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, July 07, 2020

Xinjiang (新疆)

Uighur Exiles Push for Court Case Accusing China of Genocide
流亡维吾尔人向国际刑事法院控诉中国种族灭绝

The New York Times, July 7, 2020

Access to Information (公众知情权)

教宗方济各讲稿被删减 闭口不谈香港 (Pope Francis skips planned mention of Hong Kong in speech)
Deutsche Welle, July 7, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中共当局忧虑政权安全设立政治安全警察领导机构 (Concerned with regime security, CPC establishes police leadership agency for political security)
Voice of America, July 7, 2020

Related:
平安中国建设协调小组政治安全专项组第一次会议召开 (Building Ping’an (peaceful and safe) China Coordination Small-Group convenes first meeting of its political security team)
Procuratorate Daily, July 6, 2020

美众院外委会共和党人有关新冠疫情起源及中共角色的调查报告全文(U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member Michael McCaul discusses interim report released in June on origins of COVID-19 global pandemic and China’s role)
Voice of America, July 7, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong’s press freedom hits record low, amid fears of uncertainty over national security law
South China Morning Post, July 7, 2020

Related:
HRIC annotated bilingual chart of The Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Human Rights in China, July 5, 2020

記協:香港新聞自由已到危急存亡之秋 (Hong Kong Journalists Association: Press freedom in Hong Kong is in imminent danger)
CitizenNews, July 7, 2020

Related:
HKJA ANNUAL REPORT 2020 —FREEDOM IN DANGER
2020言論自由年報 危城下的自由
Hong Kong Journalists Association, July 7, 2020

Hong Kong national security law: citizenship not prerequisite for judges’ appointment to cases, minister says in clearest indication yet on issue
South China Morning Post, July 7, 2020

香港《国安法》:港府订立搜查监听细则引发更多质疑 (More questions emerge as Hong Kong gov’t releases the Operating Principles and Guidelines for Application for Authorization to Conduct Interception and Covert Surveillance)
BBC, July 7, 2020

Related:
Operating Principles and Guidelines for Application for Authorization to Conduct Interception and Covert Surveillance--Issued Pursuant to Section 20 of Schedule 6 of the Implementation Rules for Article 43 of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
關於進行截取及秘密監察的授權申請的運作原則及指引--依據《中華人民共和國香港特別行政區維護國家安全法第四十三條實施細則》附表6第20條而發出
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region Gazette, July 6, 2020

香港国安法细则出台 冻结私人财产引担忧 (Implementation Rules for Article 43 of the National Security Law raise concerns over freezing personal assets)
Radio Free Asia, July 6, 2020

陸委會譴責國安法實施細則 斥定義模糊 「極權政體無限擴權的思想審查」 (Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council condemns the Implementation Rules for Article 43 of the National Security Law as vague and overbroad thought censorship by a totalitarian regime with unlimited power)
The Stand News, July 7, 2020

國際網絡組織 Access Now 批國安法擴大警權 削弱人權 (Access Now, Internet freedom INGO, criticizes Implementation Rules of Article 43 of National Security Law for empowering police to weak human rights)
The Stand News, July 7, 2020

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

US could sanction Chinese social media apps over personal data concerns, Mike Pompeo says
South China Morning Post, July 7, 2020

TikTok to Withdraw From Hong Kong as Tech Giants Halt Data Requests
多家科技巨头暂停处理港府索取用户数据请求

The New York Times, July 7, 2020

TikTok’s Hong Kong exit isn’t a stand against Beijing’s internet censorship
Quartz, July 7, 2020

Apple under pressure to act after TikTok pulls out of Hong Kong
The Guardian, July 7, 2020

Commentary (评论)

國安法後的幾點變化 (A few changes in a post-National Security Law Hong Kong)
The Stand News, July 7, 2020

中國維權律師謝燕益:正道與良知不可戰勝 — 709 五周年記! (China rights defense lawyer Xie Yanyi on the 5th anniversary of 709 Crackdown: Righteousness and conscience are invincible)
The Stand News, July 7, 2020

Chen Jiangang: The Plight of Chinese Human Rights Lawyers
陈建刚律师:中国人权律师的处境
Human Rights in China, July 6, 2020