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.

Friday, September 27, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

新疆再教育营入地二十米深 囚室内设六个铁笼 人如鸟兽 (Released Kazakhs recount details of Xinjiang’s camps: Cages, unidentified “vaccines,” facility built deep underground)
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2019

新疆人权危机后,下一个轮到回族了?(Hui Muslims worry they are next in line for Xinjiang-style human rights crisis)
Voice of America, September 27, 2019

Related:
‘Afraid we will become the next Xinjiang’: China's Hui Muslims face crackdown
NPR, September 26, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

因调查反习公民猝死看守所 中国维权律师谢阳被特警控制 (Rights lawyer Xie Yang detained for investigating death of dissident Wang Meiyu)
Voice of America, September 26, 2019

Related:
China: Order independent investigation into death in detention of Hunan activist
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, September 26, 2019

Police in China’s Guangxi order local residents to report for DNA sampling
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2019

Taiwanese man gets suspended jail term over radio broadcasts into China
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

Confucius Institutes and the corporate sector: An emerging avenue for Chinese Communist Party foreign influence?
Jamestown China Brief, September 26, 2019

The United Front Work Department assumes a diplomatic role
Jamestown China Brief, September 26, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Students clash on university campuses in Taiwan over Hong Kong protests
South China Morning Post, September 26, 2019

Related:
台灣發生大陸學生與支持反修例港生衝突 蔡英文表關注 (Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen condemns violence over Lennon Wall conflicts)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 26, 2019

After Uygur row, Chinese student group loses status at Canadian college
Inkstone, September 26, 2019

Pop star Faye Wong takes flack from all sides after singing a red song
Inkstone, September 26, 2019

As China forges ecological future, Tibetans relinquish nomadic past
Reuters, September 26, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

國務院扶貧辦:明年歷史性解決絕對貧困問題 (State Council poverty alleviation office announces 95% of poverty population will be lifted by end of 2019)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 27, 2019

Japan promotes China as bigger threat than nuclear-armed North Korea
Reuters, September 27, 2019

Tibetans forced to show ‘loyalty’ in run-up to China’s National Day
Radio Free Asia, September 26, 2019

Related:
No drones, drinking or dissent: China lays down law ahead of 70th anniversary
The Guardian, September 26, 2019

China issues position paper on China and the UN
Xinhua, September 26, 2019

Xi Signals a New Round of “Struggle” Against Foes in the Party
Jamestown China Brief, September 26, 2019

The Belt and Road Initiative adds more partners, but Beijing has fewer dollars to spend
Jamestown China Brief, September 26, 2019

Letter from Uganda: 5,000 miles from China, and yet not far at all
Christian Science Monitor, September 26, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Ant Financial, Tencent pull back from credit scoring business
Caixin, September 26, 2019

Short video platform Kuaishou widens its influencer crackdown
Tech Node, September 26, 2019

TikTok's local moderation guidelines ban pro-LGBT content
The Guardian, September 26, 2019

China’s ByteDance in talks to sell its overseas news app
The Information, September 25, 2019

What is WeChat? The super-app you can’t live without in China
SupChina, September 26, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

社福界由築一公里人鏈 傳「良心」到警總 促警正視尊重社工人道工作 (Social welfare workers form human chain to police headquarters urging respect for humanitarian work)
Stand News, September 27, 2019

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab calls on China to live up to Hong Kong obligations, but stops short of granting right of abode to BN(O) passport holders
South China Morning Post, September 27, 2019

林鄭首次落區 市民伊館「贈慶」促回應五大訴求 (“Five demands, not one less”: Protests last until midnight outside community dialogue venue),br> Inmediahk.net, September 26, 2019

Related:
Hong Kong leader’s ‘listening mode’ isn’t enough: Carrie Lam’s community dialogue session no substitute for accountability, change
Human Rights Watch, September 26, 2019

Carrie Lam comes face to face with angry Hong Kong residents at town hall
The New York Times, September 26, 2019

Hong Kong police give go-ahead for rally marking fifth anniversary of start of Occupy movement
South China Morning Post, September 26, 2019

US bill to punish Hong Kong officials strengthened as it passes in congressional committees, says student lobbying leader
Hong Kong Free Press, September 26, 2019

Related:
Beijing vows to retaliate after US’ Hong Kong human rights bill is approved by congressional committees
South China Morning Post, September 26, 2019

Hong Kong police make arrests at Sha Tin MTR station after brief skirmish
Hong Kong Free Press, September 26, 2019

Video shows Hong Kong democrat Roy Kwong being repeatedly punched and kicked by assailants in Tin Shui Wai
Hong Kong Free Press, September 26, 2019

BNP Paribas lawyer leaves bank after supporting HK protests; Jason Ng’s comments on social media provoked furious response from China
Financial Times, September 26, 2019

How Hong Kong protesters are defending their use of Nazi imagery
Quartz, September 26, 2019

Commentary (评论)

要說服和理非支持勇武抗爭,首先要瞭解他們持有的「道德潔癖」深層基礎是什麼 (Dissecting the “moral mysophobia” of peaceful protesters’ reactions to use of force by fellow protesters)
Stand News, September 26, 2019

特首在「對話」中的「回應」,正是抗爭不斷升級和繼續的原因 (Carrie Lam’s “response” in her “dialogue” is the reason why protests will continue)
Stand News, September 26, 2019

China’s demand for undivided loyalty is causing tragedy in Hong Kong
Economist, September 28, 2019

Why invoking Hong Kong’s oppressive, outdated Emergency Regulations Ordinance won’t stop the protest violence
South China Morning Post, September 27, 2019

Communist China’s painful human rights story
Council on Foreign Relations, September 26, 2019

Why Hong Kong’s Extradition Bill was the final straw
Amnesty International, September 26, 2019

The United States should help Mongolia stand up to China
Foreign Policy, September 26, 2019

Hong Kong, Kashmir, Palestine: Ruins of British empire on fire
Al Jazeera, September 26, 2019