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.

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

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

中國大學生在操場爬行:當「發瘋文學」照進現實 (Chinese college students crawling on the playground: When "crazy literature" illuminates reality)
Initium Media, November 15, 2022

遭羁押1年多的重庆维权人士唐云淑今获刑4年6个月 (Chongqing human rights activist Tang Yunshu, detained for more than a year, is sentenced to 4 years, 6 months in prison)
Weiquanwang, November 16, 2022

遭刑事拘留的广西人权律师陈家鸿已被批捕 (Guangxi human rights lawyer Chen Jiahong is officially arrested)
Weiquanwang, November 16, 2022

Chinese social media users have discovered a way to bash the country’s zero-COVID strategy online
Fortune, November 15, 2022

Remanding national security defendants for long period before trial ‘not ideal,’ head of Hong Kong lawyers’ group says
Hong Kong Free Press, November 15, 2022

Hong Kong films defy warnings with strong Golden Horse presence
Radio France Internationale, November 16, 2022

兩男學生分別認中環襲警及「搶犯」 裁定暴動罪成囚45個月(2 students are sentenced to 45 months in prison for rioting after pleading guilty to assaulting police and "snatching arrestees" in Central in 2019 protests)
Ming Pao, November 16, 2022

国际新闻自由和人权团体致信李家超: 立即释放黎智英(International press freedom and human rights groups’ letter to John Lee: Release Jimmy Lai Immediately)
Radio Free Asia, November 15, 2022

Related:
CPJ, partners call on Hong Kong leader to secure Jimmy Lai’s release
Committee to Protect Journalists, November 14, 2022