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.

Monday, November 30, 2020

Xinjiang (新疆)

Uighurs: China rebuffs Pope's criticism as 'groundless'
British Broadcasting Corporation, November 25, 2020

維族學者與弟弟失聯4年 北京證實遭判刑9年 (Uyghur scholar learns that her brother, missing for 4 years, has been sentenced by authorities to 9-year sentence for “splittism”)
Deutsche Welle, November 30, 2020

Taiwan (台湾)

Exiled bookseller: 'If they can take Hong Kong back, the next place is Taiwan'
The Guardian, November 29, 2020

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China Looks Set to Prosecute Hong Kong 12 For 'Illegal Border Crossings'
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2020

Chinese Rights Activist Who Opposed Hong Kong Security Law 'Tortured'
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China should be 'totally ashamed': Scott Morrison demands China take down post
Sydney Morning Herald, November 30, 2020

China bars four US NGO workers from entry in Hong Kong tit-for-tat
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2020

Beijing Takes Its South China Sea Strategy to the Himalayas
延续南海策略,中国在喜马拉雅争议地区建村庄

The New York Times, November 30, 2020

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Privacy in China: the growth of facial recognition technology in the private sector raises concerns about security and identity
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong’s Courts Are Still Independent. Some Want to Rein Them In.
香港的司法体系还能保持独立多久?

The New York Times, November 30, 2020

Related:
戴啟思憂北京將猛攻香港司法系統 或修改《基本法》DQ法官 (Philip Dykes, head of Hong Kong Bar Association, fears Beijing will aggressively attack Hong Kong's judicial system or amend Basic Law to disqualify judges)
Stand News, November 26, 2020

Hong Kong student who suffered fatal injuries in car park fall near protest site last year was unlikely to have lost balance, inquest hears
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2020

Hong Kong liberal studies to be renamed and reformed – more China content, less focus on current affairs
Hong Kong Free Press, November 27, 2020

Related:
Hong Kong to rename liberal studies and require students visit mainland China under wide-reaching reforms to subject
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2020

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam defends liberal studies reform, and says subject was not meant to be debate exercise on current affairs
South China Morning Post, November 28, 2020

'Remarkably effective': Carrie Lam praises Hong Kong national security law
The Guardian, November 25, 2020

Related:
LIVE: Chief Exec. Carrie Lam’s Hong Kong Policy Address 2020 & press conference
Hong Kong Free Press, November 25, 2020

AP Interview: HK lawmaker says democracy fight needs rethink
Associated Press, November 29, 2020

‘Be water’ licence plate banned by Hong Kong Transport Dep’t as it ‘may cause danger’ to road users
Hong Kong Free Press, November 30, 2020

Carrie Lam interview: Hong Kong’s leader in her own words on protests, political turmoil and what next for the city
South China Morning Post, November 30, 2020

Commentary (评论)

No stone left unturned: The Basic Law Hongkongers thought they knew is being demolished
Hong Kong Free Press, November 28, 2020

What’s left of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council must show it can work for city’s interests
South China Morning Post, November 28, 2020

議員資格外,常委會決定值得注意的地方:中國憲法52和54條
Besides DQ, What Was Overlooked in NPCSC Decision
CitizenNews, November 26, 2020

Reports of Hong Kong’s Death Are Greatly Exaggerated
香港民主运动未死

The New York Times, November 26, 2020