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, February 27, 2020

Xinjiang (新疆)

U.N. rights boss expected in China, including restive Xinjiang region, this year: envoy
Reuters, February 26, 2020

Uighur activists say China’s coronavirus measures are causing widespread hunger
Agence France-Presse, February 27, 2020

Uyghur Former Detainee of Xinjiang Internment Camp Denied Treatment Amid Coronavirus Quarantine
Radio Free Asia, February 26, 2020

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Gui Minhai's daughter says China 'buried' his sentence amid coronavirus outbreak
The Guardian, February 27, 2020

Related:
Call for pressure on China to free Swedish publisher jailed for ten years
Reporters Without Borders, February 25, 2020

Access to Information (信息公开)

中国宣传机器在新冠疫情中受挫
Coronavirus Weakens China’s Powerful Propaganda Machine
The New York Times, February 27, 2020

Coronavirus: China tries to contain outbreak of freedom of speech, closing critics’ WeChat accounts
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2020

肺炎疫情繼續蔓延 中國官民網絡博弈成拉鋸戰 (As coronavirus spreads in China, online fight between government and the people becomes tug-o-war)
BBC, February 24, 2020

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

A Social Media Profile of the Late Dr. Li Wenliang: From a Liberal-leaning Student, to a Party Adherent, to a Whistleblower Who Believes a Society Should Have More Than One Voice
China China, February 26, 2020

异见艺术家华涌发起三不运动 接连遭死亡威胁 (Dissident artist receives repeated death threats after calling for movement to not resume work amidst outbreak)
Radio Free Asia, February 26, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China investigates release of coronavirus-infected inmate in Hubei
Reuters, February 27, 2020

Shaved Heads, Adult Diapers: Life as a Nurse in the Coronavirus Outbreak
The New York Times, February 26, 2020

Related:
Wuhan nurses' plea for international medics to help fight coronavirus
The Guardian, February 26, 2020

Beijing to quarantine people if they visited countries seriously hit by coronavirus
Reuters, February 26, 2020

Related:
China Tightens Screening of Travelers, Fearing Reinfection From Abroad
The Wall Street Journal, February 26, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

消息指瑪嘉烈醫院部門主管拒交罷工醫護名單 辭職轉任顧問醫生 院方不評論 (Head of radiology at Prince Margaret Hospital refuses to submit list of doctors who joined strike to Hospital Authority, quits as a result)
The Stand News, February 27, 2020

Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority targets medics who went on strike to urge border closure
Hong Kong Free Press, February 27, 2020

Contrite Hong Kong educator demoted but keeps job after sharing acrostic poem that wished death on city police, their families
South China Morning Post, February 27, 2020

地盤工被指元旦遊行藏砂糖與汽油彈相關 今獲撤控兼得訟費 批控方「誣衊」 (Construction worker arrested during January march for carrying sugar has charges dismissed)
Inmediahk.net, February 26, 2020

Commentary (评论)

China’s Military Can’t Deliver on Humanitarian Promises
Foreign Policy, February 26, 2020

Dear Chairman Xi, It’s Time for You to Go
China File, February 26, 2020

What Ails The People’s Daily?
China Media Project, February 24, 2020

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Xinjiang (新疆)

Uighur woman says she was threatened by Chinese police after husband appeared on Q&A
The Guardian, February 26, 2020

Access to Justice (司法公正)

桂民海判刑惹议 欧盟要求释放 (EU urges release of Gui Minhai after heavy 10-year sentence)
Deutsche Welle, February 26, 2020

Related:
Gui Minhai is Swedish, says Stockholm, following claim jailed bookseller sought to reinstate Chinese citizenship
Hong Kong Free Press, February 25, 2020

Access to Information (信息公开)

Coronavirus: China tries to contain outbreak of freedom of speech, closing critics’ WeChat accounts
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2020

World Health Organization: China not sharing data on coronavirus infections among health-care workers
Washington Post, February 26, 2020

“武汉肺炎”养老院11长者死 官方威胁造谣可囚7年 (Caixin News reports 11 dead in elderly home, authorities threaten 7-year imprisonment for spreading rumors)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2020

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

How one man is giving hope and free HIV drugs to China’s coronavirus patients
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2020

Wuhan nurses' plea for international medics to help fight coronavirus
The Guardian, February 26, 2020

国际学者联名致信习近平:释放许志永,让中国人说话 (International scholars issue letter to Xi Jinping, urging release of Xu Zhiyong and freedom of speech)
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China: child found home alone with dead grandfather amid coronavirus lockdown
The Guardian, February 26, 2020

“我每天想哭一百次”:疫情令中国孕产妇陷入困境
‘I Felt Like Crying’: Coronavirus Shakes China’s Expecting Mothers
The New York Times, February 26, 2020

武汉肺炎治疗“免费”吗? 疫情暴露出中国卫生投入的短板 (Is treatment for coronavirus free? The shortcomings of China's healthcare)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2020

湖北武汉“封城”月余 学者关注心理创伤 (Scholars concerned over psychological trauma as Hubei lockdown stretches enters second month)
Radio Free Asia, February 25, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

醫管局向罷工醫護發信 稱考慮下一步跟進 「繼續支付工資,但不表示放棄追究權利」(Hong Kong Hospital Authority issues letter to medics who took part in strike and threatens follow-up action)
Stand News, February 26, 2020

政府獎券基金建檢疫中心 繞過立法會審批 (Government bypasses LegCo screening, uses lotteries fund designated for social welfare by NGOs to build quarantine center)
Inmediahk.net, February 26, 2020

Hong Kong budget to hit record deficit of HK$139 billion with relief measures of HK$10,000 per individual and full loan backing for small firms, up to HK$2 million
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2020

Related:
Hong Kong budget 2020: HK$10,000 cash handout does nothing tackle systemic injustice, says democrat
Hong Kong Free Press, February 26, 2020

Show me the money: Hongkongers welcome HK$10,000 handout but wonder when they will actually get it
South China Morning Post, February 26, 2020

西貢區議會動議 將軍澳兩公園以周梓樂陳彥霖命名 設紀念碑、壁畫、連儂牆 (District Council proposes to name parks after Chow Tsz-lok and Chan Yin-lam, with memorials and Lennon Walls)
Stand News, February 25, 2020

Commentary (评论)

Hong Kong Is Still Waiting for Its Feminist Uprising
The Nation, February 25, 2020

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Xinjiang (新疆)

Q&A: Chinese diplomat grilled over Uighurs and coronavirus response
The Guardian, February 24, 2020

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Hong Kong bookseller Gui Minhai jailed for 10 years in China
The Guardian, February 25, 2020

Related:
香港书商桂民海在中国被判处10年监禁
China Sentences Hong Kong Bookseller Gui Minhai to 10 Years in Prison
The New York Times, February 25, 2020

China says all rights, interests of Gui Minhai fully guaranteed
Reuters, February 25, 2020

China: Bookseller handed outrageous 10-year sentence must be released
Amnesty International, February 25, 2020

Access to Information (信息公开)

U.S. Considers Expelling Chinese Journalists After Americans Barred
Bloomberg, February 25, 2020

Related:
China says WSJ reporter in Wuhan can remain in country until end of epidemic
Reuters, February 25, 2020

外媒群起质疑 北京捍卫驱逐记者决定 (Beijing defends decision to expel Wall Street Journal journalists)
Deutsche Welle, February 25, 2020

Here's How China Is Hunting Down Coronavirus Critics
Vice, February 24, 2020

Party Propaganda Machine Wants 'Heartwarming’ Tales From Virus-Hit Central China
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2020

'The losses are substantial': the NBA's trouble with China, four months on
The Guardian, February 24, 2020

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Tibetan Protests Close Down China Propaganda Outreach in New York
Radio Free Asia, February 24, 2020

China Is Censoring Coronavirus Stories. These Citizens Are Fighting Back.
The New York Times, February 23, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China postpones top annual political meetings amid coronavirus epidemic
South China Morning Post, February 25, 2020

‘We won’t be silent’ while others smear us, Beijing official vows amid furore over US newspaper headline deemed racist
South China Morning Post, February 25, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

‘Not done yet’: Virus delivers blow to Hong Kong protests but rage remains
Agence France-Presse, February 25, 2020

葵涌連儂牆 15 人貼文宣被捕 包括一名教師及多名學生 (15 arrested in Kwai Chung for posting on Lennon Wall, including teachers and students)
Stand News, February 25, 2020

In Pictures: Hundreds protest against Tuen Mun’s ‘dancing aunties’ as police deploy pepper spray
February 24, Hong Kong Free Press, 2020