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, December 09, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

House Votes to Impose Forced Labor Ban on Goods Made in Xinjiang
美国众议院通过法案,全面禁止进口新疆产品

The New York Times, December 9, 2021

Related:
US House passes bill to ban imports made by Xinjiang forced labour
South China Morning Post, December 9, 2021

Uyghurs subjected to genocide by China, unofficial UK tribunal finds
The Guardian, December 9, 2021

Related:
维吾尔族法庭:北京犯有种族灭绝罪(The Uyghur Tribunal: Chinese gov’t is committing genocide)
Deutsche Welle, December 9, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Group of Chevening scholars call on China to release detained #MeToo, labour activists
South China Morning Post, December 9, 2021

民主人士陈云飞以“强制猥亵罪”被判刑四年 外界哗然(Democracy activist Chen Yunfei’s 4-year sentence for "indecency" causes public uproar)
Radio Free Asia, December 8, 2021

Access to Information (公众知情权)

2021年中国监禁记者人数全球居冠(China tops world in number of journalists imprisoned in 2021)
Deutsche Welle, December 9, 2021

Related:
Number of journalists behind bars reaches global high
Committee to Protect Journalists, December 9, 2021

被监禁新闻工作者人数又创新高
Committee to Protect Journalists, December 9, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Xi Jinping’s New World Order
Foreign Affairs, January/February 2022

China Wants to Rule the World by Controlling the Rules
The Atlantic, December 9, 2021

Xi Jinping wants lawyers in China to ‘follow and embrace’ the Communist Party’s leadership
South China Morning Post, December 9, 2021

中国特色的人权日:维权人士出门遭限(Human Rights Day with Chinese characteristics: Rights defenders are barred from going out)
Deutsche Welle, December 9, 2021

2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (2022北京冬奥)

Canada and Britain join diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics, amid human rights concerns
South China Morning Post, December 9, 2021

Related:
Countries boycotting Beijing Olympic will ‘pay the price,’ China warns
Agence France-Presse, December 9, 2021

北京冬奥会遭多国外交抵制,中国当局“可能会为面子”作出反制(As Beijing Winter Olympics faces diplomatic boycott by many countries, Chinese authorities "may retaliate for the sake of face")
British Broadcasting Corporation, December 9, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Jimmy Lai among three Hong Kong democracy activists convicted over Tiananmen vigil
Agence France-Presse, December 9, 2021

TG群組涉煽惑「三罷」反對安心出行及投白票 4人被捕(4 arrested over inciting "three strikes": opposing Leave Home Safe app, casting blank ballots, rejecting vaccines)
inmedia.hk, December 9, 2021

廉署再拘3人涉互聯網轉載籲立法會選舉投白票(Independent Commission Against Corruption arrests 3 over reposting on Internet urging voters to cast blank ballots)
Ming Pao, December 9, 2021

It ‘does not mean anything’: Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam says low election turnout may mean gov’t is credible and doing well
Hong Kong Free Press, December 9, 2021

Hong Kong police, think tank separately publish teaching guides on Chinese culture, history to boost students’ sense of national identity
South China Morning Post, December 8, 2021

Commentary (评论)

Biden’s Democracy Conference Is About Much More Than Democracy
拜登“民主峰会”真正的意义

The New York Times, December 9, 2021

Hong Kong: Tiananmen vigil convictions an affront to human rights and international law
Amnesty International, December 9, 2021