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, April 10, 2020

Xinjiang (新疆)

Classroom Instruction Switch From Tibetan to Chinese in Ngaba Sparks Worry, Anger
Radio Free Asia, April 9, 2020

Access to Information (公众知情权)

方方日记将在欧美出版 网民抨击“给西方递刀” (Netizens slam forthcoming publication of Fang Fang ’s Wuhan diary in Europe and U.S. as “handing the knife to the West”)
Deutsche Welle, April 10, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

瑞幸咖啡遭遇做空 疫情危机下中概股受到的放大镜式狙击 (At heels of Luckin Coffee fraud scandal, China stocks come under magnified scrutiny in epidemic crisis)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 10, 2020

数千美国人加入诉讼 要求中国政府赔偿新冠病毒损失 (Thousands of Americans join lawsuit to seek COVID-19-related damages from Chinese gov’t)
Voice of America, April 10, 2020

联合国前环境署长:冠状病毒大流行责任在中国 (In “Le Monde” article, former UNEP director join others to highlight China’s role in COVID-19 pandemic)
Radio France Internationale, April 9, 2020

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

UN’s partnership with Tencent at odds with its push for global unity
Financial Times, April 10, 2020

The UN is partnering with China’s biggest surveillance software company
Quartz, April 2, 2020

Some 'Animal Crossing' players in China are using the game to protest government policies, and now the Chinese government is banning the game
Business Insider, April 10, 2020

《动物森友会》全网下架,疑用户“自主创作”引祸 (High degree of creative freedom might cause Animal Crossing to be taken off shelf in China)
AI Finance Economic, April 10, 2020

与中国关系千丝万缕 Zoom安全隐患受关注 (Heightened scrutiny of Zoom security risks that are inextricably tied to China)
Deutsche Welle, April 10, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

【獨家】向警取個人資料片 事主稱被索五至十萬 (Woman seeks police footage showing her being strip-searched, gets charged HKD100,000)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 10, 2020

Commentary (评论)

Letting a wolf in the sheep pen
Taipei Times, Apr 11, 2020

Thursday, April 09, 2020

Xinjiang (新疆)

新疆立法预防禁止家庭暴力 “去极端化“无孔不入 (Xinjiang domestic violence prevention law allows state intrusion into families in name of "de-radicalization")
Radio Free Asia, April 8, 2020

Access to Information (公众知情权)

Signs that coronavirus was spreading in Wuhan earlier than thought, study finds
South China Morning Post, April 9, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China Appointed to Influential UN Human Rights Council Panel
The Diplomat, April 8, 2020

China's Appointment to U.N. Human Rights Panel Sparks Global Outcry
Radio Free Asia, April 8, 2020

爱奇艺遇到“狼群” 被曝财务造假 (Chinese video streaming site iQiyi exposed for financial fraud)
Radio Free Asia, April 8, 2020

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

The Lesson We Are Learning From Zoom
使用Zoom,风险自负

The New York Times, April 9, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

Appeal court rules Hong Kong’s mask ban is constitutional at unauthorised protests
Hong Kong Free Press, April 9, 2020

Hong Kong protests: society will judge police officers over Occupy convictions, say top officials, who stop short of apologising
South China Morning Post, April 9, 2020

Commentary (评论)

新冠疫情:一场民主的压力测试 (COVID-19: A stress test of democracy)
Deutsche Welle, April 9, 2020

China’s Coronavirus Battle Is Waning. Its Propaganda Fight Is Not.
一场宣传拉锯战:中国的新冠疫情叙事能成功吗?

The New York Times, April 9, 2020

Wednesday, April 08, 2020

Access to Justice (司法公正)

宁波男子派出所死亡6辅警获刑,家属申请抗诉被检方驳回 (Six auxiliary policemen get light sentences after Ningbo man died inside police station, family's appeal for heavier sentences is rejected)
Beijing News, April 8, 2020

四川政治犯李必丰2020年4月7日刑满出狱 又遭当局安排到某宾馆隔离 (Sichuan political prisoner Li Bifeng is kept in isolation at unspecified hotel after prison release on April 7)
Weiquanwang, April 8, 2020

China Confirms Party Probe Into Outspoken Property Tycoon
Radio Free Asia, April 7, 2020

Related:
任志强下落公开 习近平或下重手 (Authorities admit they have Ren Zhiqiang, retribution from Xi Jinping is feared)
Radio France Internationale, April 8, 2020

Lawyer Wang Quanzhang Moved From Prison into New Isolation
China Digital Times, April 7, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Inside China’s victory over coronavirus: Family separations, door sensors – and belly buttons massages
Independent, April 8, 2020

A New Covid-19 Crisis: Domestic Abuse Rises Worldwide
疫情中的“亲密恐怖主义”:全球家暴事件激增

The New York Times, April 8, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong court rejects police group’s application to keep voter details under wraps over doxxing concerns
South China Morning Post, April 8, 2020

「服務為本」變「忠誠勇毅」 警隊改座右銘花 20 萬設計印刷宣傳 (Hong Kong Police spent HKD200,000 to change motto from “Service is Fundamental” to “Loyalty and Courage”)
The Stand News, April 7, 2020

警方:反修例運動用逾 1.6 萬枚催淚彈  1400 樽胡椒噴劑 實彈 19 發 用警棍僅 104 次 (Hong Kong police used more tear gas than baton against anti-government protesters; every frontline officer will be equipped with bodycam in 2021)
The Stand News, April 7, 2020

Commentary (评论)

留美中國問題專家裴敏欣:處理疫情進退失據增民怨 習近平專權令中共陷重大危機 (Pei Minxin on China and COVID-19: inapt handling of epidemic triggers popular resentment; Xi Jinping's dictatorial ways land CPC in major crisis)
The Stand News, April 8, 2020

Related:
China’s Coming Upheaval Competition, the Coronavirus, and the Weakness of Xi Jinping
Foreign Affairs, April 3, 2020