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 26, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

父亲被抓,清真寺被拆,他们毁了我们最珍视的一切 (Father detained, mosques demolished: "They destroyed everything we valued," says Uyghur in U.S.)
Voice of America, November 26, 2019

UK calls for UN access to Chinese detention camps in Xinjiang
The Guardian, November 25, 2019

Related:
End hollow denials and give answers to victims of horrific Xinjiang abuses
Amnesty International, November 25, 2019

US security adviser says world silent on China camps
Washington Post, November 23, 2019

穆斯林被判囚22年死于教育营 尸体不给家属 (Jailed Uyghur Muslim dies in re-education camp, authorities withhold body from family)
Radio Free Asia, November 25, 2019

Netizen Voices: “Cultural Fusion Should Be Based On Mutual Consent”
China Digital Times, November 22, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

成都秋雨教案開審 長老覃德富自述:信仰無罪 ("Faith is not a crime": Church elder gives testimony in trial of Wang Yi, pastor of Early Rain Covenant Church)
Ming Pao, November 26, 2019

China’s relationship with Canada remains deadlocked as fate of detainees continues to cast a long shadow
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

Hong Kong’s shock election result shows how Beijing falls victim to its own propaganda
Quartz, November 25, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Drive a Wedge Into CCP’s Iron Rule With Freedom of Speech — An Interview With Hu Ping
China Change, November 23, 2019

Why China’s Cancer Patients Are Sharing Their Lives on Douyin
Sixth Tone, November 22, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China sets up Hong Kong crisis center in mainland, considers replacing chief liaison
Reuters, November 26, 2019

Taiwan’s ruling party calls China ‘enemy of democracy’ after whistleblower alleges meddling
Independent, November 25, 2019

In Hong Kong elections, big defeat for elites pressures Beijing to rethink approach
Washington Post, November 25, 2019

Fears raised for safety of defecting Chinese spy Wang Liqiang
The Guardian, November 25, 2019

Related:
Australia probes 'deeply disturbing' claims of China interference
Al Jazeera, November 25, 2019

人民日報:國際法不容美國對香港事務指手畫腳 (People's Daily says U.S. legislation on Hong Kong disregards human rights and violates international law)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 24, 2019

Former Hong Kong top cop Andy Tsang misses out on plum UN posting
South China Morning Post, November 23, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Hundreds return to Hong Kong’s streets to demand release of protesters trapped on PolyU campus
Hong Kong Free Press, November 26, 2019

Related:
拒解封理大 林鄭:包圍屬執法行動、須堅守法治 警談判成員合適時間才進校園 (Carrie Lam refuses to order police to retreat, says siege is law enforcement in operation)
Stand News, November 26, 2019

Hong Kong protests: police to send negotiators and psychologists to PolyU to convince holdouts to come out
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2019

'Little kittens': Hong Kong campus protest holdouts left isolated and fearful
Reuters, November 25, 2019

林鄭月娥指正考慮成立獨立檢討委員會檢視社會動盪成因 (Carrie Lam says she is considering an independent "review" committee to look into reasons for social unrest)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 26, 2019

Related:
Hong Kong District Council election: No concessions, but gov’t will reflect and improve, says Chief Exec. Carrie Lam
Hong Kong Free Press, November 26, 2019

蒙面黑衣人撐黃傘廣告被禁 產業署指內容可引起不安 何慶基:赤裸裸的政治刪禁 (Authorities ban poster of theatre performance depicting people with yellow umbrellas in ancient Japan)
Stand News, November 26, 2019

逾廿個國際人權組織去信巴切萊特 要求譴責港府及警隊 (Over 20 international human rights organizations issue joint statement to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urging condemnation on police and Hong Kong authorities)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 26, 2019

Related:
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Condemn Systematic Violations of Fundamental Freedoms in Hong Kong & Police Violence
Amnesty International, November 25, 2019

World’s Top Human Rights Official Must Uphold Her Mandate and Press for Human Rights Protection for the People of Hong Kong
Human Rights in China, November 22, 2019

廣告人發起 12.2 起罷工五日 冀其他行業響應向政府施壓 (Advertising industry to strike for five days from December 2, urges others to join)
Stand News, November 26, 2019

Hong Kong Doesn’t Have a Pro-China ‘Silent Majority’
The Atlantic, November 25, 2019

Related:
Meet 5 of Hong Kong’s Newest Politicians
The New York Times, November 25, 2019

‘Nonlethal weapons’ fired at protesters in Hong Kong, Chile and Iraq are having very dangerous — even deadly — effects
Washington Post, November 23, 2019

Commentary (评论)

What Xi Jinping Learned – And Didn’t Learn – From His Father About Xinjiang
The Diplomat, November 26, 2019

抗议的面孔
His Face Is Unmistakable. It Is the Face of Protest.
The New York Times, November 26, 2019

“新疆文件”证实了中国不想让我们知道的一切
China Didn’t Want Us to Know. Now Its Own Files Are Doing the Talking.
The New York Times, November 25, 2019

理工大學內不只有麵包,還有生命 (The lives and plain bread in PolyU)
The News Lens, November 25, 2019

People have spoken at polls and Carrie Lam must now respond in order to end crisis
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2019

Hong Kong’s protest crisis rages on and judicial independence is under fire, but where is our justice minister?
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2019

China’s systematic sabotage of the UN’s Human Rights Council
Bitter Winter, November 18, 2019