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.

Monday, July 17, 2017

Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

“Monitored and controlled”: Fate of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo’s widow worries friends
Agence France-Presse, July 17, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/17/monitored-controlled-fate-chinese-dissident-liu-xiaobos-widow-worries-friends/

Related:
劉曉波—— 一黨專政下的悲劇人物 (Liu Xiaobo—a tragic figure under one-party dictatorship)
Mingpao, July 17, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170717/s00022/1500252773352

Liu Xiaobo, Chinese dissident and Nobel laureate, is cremated
劉曉波被海葬,遺孀劉霞仍遭嚴密控制
The New York Times, July 15, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/15/world/asia/liu-xiaobo-cremation-china.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170717/liu-xiaobo-cremation-china/zh-hant/

Hong Kong vigil for Liu Xiaobo sends powerful message to Beijing
The Guardian, July 16, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/16/hong-kong-vigil-for-liu-xiaobo-sends-powerful-message-to-beijing

In Pictures: Over 1,000 Hongkongers march through city center in memory of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo
Hong Kong Free Press, July 16, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/16/pictures-1000-hongkongers-march-city-centre-memory-nobel-laureate-liu-xiaobo/

Remembering Liu Xiaobo
Citizen Lab, July 16, 2017
https://citizenlab.ca/2017/07/analyzing-censorship-of-the-death-of-liu-xiaobo-on-wechat-and-weibo/

How China made Liu Xiaobo’s wife suffer too
South China Morning Post, July 15, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2102692/how-china-made-liu-xiaobos-wife-suffer-too

Liu Xiaobo: Chinese dissident's ashes scattered at sea
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 15, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40616840

The path forward in the wake of Liu Xiaobo’s passing
China Change, July 16, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/07/16/the-path-forward-in-the-wake-of-liu-xiaobos-passing/

Death of Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo is a reminder that the road to democracy is a long one
Hong Kong Free Press, July 14, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/14/death-peace-prize-winner-liu-xiaobo-reminder-road-democracy-long-one/

How scared is China's government of political dissent?
Al Jazeera, July 15, 2017
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2017/07/scared-china-government-political-dissent-170715173228422.html

In Full: Charter 08—Liu Xiaobo’s pro-democracy manifesto for China that led to his jailing
Hong Kong Free Press, July 14, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/14/full-charter-08-liu-xiaobos-pro-democracy-manifesto-china-led-jailing/

Liu Xiaobo’s Death is a Stain on the CPC, International Community Must Press for Liu Xia’s Freedom
刘晓波之死是中共污点,国际社会必须施压让刘霞获得自由
Human Rights in China, July 13, 2017
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/liu-xiaobos-death-stain-cpc-international-community-must-press-liu-xias-freedom
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/sheng-ming/liu-xiao-bo-zhi-si-shi-zhong-gong-wu-dian-guo-ji-she-hui-bi-xu-shi-ya

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China frees activist, founder of New Citizens Movement
Associated Press, July 15, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2102788/prominent-chinese-rights-activist-xu-zhiyong-released

Related:
“新公民运动”许志永刑满出狱 数十人盾牌围小区阻声援 (“New Citizens Movement” advocate Xu Zhiyong released after four years in prison, police with shields stop supporters from paying tribute)
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-07162017083812.html

“结石宝宝”父亲:我没做错 让我投降不可能 (Father of “kidney stones baby”: I did nothing wrong, and it’s impossible to ask me to surrender)
The Beijing News, July 17, 2017
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/inside/2017/07/17/450650.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

Winnie the Pooh blacklisted by China’s online censors
Financial Times, July 16, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/cf7fd22e-69d5-11e7-bfeb-33fe0c5b7eaa

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese gay video ban sparks online backlash
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 17, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-40610679

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China's top graft buster attacks "unhealthy" political culture
Reuters, July 17, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-idUSKBN1A203N

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

China orders Xinjiang's Android users to install app that deletes “terrorist” content
Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-orders-xinjiangs-android-users-to-install-app-that-deletes-terrorist-content-07142017102032.html

又一流亡藏生为西藏自由自焚抗议 (Another Tibetan student in exile self-immolates for freedom of Tibet)
Radio Free Asia, July 16, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz1-07162017172258.html

Hong Kong (香港)

香港可以走出黑暗嗎? (Can Hong Kong walk out of darkness?)
Inmediahk, July 17, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1050777

Hong Kong's voice of discontent
The Diplomat, July 14, 2017
http://thediplomat.com/2017/07/hong-kongs-voice-of-discontent/

Daunted by legal costs, unseated Hong Kong lawmakers may focus on by-elections instead of appeals
South China Morning Post, July 17, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2102908/daunted-legal-costs-unseated-hong-kong-lawmakers-may-focus

Related:
守護公義基金再度發起籌款行動 支援DQ案被告 (Justice Defense Fund raise money in support of disqualified legislators)
Inmediahk, July 17, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1050793

DQ一案 輸了制度輸了民主 (The disqualifying case fails the system and democracy)
Mingpao, July 17, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170717/s00022/1500252851695

問題超越DQ ——釋法傷害了人權? 香港法院無力答 (The question beyond disqualification—does the interpretation of the Basic Law violate human rights? Court in Hong Kong fails to answer)
Mingpao, July 16, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1050778

Friday, July 14, 2017

Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

World urged to take steps to protect Liu Xia after death of husband Liu Xiaobo
The Guardian, July 14, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/13/liu-xia-protect-china-liu-xiaobo

Related:
瀋陽西鶴園戒備森嚴 保安稱「不知道」 (Shenyang funeral parlor guarded and on alert, security says they “don’t know” about Liu Xiaobo)
Mingpao, July 14, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170714/s00004/1500017965368

微博蠟燭emoji下架 環球時報:做一夜吃瓜群眾 網民質疑當局封鎖消息、阻悼念 (Candle emoji banned on Weibo, netizens suspect the authorities of blocking information and stopping people from mourning)
Mingpao, July 14, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170714/s00004/1500012419668

Liu Xiaobo’s fate reflects fading pressure on China over human rights
劉曉波之死和無力對抗中國威權的西方世界
The New York Times, July 13, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/13/world/asia/liu-xiaobo-china-human-rights.html?_ga=2.2131125.448485249.1500021540-391141849.1499244675
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170714/liu-xiaobo-china-human-rights/zh-hant/

Liu Xiaobo, we miss you
劉曉波,我們想念你
The New York Times, July 13, 2017
EN: https://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/07/13/liu-xiaobo-we-miss-you/
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20170714/c14kristof-liu-xiaobo-we-miss-you/zh-hant/

Hundreds gather at vigil in Hong Kong to mourn Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo
Hong Kong Free Press, July 14, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/14/hundreds-gather-vigil-hong-kong-mourn-nobel-laureate-liu-xiaobo/

China bears responsibility for Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo's death: Nobel committee
Reuters, July 13, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-rights-nobel-idUSKBN19Y1QI?il=0

China in “whitewash campaign” ahead of Liu Xiaobo's death
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/whitewash-07132017103038.html

Liu Xiaobo, Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace laureate, 1955-2017
Financial Times, July 13, 2017
https://www.ft.com/content/01353b20-5b02-11e7-9bc8-8055f264aa8b

Remembering Liu Xiaobo
The Atlantic, July 13, 2017
https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2017/07/liu-xiaobo-dies/533529/

Liu Xiaobo—the quiet, determined teller of China’s inconvenient truths
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2101699/liu-xiaobo-quiet-determined-teller-chinas-inconvenient

The Guardian view on Liu Xiaobo’s death: free the Nobel laureate’s wife now
The Guardian, July 13, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/13/the-guardian-view-on-liu-xiaobos-death-free-the-nobel-laureates-wife-now

Liu Xiaobo: A moderate, constructive, brilliant intellectual robbed of his rights and dignity to the very end
Hong Kong Free Press, July 14, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/14/liu-xiaobo-moderate-constructive-brilliant-intellectual-robbed-rights-dignity-end/

Liu Xiaobo’s Death is a Stain on the CPC, International Community Must Press for Liu Xia’s Freedom
刘晓波之死是中共污点,国际社会必须施压让刘霞获得自由
Human Rights in China, July 13, 2017
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/statement/liu-xiaobos-death-stain-cpc-international-community-must-press-liu-xias-freedom
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/sheng-ming/liu-xiao-bo-zhi-si-shi-zhong-gong-wu-dian-guo-ji-she-hui-bi-xu-shi-ya

Access to Justice (司法公正)

河北律师欲立案遭铐打 浙江代理律师欲参加庭审被抬出法院 (Hebei lawyer seeking to file case suffers beating, Zhejiang lawyer wishing to participate in trial is carried out of court)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-07122017105042.html

More Uyghurs detained in Cairo as students appeal to Al-Azhar for help
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/appeal-07122017150212.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

China reducing massive influence of social media celebrities
Voice of America, July 13, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/china-social-media-celebrities/3942435.html

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

“十一条”落实不到位 山东老兵持续维权 (“11 Point Plan” not implemented, Shandong veterans continue protests)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yf1-07132017102054.html

Chinese Volkswagen workers call on German parent company to assume responsibility for violations
China Labor Bulletin, July 13, 2017
http://www.clb.org.hk/content/chinese-volkswagen-workers-call-german-parent-company-assume-responsibility-violations

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Apple to open data center in China with government ties
American Broadcasing Company, July 12, 2017
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/apple-open-china-data-center-government-ties-48596741

National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)

Sweeping counter-terrorism measures in China’s Xinjiang “creating huge police state”
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2102484/sweeping-counter-terrorism-measures-chinas-xinjiang

Related:
RFA独家:新疆强迫居民安装手机监控软件 10哈族妇女微信发言被拘 (RFA Exclusive: Xinjiang residents forced to install mobile monitoring software, 10 Kazakh women arrested for WeChat comments)
Radio Free Asia, July 13, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-07132017112039.html

Hong Kong (香港)

BREAKING: 4 more elected pro-democracy lawmakers to be ousted following Hong Kong court ruling
Hong Kong Free Press, July 14, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/14/breaking-4-elected-pro-democracy-lawmakers-ousted-following-hong-kong-court-ruling/

President of Hong Kong legislature refuses to let lawmakers discuss Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo
Hong Kong Free Press, July 13, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/13/president-hong-kong-legislature-refuses-let-lawmakers-discuss-chinese-dissident-liu-xiaobo/

Hong Kong police urged to respect detainees’ rights to privacy and women’s dignity
Hong Kong Free Press, July 13, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/13/hong-kong-police-urged-respect-detainees-rights-privacy-womens-dignity/

Commentary (评论)

How can China become a tech leader if it’s intolerant of free thought?
South China Morning Post, July 13, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/2102471/chinas-intolerance-free-thought-undermines-innovation

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

Liu Xiaobo, Chinese dissident who won Nobel while jailed, dies at 61
刘晓波病逝:自由的探路者,专制主义的囚徒
The New York Times, July 13, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/13/world/asia/liu-xiaobo-dead.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170713/liu-xiaobo-dies-at-61/

Liu Xiaobo dies from liver cancer at 61
Global Times, July 13, 2017
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1056262.shtml

Related:
好友:劉中午進入彌留狀態 (Liu Xiaobo’s friend: Liu in dying state around noon)
Mingpao, July 13, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170713/s00004/1499923712670

Diplomats fear Beijing is stalling on allowing Liu Xiaobo out of China
The Guardian, July 12, 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/12/diplomats-fear-beijing-is-stalling-on-allowing-liu-xiaobo-out-of-china

白宫担忧刘晓波 促北京准自由选择治疗 (White House worries about Liu Xiaobo and urges Beijing to allow him to choose treatment freely)
Voice of America, July 13, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/white-house-liu-xiaobo/3942299.html

捷克《七七憲章》簽署人發表聲明向劉曉波致送慰問 (Czechoslovakia Charter 77 signatories issue joint statement in support of Liu Xiaobo)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 13, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1341804-20170713.htm

默克爾:極度關注劉曉波健康惡化 促中國允離開 (Merkel: extremely worried about deteriorating health of Liu Xiaobo and urges China to allow him to leave the country)
Mingpao, July 12, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170712/s00005/1499870197962

蔡英文呼吁北京给刘晓波自由 称台湾愿协助 (Tsai Ing-wen calls on Beijing to free Liu Xiaobo, says Taiwan is willing to help)
Voice of America, July 12, 2017
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-tsai-urges-china-to-give-liu-xiaobo-freedom-to-make-medical-choice-20170712/3941172.html

Hong Kong pan-democrats urge Beijing to release ailing dissident Liu Xiaobo in Legco petition
South China Morning Post, July 12, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2102332/hong-kong-pan-democrats-urge-beijing-release-ailing

习近平为何不放刘晓波出国治病? (Why doesn’t Xi Jinping allow Liu Xiaobo to go abroad for treatment?)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/yl-07122017115535.html?searchterm:utf8:ustring=%E5%88%98%E6%99%93%E6%B3%A2

「中國需要被殖民三百年」憶劉曉波 (“China needs to be colonized for 300 years” to commemorate Liu Xiaobo)
Liberty Times, July 12, 2017
http://talk.ltn.com.tw/article/paper/1118217

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese police detain “more than 100” friends, classmates of Kazakh custody death imam
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/imam-07112017102233.html

天津杨玉永看守所离奇死亡 逾百特警抢夺尸体 (Falun Gong practitioner Yang Yuyong dies in Tianjin detention center, over 100 police take body away from family)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl2-07122017105118.html

China labor activist who was detained speaks out
Cable News Network, July 11, 2017
http://money.cnn.com/2017/07/11/news/china-factory-activist-hua-haifeng-interview/index.html

王宇包龙军出狱后被押送乌兰浩特监视居住 (Wang Yu and Bao Longjun escorted to Ulanhot and placed under residential surveillance)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ck-07122017155259.html

Access to Information (信息公开)

工信部否认要运营商禁止个人VPN业务:规范对象是无资质者 (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology denies prohibiting personal VPN access: the target is those without qualifications)
The Paper, July 12, 2017
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1730060

Related:
What you need to know about China’s VPN crackdown
Quartz, July 12, 2017
https://qz.com/1026064/what-you-need-to-know-about-chinas-vpn-crackdown/

国家网信办开展互联网直播服务企业备案工作 (Office of the Central Leading Group for Cyberspace Affairs to carry out recordkeeping on Internet and live broadcasting services)
Legal Daily, July 12, 2017
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2017-07/12/content_7240288.htm?node=5955

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

内蒙古农牧民抗议国企污染被刑拘 2人被批捕 (Herders in Inner Mongolia protest against SEOs polluting the environment, two are arrested)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-07122017105002.html

黑龙江、陕西千余名下岗教师再次维权上访 (Over 1,000 laid-off teachers protest in Heilongjiang, Shaanxi)
Radio Free Asia, July 12, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/3-07122017101727.html

北京入学门槛再提升 数十学生家长市政府请愿 (Beijing school entrance requirements threshold raised once again, dozens of parents petition government)
Radio Free Asia, July 11, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/kejiaowen/yf1-07112017112003.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Beijing to calculate all provincial GDP after fake data debacles
Sixth Tone, July 12, 2017
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1000500/beijing-to-calculate-all-provincial-gdp-after-fake-data-debacles