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, July 01, 2015

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Black ten minutes: Chinese lawyer recounts being beating in a courthouse in shandong
China Change, June 30, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/06/30/black-ten-minutes-chinese-lawyer-recounts-being-beating-in-a-courthouse-in-shangdong/

Chinese lawyers worry new rules will limit clients’ defenses
中国拟修改刑法,律师或因法庭辩护言论获罪
The New York Times, July 1, 2015
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150701/c01sino-lawyers/dual/

Access to Information (信息公开)

安徽省旅游局原局长受审 委托无律师资格者辩护被驳回 (Anhui Tourism Office Deputy Head on trial, application for representation by a person without legal qualifications rejected)
Legal Daily, June 30, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150630/Articel08004GN.htm

Two more Chinese netizens charged with “subversion” over online satire
Radio Free Asia, June 30, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/netizens-06302015140226.html

关于进一步加强对网上未成年人犯罪和欺凌事件报道管理的通知 (Notice on managing online reporting of incidents of juvenile delinquency and bullying)
China Law Translate, June 30, 2015
http://chinalawtranslate.com/en/net-kids/

男子20年前蒙冤"杀人" 申请公开当年办案信息 (Man wrongfully accused of homicide for 20 years, requests government make case information public)
Anhui Daily, June 30, 2015
http://ah.anhuinews.com/system/2015/07/01/006856389.shtmla>

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China approves sweeping Security Law, bolstering communist rule
The New York Times, June 29, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/02/world/asia/china-approves-sweeping-security-law-bolstering-communist-rule.html

Related:
中华人民共和国国家安全法全文发布 共7章84条 (National Security Law of the People's Republic of China)
Xinhua, July 1, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hqcj/zgjj/2015-07-01/content_13912103.html

The truth about China's New National Security Law
The Diplomat, July 1, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/07/the-truth-about-chinas-new-national-security-law/

中国正式通过“国安法”:首次纳入港澳 (China officially passes National Security Law, Hong Kong and Macau included for first time)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 1, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/07/150701_china_national_security_law

河南洛宁港资企业欠薪数月引发千人工潮 (Over 2000 Henan workers strike over backed wages)
Radio Free Asia, July 1, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-07012015103048.html

中共党庆日成集访日 逾万访民七一聚集北京 (Nearly 10 thousand petitioners protest across Beijing on 94th anniversary of CPC)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-07012015113509.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

河南访民张小玉向焦作检察院申请国家赔偿 (Henan Petitioner Zhang Xiaoyu seeks over RMB 61K in state compensation for 305-day unlawful detention)
Radio Free Asia, June 30, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-06292015102034.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Thousands march for Hong Kong democracy, yet fatigue sets in
The Telegraph, July 1, 2015
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/hongkong/11710459/Thousands-march-for-Hong-Kong-democracy-yet-fatigue-sets-in.html

IN PICTURES: The first July 1 march since the Occupy movement
South China Morning Post, July 1, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1830505/pictures-first-july-1-protest-occupy-central

香港七一大游行 诉求建设民主香港 (July 1 march presses for a democratic Hong Kong)
Deutsche Welle, July 1, 2015
http://dw.com/p/1Fr1U

政府:國安法不在港實施 本屆政府無計劃就23條立法 (HK government: National Security Law will not be implemented in Hong Kong, and currently no plan for article 23 enactment)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 1, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150701/news_20150701_55_1112135.htm

Counterterrorism (反恐)

China's military on mission to bring 'modern civilization' to Xinjiang
Reuters, July 1, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/01/us-china-xinjiang-idUSKCN0PB3OT20150701

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Hong Kong needs to learn to respect its women, to break the cycle of domestic violence
South China Morning Post, July 1, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1830567/hong-kong-needs-learn-respect-its-women-break-cycle-domestic

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China’s ailing prisoners
Wall Street Journal, June 30, 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-ailing-prisoners-1435595053

Chinese lawyers worry new rules will limit clients’ defenses
The New York Times, June 30, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/30/chinese-lawyers-worry-new-rules-will-limit-clients-defenses/

中国女囚猛增 为人母杀人更是占了一半 (China’s population of women prisoners rapidly increases, mothers who kill account for half)
Gucheng.com, June 30, 2015
http://finance.gucheng.com/201506/3060186.shtml

Access to Information (信息公开)

Who are the 5.5 million Facebook fans of Chinese state newspaper People's Daily?
Global Voices, June 29, 2015
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/06/29/who-are-the-5-5-million-facebook-fans-of-chinese-state-newspaper-peoples-daily/

Detentions highlight clampdown on China's citizen journalists
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/detentions-highlight-clampdown-on-chinas-citizen-journalists-06292015103719.html

Related:
“无国界记者”谴责中国滥捕多名"六四天网”公民记者 (Reporters Without Borders condemns China for abusive arrest of several 64 Tianwang citizen journalists)
Radio Free Asia, June 29, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/xl2-06292015101421.html

64Tianwang Website
64Tianwang, as at June 30, 2015
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2013/feb/09/blogging-slow-revolution-interview-huang-qi/

Blogging the slow-motion revolution: An Interview with China’s Huang Qi
New York Review of Books, February 9, 2013
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2013/feb/09/blogging-slow-revolution-interview-huang-qi/

Censorship in China: An ordinary tragedy
The Diplomat, June 29, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/06/censorship-in-china-an-ordinary-tragedy/

危言耸听 散布谣言行拘5日 (Internet user administratively detained for 5 days for “disseminating rumors”)
Legal Daily, June 30, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150630/Articel05014GN.htm

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

基督教爱心救助机构,四年多帮助几百人,面临强行解散!(Christian aid agency faces forced shutdown after helping hundreds in past 4 years)
WeChat (基督教关爱中心), June 30, 2015
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzA5ODI0MDg4MQ==&mid=207448256&idx=1&sn=e9dceb3d17c778eb1ea4c6c6e55e74e7&scene=5#rd

Shanghai protesters fear chemical plant plan still on, despite government claims
South China Morning Post, June 29, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1829335/shanghai-protesters-fear-chemical-plant-plan-still-despite

Related:
Armed police move in against Chinese anti-plant protesters
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 29, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-33308420

上海金山居民持续一周“散步”抗议PX项目 (Shanghai Jinshan citizens continuously “take a walk” for 1 week to protest PX project)
Deutsche Welle, June 29, 2015
http://www.dw.com/zh/上海金山居民持续一周散步抗议px项目/a-18549781

A man’s fight against gay conversion clinics in China
China Digital Times, June 29, 2015
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2015/06/a-mans-fight-against-gay-conversion-clinics-in-china/

Government Accountability (政府问责)

李克強:今天將公布中國減排目標 (Li Keqiang: China to announce emissions target today)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 30, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/06/150630_china_climate_change

China says thousands arrested suspected of environmental crimes
Reuters, June 29, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/29/us-china-environment-idUSKCN0P91DH20150629

Related:
中国去年逮捕数千名环境犯罪嫌疑人 (China arrested thousands of environmental crime suspects last year)
Deutsche Welle, June 29, 2015
http://www.dw.com/zh/中国去年逮捕数千名环境犯罪嫌疑人/a-18549670

严打数据作假等违法行为 (China cracks down on statistics fraud and other illegal activities)
Legal Daily, June 30, 2015
http://epaper.legaldaily.com.cn/fzrb/content/20150630/Articel03016GN.htm

China’s Communist Party enlists a million new members
South China Morning Post, June 30, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1829407/chinas-communist-party-enlists-million-new-members

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Online activist in police sights
The Standard, June 30, 2015
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=10&art_id=158540&sid=44753123&con_type=1&d_str=20150630

Hong Kong (香港)

Forget political reform and move on, top Beijing official tells Hongkongers
South China Morning Post, June 29, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1829147/forget-political-reform-and-move-top-beijing-official-tells

Related:
张晓明今后不谈政改惟“收声”前不忘抨击泛民一番 (Top Beijing representative in HK Zhang Xiaoming condemns pan-dems, vows to stay silent on political reform )
Radio France Internationale, June 30, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150630-张晓明今后不谈政改惟“收声”前不忘抨击泛民一番/

Hong Kong legislature president Jasper Tsang apologises over WhatsApp message scandal
South China Morning Post, June 30, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1829265/hong-kong-legislature-president-jasper-tsang-apologises-over

3,000 police officers to be deployed at July 1 pro-democracy march after Mong Kok clashes
South China Morning Post, June 30, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1829336/police-guard-after-mong-kok-mayhem

Fear is unbearable, says activist attacked with Joshua Wong
Hong Kong Free Press, June 30, 2015
http://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/06/30/fear-is-unbearable-says-activist-attacked-with-joshua-wong/

CY Leung dismisses call to restart reform debate
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 30, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150630/news_20150630_56_1111799.htm

曾俊华获“习握手”似足当年董建华获“江握手”惹揣测 (Financial Secretary John Tsang’s handshake with Xi Jinping reminiscent of Tung Chee Hwa’s handshake with Jiang Zemin, raises speculations)
Radio France Internationale, June 30, 2015
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20150630-曾俊华获“习握手”似足当年董建华获“江握手”惹揣测/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Is China returning to one-man rule?
The Diplomat, June 29, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/06/is-china-returning-to-one-man-rule/

Beijing leaves no room for Hong Kong's moderate voices on political reform
South China Morning Post, June 29, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1829115/beijing-leaves-no-room-hong-kongs-moderate-voices-political

Hong Kong must beware spread of radical “localism”
South China Morning Post, June 29, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1829029/hong-kong-must-beware-spread-radical-localism

滕彪:评《境外非政府组织管理法》和《国家安全法》草案 (Teng Biao: Commentary on Foreign NGO and National Security draft laws
Independent Chinese PEN Center, June 30, 2015
http://www.chinesepen.org/blog/archives/30247

Monday, June 29, 2015

Access to Information (信息公开)

Report claims victory for information controls in China
China Media Project, June 29, 2015
http://cmp.hku.hk/2015/06/29/39071/

Related:
2014年中国移动舆论场舆情发展报告 (China Mobile Ltd Public Opinion Development Report 2014)
People’s Daily, June 25, 2015
http://yuqing.people.com.cn/n/2015/0625/c209043-27204982.html

Experts praise control of Yangtze tragedy
China Media Project, June 26, 2015
http://cmp.hku.hk/2015/06/26/39055/

人民日报:“占中” 、伊斯兰国皆关美国输出民主 (People’s Daily: “Occupy Central” and Islamic State related to U.S. exporting of democracy)
South China Morning Post, June 29, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/14e3d3989f49c48/ren-min-ri-bao-zhan-zhong-yi-si-lan-guo-jie-guan-mei-guo-shu-chu-min-zhu

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

What would Confucius say? Chinese internet users debate gay marriage after historic US ruling
South China Morning Post, June 28, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1829022/what-would-confucius-say-chinese-internet-users-debate-gay

In China, Walmart is unionized, but workers have no power on the job
In These Times, June 25, 2015
http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/18116/china_yellow_unions

”Super Vulgar Butcher”, Chinese activist, may face subversion charge
South China Morning Post, June 28, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1829026/super-vulgar-butcher-chinese-activist-may-face-subversion-charge

No sign of early end to Shanghai protest over planned PX plant
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/plant-06262015133144.html

Nine injured in clashes between police and Hui Muslims in China's Yinchuan
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/clashes-06262015110040.html

广州活动人士倡议反对就业歧视 (Guangzhou activists protest employment discrimination)
Voice of America, June 29, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/guangzhou-protest-20150628/2840398.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Tales of torture: time spent in Chinese police custody leaves victims permanently scarred
South China Morning Post, June 27, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1827308/tales-torture-time-spent-chinese-police-custody-leaves-victims

Case highlight for 2015 UN International Day in support of victims of torture
Human Rights in China, June 26, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/case-highlight-2015-un-international-day-support-victims-torture

Senior Uygur official in China's restive Xinjiang province investigated for graft
South China Morning Post, June 28, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1829024/senior-uygur-official-chinas-restive-xinjiang-province-investigated-graft

Top leadership studies anticorruption ahead of CPC anniversary
China Daily, June 27, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-06/27/content_21121822.htm

Slacking Chinese officials to face demotion or dismissal
Reuters, June 27, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/27/us-china-corruption-demotion-idUSKBN0P706K20150627

China’s largest smartphone maker Xiaomi sets up Communist Party committee
South China Morning Post, June 29, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1828191/chinas-largest-smartphone-maker-xiaomi-sets-communist

Chinese mayor sacked after official dies from alcohol poisoning
Sydney Morning Herald, June 28, 2015
http://www.smh.com.au/world/chinese-mayor-sacked-after-official-dies-from-alcohol-poisoning-20150628-ghznsm.html

美批中国人权,中国反指美国人权纪录差 (China responds to U.S. human rights accusations, criticizes its poor record)
Voice of America, June 29, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/human-right-critic-20150626/2838744.html

Hong Kong (香港)

黃之鋒錢詩文遇襲案暫未有人被捕 (Scholarism convener Joshua Wong and girlfriend attacked, no suspect arrested yet)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 29, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150629/news_20150629_55_1111521.htm

Related:
教協譴責暴力襲擊黃之鋒事件 (HK Professional Teachers’ Union condemns violent attack on Joshua Wong)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 29, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20150629/news_20150629_55_1111492.htm

Same-sex marriage “an inescapable issue” in Hong Kong, says head of equality watchdog
South China Morning Post, June 28, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1828134/same-sex-marriage-inescapable-issue-hong-kong-says-head-equality

Clashes, arrests at Putonghua protest
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 29, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150629/news_20150629_56_1111392.htm

Related:
Pepper spray in protests against singing “aunties”
Hong Kong Free Press, June 29, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/06/29/localists-pepper-sprayed-and-arrested-in-clashes-with-pro-china-groups-and-singing-aunts/

反“大媽唱紅歌團” 港兩派示威者旺角衝突5人被捕 (Five people arrested in clashes between pro-localist and pro-China groups over “singing aunties”)
South China Morning Post, June 29, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/tc/hk-macau-tw/14e3d16b702bce7/fan-da-ma-chang-hong-ge-tuan-gang-liang-pai-shi-wei-zhe-wang-jiao-chong-tu-5-ren-bei-bu

Leaked messages “will bring Beijing response'”
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 29, 2015
http://rthk.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/20150629/news_20150629_56_1111387.htm

香港“伞运”首个“七一”游行详情公布 要求修改《基本法》预计10万人参与 (Hong Kong’s July 1 march: organizer demands revision of Basic law and expects 100,000 participants)
Radio Free Asia, June 26, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl2-06262015100021.html

Counterterrorism (反恐)

天津航空联合多家单位举办反恐演练 (Tianjin Airlines holds joint counter-terrorism exercises with other work units)
Yangtze Online, June 26, 2015
http://news.cnair.com/c/201506/63176.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

After the veto: Umbrella Movement 2.0?
Hong Kong Free Press, June 29, 2015
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/06/29/after-the-veto-umbrella-movement-2-0/

An insider’s guide to better eating in Chinese detention centers
听女权人士细数中国看守所里的“美食”
The New York Times, June 26, 2015
http://cn.nytimes.com/china/20150629/c29sino-detention/dual/

Yang Lian: “Poetry is extremely important in China”
Deustche Welle, June 26, 2015
http://www.dw.com/en/yang-lian-poetry-is-extremely-important-in-china/a-18542987

I won Miss World Canada. But my work puts my father at risk in China.
The Washington Post, June 26, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-i-cant-talk-to-my-father-in-china/2015/06/26/296e856e-19f1-11e5-ab92-c75ae6ab94b5_story.html

「违法怀孕」是国际笑话 (“Illegal pregnancy” becomes international joke)
South China Morning Post, June 29, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/14e3cbcf332b266/wei-fa-huai-yun-shi-guo-ji-xiao-hua