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 09, 2018

709 Crackdown (709 大抓捕)

高智晟、王全璋获颁首届中国人权律师奖 (Gao Zhisheng and Wang Quanzhang honored first China Human Rights Lawyer Awards)
Voice of America, July 9, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-rights-lawyer-award-20180708/4474499.html

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王全璋之妻李文足:多次被警方脱光衣服羞辱 (Wang Quanzhang’s wife strip-searched by police for inquiring husband’s whereabouts)
Radio France Internationale, July 9, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180709-王全璋之妻李文足多次被警方脱光衣服羞辱

Trial by fire: three years on from the crackdown that put China’s nascent human rights law movement to the test
South China Morning Post, July 8, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2154278/trial-fire-three-years-crackdown-put-chinas-nascent

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China lawyer crackdown enters 4th year
Voice of America, July 9, 2018
https://www.voanews.com/a/china-lawyer-crackdown-enters-fourth-year/4474680.html

Third anniversary of the lawyers crackdown in China: where are the human rights lawyers?
Amnesty International, July 9, 2018
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2018/07/china-human-rights-lawyers-crackdown-third-anniversary/

专访:后709二次整顿维权律师 (Second wave of crackdown on rights lawyers after 709 continues)
Deutsche Welle, July 9, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/313Jv

“Shackled, isolated and beaten”: how one child became a victim of China’s 709 crackdown on rights lawyers
South China Morning Post, July 9, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2154298/shackled-isolated-and-beaten-how-one-child-became

Three years after China's lawyer crackdown, rights groups call for sanctions
Radio Free Asia, July 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/709-anniversary-07092018131944.html

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台声援709律师 揭周世峰、胡石根在台遭检举 (Taiwan human rights groups call on China to release 709 lawyers)
Radio Free Asia, July 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hcm-07092018100731.html

中國維權律師關注組終院外默站要求內地釋放被囚律師 (China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group urges mainland authorities to release detained rights lawyers)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 9, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1406029-20180709.htm

“Scornful and contemptuous” of the law: 3 years on, Hong Kong activists rally against Beijing’s lawyer crackdown
Hong Kong Free Press, July 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/09/scornful-contemptuous-law-3-years-hong-kong-activists-rally-beijings-lawyer-crackdown/

中国人权律师团就709案发表声明 谴责打压人权 (China Human Rights Lawyers Group issues statement on 709 Crackdown, denounces suppression)
Radio Free Asia, July 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf2-07092018100859.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

我国首届统战学 硕士研究生毕业,8名硕士就业情况良好(China awards first master's degrees in field of “United Front”)
The Paper, July 8, 2018
https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2248307

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

美公民力量 发起拯救泼墨女孩紧急联署 (Initiatives for China urges release of woman who splashed paint on Xi Jinping photo)
Voice of America, July 8, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-initiative-of-china-calls-for-release-of-dong-yaoqing-20180708/4473657.html

Officials in China's Anhui target Xi Jinping critic for “psychiatric treatment”
Radio Free Asia, July 9, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/xi-critic-07092018130009.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

北京郊區再現驅趕外來人口 工廠被關工人失工作 (Beijing starts a new wave of purging migrant workers in suburbs as factories close)
Radio France Internationale, July 9, 2018
http://trad.cn.rfi.fr/中國/20180708-北京郊區再次重現驅趕外來人口-工廠被關工人失工作

ICTs and Human Rights (信息科技与人权)

Inside China’s dystopian dreams: A.I., shame and lots of cameras
The New York Times, July 8, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/08/business/china-surveillance-technology.html

从拍片到连坐 政府惩罚“失信”者 (Chinese authorities step up efforts in public shaming of debt defaulters and their families)
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hj-07062018103605.html

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让守信者受益 失信者难行——中国诚信建设深度调查 (Investigative report of China’s social credit system)
Xinhua, July 8, 2018
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-07/08/c_1123095172.htm

Hong Kong (香港)

劉曉波逝世一周年前夕 公民黨等收集簽名 促釋放劉霞 (Hong Kong activist groups launch signature campaign for Liu Xia's release by China before first anniversary of Liu Xiaobo’s death)
The Stand News, July 9, 2018
http://thestandnews.com/politics/劉曉波逝世一周年前夕-公民黨等收集簽名-促釋放劉霞/

In rare move, Hong Kong justice department seeks mainland legal advice in joint checkpoint fight
South China Morning Post, July 9, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2154357/rare-move-hong-kong-justice-department-seeks-mainland-legal

Leading Hong Kong law scholar proposes rules limiting Beijing’s power to interfere with local court decisions
South China Morning Post, July 9, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2154297/leading-hong-kong-law-scholar-proposes-rules

Hong Kong equality groups hold book exhibition after LGBTQ-themed children’s titles removed from library shelves
Hong Kong Free Press, July 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/09/hong-kong-equality-groups-hold-book-exhibition-lgbtq-themed-childrens-titles-removed-library-shelves/

稱加入基本法委員會償心願 梁美芬:23條係好嘢 港人要珍惜 (Basic Law Committee member and legislator Priscilla Leung: Article 23 is good for Hongkongers)
The Stand News, July 9, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/指加入基本委員會償心願-梁美芬-23條係好嘢-港人要珍惜/

Pro-democracy activist Avery Ng denies inciting protesters outside Beijing’s liaison office, Hong Kong court hears
South China Morning Post, July 9, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2154482/pro-democracy-activist-avery-ng-denies

Over 30 UK parliamentarians urge British gov’t to raise concerns over Hong Kong freedoms
Hong Kong Free Press, July 9, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/09/30-uk-parliamentarians-urge-british-govt-raises-concerns-hong-kong-freedoms/

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30多名英國會議員聯署 促英外交部關注香港人權狀況 (UK Foreign Secretary urged to monitor human rights situation in Hong Kong)
The Stand News, July 9, 2018
http://thestandnews.com/international/30多名英國會議員聯署-促英外交部關注香港人權狀況/

Rights lawyers slam Hong Kong plans to tighten asylum procedures, calling proposals “wholly unreasonable”
South China Morning Post, July 7, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2154233/rights-lawyers-slam-hong-kong-plans-tighten

Education center with aim to promote Chinese national identity opens in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, July 7, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2154169/education-centre-aim-promote-chinese-national-identity-opens