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, March 15, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

Australian parliament refuses to label China’s Xinjiang actions as genocide
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2021

Uyghur Women Are China's Victims—And Resistance
Foreign Policy, March 12, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

Taiwan’s Referendum Mayhem
The Diplomat, March 15, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

女权主义者李翘楚女士今被正式批准逮捕 (Feminist activist Li Qiaochu is formally arrested today)
Weiquanwang, March 15, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

中国是如何影响德国出版商收回一童书的?(How does China influence German publisher to pull a children's book?)
Deutsche Welle, March 15, 2021

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese Feminist, Anti-Camps Campaigner Honored With Rights Prize
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong court approves bail for three more democrats facing national security charges
Hong Kong Free Press, March 15, 2021

Related:
National security law: Hong Kong judge revokes bail for two ex-lawmakers in subversion case
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2021

National security law: Hong Kong’s largest opposition party joins exodus from mass protest organiser Civil Human Rights Front
South China Morning Post, March 15, 2021

Activists in exile launch ‘2021 Hong Kong Charter’ solidarity movement to unite Hongkongers overseas
Hong Kong Free Press, March 15, 2021

Related:
2021 Hong Kong Charter
2021hongkongcharter, March 2021

Hong Kong elections reform: Beijing to reveal detailed plan for overhaul so changes to local laws can be completed ‘by May’
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2021

Hong Kong elections reform: why Beijing wants total control in Legislative Council and removal of risk and uncertainty
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2021

Related:
Video: ‘We must recalibrate’: Hong Kong opposition considers next move after arrests and political changes
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2021

China trying to ‘erode democratic elements’, ‘eliminate dissenting voices’ in Hong Kong with electoral reform, G7 says
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong’s ‘alarming political deterioration’ criticised in scathing EU annual report
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2021

Hong Kong: UK accuses China of breaching joint declaration
The Guardian, March 13, 2021

Related:
Ex-Taiwan president says One Country, Two Systems in Hong Kong is ‘history’ amid election overhaul
Hong Kong Free Press, March 15, 2021

Hong Kong campus protest documentary screening cancelled hours before showing following attack by pro-Beijing paper
Hong Kong Free Press, March 15, 2021

Hong Kong brain drain threat as nearly quarter of university-educated under-35s say they plan to quit city for work overseas
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2021

前賢學思政發言人任幹事長 浸大學生會內閣 6 人退選 失選舉資格 (6 Baptist University Students' Union cabinet members withdraw from election, relinquishing eligibility)
Stand News, March 13, 2021

理大衝突 警拘5人涉串謀暴動(5 more arrested over conspiracy to riot over PolyU protests in 2019)
Ming Pao, March 15, 2021

律政司國安檢控科負責人成謎 拒公開人手編制 消息指內部抽調人手組成 傳接觸退休高層回巢(Authorities refuse to disclose personnel of Dep’t of Justice’s national security division)
Stand News, March 15, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Ireland Reexamines Relations With China
Voice of America, March 13, 2021

美国在联合国人权理事会谴责中国虐待维吾尔和藏族人 (At UN Human Rights Council, U.S. condemns China for abuse of Uyghurs and Tibetans)
Voice of America, March 13, 2021

Related:
U.S. condemns China at UN rights forum for abuse of Uighurs, Tibetans”
Reuters, March 12, 2021/em>

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China asks Alibaba to curtail media assets: Report
Channel News Asia, March 15, 2021

Related:
Ant issues self-disciplinary rules, CEO resigns
SupChina, March 12, 2021

Five Chinese companies pose threat to U.S. national security: FCC
Reuters, March 12, 2021

How tech workers feel about China, AI and Big Tech’s tremendous power
Protocol, March 15, 2021

Commentary (评论)

Hong Kong election system overhaul reveals Beijing’s displeasure with the pro-establishment camp
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2021

Biden Goals Converge in Asia: Rebuilding Alliances and Countering China
拜登亚洲外交策略:重建盟友关系,联手对抗中国

The New York Times, March 15, 2021