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, February 11, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

Revealed: 17 Australian residents believed detained in China's Uyghur crackdown
The Guardian, February 10, 2019

Blackwater’s Erik Prince, China and a new controversy over Xinjiang
Bloomberg, February 10, 2019

新疆“再教育营”:维吾尔音乐家死亡 土耳其要求中国关闭拘留中心
Turkey demands China close camps after reports of musician's death
BBC News, February 10, 2019

Related:
Watch: The musician Turkey mourns in its protest of China’s Uyghur detention camps
Quartz, February 10, 2019

Turkey urges China to end mass detention of Muslims
The New York Times, February 10, 2019

No halal please: Meet China’s pig vigilantes
South China Morning Post, February 9, 2019

新疆人权危机阴影下,美国企业赚钱忙 (U.S. companies busy making money amid Xinjiang human rights crisis)
Voice of America, February 9, 2019

Uzbekistan urged not to hand ethnic Kazakh over to China
Reuters, February 8, 2019

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中国政府试图越境拘捕新疆商人 (China attempts to arrest Kazakh businessman outside borders)
Radio Free Asia, February 8, 2019

China secretly transferring Uyghur detainees from Xinjiang to Shaanxi, Gansu province prisons
Radio Free Asia, February 8, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

国际特赦:维权律师江天勇或遭酷刑 (Amnesty International: Jiang Tianyong likely tortured in jail)
Voice of America, February 8, 2019

Wife of jailed Chinese rights lawyer takes protest to Supreme Court
Radio Free Asia, February 8, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

China entertainment endures “bitter winter” after crackdowns
Agence France-Presse, February 11, 2019

Translation: Zhang Qianfan on academic censorship
China Digital Times, February 8, 2019

China's multi-billion dollar media campaign “a major threat for democracies” around the world
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, February 8, 2019

Related:
Beijing’s global media drive a “threat for democracies”
China Digital Times, February 8, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

劳工维权给习近平的“中国梦”蒙上阴影
Workers’ activism rises as China’s economy slows; Xi aims to rein them in
The New York Times, February 11, 2019

Visa for exiled Tiananmen activist to return home for father’s funeral cancelled hours after it was issued
Hong Kong Free Press, February 9, 2019

The death and revival of independent film in China
Variety, February 7, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China supports Russia’s persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Bitter Winter, February 10, 2019

首宗「一帶一路」項目鬧上香港法庭 招商局港口被指無視特許經營權吉布地建新碼頭
Legal battle for control of Djibouti ports comes to Hong Kong
Factwire, February 10, 2019

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【一帶一路】傳真社:迪拜世界入稟高院控招商局港口 違反港口特許經營權 (Factwire: Belt and Road project in Djibouti challenged in Hong Kong courts; Chinese state owned company sued by port operator for causing revocation of port exclusivity rights)
Ming Pao, February 10, 2019

China link possible in cyber attack on Australian Parliament computer system, ABC understands
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, February 8, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

The Internet, divided between the U.S. and China, has become a battleground
Wall Street Journal, February 9, 2019

Related:
5G economics: Is the Internet in danger of splitting?
Al Jazeera, February 9, 2019

Huawei deals for tech will have consequences, U.S. warns EU
Bloomberg, February 8, 2019

Related:
Huawei threatens lawsuit against Czech Republic after security warning
The New York Times, February 8, 2019

China-EU 5G research project to continue despite growing concerns about Huawei
South China Morning Post, February 10, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong doctors join localist protest against one-way permit scheme, as mainland migrant influx blamed for stretched hospitals
South China Morning Post, February 10, 2019

Related:
To mainland Chinese “Hong Kong drifters,” the allure of becoming a permanent resident in the city is fading
South China Morning Post, February 9, 2019

Explainer: Why doctors and nurses say Hong Kong’s health system is sick
Hong Kong Free Press, February 9, 2019

Hong Kong protesters call for better elderly, land and labour policy on third day of Lunar New Year
Hong Kong Free Press, February 8, 2019

Commentary (评论)

Shopping with friends, and fracas, in China's Xinjiang
Sydney Morning Herald, February 10, 2019

焦点对话:中国监控领先世界,一人两个摄像头?(“Pro and Con”: China leads world in surveillance, 2 cameras watching each person)
Voice of America, February 9, 2019

The road out of poverty and to gender equality in Hong Kong starts at school
South China Morning Post, February 9, 2019

ChinaFile conversation: Where is China’s foreign policy headed?
ChinaFile, February 8, 2019

Beijing’s Olympics paved the way for Xinjiang’s camps
Foreign Policy, February 8, 2019