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, November 06, 2018

UPR of China(联合国对中国的普遍定期审议)

人权审议 中国如何应对新疆再教育营问题 (Universal Periodic Review: How will China face questions on Xinjiang re-education camps)
BBC News, November 5, 2018

中国国家人权报告:人权事业以习近平思想为指导 (China’s national human rights report: human rights affairs to be led by Xi Jinping thought)
Voice of America, November 6, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

In China's Xinjiang, surveillance is all pervasive
Al, Jazeera, November 6, 2018

Xinjiang authorities detain prominent Uyghur philanthropist
Radio Free Asia, November 5, 2018

Xinjiang’s re-education and securitization campaign: Evidence from domestic security budgets
Jamestown Foundation, November 5, 2018

Xinjiang’s re-education and securitization campaign: Evidence from domestic security budgets
Jamestown Foundation, November 5, 2018

Inside China’s campaign against the Uyghurs
Globe and Mail, November 4, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese activist Huang Qi will die in custody if denied medical treatment – rights groups
Agence France-Presse, November 5, 2018

Related:
Detained, ailing Chinese activist faces neglect, death in police detention: Groups
Radio Free Asia, November 5, 2018

709案:王全璋妻痛批法官“故意违法” (Li Wenzu, wife of jailed 709 lawyer Wang Quanzhang, criticizes judge for intentionally breaking the law)
Radio Free Asia, November 5, 2018

Related:
709王全璋妻子李文足给法官林崑、周虹的一封信 (Open letter from Li Wenzu to judges of Wang Quanzhang’s case)
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, November 5, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

Beijing now able to flag Weibo posts as “rumor”
Financial Times, November 4, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Activists urge deep scrutiny of China at UN rights gathering this week
Reuters, November 4, 2018

In China, female pilots strain to hold up half the sky
Reuters, November 6, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

北京建网上政务服务总门户 年底前九成事项可网上办 (90 percent of governmental services could be done online in Beijing by end of 2018)
Beijing News, November 6, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Tencent to require all gamers to verify their identities with police database from next year
South China Morning Post, November 5, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

外国记者遭驱逐,香港未来蒙上阴影
Journalist’s expulsion casts shadow on Hong Kong’s future
The New York Times, November 5, 2018

Electronic tracking system set to help Hong Kong police counter detainees harm themselves in custody
South China Morning Post, November 6, 2018

Commentary (评论)

UN: Denounce China’s abuses in Xinjiang
Human Rights Watch, November 5, 2018

大眾傳媒如何塑造一個族群的標籤 (How popular media sculpts group-labelling)
The Stand News, November 5, 2018