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, March 05, 2020

Xinjiang (新疆)

The Coronavirus In Xinjiang — ‘Auxiliary Police To Visit Each Household’
Sup China, March 4, 2020

Access to Justice (司法公正)

1226案(厦门聚会案)通报8:北京公安承认许志永在他们手中 网上大举抹黑 (As Xu Zhiyong is smeared online, Beijing police admit they have him)
Weiquanwang, March 5, 2020

被“首富黑老大”收买的省高院原副院长,开除党籍 (Former vice president of Shanxi provincial high court known for taking bribes from “the richest triad boss” is expelled from the Party)
Beijing News, March 5, 2020

Access to Information (信息公开)

武汉疫情惊疑 治愈病人出院复发猝死 消息尽删 (“Cured” coronavirus patient suddenly dies in relapse, all related news deleted)
Radio France Internationale, March 5, 2020

陈秋实友人徐晓东披露被当局噤声 (Authorities muzzle family of disappeared citizen journalist Chen Qiushi who police claim is under 4-week quarantine)
Voice of America , March 5, 2020

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China’s Proposed Immigration Changes Spark Xenophobic Backlash Online
The Diplomat, March 5, 2020

中国首席生化武器专家陈薇亲试第一支新冠肺炎疫苗造假照中国疯传 (Photo of faked story about China's chief biochemical weapon expert personally trying the first new coronavirus vaccine goes viral)
Radio France Internationale, March 5, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Tibetan language learning eroded under China's 'bilingual education': rights group
Reuters, March 5, 2020

Coronavirus: China struggling to deal with mountain of medical waste created by epidemic
South China Morning Post, March 5, 2020

北京将立法,禁止买卖食用野生动物 (Beijing to legislate against wildlife trade and consumption)
Beijing News, March 5, 2020

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

新冠疫情中国线上上课 创新与屏蔽及封网进行时 (Teachers censored for posting "inappropriate pictures" in teaching online course on coronavirus outbreak)
Radio France International, March 5, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong TV channels no longer required to air programmes from public broadcaster RTHK
Hong Kong Free Press, March 5, 2020

Related:
【免費台不播港台節目】民主派議員斥通訊局「政治封殺」 促政府重新考慮 (Pro-democracy legislators slam Communications Authority for "political persecution" over decision to retract requirement that TV channels must air RTHK programs)
Stand News, March 4, 2020

免費電視台毋須播港台節目 呂秉權:針對港台是策略 傳媒清洗報復正進行 (Reprisal and censorship targeting Hong Kong media underway, warns veteran Bruce Lui over decision on RTHK)
Stand News, March 4, 2020

警方再去信港台投訴「驚方訊息」 指內容令人誤解警隊 (Police send second complaint to Communications Authority, claiming satirical RTHK show "causes the public to misunderstand the police force")
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 4, 2020

Coronavirus: Hong Kong group hands out masks donated by Shenzhen government but recipients are required to provide contact details online
South China Morning Post, March 5, 2020

Coronavirus: as food runs low, calls to speed up help for Hong Kongers stranded in Hubei province increase
South China Morning Post, March 5, 2020

醫管局員工陣線指局方臨床資訊反覆 前線醫護無所適從 (Hospital workers union criticizes the lowering of standards for bedside work in guidelines)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 4, 2020

外籍牧師主持同性婚姻儀式被捕 申司法覆核 今遭高院駁回 須付訟費 (Pastor of pro-LGBT church, arrested after holding marriage ceremony for same-sex couple, has application for judicial review rejected)
Stand News, March 4, 2020

PTU增1500人 消息:防暴隊常規化 (Police to hire 1500 more PTU officers, equivalent to regularizing riot police to handle protests)
Ming Pao, March 3, 2020

鄧炳強:運動至今共拘逾 7700 人 四成是學生 刑事毁壞案逾半犯案人未成年 (Over 40% of 7,700 protest arrests are students, and half of criminal =cases involving damage to property involve underage arrestees, police says)
Stand News, March 2, 2020

Commentary (评论)

时事大家谈:疫情蔓延全球,世界应该“感谢中国”吗?(Current Affairs: Should the world “thank China” for spreading coronavirus globally?)
Voice of America , March 6, 2020

Scrap the IPCC – we need a police complaints body Hongkongers can trust
Hong Kong Free Press, March 5, 2020

《消失的真相,消失的公義》——警察暴力缺乏問責將為動盪火上加油 (Hong Kong: Missing Truth, Missing Justice -- The Case And International Legal Framework For The Establishment Of A Commission Of Inquiry Into The 2019 Protests (summary))
Amnesty International, March 5, 2020

Related:
Hong Kong: Missing Truth, Missing Justice -- The Case And International Legal Framework For The Establishment Of A Commission Of Inquiry Into The 2019 Protests (full report)
Amnesty International, March 5, 2020