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, September 28, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

报告:多名维吾尔商人资产被拍卖 法律依据不明 (Report: China auctions assets of multiple Uyghur businesspeople on unclear legal basis)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2021

Related:
Under the Gavel: Evidence of Uyghur-owned Property Seized and Sold Online
Uyghur Human Rights Council, September 24, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

A veteran Hong Kong Wikipedia editor: “Wikipedia's policies are vulnerable to authoritarian abuse”
GlobalVoices, September 28, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

American Siblings Barred From Leaving China for 3 Years Return to U.S.
被中国禁止离境三年后,美籍华裔姐弟返回美国

The New York Times, September 28, 2021

至少115名加拿大人仍被中国关押 专家吁渥太华关注 (At least 115 Canadians are still detained in China; expert urges Ottawa to follow their cases)
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2021

China’s Vow to Reduce Abortions Sparks Public Worries
中国承诺减少“非医学需要的”堕胎,引发公众担忧

The New York Times, September 28, 2021

中國監管措施不斷出台,老百姓擔心受怕、還得閃躲眼睛比雷達敏銳的「西城大媽」 (Chinese citizens not only struggle under the new flood of regulations, but also need to dodge neighborhood watchers’ radar)
Central News Agency, September 28, 2021

Power Outages Hit China, Threatening the Economy and Christmas
中国多地限电停电:为何会出现电力短缺?

The New York Times, September 28, 2021

北约与北京对话 对发展核武器和军事现代化不透明表达忧虑 (NATO expresses concerns over China's lack of transparency on nuclear weapons development, military modernization)
Voice of America, September 28, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong’s second national security trial opens with defendant accused of repeatedly calling for independence
Hong Kong Free Press, September 28, 2021

Hong Kong national security law: at least 8 opposition district councillors facing questions over oath comply with official inquiries
South China Morning Post, September 27, 2021

‘Absolute loyalty’: 36,000 Hong Kong electoral workers to undergo political vetting in upcoming legislative race
Hong Kong Free Press, September 28, 2021

Hong Kong’s special inspector raids Next Digital’s office to seize financial records in its probe into publisher of defunct Apple Daily
South China Morning Post, September 28, 2021

‘‘Heaviest sentence yet’ in Hong Kong doxxing case, but site targeting democrats, journalists still online
Hong Kong Free Press, September 28, 2021

‘Back on track’: Hong Kong finance chief accuses US of fomenting 2019 protests, hails national security law
Hong Kong Free Press, September 28, 2021

China Says Hong Kong Crackdown 'Must Continue' After Vigil Organizer Disbands
Radio Free Asia, September 27, 2021

Former Hong Kong leader CY Leung loses High Court bid to name teachers guilty of professional misconduct over 2019 protests
South China Morning Post, September 28, 2021

曾遭警斥漫畫「抹黑」 黃照達《明報》專欄易名轉繪療癒故事(After police call his satirical political comics “smears,” Justin Wong turns to stories of healing)
Stand News, September 28, 2021

Commentary (评论)

China Is Choking Civil Society at the United Nations
Foreign Policy, September 27, 2021

Video: Hong Kong should lift its ‘ridiculous’ limit on public gatherings
South China Morning Post, September 28, 2021