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.

Thursday, November 29, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

保护记者委员会要求中国立即恢复摄影师卢广的自由 (Committee to Protect Journalists urges China to restore freedom of Lu Guang, photographer detained in Xinjiang)
Voice of America, November 29, 2018

“A community in unbelievable pain”: The terror and sorrow of Australia’s Uyghurs
The Guardian, November 28, 2018

“I begged them to kill me,” Uyghur woman describes torture to U.S. politicians
Telegraph, November 28, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

上海维权人士丁德元被“妨害公务罪”上诉一案被上海市第一中级法院突然取消开庭 (Shanghai rights defender Ding Deyuan’s court hearing cancelled without explanation)
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, November 28, 2018

How China uses “exit bans” on relatives to force suspected fugitives to return
Telegraph, November 28, 2018

American citizen Wendell Brown’s sentence reduced on appeal
Dui Hua, November 27, 2018

Multimedia: Chinese prison camps: The dark system
Der Spiegel, November 25, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Activists demand China release Taiwanese human rights worker
Focus Taiwan, November 28, 2018

Related:
李明哲妻子探监申请4度遭拒 海基会:不合法 (Wife of Lee Ming-che denied visit for 4th time)
Radio France Internationale, November 29, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Xi Jinping targets grass roots in push to extend Communist Party control
South China Morning Post, November 29, 2018

China’s aging migrant workers are facing a return to poverty
Sixth Tone, November 28, 2018

China specialists who long supported engagement warn of Beijing’s efforts to influence American society
Washington Post, November 28, 2018

Video: China accused of political meddling after Taiwan local elections
Al Jazeera, November 28, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

China’s ZTE cheated on deal with U.S. by installing Dell hardware for Venezuela, senators tell White House
South China Morning Post, November 29, 2018

China’s Bilibili pitches itself as international production partner
Variety, November 28, 2018

反对帮助中国网控 谷歌员工吁挡下“蜻蜓” (Hundreds of Google employees sign public letter against Project Dragonfly)
Deutsche Welle, November 28, 2018

Related:
We are Google employees. Google must drop Dragonfly.
Google Employees Against Dragonfly, November 27, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

斯诺登逃亡香港期间的律师称自己被迫离港 (Lawyer for Snowden in Hong Kong says he left city under pressure)
The New York Times, November 29, 2018

Audit report: Hong Kong police bought HK$4.6 million worth of tactical gear at short notice ahead of Xi Jinping’s visit for handover anniversary
South China Morning Post, November 28, 2018

Explicitly recognise Communist Party as China’s rulers, Hong Kong legislators tell government
South China Morning Post, November 28, 2018

再覆選舉主任 朱凱廸:提問內容違基本法對言論自由保障 超出選舉條例要求 (Eddie Chu responds to new questions in village election confirmation process, challenges them under free speech principles)
The Stand News, November 28, 2018

Related:
Government gives village election hopeful 4-hour deadline to answer new questions on Hong Kong independence
Hong Kong Free Press, November 28, 2018

Beijing exceeded its power when altering Hong Kong oath laws, court of appeal hears
Hong Kong Free Press, November 29, 2018

Commentary (评论)

The right to speak: Discourse and Chinese power
Party Watch, November 28, 2018

Is the Chinese billionaire Jack Ma using AI to create dystopian cities?
The Guardian, November 28, 2018

Mind control in China has a very long history
The New York Times, November 28, 2018

China is violating Uyghurs’ human rights; the U.S. must act
Foreign Policy, November 28, 2018

Eddie Chu already proved his eligibility
South China Morning Post, November 28, 2018

For China, Islam is a “mental illness” that needs to be “cured”
Al Jazeera, November 27, 2018

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

China will retaliate to any U.S. sanction over Muslim Uyghurs: Envoy
Reuters, November 28, 2018

China’s mass detention of Muslims is a test for Trump
The Atlantic, November 28, 2018

Video: Even in the U.S., they’re not safe from China
The Atlantic, November 27, 2018

China-EU panelists face awkward human rights question in Hamburg
Bloomberg, November 27, 2018

中国摄影师卢广失联 妻子称其被新疆国保带走
Lu Guang: Award-winning Chinese photographer disappears in Xinjiang
BBC, November 27, 2018

Ningxia learns from Xinjiang how to fight terrorism
Global Times, November 27, 2018

Access to Justice (司法公正)

声援佳士 大学生“寻滋”被监视居住 (Jasic student supporters under residential surveillance at designated location)
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

Popular Chinese news app Jinri Toutiao offers rewards to stories that quash rumours amid government campaign to “clean up” online content
South China Morning Post, November 27, 2018

China to launch first “Constitution Week” campaign
Sina English, November 27, 2018

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

喬姆斯基等學者呼籲抵制中國的馬克思主義大會
Noam Chomsky joins academics boycotting China Marxism conferences
Financial Times, November 28, 2018

李文足获颁国际人权奖 袁伟静代领 (Li Wenzu bestowed “Edelstam Prize” human rights award in Sweden)
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2018

Related:
Background information on the Edelstam Prize Laureate 2018: Li Wenzu
Edelstam Laureate, November 28, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Worldwide calls for New Zealand government to speak up on China
Newsroom, November 27, 2018

There is no grand bargain with China: Why Trump and Xi can’t meet each other halfway
Foreign Affairs, November 27, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

New Zealand rejects Huawei's first 5G bid citing national security risk
Reuters, November 28, 2018

Related:
PNG upholds deal with Huawei to lay internet cable, derides counter-offer
Reuters, November 26, 2018

Video: “A dangerous precedent”: Google workers want plug pulled on plan for censored China search
Agence France-Presse, November 28, 2018

How will Google plug into China’s all-encompassing internet censorship regime?
Global Voices, November 27, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Lawyer for Snowden in Hong Kong says he left city under pressure
The New York Times, November 28, 2018

【村代表選舉】朱凱廸覆選舉主任:港人應自決命運 《基本法》保障和平主張港獨權利 (Eddie Chu replies to election officials: Hong Kong people should decide their own fate, Basic Law protects peaceful advocacy for independence)
The Stand News, November 27, 2018

Foreign journalists fear visa rejection after Hong Kong ousted Financial Times editor, says press club chief
Hong Kong Free Press, November 27, 2018

Commentary (评论)

Kill the chicken to scare the monkey
Agence France-Presse, November 28, 2018

To get a China visa, Swedish journalist have to answer questions on Gui Minhai, the CCP and me
InBeijing, November 28, 2018

梁一夢:「把時局弄得更糟,就可能擊敗威權政府?」焦土戰術真的能讓香港民主再出發嗎? (Can “scorched-earth” strategy bring Hong Kong’s democracy forward?)
The Initium, November 28, 2018

China’s most popular app is full of hate: WeChat groups have become a major vector for anti-Muslim conspiracy theories
Foreign Policy, November 27, 2018

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Xinjiang (新疆)

New exclusive video: Another “transformation through education” camp for Uyghurs exposed in Xinjiang
Bitter Winter, November 26, 2018

新疆“再教育营”幸存者: 宁死不愿受此折磨 (Survivor of Xinjiang camp: “I would rather die than suffer this torment again”)
Voice of America, November 27, 2018

Hundreds of scholars condemn China for Xinjiang camps
Reuters, November 27, 2018

Related:
Statement by Concerned Scholars on China’s Mass Detention of Turkic Minorities
November 26, 2018

Veteran editor of Uyghur publishing house among 14 staff members held over “problematic books”
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2018

应付国际压力 新疆一教育营又成学校 (Under international pressure, Xinjiang camp is converted back to high school, detainees sent to other camps)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2018

The West begins to stir over China’s massive abuse of Muslims
The Economist, November 22, 2018

Access to Information (信息公开)

China shutters one of its only independent economic think tanks
Financial Times, November 26, 2018

中国大外宣:收买亚非媒体记者 (China buys journalists from Asia, Africa through “scholarship” scheme)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2018

Chinese spokespersons discuss press innovation in new era
Xinhua, November 25, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China defends holding fugitive businessman's U.S. children
BBC, November 27, 2018

Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf pulls out of a trip to mainland China and Hong Kong as Stockholm presses for release of detained bookseller Gui Minhai
South China Morning Post, November 26, 2018

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Google employees sign letter against censored search engine for China
Guardian, November 27, 2018

Related:
We are Google employees. Google must drop Dragonfly.
Google Employees Against Dragonfly, November 27, 2018

Amnesty International to stage worldwide protests against Google’s “dystopian” censored search for China
The Intercept, November 27, 2018

Related:
Google must not capitulate to China's censorship demands
Amnesty International, November 27, 2018

Technology companies strengthen CPC committee role in management, development
Global Times, November 21, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

朱凱廸參選村代表 選舉主任要求交代港獨自決立場 (Legislator Eddie Chu asked to clarify stance on independence, self-determination in village representative election)
The Stand News, November 26, 2018

【佔中9人案開審】時任指揮官稱別無選擇放催淚彈 相信不會煽動人佔領金鐘 (Police commander defends use of tear gas against Umbrella Movement protesters, relied on news reports of violence)
Ming Pao, November 26, 2018

被禁法援三年 上訴庭拒郭卓堅上訴至終院申請 須賠 3 萬元訟費 (Veteran judicial review activist banned from applying for legal aid for 3 years)
The Stand News, November 26, 2018