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.

Thursday, August 05, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

东亚会议上布林肯关切香港新疆问题,王毅发飙:你们死了这条心吧 (U.S. Blinken raises concern over Xinjiang, Hong Kong in East Asia Summit; PRC Foreign Minister Wang Yi: “Just give up already”)
Voice of America, August 5, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Calls Grow For Release of Chinese Citizen Journalist on Hunger Strike
Radio Free Asia, August 5, 2021

Court in China's Anhui Jails Rights Activist Over Foreign Funding
Radio Free Asia, August 4, 2021

长沙富能公益案之程渊被判刑5年有期徒刑(Cheng Yuan, Changsha anti-discrimination activist, is sentenced to 5 years in prison for "subversion of state power")
Weiquanwang, August 5, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

How a fake network pushes pro-China propaganda
BBC News, August 5, 2021

Related:
Revealed: coordinated attempt to push pro-China, anti-Western narratives on social media
Centre for Information Resilience, August 5, 2021

China launches campaign against ‘fake news’ as Beijing seeks to purify online information, targeting social media
South China Morning Post, August 5, 2021

Buoyed by rising nationalism, China’s keyboard warriors take aim at Olympic athletes
The Washington Post, August 5, 2021

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese Social Media Is Still A Social Force
Protocol, August 4, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

The Biden Administration’s China Sanctions Dilemma
The Diplomat, August 4, 2021

拜登下令对新冠病毒限期溯源 中共党报连刊文章批美政治病毒不得人心(Biden’s deadline on finding Covid-19 origin nears; People’s Daily launches attack on U.S. “political virus”)
Radio France Internationale, August 5, 2021

美国参议员在罕见的公开听证会上强调来自中国的国家安全威胁(U.S. senators stress national security threats from China in rare public hearing)
Radio France Internationale, August 5, 2021

Related:
Senators highlight national security threats from China during rare public hearing
The Hill, August 4, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Data privacy in China: Zhejiang province proposes rule to ‘destroy’ personal data collected during emergencies
South China Morning Post, August 5, 2021

Tencent resumes new user sign-ups on WeChat after ‘security upgrade’ last week
South China Morning Post, August 5, 2021

腾讯被中国官媒点名后股价大跌,市场如何变惊弓之鸟(Tencent share price plummets after being targeted by Chinese state media as markets jitter)
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 5, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong’s largest teachers’ union withdraws from Brussels-based federation amid criticism over joining foreign support for protests
South China Morning Post, August 5, 2021

Related:
教協宣佈退出職工盟 即時生效(Professional Teachers' Union quits Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 4, 2021

教協設中史文化工作組 前會長張文光任顧問 推動師生認識國情(Professional Teachers' Union sets up Chinese history and culture work group to motivate teachers and students to learn about China)
Ming Pao, August 4, 2021

Legal scholar Eric Cheung quits HKU governing body after student leaders barred from campus
Hong Kong Free Press, August 5, 2021

Vice-chair of June 4 vigil organiser wins bail at Hong Kong High Court
South China Morning Post, August 5, 2021

Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Massacre museum relaunches online after curators of ‘unauthorised’ physical site fined
Hong Kong Free Press, August 5, 2021

Hong Kong drops charges against Cantopop star and pro-democracy politician over election performance
Hong Kong Free Press, August 5, 2021

Centrist party finds it hard to pass first hurdle in Hong Kong’s new ‘patriots only’ political era
Hong Kong Free Press, August 5, 2021

Exclusive | China’s move to impose anti-sanctions law in Hong Kong will not be immediate as local legislation still needed: sources
South China Morning Post, August 5, 2021

Canada warns its citizens in Hong Kong about risk of China-style exit bans
Agence France-Presse, August 5, 2021