10/c_1122812106.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

辽宁省被下岗民、代、幼教师五百多人到该省教育厅上访维权 (Over 500 dismissed school teachers in Liaoning petition at provincial education authority)
Weiquanwang, May 10, 2018
http://wqw2010.blogspot.hk/2018/05/blog-post_88.html

Altercation between LGBT supporters and local guards at Beijing’s 798 art district
What’s On Weibo, May 14, 2018
https://www.whatsonweibo.com/altercation-between-lgbt-supporters-and-local-guards-at-beijings-798-art-district/

China’s last cave dwellers fight to keep their underground homes
The New York Times, May 13, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/13/world/asia/zhong-cave-dwellers.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Rebuilding after Sichuan earthquake, one brick and one life at a time
South China Morning Post, May 11, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2145551/rebuilding-after-sichuan-earthquake-one-brick-and-one-life-time

Related:
In Pictures: Life among the ruins – Chinese village 10 years after quake
Agence France-Presse, May 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/10/pictures-life-among-ruins-chinese-village-10-years-quake/

南昌全面推行行政执法公示制度改革 (Nanchang City fully implements system to publish administrative law enforcement information)
Legal Daily, May 10, 2018
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/xwzx/content/2018-05/10/content_7541858.htm

Public shaming of drug users in Guangdong: “Drug-related crimes in family” painted on houses
What’s on Weibo, May 10, 2018
https://www.whatsonweibo.com/public-shaming-of-drug-users-in-guangdong-drug-related-crimes-in-family-painted-on-houses/

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China develops youth credit system for building high-trust society
Xinhua News Agency, May 11, 2018
http://english.sina.com/china/s/2018-05-11/detail-ihamfahw2555055.shtml

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

China again flies bombers around Taiwan
Reuters, May 11, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-defence-taiwan/china-again-flies-bombers-around-taiwan-idUSKBN1IC0O6

Related:
US and Taiwan hold first defense industry forum as tensions with mainland China intensify
Associated Press, May 11, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2145715/us-and-taiwan-hold-first-defence-industry-forum

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong democracy rally organizers say gov’t is “ridiculous” for handing July 1 venue to pro-Beijing group
Hong Kong Free Press, May 11, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/11/hong-kong-democracy-rally-organisers-say-govt-ridiculous-handing-july-1-venue-pro-beijing-group/

Ousted Hong Kong lawmakers Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching convicted for storming Legco meeting
South China Morning Post, May 11, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2145636/ousted-hong-kong-lawmakers-sixtus-leong-and

Related:
Under threat of jail and bankruptcy, Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching discuss future of Hong Kong pro-independence movement
South China Morning Post, May 11, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2145676/under-threat-jail-and-bankruptcy-baggio-leung

Hong Kong activist Avery Ng convicted of disclosing details of corruption probe, faces up to a year in prison
Hong Kong Free Press, May 11, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/11/just-hong-kong-activist-avery-ng-convicted-disclosing-details-corruption-probe-faces-year-prison/

Liberal HKU academic throws hat in ring for Hong Kong Law Society council seat
South China Morning Post, May 10, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2145606/liberal-hku-academic-throws-hat-ring-hong

Ex-chief exec. CY Leung defends calls for Hongkongers to embrace “Bay Area people” identity
Hong Kong Free Press, May 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/10/ex-chief-exec-cy-leung-defends-calls-hongkongers-embrace-daya-bay-people-identity/

Commentary (评论)

Hong Kong can solve its housing problems without finding more land – just don’t ignore the facts
South China Morning Post, May 10, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2145382/hong-kong-can-solve-its-housing-problems-without-finding