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.

Friday, November 02, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

China expands Xinjiang network of detention camps, report says
Financial Times, November 1, 2018

For them, Afghanistan is safer than China
Foreign Policy, November 1, 2018

China’s frontier of fear
ABC Australia, November 1, 2018

China’s surveillance laboratory
Dissent Magazine, October 31, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

李明哲已达减刑门槛却被反复移监?台湾表达不满 (Jailed Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-che transferred to new prisons multiple times without notice to family)
Voice of America, November 1, 2018

CLB calls for the immediate release of all Jasic workers and supporters
China Labour Bulletin, November 1, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

Statement: Free Expression Week “Badiucao” art exhibition
Hong Kong Free Press, November 2, 2018

Apple censors sensitive names and phrases from gadget engraving offer on Hong Kong and China websites
Hong Kong Free Press, November 2, 2018

上海网信办重拳整治自媒体乱象,依法处理19个违规微信公号 (Shanghai CAC suspends and shuts down 19 Weixin public accounts over “illegal content”)
The Paper, November 1, 2018

As China tightens its grip on Hong Kong, Taiwan emerges as Asia’s hub for foreign media
The Splice Newsroom, November 1, 2018

【南京大屠殺】南京立法要求民眾默哀 禁否認大屠殺歷史 (New law makes moment of silence for Nanjing massacre mandatory, bans speech that “injures feelings” of the people, dignity of the state)
The Stand News, November 1, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Outcry in China after police refuse to pursue father allegedly abusing child on train
The Guardian, November 1, 2018

Related:
Police statement on the molesting father story stirs up media backlash
SupChina, November 1, 2018

艾滋就业歧视法律咨询月:60律师发起
Chinese lawyers offer free legal advice to people living with HIV
Radio Free Asia, November 1, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

中央统战部副部长徐乐江:做好新形势下民营经济领域党建工作 (United Front Work Department to strengthen party work in private business sector)
The Paper, November 2, 2018

Chinese authorities require Tibetan monks and nuns to undergo political training, Human Rights Watch finds
Hong Kong Free Press, November 1, 2018

China’s public worries pointlessly about GM food
The Economist, November 1, 2018

India lodges “strong protest” against China and Pakistan's bus service passing through POK
The Wire, November 1, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

U.S. senators demand probe into China’s alleged hacking of tech giants’ supply chains
South China Morning Post, November 2, 2018

China is exporting its digital surveillance methods to African governments
Quartz, November 1, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Related: Hong Kong rule of law “very robust”: Japanese press quiz Chief Exec. Carrie Lam over expulsion of journalist
Hong Kong Free Press, November 1, 2018

毛孟靜要求保安局交代馬凱被逐議案 立法會否決 (Motion to question authorities on visa denial decision vetoed by pro-Beijing camp)
The Stand News, November 1, 2018

“Master meat cutter” murder suspect claims police officers beat him to force confession
South China Morning Post, November 1, 2018

Commentary (评论)

【專訪 Pussy Riot ‧ 上】挑戰普京威權 成員遭毒害 「縱然恐懼,我們仍要為俄羅斯奮鬥」(Interview with Pussy Riot (1) in HK: “Even though we are scared, we will still fight for Russia”)
The Stand News, November 1, 2018

Interview: “I did not believe I would leave prison in China alive”
Radio Free Asia, November 1, 2018

It could be goodbye to the banks if WeChat takes over the world
The Sydney Morning Herald, November 1, 2018

What significance does China’s updated court law have?
Supreme People’s Court Monitor, November 1, 2018

The common goal of Donald Trump and Xi Jinping: “Drain The Swamp”
The Diplomat, November 1, 2018

Thursday, November 01, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

Mapping Xinjiang’s “re-education” camps
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, November 1, 2018

UK confirms reports of Chinese mass internment camps for Uyghur Muslims
The Guardian, October 31, 2018

Growing evidence forced China to acknowledge Xinjiang political “re-education camps”: researcher
Radio Free Asia, October 31, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

代表律師「意外受傷」一度退出案件 王全璋親筆信為「困擾和麻煩」致歉 (Lawyer withdraws from Wang Quanzhang’s case, Wang apologizes for causing him “troubles”)
The Stand News, November 1, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

年年免费游中国,带回让党放心的宣传 (While some foreign journalists are banned and restricted in Xinjiang, overseas Chinese media are invited for free)
Voice of America, November 1, 2018

U.S. Embassy uses WeChat to air criticism of China on home turf
Bloomberg, October 31, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Wife of disappeared former Interpol president lawyers up in Europe
Radio Free Asia, October 31, 2018

Background: Xu Lin
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, October 31, 2018

New political requirements for Tibetan monastics: Authorities “Sinicizing” religion
Human Rights Watch, October 30, 2018

Event: Pussy Riot, Joshua Wong & Sampson Wong to appear at first int’l exhibition of Chinese artist Badiucao this Sat
Hong Kong Free Press, October 31, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

習近平稱要確保中國2020年消除絕對貧困 (China to eradicate absolute poverty by 2020, says Xi Jinping)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 1, 2018

Head of HKUST says new mainland campus will have autonomy, despite Communist Party secretary and gov’t funding
Hong Kong Free Press, October 31, 2018

Beijing engages with Pakistan’s Uyghurs in “charm offensive”
Nikkei Asian Review, October 31, 2018

Exclusive: German firms urged to cut dependence on China
Reuters, October 31, 2018

China’s 12th National Women’s Congress opens
Sina, October 31, 2018

“China wants to buy country”: Sri Lankan minister slams Beijing amid tussle for power with Mahinda Rajapaksa
Agence France-Presse, October 30, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China is exporting the Great Firewall as internet freedom declines around the world
CNN, November 1, 2018

Super Micro tells U.S. lawmakers it found no Chinese spy chips, denying Bloomberg report
South China Morning Post, October 31, 2018

Kai-Fu Lee says U.S. tech companies aren’t ready for Chinese AI
Bloomberg, October 31, 2018

Related:
Develop and control: Xi Jinping urges China to use artificial intelligence in race for tech future
South China Morning Post, October 31, 2018

习近平:推动我国新一代人工智能健康发展 (Xi Jinping: Promote China’s new era of healthy development of artificial intelligence)
Xinhua, October 31, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam will sit on panel to hear banned pro-independence party appeal
South China Morning Post, November 1, 2018

Related:
Localist Andy Chan says officials wrong to ban Hong Kong National Party as it is run by a registered company subject to different laws
South China Morning Post, October 31, 2018

香港一地两检司法复核开审 李柱铭质疑港府错解基本法 (Constitutional challenge on co-location checkpoint begins, Martin Lee challenges gov’t interpretation of Basic Law)
Voice of America, October 31, 2018

Related:
【一地兩檢】政府代表指《基本法》須符中國憲法框架 司法受干預說法錯誤 (Judicial review on co-location: Counsel for government says Basic Law must follow Chinese constitutional framework, wrong to claim interference on judiciary)
Inmediahk.net, October 31, 2018

Hong Kong court cannot ignore Beijing’s decision over new rail terminal’s immigration checkpoint, says gov’t lawyer
Hong Kong Free Press, October 31, 2018

A chapter closes: Last Hong Kong bookshop selling titles banned in China shuts
The Guardian, October 31, 2018

Security chief defends decision not to send money laundering alert to banks in Hong Kong, calling information “unverifiable”
South China Morning Post, October 31, 2018

Commentary (评论)

Hold Chinese government accountable for reprisals against human rights defenders cooperating with UN; aggressive moves target activists and NGOs in China & abroad
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, November 1, 2018

Hong Kong must show it is home to all races
South China Morning Post, October 31, 2018

Chinese state media’s intense “mind map” on Xi Jinping’s ideology may be lacking some detail
Hong Kong Free Press, October 31, 2018

An interview with Xu Youyu: “The worst is yet to come”
China Change, October 31, 2018

China must stop making a mockery of the rights treaties it signs
Washington Post, October 30, 2018

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Kuaishou livestreamer detained for 15 days for mocking national anthem
TechNode, October 30, 2018

China's parliament expands use of in absentia trials targeting “absconders”
Radio Free Asia, October 30, 2018

狂犬疫苗受害者、上海维权人士谭华被强迫失踪至今已57天 母亲也遭强迫失踪40天 (Vaccine victim rights defender and his mother forcibly disappeared)
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, October 28, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

China steps up VPN blocks ahead of major trade, Internet shows
Reuters, October 30, 2018

Wolf Warrior comment backfires on Chinese doctor caught in Super Typhoon Yutu destruction
South China Morning Post, October 30, 2018

China tries to woo a sprawling global Chinese diaspora
NPR, October 29, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

China stops more than 100 Christians from boarding planes for overseas event
Radio Free Asia October 30, 2018

80名艾滋感染者促规范检测消除歧视 (80 HIV-positive citizens urge revised HIV testing process to eliminate employment discrimination)
Radio Free Asia, October 30, 2018

As China prepares to revise its Civil Code, calls are renewed for legal recognition of same-sex marriage
SupChina, October 30, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

台灣擬限制大陸居住證人士被選舉權 國台辦斥不得人心 (Taiwan may restrict right to vote for those holding mainland residence permits)
RTHK, October 31, 2018

Deng Xiaoping’s son urges China to “know its place” in counterpoint to Xi's expansionist foreign policy
The Telegraph, October 30, 2018