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, December 29, 2020

Access to Justice (司法公正)

EU demands China release citizen reporter Zhang Zhan and 12 Hong Kong activists detained at sea
South China Morning Post, December 29, 2020

联合国人权高专办:深切关注张展获刑 继续呼吁将她释放 (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights calls for Zhang Zhan’s release: Deeply concerned by 4-year prison sentence)
Radio France Internationale, December 28, 2020

Access to Information (公众知情权)

武汉疫情记录者张展:“我无法后退,因为这个国家不能后退” (Zhang Zhan, chronicler of Wuhan epidemic: “I can't retreat, because this country must not go retreat”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 29, 2020

China Covid-19: How state media and censorship took on coronavirus
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 29, 2020

中文播客游走在审查边缘 (Podcasters in China are walking on the edge of censorship)
Voice of America, December 29, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

Shenzhen court to deliver verdict on Hong Kong fugitives on Wednesday morning, while Chinese embassy slams British foreign secretary’s ‘secret trial’ concerns
South China Morning Post, December 29, 2020

Related:
Hong Kongers charged in China plead guilty, relatives told
Washington Post, December 29, 2020

Explainer | With judgment still pending, here’s what we know about the 12 Hong Kong fugitives detained in Shenzhen
South China Morning Post, December 29, 2020

歐盟要求中國立即釋放12名港人
EU demands China release 12 detained Hongkongers
Radio Television Hong Kong, December 29, 2020

China: Statement by the Spokesperson on the trial of 10 Hong Kongers
European Union, December 29, 2020

Hong Kong teenager jailed for China flag insult
The Guardian, December 29, 2020

Jimmy Lai resigns as chairman of Apple Daily’s publisher Next Digital as he awaits trial for breaching security law
South China Morning Post, December 29, 2020

Hong Kong District Councillor series: Gov’t is waging ‘total war’ but we must keep fighting, says Kwong Po-yin
Hong Kong Free Press, December 29, 2020

Commentary (评论)

Hong Kong's democracy movement was crushed in 2020. But the spirit of resistance survives
The Guardian, December 29, 2020