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, March 26, 2015

Civil Society (民间社会)

Chinese police raid office of prominent NGO: co-founder
Reuters, March 26, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/26/us-china-rights-idUSKBN0MM0CD20150326

Corruption (腐败)

China's environment watchdog to exit from evaluation services
Xinhua News, March 25, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-03/25/c_134096838.htm

Freedom of Expression (言论自由)

Freed Tibetan monk's welcoming ceremony blocked by police
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/blocked-03252015121602.html

Another monk is detained in Tibet's Sog county
Radio Free Asia, March 25, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/another-03252015150315.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Universal suffrage is “genuine” if it fits within the law, CY Leung argues in Legco Q&A
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1747561/cy-leung-condemns-anti-parallel-goods-protests-legco-qa-session

Internet (互联网)

Chinese have no need for websites blocked by Great Firewall, says Beijing official
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics-policy/article/1747592/olympics-beijing-official-says-chinese-have-no-need

反审查网站:中国政府参与攻击谷歌等公司 (Anti-censorship website: Chinese government participated in attacks on Google and other companies)
Voice of America, March 26, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-google-cyberspace-20150323/2694433.html

Population (人口)

”Secret” children could cost State workers their jobs
China Daily, March 26, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-03/26/content_19918610.htm

Rule of Law (法治)

Environmental NGO sues polluter
China Daily, March 26, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-03/26/content_19912406.htm

China's Xi says miscarriages of justice must be tackled properly
Reuters, March 25, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/26/us-china-politics-court-idUSKBN0MM04L20150326

习近平:司法体制改革成效人民来评判 (Xi Jinping: people are to judge the effectiveness of judicial reform)
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2015
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/national/14c53a3a1ef7d36/xi-jin-ping-si-fa-ti-zhi-gai-ge-cheng-xiao-ren-min-lai-ping-pan

Lawyers demand more autonomy for bar associations as country pushes for rule of law
Global Times, March 25, 2015
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/913965.shtml

China's Inner Mongolia police chief held for murder
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 26, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-32062296

Women (妇女)

China rejects international pleas to release five feminists from jail
The Guardian, March 25, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/25/china-rejects-release-five-detained-feminist-activists-international-womens-day

Related:
China rejects calls to free women's rights activists
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 25, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-32046346

In China, supporters of detained feminists come under pressure
The New York Times, March 25, 2015
http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/25/in-china-supporters-of-detained-feminists-come-under-pressure/

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Detention of women activists makes a mockery of China's rule of law aspirations
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1747586/detention-women-activists-makes-mockery-chinas-rule-law

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Corruption (腐败)

China hands US list of corrupt officials alleged to have fled to America
South China Morning Post, March 25, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1746947/china-gives-us-list-corrupt-officials-alleged-have-fled-america

Related:
China, US work to clear legal hurdles
China Daily, March 25, 2015
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2015-03/25/content_19900801.htm

中国向美国提供逃往美国贪腐嫌疑人“优先名单” (China provides U.S. with “priority list” of graft suspects who have fled to the country)
Reuters, March 25, 2015
http://cn.reuters.com/article/2015/03/25/cn-clj-idCNKBS0ML0NZ20150325

China's local gov'ts urged to implement power list system
Sina News, March 24, 2015
http://english.sina.com/china/2015/0324/794762.html

Freedom of Association and Assembly (结社自由、集会自由)

Christian pastor in China gets one-year prison term in battle over crosses
New York Times, March 24, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/25/world/asia/christian-pastor-in-china-gets-one-year-prison-term-in-battle-over-crosses.html

China orders square dancers to walk the line
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 24, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/32033315

Freedom of Expression (言论自由)

艾未未獲頒國際特赦最高人權獎 (Ai Weiwei receives Amnesty’s top honor)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 24, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/03/150324_aiweiwei_award

西藏艺术家阿旺坚赞被拘押 (Tibetan artist Ngawang Gyaltsen detained)
Voice of America, March 25, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/tibet-20150324/2692282.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Sha Tau Kok shops plan would take pressure off other border areas, local councillors argue
South China Morning Post, March 25, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1746521/sha-tau-kok-shops-plan-would-take-pressure-other-border-areas-local

Information Control (信息控制)

China's great firewall: Fortune at the expense of freedom?
CNN, March 25, 2015
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/25/asia/china-internet-censorship-kristie-lu-stout/

Refugees and Asylum Seekers (难民和庇护寻求者)

Tug-of-war between China, Turkey over suspected Uighurs in Thailand
Yahoo News, March 25, 2015
http://news.yahoo.com/tug-war-between-china-turkey-over-suspected-uighurs-175355040.html

Related:
中国土耳其分别要求泰国遣返维吾尔移民 (China and Turkey request Thailand to extradite Uyghur immigrants)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 24, 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/03/150324_uighurs_thai_turkey_china

Taiwan (台湾)

Taiwan activists fan China fears as protest trial opens
Reuters, March 25, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/25/us-taiwan-protests-idUSKBN0ML0JQ20150325?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

Women (妇女)

Britain calls for release of Chinese female activists
The Telegraph, March 25, 2015
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11493546/Britain-calls-for-release-of-Chinese-female-activists.html

Opinion and Editorial (观点和社论)

Chinese officials must learn that clarity is key to good governance
South China Morning Post, Date
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1746593/chinese-officials-must-learn-clarity-key-good-governance

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Civil Society (民间社会)

Chinese law would bring civic groups under state security supervision
Washington Post, March 23, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/chinese-law-would-bring-civic-groups-under-state-security-supervision/2015/03/23/5d8ad994-cce7-11e4-8730-4f473416e759_story.html

Corruption (腐败)

Love of photography proves Chinese official's undoing
South China Morning Post, March 24, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1745693/love-photography-proved-chinese-officials-undoing

North China province tackles official shortage after corruption war
Xinhua News, March 24, 2015
http://english.sina.com/2015/0324/794534.html

Wife of Chinese military officer at center of corruption probe “mired in business debt, disputes”
South China Morning Post, March 24, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1746265/wife-chinese-military-officer-centre-corruption-probe-mired-business-debt