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, August 16, 2021

Tibet (西藏)

西藏七十年劫难 出逃藏人控诉不被当人看(Tibetans who fled detail being treated as less than human)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

端点星案两志愿者被拘禁近500天后获释(After nearly 500 days in prison, two volunteers convicted for backing up deleted reports and articles during COVID-19 are released)
Radio Free Asia, August 16, 2021

提“与病毒共存”有罪? 江西教师被拘十五天 张文宏挨批美国走狗(For suggestion to consider "living with the virus," Jiangxi teacher is detained for 15 days while infectious disease expert Zhang Wenhong is criticized as an American “running dog”)
Radio Free Asia, August 13, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

China should tighten its grip on video games that distort history, says the country’s top radio broadcaster
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2021

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

‘You follow the government’s agenda’: China’s climate activists walk a tightrope
The Guardian, August 16, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Chinese Media’s Conflicting Narratives on the Myanmar Coup
The Diplomat, August 14, 2021

South China Sea, Xinjiang muddy water of fishing subsidies debate as WTO faces ‘crucial test’
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

New draft of China’s personal information protection law adds restrictions on how apps collect personal data
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Organiser of mass Hong Kong demos Civil Human Rights Front disbands citing ‘unprecedented challenges’
Hong Kong Free Press, August 15, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong protests: as Civil Human Rights Front folds, police and Beijing warn legal troubles far from over
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2021

Hong Kong: Closure of prominent rights group signals worrying domino effect
Amnesty International, August 15, 2021

民陣宣布解散 約160萬元資產會捐給合適團體(Civil Human Rights Front to donate HK$1.6million worth of assets to suitable orgs following its disbandment)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 15, 2021

葉國謙認為民陣解散不代表香港今後沒有大型遊行(Executive Council member Ip Kwok-him believes disbandment of Civil Human Rights Front doesn't mean Hong Kong will no longer have mass protests)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 15, 2021

Explainer: A 48-year-old union gone in 11 days – how Hong Kong teachers lost a powerful voice
Hong Kong Free Press, August 15, 2021

Hong Kong’s Justice Sec. warns law societies to steer clear of politics after Chinese state media blasts barristers
Hong Kong Free Press, August 16, 2021

How Beijing Has Buried Hong Kong's Last Vestige of Democracy
The New York Times, August 15, 2021

Hong Kong Election Committee’s mainland China-linked ‘patriotic force’ likely to dampen influence of property tycoons
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2021

Analysis: How almost everyone running for Hong Kong’s new election committee will get a seat automatically
Hong Kong Free Press, August 14, 2021

Officers working with Hong Kong privacy watchdog won’t always need warrant to search phones or computers under doxxing law
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2021

Hong Kong must implement China’s anti-sanctions law but status as international business hub will be taken into account, finance chief Paul Chan says
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2021

港大新生註冊日 校方禁宣傳學生會 部分學會遮「SU」字眼(HKU freshmen registration day bans promotion of students’ union; some student societies hide “SU” wording)
Stand News, August 15, 2021

教育局資助幼稚園3000元買國旗及旗杆 盼增師生國家意識(Education Bureau funds kindergartens to purchase national flags and flagpoles to raise national consciousness)
Ming Pao, August 16, 2021

7.21元朗襲擊案 一白衣人暫控暴動明提堂(One more white-clad man charged for rioting over the 2019 Yuen Long mob attack)
Ming Pao, August 13, 2021

涉前年破壞交通燈 4人判囚4個月 1人入勞教中心(Four sentenced to 4 months in jail and one to correctional center for damaging traffic lights in the 2019 protests)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 16, 2021

王婆婆獄中親筆信:不會放棄我應該要做的事情(“Grandma Wong” in letter from prison: I won’t give up what I should do.)
Stand News, August 15, 2021

Commentary (评论)

The Tong Ying-kit case: First show trial of Hong Kong’s new mainland-style legal regime
Hong Kong Free Press, August 15, 2021

索罗斯:习近平已经将自己变成了独裁者(Soros: Xi Jinping has turned himself into a dictator)
Deutsche Welle, August 16, 2021

Related:
Xi’s Dictatorship Threatens the Chinese State
The Wall Street Journal, August 13, 2021

从吴亦凡到阿里巴巴, “我也是”与女权运动在中国取得进步?( From Kris Wu to Alibaba: "Me too" and the feminist movement have made progress in China?)
Voice of America, August 16, 2021