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, December 24, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

“We are very scared”: Chinese Muslims in Ningxia fear they are next for internment camps
The Telegraph, December 21, 2018

Indonesian Muslims protest China’s detention of Uyghurs
Associated Press, December 21, 2018

Popular Uyghur comedian disappears, believed detained
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2018

Beijing slams reports of forced labor in Muslim detention camps
The Telegraph, December 21, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China’s death penalty is popular and releasing data will fuel calls for more executions, judge says
Reuters, December 21, 2018

Tiananmen Square protest leader charged with subversion in China's Guangxi
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2018

加强维稳 广东驱逐异议人士
Dissidents forced to leave China's Guangdong in “stability maintenance” crackdown
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

Chinese tech under the microscope: U.S. agencies step up reviews of research activity on American campuses
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Hong Kong Christians don all black in show of support for mainland Chinese believers facing crackdown ahead of Christmas
South China Morning Post, December 23, 2018

Related:
China's campaign against Christmas makes celebrating a difficult choice for citizens
Global Voices, December 22, 2018

The crackdown on Chengdu Early Rain Covenant Church: A backgrounder
China Change, December 21, 2018

Translation: Monitoring and harassment of Renda workers’ rights group
China Digital Times, December 21, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s State Council makes big changes as heads of nine of 15 agencies are replaced in 2018
South China Morning Post, December 23, 2018

Canada presses China on “arbitrary” detention of citizens
The New York Times, December 22, 2018

Related:
加拿大强烈要求中国放人 美英欧盟齐齐声援 (Canada demands release of detained citizens in China, with support from U.S., U.K., EU)
Voice of America, December 22, 2018

桂林一对夫妻违反“限制消费令”,儿子被迫转学 (Guilin student forced to change schools because education fees violated parents’ “expenses limitations” under social credit blacklist)
The Paper, December 22, 2018

China boosts childcare and maternal health services in bid to lift birth rate
South China Morning Post, December 21, 2018

China says “resolutely opposes” new U.S. law on Tibet
Reuters, December 20, 2018

Related:
President Trump signs Tibet Reciprocity Act into law
Radio Free Asia, December 21, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

英電訊三巨頭 續用華為鋪5G網 「3英國」簽約200億 軍情六處認陷兩難 (U.K.’s 3 telecom giants proceed with Huawei 5G plan)
Ming Pao, December 24, 2018

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

Exclusive: China hacked HPE, IBM and then attacked clients - sources
Reuters, December 21, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

稱團隊早思輪住選立會 朱凱廸:做不到議員做議助 (“If not legislator, then assistant,” says Eddie Chu in face of possible further disqualification in 2020)
Ming Pao, December 24, 2018

Taiwanese heavy metal band Chthonic led by pro-independence lawmaker cancels Hong Kong show over work visa issue
South China Morning Post, December 22, 2018

Related:
台湾闪灵乐队不能入境 盘点近期被香港拒签的那些人 (A summary of Hong Kong’s visa denials as Taiwan’s “Chthonic” band barred from entering for concert performance)
BBC News, December 24, 2018

Bar Assoc. urges prosecutors to review decision to drop corruption case against ex-Hong Kong leader CY Leung
Hong Kong Free Press, December 22, 2018

Related:
【UGL事件.短片】民主派稱1200人遊行促鄭若驊交代不檢控梁振英原因 警:高峰時525人 (Protestors march to demand Department of Justice explain decision not to prosecute CY Leung)
Ming Pao, December 23, 2018

Four who attacked ex-lawmaker Nathan Law jailed immediately as judge dismisses “frivolous and vexatious” appeal
Hong Kong Free Press, December 21, 2018

鄭若驊住宅僭建 刑事檢控專員指證據不足不起訴 僅控丈夫潘樂陶 (Secretary of Justice not prosecuted for unauthorized building works for insufficient evidence, only husband charged)
The Stand News, December 21, 2018

Commentary (评论)

中共正在改变改革开放的历史叙事 (CPC is rewriting the history of Reform and Opening Up)
The New York Times, December 24, 2018

Dear Xi Jinping, Hong Kong people are quite gullible…
Hong Kong Free Press, December 23, 2018

China’s Canadian hostages
The New York Times, December 23, 2018

Muslim cleansing: A global pandemic?
Al Jazeera, December 22, 2018

专访艾未未: 人权像空气和水分 (Interview with Ai Weiwei: Human rights are like air and water)
Deutsche Welle, December 21, 2018

A look back at China in 2018
ChinaFile, December 21, 2018