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, September 30, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

China pushes back against Xinjiang criticism in event hosted by its UN delegation
South China Morning Post, September 30, 2021

‘There’s cameras everywhere’: testimonies detail far-reaching surveillance of Uyghurs in China
The Guardian, September 30, 2021

Tibet (西藏)

被判无期徒刑的藏族企业家多吉扎西自述酷刑细节(Tibetan entrepreneur Dorje Tashi, sentenced to life imprisonment, details torture in writing)
Weiquanwang, September 30, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

台湾陆委会修订两岸条例 严控关键技术人员前往大陆(Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council amends cross-strait regulations to strictly control key technicians’ travels to mainland)
Voice of America, September 30, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

河南维权人士李玉凤被控寻衅滋事罪今获刑4年(Henan rights defender Li Yufeng is sentenced to 4 years in prison for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble")
Weiquanwang, September 30, 2021

许志永“颠覆罪”起诉书被指“荣誉勋章” 人权律师常玮平再遭酷刑(Xu Zhiyong's “subversion” indictment, sealed by the prosecution, is leaked; rights lawyer Chang Weiping is tortured again)
Voice of America, September 30, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

China’s clampdown on pop culture: curbing unhealthy values… or boosting ideological control?
Agence France-Presse, September 30, 2021

教育语言大纲移除"尊重少数民族"条款 规定从小学汉语("Respect for ethnic minorities" is removed from gov’t-issued child development syllabus; added: “strengthen promotion of national language”)
Radio Free Asia, September 30, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

欧中战略对话 欧盟:人权是解决欧中分歧的关键(EU-China strategic dialogue: EU says human rights are key to resolving differences between Europe and China)
Radio Free Asia, September 29, 2021

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Decoding China’s latest World Internet Conference
Protocol, September 29, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

China Plans ‘Closed-Loop’ Bubble for Winter Olympics
北京冬奥会公布防疫政策,将实施闭环管理

The New York Times, September 30, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong passes new anti-doxxing law – violators face HK$1m fine and 5 years jail
Hong Kong Free Press, September 30, 2021

Related:
立會通過修例刑事化 賦權私隱專員移除社媒起底內容(LegCo passes new law to criminalize "doxxing"; privacy commissioner is empowered to request removal of "doxxing" contents online)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 30, 2021

Hong Kong seeks to resurrect legislation to further crush dissent
The Guardian, September 30, 2021

Hong Kong police to mobilise more than 8,000 officers for National Day
South China Morning Post, September 30, 2021

Defendant refuses to give evidence or summon witness at Hong Kong’s second national security trial
Hong Kong Free Press, September 30, 2021

Related:
‘Give me liberty or give me death’: T-shirts submitted as evidence at Hong Kong’s second national security trial
Hong Kong Free Press, September 30, 2021

Hong Kong national security law: 6 former Apple Daily executives face High Court trial with possible life sentences
South China Morning Post, September 30, 2021

7 charged with conspiring to incite subversion, incl. Hong Kong’s youngest national security defendant aged 15
Hong Kong Free Press, September 30, 2021

【支聯會案】鄒幸彤第 4 次被拒保釋 指懲教禁穿「 同抗爭 」「人民不會忘記」上衣出庭(Chow Hang-tung, former vice-chair of disbanded Hong Kong Alliance, is denied bail for the 4th time and forbidden to wear T-shirt with protest slogans in court hearing)
Stand News, September 30, 2021

嶺大:客席副教授羅永生、許寶強合約9月終結 羅永生:校方單方面終止合約(Lingnan University ends contracts of adjunct associate professors Lo Wing-sang and Hui Po-keung, citing "risk management")
Stand News, September 30, 2021

宣誓前夕 潘智鍵及王德源退出屯門社區網絡(District councilors Gary Poon and Wong Tak-yuen quit Tuen Mun Community Network before oath-taking)
inmedia.hk, September 30, 2021

Hong Kong’s ‘loyal critic’ faces tough test as Beijing targets media
Financial Times, September 30, 2021