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, October 05, 2020

Xinjiang (新疆)

Saving Uighur Culture From Genocide
The Atlantic, October 4, 2020

联合国过问 中国证实失踪维族男已病逝 (Following UN Working Group inquiry, China confirms missing Uyghur man has died of illness)
Deutsche Welle, October 5, 2020

Inner Mongolia (内蒙古)

内蒙古双语教学争议与中国少数民族政策的微妙变化 (The controversy of bilingual teaching in Inner Mongolia and the subtle change in China's policy on ethnic minorities)
British Broadcasting Corporation, October 3, 2020

Taiwan (台湾)

Taiwan Debates Military Preparedness Measures as Chinese Threats Escalate
The Diplomat, October 3, 2020

Access to Information (公众知情权)

中国黑手干涉学术自由:比利时学者讲述亲身经历 (China interferes with academic freedom: Belgian scholar tells personal story)
Radio France Internationale, October 4, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

United States closes immigration door to communists in clear swipe at China
South China Morning Post, October 4, 2020

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

打赢对华数字贸易战 美专家:建立民主国家互联网 (US Expert on how to win the Digital Trade War with China: Build an Internet of Democracies)
Voice of America, October 3, 2020

Related:
Weaponizing Digital Trade--Creating a Digital Trade Zone to Promote Online Freedom and Cybersecurity
The Council on Foreign Relations, September 29, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

港台顧委會討論《鏗鏘集》721 特輯 有委員促檢視陳述是否平衡 (RTHK Board of Advisors to review the 7.21 Yuen Long Attack episode of “Hong Kong Connection” aired this year)
HK01, October 5, 2020

美國務院斥港警 10.1 濫捕 港府:美官員雙重標準 促停止干預港事務 (US condemns Hong Kong police’s arbitrary arrests of protesters on October 1; HK gov't: “double standards” and stop interfering in HK's affairs)
The Stand News, October 4, 2020

Related:
On the Arrests of Hong Kong Protestors
U.S. Department of State, October 3, 2020

HKSAR Government strongly deplores and opposes US statement
特區政府對美國的聲明表示強烈不滿和反對
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, October 4, 2020

反送中以來首度有教師被釘牌 教局指控教材散播港獨信息 據報涉九龍塘宣道小學 (First revocation of teacher’s license since the anti-extradition movement; Education Bureau slams teaching materials for spreading Hong Kong independence message)
The Stand News, October 5, 2020

Commentary (评论)

Making Hong Kong China
Democracy Digest, October 5, 2020

World must push back against China’s refusal to honour its Hong Kong deal
Hong Kong Free Press, October 4, 2020

Opinion: China's ethnic socialism
Deutsche Welle, October 2, 2020

“人类命运共同体”为何在西方不受待见?(Why is the concept of “community with a shared future for mankind” not welcome in the West?)
Voice of America, October 5, 2020

Friday, October 02, 2020

Xinjiang (新疆)

China confirms death of Uighur man whose family says was held in Xinjiang camps
The Guardian, October 2, 2020

China Doubles Down on Xinjiang Policy Amid Reports of Cultural Erasure
The Diplomat, October 2, 2020

Tibet (西藏)

China's 'Anti-Gang' Campaign Used to Crack Down on Tibetan Community Service Groups
Radio Free Asia, October 1, 2020

Access to Justice (司法公正)

网络书商售卖宗教书籍遭法院判囚7年 (Online book vendor is sentenced to 7 years for selling religious books)
Radio Free Asia, October 2, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China Uses Mental Illness to Discredit, Imprison Dissidents, Rights Observers Say
Voice of America, September 30, 2020

美国政府公布有关强迫劳动的报告,中国远超任何国家 (U.S. gov’t report finds China far surpasses other countries in use of forced labor)
Voice of America, October 2, 2020

Related:
List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor
U.S. Department of Labor, September 30,

前车之鉴!毒疫苗受害者家属质疑新冠疫苗 (Families of victims of various faulty vaccines in the past question the COVID-19 vaccine)
Radio Free Asia, October 1, 2020

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

教育选民还是虚假宣传?TikTok推出美国大选指南惹疑虑 (Educating voters or disinformation? TikTok’s guide to U.S. election raises concerns)
Voice of America, October 2, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

After Hong Kong: China sets sights on solving 'the Taiwan problem'
The Guardian, October 2, 2020

【傳媒觀察】改傳媒定義後首場大型示威 記協觀察員呂秉權:警圍封記者不理想,執法標準不一 (First mass protest after police revised definition of journalists; observer Bruce Lui Ping-kuen: Police surrounding journalists not ideal, and no enforcement standards)
CitizenNews, October 1, 2020

Commentary (评论)

Hong Kong – is it worth staying?
Hong Kong Free Press, October 2, 2020

Thursday, October 01, 2020

Xinjiang (新疆)

土耳其执政党指责中国新疆政策 (Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party denounces China’s Xinjiang policy)
Radio France Internationale, September 30, 2020

Tibet (西藏)

China Language Policies, Travel Restrictions in Tibet Condemned at US Panel
Radio Free Asia, September 30, 2020

Access to Information (公众知情权)

驻华记者:在中国所有话题都是敏感话题 (China-based reporters: Every topic is a sensitive top in China)
Radio Free Asia, September 30, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

U.S. puts China at top of forced labor list
Reuters, September 30, 2020

China manipulating international institutions, warns UK armed forces chief
The Independent, October 1, 2020

美国会“中国工作组”发重磅报告 聚焦中国威胁 (Report by U.S. House GOP’s China Task Force focuses on China threat)
Radio Free Asia, September 30, 2020

Related:
China Task Force Report
House Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans, September 29, 2020

默克尔:中国恶劣而残暴地对待少数民族 (Merkel: China treats ethnic minorities vilely and brutally)
Deutsche Welle, September 30, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

National Day: at least 86 people arrested in Hong Kong for illegal assembly or other offences
South China Morning Post, October 1, 2020

截至晚上10時多區至少86人被捕 包括4名區議員 (As of 10 p.m., at least 86 people were arrested in may districts, including 4 district councilors)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 1, 2020

【慶 10.1】警多次拉橙帶截查 多名網媒記者被票控 警:新修訂「無損採訪權」(Police use orange tapes to restrict journalists; many Internet media reporters ticket; police insis revised rules place no restrictions on right to interview)
The Stand News, October 1, 2020

As Hong Kong police crack down on scattered protesters on National Day, ordinary residents fume over heavy security blanket
South China Morning Post, October 1, 2020

中秋夜,香港人連上獅子山嘅自由都被剝奪 (On Mid-Autumn Festival, Hong Kongers are stripped of freedom to go to Lion Rock)
The Stand News, October 1, 2020

十一國慶 香港抗議活動再現 市民:我想突破沉鬱的氣氛 (Hong Kong protests resurface on National Day; citizen: I want to break through the gloom)
The Initium, October 1, 2020

【10・1】香港抗爭藝術展今東京開幕 主辦人嘆國安法下難在港展出 (At Tokyo opening of Hong Kong protest art show, organizer laments difficulty to exhibit in Hong Kong under National Security Laws)
The Stand News, October 1, 2020

US includes Hongkongers among refugees whose applications will be prioritised
South China Morning Post, October 2, 2020

'In my dreams I'm there': the exodus from Hong Kong
The Guardian, September 30, 2020

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam vows to be fearless in face of foreign hostility, says city must rely on Beijing for its economic recovery
South China Morning Post, October 1, 2020

Hong Kong secondary student ‘suspended’ for wearing uniform to lunchtime demos
Hong Kong Free Press, September 30, 2020

Hong Kong Court Extends Travel Ban on Activist Joshua Wong
Radio Free Asia, September 30, 2020