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 26, 2020

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese academic at Japan university detained by China for spying
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2020

Access to Information (公众知情权)

User Data Stolen From Weibo, Prompting Chinese Regulatory Probe
SupChina, March 25, 2020

中国或倾力消灭武汉肺炎词 涉清删旧日官报遗迹包括英文稿 (China may try to eliminate “Wuhan pneumonia” phrase, removing traces in past editions of state-controlled newspapers including in English)
Radio France Internationale, March 26, 2020

记者无疆界:中国若有新闻自由或能避免新冠大流行 (Reporters Without Borders: If China had freedom of the press, it could have avoided coronavirus pandemic)
Radio France Internationale, March 26, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

COVID-19: Governments must promote and protect access to and free flow of information during pandemic – International experts

UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, March 19, 2020
Related:
国际专家联合声明:各国政府必须促进和保护在2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行病期间信息的获取和自由流通 (COVID-19: Governments must promote and protect access to and free flow of information during pandemic – International experts)
Human Rights in China (translation), March 25, 2020
China to suspend entry of foreigners with visas, residence permits due to coronavirus
National Post, March 26, 2020
学者:武汉或有近六成感染病例未被发现 (Scholar: Nearly 60% of infected cases in Wuhan have not been detected)
Deutsche Welle, March 26, 2020
新冠已回零 他们仍失联 (The novel coronavirus infected cases have reached zero, but citizen reporters are still missing)
Deutsche Welle, March 26, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong protests: opposition politician arrested under colonial-era offence of sedition after Facebook post about police officer
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2020

Beijing’s expulsion of US journalists has only deepened distrust among Hongkongers
Hong Kong Free Press, March 26, 2020

中西區主席鄭麗琼被捕 逾百區議員警署外聲授 許智峯斥公報私仇 (More than 100 legislators gather at Police Headquarters to protest arrest of chair of Central and Western District Council Cheng Lai-king arrested, Democrat Ted Hui Chi-fung slams act of revenge)
inmediahk.net, March 26, 2020

聯合國批評煽動罪定義太闊,多次促港府修例 (UN criticizes overbroad definition of sedition, urges revision by HK govt )
inmediahk.net, March 26, 2020