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, March 15, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

Tiananmen Square protester turned lawyer killed in his New York office
Associated Press, March 15, 2022

何方美、常玮平荣获2022年“曹顺利人权捍卫者纪念奖” (He Fangmei and Chang Weiping win the 2022 Cao Shunli Human Rights Defenders Memorial Award)
Weiquanwang, March 14, 2022

‘We’ll kill you’: Uyghur exile who fled beyond Arctic Circle says he is still harassed by China
The Guardian, March 15, 2022

China’s Gig Workers Are Challenging Their Algorithmic Bosses
Wired, March 14, 2022

全国出嫁女维权代表人物张梦颖疑因全国“两会”替代妇女儿童发声被抓捕抄家(Zhang Mengying, a representative of married women's rights protection, is arrested and her home ransacked on suspicion of speaking out for women and children at Two Congresses)
Weiquanwang, March 15, 2022

人权律师王宇之子包卓轩在美获政治庇护(Bao Zhuoxuan, son of human rights lawyer Wang Yu, is granted political asylum in U.S.)
Radio Free Asia, March 15, 2022

涉企圖作煽動行為 患末期直腸癌古思堯申保釋再遭拒(Veteran activist Koo Sze-yiu with terminal cancer is denied bail again for attempted sedition)
inmediahk.net, March 14, 2022

香港民研:林鄭最新民望26.6分 創近2年新低(HKPORI survey shows Carrie Lam's latest rating at 2-year low of 26.6%)
inmediahk.net, March 15, 2022

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HKPORI releases popularities of CE and principal officials along with GGPI
香港民研發放特首及問責司局長民望以及限聚指數
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, March 15, 2022

UK rights group threatened under China sweeping security law
Associated Press, March 14, 2022

Hong Kong demands UK-based rights group shut down website
Agence France-Presse, March 14, 2022