HRIC Daily Brief

Ramadan in China: Faithful Dwindle Under Limits on Religion The Diplomat, May 7, 2021 China pushes back against critics of its policies i...

法国参议院压倒性多数通过支持台湾参与国际组织法案(By overwhelming majority, French Senate passes bill supporting Taiwan's participation in international organiza...

西藏那曲一藏人因拒绝悬挂国旗被捕狱中死亡 遗留六个孩子(Tibetan in Nagqu, Tibet, arrested for refusing to fly national flag, dies in prison, leaving six children) Radi...

Family of Detained Chinese Rights Lawyer Turned Away After Making Torture Complaint Radio Free Asia, May 7, 2021

Human rights have no place in Swiss-Chinese trade deal Deutsche Welle, May 7, 2021 习近平：世界陷入乱局，中国应把握机遇(Xi Jinping: World is in chaos; Chin...

Fugitive former lawmaker Ted Hui’s legal bid against withdrawal of protest cases quashed as he ‘despises’ court, judge says South China Mo...

How China turned a prize-winning iPhone hack against the Uyghurs MIT Technology Review, May 6, 2021 UK spies warn local authorities over ...

The Reciter: A Uyghur family’s pride — and downfall SupChina, May 5, 2021 新西兰国会谴责中国新疆针对维吾尔族的人权打压(New Zealand Parliament condemns China...

Taiwanese academics and legislators call for University of Hong Kong head to be expelled from national academy Hong Kong Free Press, May 6,...

Beijing official makes a big show of understanding gig workers China Labour Bulletin, May 6, 2021

DW reporters in China: Documenting the erosion of fundamental rights Deutsche Welle, May 6, 2021 Authorities Shut Down Ethnic Minority Ch...

Olympics sponsors duck questions over Beijing 2022 as boycott calls grow Financial Times, May 6, 2021

G7外长批中国侵犯人权 吁各国团结对抗新冠(G7 foreign ministers criticize China for human rights violations, call on all countries to unite against Covid-19) De...

The Downside of China’s Online Muscle-Flexing Foreign Policy, May 5, 2021

Hong Kong court jails three on riot charges despite no evidence of rioting The Guardian, May 6, 2021 Related: Hong Kong: Joshua Wong ja...

Show compassion to those in custody South China Morning Post, May 5, 2021 Grim Image of India Prompts Debate Over China’s Swaggering Prop...

New Zealand slams China's treatment of Uyghurs, stops short of calling it genocide Deutsche Welle, May 5, 2021 China Is Courting Midd...

In China, Writing About Pandemic, Cultural Heritage Can Get You Arrested Voice of America, May 4, 2021

Feminism in China dates to communist revolution but today activists feel squeezed by the state South China Morning Post, May 5, 2021

Big Tech’s regulatory challenges in China include closer scrutiny of taxes, but many see this as long overdue South China Morning Post, May...