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 18, 2020

Xinjiang (新疆)

Clues to scale of Xinjiang labour operation emerge as China defends camps
The Guardian, September 18, 2020

US to consider bills linked to Xinjiang
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 18, 2020

Taiwan (台湾)

China flies 18 warplanes near Taiwan during US envoy’s visit
Associated Press, September 18, 2020

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Sichuan Rights Activist Allowed Video Call With Dying Mother
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2020

Access to Information (公众知情权)

Stricter censorship of Chinese theater to ‘promote’ cultural development
Apple Daily, September 18, 2020

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

中国异议艺术家巴丢草获哈维尔创意异议人士奖 (Chinese dissident artist Badiucao wins 2020 Václav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent)
Radio France Internationale, September 18, 2020

Related:
2020 Havel Prize Laureates from China, Saudi Arabia, and Rwanda Announced
Human Rights Foundation, September 17, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

The bruised city of Wuhan has become a showcase for China
The Economist, September 19, 2020

美众议院通过决议 谴责"中国病毒"等言论 (U.S. House of Representatives pass resolution condemning all forms of anti-Asian sentiment as related to COVID-19)
Deutsche Welle, September 18, 2020

Related:
H. RES. 908 (EH) - Condemning all forms of anti-Asian sentiment as related to COVID–19
U.S. Government Publishing Office, September 17, 2020

朝鲜族步内蒙后尘 汉化教育扩至东北三省 (Chinese language instruction extends to schools for Korean ethnic groups in Jilin, Heilongjiang, Liaoning)
Radio Free Asia, September 18, 2020

冯德莱恩: 中国迫害人权 欧盟推动马格尼茨基法案 (Ursula von der Leyen: China abuses human rights, EU should push for Magnitsky Act)
Radio Free Asia, September 17, 2020

Related:
State of the Union Address by President von der Leyen at the European Parliament Plenary
European Union, September 16, 2020

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Trump Administration to Ban TikTok and WeChat From U.S. App Stores
特朗普政府将在美国应用商店中封禁微信和TikTok

The New York Times, September 18, 2020

Related:
Commerce Department Prohibits WeChat and TikTok Transactions to Protect the National Security of the United States
U.S. Department of Commerce, September 18, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

Lawyer of detainee arrested at sea calls on prosecutors to grant access to his client, investigate ‘false claims’ by security officers
South China Morning Post, September 18, 2020

Bittersweet day for Hong Kong LGBT community as court rules in favour of inheritance rights between gay couple, but rejects foreign same-sex marriage bid
South China Morning Post, September 18, 2020

Australian judge steps down from Hong Kong court over new national security law
The Guardian, September 18, 2020

Related:
香港终院澳籍法官辞职 澳媒:与国安法有关 (Australian judge of Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal resigns over National Security Law)
Deutsche Welle, September 18, 2020

黎智英李柱銘等15人案件 明年2月起分4案審理 (Jimmy Lai, Martin Lee, and other 15 others will be tried in four separate cases beginning next February)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 18, 2020

Hong Kong Pro-democracy Activist Nathan Law Wins TIME’s 2020 TIME100 Reader Poll
Time, September 18, 2020

Commentary (评论)

As journalists are made to leave, Hong Kong’s global status will suffer
Hong Kong Free Press, September 18, 2020

每周时事分析:中国疫苗又要成为国际问题了?(Will China’s vaccines become another international problem?)
Financial Times, September 17, 2020

香港法治瀕危,法院尊嚴誰毀 (Hong Kong’s rule of law at risk; who will destroy the court’s dignity?)
inmediahk.net, September 18, 2020