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, September 26, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

China wants the world to stay silent on Muslim camps. It’s succeeding.
The New York Times, September 25, 2019

Uyghur exile safely returns to Turkey after facing deportation to China from Moroccan authorities
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2019

TikTok – Yes, TikTok – is the latest window into China’s police state
Wired, September 25, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Shuping Wang, whistleblower who exposed China’s HIV/AIDS crisis, dies at 59
Washington Post, September 26, 2019

China says it is investigating ‘missing’ Taiwanese scholar Tsai Chin-shu on security grounds
Agence France-Presse, September 25, 2019

Related:
20年來推動兩岸交流、「藍到底」學者蔡金樹,遭證實危害中國「國家安全」被捕 (China confirms scholar Tsai Chin-Shu, missing since July 2018, was arrested in Xiamen for endangering national security)
The News Lens, September 25, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

Academic censorship, at home and abroad
China Digital Times, September 25, 2019

人民日報批評Twitter為「港獨」站台 (People’s Daily criticizes Twitter for “backing Hong Kong independence”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 25, 2019

Chinese government employees gripe about forced travel to North Korea
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2019

Can Taiwan control China’s keyboard warriors? Both want to crack down on online propaganda, but for different reasons
Financial Times, September 25, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

《逆權公民》社區放映遍地開花,當年韓國今日香港觀眾噙淚 (Hong Kong citizens organize community viewings of “1987: When the Day Comes” to learn from Korea’s experience)
Stand News, September 26, 2019

Exiled Hong Kong protesters forced to demonstrate from abroad
Deutsche Welle, September 25, 2019

【影片】反送中延燒台灣校園傳衝突:東吳、義守大學後,文化大學連儂牆也遭毀 (Mainland students in Taiwan’s Chinese Culture University attack supporters of Hong Kong protests over Lennon Wall)
The News Lens, September 26, 2019

Revisiting Tibetan self-immolations
China Digital Times, September 25, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Vietnam confronts China, alone: Hanoi has not found as much support as it hoped for despite its bold confrontation of Beijing in the South China Sea
The Diplomat, September 26, 2019

Related:
Vietnam closes bidding on highway project, refusing investments from China
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2019

Busts of leaders a hit in China's porcelain capital ahead of key anniversary
Reuters, September 25, 2019

Czech intelligence blames China for major cyber attack
Agence France-Presse, September 26, 2019

Will Washington agree on new Hong Kong human rights and democracy act?
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2019

China mobilizes the 'masses' to join nationwide security ops ahead of Oct. 1
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2019

抵制中国“恶性影响”,争取民主是21世纪关键之战 (U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan: Countering China’s “malignant influence” and striving for democracy are the key battles of the 21st century)
Radio Free Asia, September 25, 2019

A blueprint for consolidating power: China exports Xi Jinping Thought to Nepal
Eleven Myanmar, September 25, 2019

Marshall Islands confirms diplomatic support for Taiwan
Associated Press, September 25, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Revealed: how TikTok censors videos that do not please Beijing
The Guardian, September 25, 2019

China’s tech giants pledge allegiance ahead of national day
Inkstone, September 25, 2019

Court harnesses the social power of WeChat to shame debtors
Sixth Tone, September 25, 2019

Alibaba is testing a new social networking app, Real
TechNode, September 25, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Protesters make plans to ‘mourn’ National Day with marches, legally approved or not
South China Morning Post, September 26, 2019

Hong Kong Court of Appeals calls for immediate review of laws and policies that discriminate against same-sex relationships
South China Morning Post, September 26, 2019

Controversial Hong Kong website Dim Sum Daily linked to company owned by man wanted in Malaysia over 1MDB scandal
South China Morning Post, September 26, 2019

China envoy rules out more concessions to Hong Kong protesters ahead of Carrie Lam’s public ‘dialogue’
Agence France-Presse, September 26, 2019

Related:
Carrie Lam holds her first community dialogue and participants are banned from carrying umbrellas, gas masks and helmets as police keep a low profile
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2019

3封流亡台灣港人家書:「連儂牆前,我淚流滿面,但無法放聲大哭」 (Letters home from three protesters who fled to Taiwan)
The News Lens, September 25, 2019

【逆權運動】教師出題考「警黑勾結」成語 教局轟散播仇恨或釘牌 (Education Bureau addresses using of “police-triad collusion” idiom in language quiz, warns against teachers propagating “hate speech”)
Apple Daily, September 25, 2019

Private line linking to a Shenzhen court installed by a Hong Kong police intelligence division
Factwire, September 25, 2019

‘Grandpa Chan’ protest mediator says Hong Kong police pepper-sprayed him without warning
Hong Kong Free Press, September 25, 2019

13-year-old among several arrested at Mong Kok protest
Hong Kong Free Press, September 25, 2019

Related:
【睇片】防暴警凌晨太子拘捕多人 一青年被制服後仍遭警棍毆打 (Police arrest many at Prince Edward MTR station, beat protester after subduing him )
Stand News, September 25, 2019

Hong Kong protesters on meeting their housing dreams: yes, thank you, but we want genuine universal suffrage too
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2019

Commentary (评论)

It’s #MeToo and all of us: Hongkongers will not accept oppression, subjugation or sexual violence
Hong Kong Free Press, September 26, 2019

香港的“半民主”模式和“中间道路” (The Basic Law’s “half democracy” model for Hong Kong keeps us stuck in the “middle road”)
The New York Times, September 26, 2019

是兩極化還是一面倒? 當下香港民意的共識(文:李立峯)(Polarized or unanimous: What is the current consensus of the Hong Kong people?)
Ming Pao, September 26, 2019

香港騷亂的幾個問題(二):西方不再需要香港 (Questions on Hong Kong’s unrest: What happens when the West does not need Hong Kong anymore?)
The News Lens, September 26, 2019

匿名、素人、內部勢力:「無大台」運動中的即時資訊台 (Who are the anonymous “internal forces” providing instant information for the leaderless movement?)
The Initium, September 25, 2019

China Central Television: A long-standing weapon in Beijing’s arsenal of repression
The Diplomat, September 25, 2019

「光復香港」百日宣言
Liberate Hong Kong, The Hundredth Day Declaration: Our Resolute Fight for Universal Suffrage and Battle against State Violence)

Stand News, September 25, 2019