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.

Thursday, October 04, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Vaccine campaigner detained on Tiananmen Square after protest of “despair”
Radio Free Asia, October 3, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/vaccine-campaigner-detained-on-tiananmen-square-10032018115317.html

Interview: “They detained her because she had studied Islam in a foreign country”
Radio Free Asia, October 3, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/detention-10032018160139.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

瑞典记者:中国如何抹黑桂民海 (Swedish reporter explains China’s smear campaign on captured bookseller Gui Minhai)
Radio Free Asia, October 3, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hx-10032018101453.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

“They are not livestock but people with rights”: Kazakh families torn apart in China’s Xinjiang crackdown
Agence France-Presse, October 4, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/10/04/not-livestock-people-rights-kazakh-families-torn-apart-chinas-xinjiang-crackdown/

Hong Kong bishop fears Chinese Catholic “suppression” to continue despite Vatican pact
Reuters, October 3, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-vatican-hongkong/hong-kong-bishop-fears-chinese-catholic-suppression-to-continue-despite-vatican-pact-idUSKCN1MD0YS?

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Pence speech to string together a narrative of Chinese aggression
The New York Times, October 3, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/03/us/politics/china-pence-trade-military-elections.html

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Data in China is safe, says Apple
Agence France-Presse, October 4, 2018
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=200809&sid=6&sid=6

ZTE will be monitored by U.S. compliance officer for two extra years for breaking probation, judge orders
Reuters, October 4, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2166879/zte-will-be-monitored-us-compliance-officer-two-extra-years

Hong Kong (香港)

Top Beijing official delays retirement to help rein in pro-independence calls in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, October 4, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2166735/top-beijing-official-delays-retirement-help-rein-pro

Hong Kong NGOs to highlight China’s suppression of lawyers, labour groups at United Nations
Hong Kong Free Press, October 3, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/10/03/hong-kong-ngos-highlight-chinas-suppression-lawyers-labour-groups-united-nations/

Related:
香港多个团体将赴联合国 吁关注中国人权状况倒退 (Hong Kong civil society organizations to attend pre-session of China’s UPR, call for attention on deterioration of human rights conditions in China)
Voice of America, October 3, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-ngos-will-attend-pre-session-of-un-commission-meeting-20181003/4597995.html

“Democracy wall” covered up again as PolyU president hits out at student union for arbitrarily changing rules regarding Hong Kong independence messages
South China Morning Post, October 3, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2166766/democracy-wall-covered-again-polyu-president-hits-out

Politician “Long Hair” to appeal conviction for 2015 protest against Carrie Lam despite escaping jail term
Hong Kong Free Press, October 3, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/10/03/politician-long-hair-appeal-conviction-2015-protest-carrie-lam-despite-escaping-jail-term/

Commentary (评论)

After the National Party’s ban and new calls for Article 23 legislation, Demosisto should watch its back
South China Morning Post, October 3, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2166760/after-national-partys-ban-and-new-calls-article-23

China is treating Muslims like drug addicts
Foreign Policy, October 3, 2018
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/03/china-is-treating-muslims-like-drug-addicts/

One Hong Kong railway station, two Chinese systems
Financial Times, October 2, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/150d76c6-c631-11e8-ba8f-ee390057b8c9

Belt and Road is globalisation with Chinese characteristics
Financial Times, October 2, 2018
https://www.ft.com/content/3c437b42-c6f8-11e8-ba8f-ee390057b8c9