HRIC Daily Brief

China’s hi-tech war on its Muslim minority The Guardian, April 11, 2019 新疆“十户联防” 普通人可棒杀“恐怖分子” (Xinjiang’s “10-household joint defense” re...

人民法院报刊文：坚决防止人为拔高或降低恶势力犯罪认定标准 (Commentary from People’s Court Paper urges prevention of arbitrarily changing definition of “vicious force,” ...

国家网信办持续推进APP乱象专项整治，关停清理3万余个 (Cyberspace Administration of China bans 30+k apps, solidifies responsibility of Internet service providers, app...

Chinese Catholics stage sit-in at second Shaanxi church threatened by demolition Radio Free Asia, April 11, 2019

Millions of Chinese youth “volunteers” to be sent to villages in echo of Maoist policy Agence France-Presse, April 12, 2019 China’s state...

Ban on TikTok app would harm free speech, China's Bytedance tells India's Supreme Court Reuters, April 11, 2019 The man behind Hu...

Protecting rule of law in Hong Kong will be “uphill battle” says lawyers group, as they predict situation will get worse in city South Chin...

威权协商：中国政治发展的协商转向（一）(Authoritative deliberation: The change in negotiation strategies in China’s political development) Financial Times, Apr...

China’s hi-tech war on its Muslim minority The Guardian, April 11, 2019 This man’s aunt was jailed days after he met with Mike Pompeo ove...

Shenzhen police arrest soldier-turned-entrepreneur Zhang Wei, calling his China Create Capital a “mafia-like gang” South China Morning Post...

中国网军出征 维吾尔人权团体脸书遭洗版 (Cheered on by state media, China’s 50-cent army launches coordinated social-media spam attacks on Uyghur human rights o...

Podcast: China’s exploited tech workers fight back SupChina, April 10, 2019 Related: 中国“码农”维权 996模式引起国际关注 (“Code-farmers” start campaign...

“Nothing ever changes”: Life after one of China’s deadliest chemical disasters Independent, April 11, 2019 中国全面放宽落户限制，能否终结“撕裂的城镇化” (Woul...

What you may not understand about China’s AI scene MIT Technology Review, April 9, 2019

As prison looms, convicted Umbrella Movement activists urge Hongkongers to soldier on Hong Kong Free Press, April 10, 2019 Related: Vide...

李宇森：從佔中九子案判詞，再思考「公民抗命」還有甚麼可能性？(Further reflections on the possibilities of “civil disobedience” in light of Umbrella 9 verdict) The Initium...

Hundreds rally in support of sanctions against Chinese officials over rights violations in Xinjiang Radio Free Asia, April 9, 2019 留美维吾尔...

Chinese labor activist repeatedly interrogated in detention Radio Free Asia, April 9, 2019 Woman arrested after video shows her disresp...

China’s largest newspaper is helping the government censor the internet, and investors are thrilled Quartz, April 10, 2019 港人登苹果日报头版广告 批...

EU calls out Beijing on human rights but activists want harder line against China’s Xinjiang and Tibet policy South China Morning Post, Ap...