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, March 16, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong Lawmakers Criticize 'Arbitrary' Arrests by Police
Radio Free Asia, March 16, 2020

First aid volunteer arrested at Hong Kong anti-government protest pleads guilty to using walkie-talkie without a licence
South China Morning Post, March 16, 2020

Year of living dangerously: Hong Kong bombing campaign ‘almost unprecedented’, says police explosives unit
South China Morning Post, March 14, 2020

陳健民刑滿出獄:獄中日子無一刻後悔 爭取民主必須付出代價 (Upon release from prison, Chan Kin-Man, an "Occupy Central" initiator, says: "I've never regretted for a single moment—this is the price for Hong Kong democracy")
inmediahk.net, March 14, 2020

何君堯推23條立法 稱已收100萬簽名支持 (Junius Ho claims 1 million have signed petition supporting reintroduction of Article 23)
inmediahk.net, March 13, 2020

Related:何君堯街站促 23 條立法 被指簽名即派搓手液 光頭警長穿制服與民合照 (Junius Ho starts signature drive for reintroduction of Article 23, giving away free hand sanitizer)
The Stand News, March 15, 2020

Commentary (评论)

肺炎疫情:“中国抗疫模式”引全球反思,但难以在全世界复制 ("China's coronavirus-resistant model" is difficult to replicate worldwide for its human rights violation)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 16, 2020

华丽转身? 疫情下中共的大外宣与大内宣 (Gorgeous turn? CPC tries to morph from 'troublemaker' to 'global anti-coronavirus leader' through large-scale internal and external propaganda efforts)
Deutsche Welle, March 16, 2020

评论:不,专制并不比民主制更善于处理危机 (No, autocracy is no better at managing crises than democracy)
Deutsche Welle, March 15, 2020

Friday, March 13, 2020

Xinjiang (新疆)

Uyghur, Falun Gong Detainees Likely Source For China’s Organ Market: Report
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2020

Access to Information (信息公开)

记者无疆界公布"互联网敌人" 网信办榜上有名 (Reporters Without Borders releases a list of "Internet Enemies" including Cyberspace Administration of China)
Deutsche Welle, March 13, 2020

Relate:
If China really considers web surveillance “against human rights”, it must stop spying on journalists
Reporters Without Borders, March 12, 2020

曾报道武汉新冠“八君子”造谣 新华社一女记者获官方嘉许 (Xinhua News Agency reporter who accused eight individuals who spread early news about coronavirus of “rumor mongering” receives commendation)
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2020

焦点对话:为武汉人民发声,作家方方遭举报 (Video: “Dialogue”:on writer Fangfang being reported for amplifying voices from Wuhan during coronavirus epidemic)
Voice of America, March 13, 2020

Citizen Participation (公众知情权)

2020年第六届“曹顺利人权捍卫者纪念奖”颁奖公告 (The Sixth “Cao Shunli Human Rights Defenders Memorial Award” is awarded to Mr. Zhang Jianping and Wang Heying)
Weiquanwang, March 13, 2020

湖北多城传有限度解封 应城不满高价菜品爆抗议 (Many Hubei cities are said to have partially lifted restrictions, residents in Yingcheng city protest high vegetables prices)
Radio Free Asia, March 13, 2020

李文亮死微博最后一贴不死 59万人续跟留言筑中国哭墙 (Coronavirus "whistle blower" Li Wenliang's last post on WeChat gets 590,000 comments)
Radio France Internationale, March 13, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Coronavirus: China’s first confirmed Covid-19 case traced back to November 17
South China Morning Post, March 13, 2020

Chinese official Zhao Lijian echoes conspiracy theory that US is to blame for coronavirus outbreak
Agence France Presse, March 13, 2020

中国发表美国人权报告,称美国贫富差距西方之首(China releases U.S. human rights report citing the country’s gap between rich and poor ranks first in the West)
Voice of America, March 13, 2020

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

特朗普签署通信网络法 华为:受害者是美国消费者 (Trump signs bill to bar U.S. telecom operators from using federal funds to purchase communications products, equipment from companies including Huawei and ZTE)
Deutsche Welle, March 13, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong district councillor worker arrested after dispute over signs targeting gov’t supporters
Hong Kong Free Press, March 13, 2020

612 九個月各區放映會 警旺角截查帶走 6 人 有人燒路障 (Citizens hold district-screenings on nine-month anniversary of June 12, 2019; police clear roadblocks, arrest at least 6)
Stand News, March 13, 2020

Related:
Riot Police Shove Journalists as Hong Kong Marks June 12 Police Violence
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2020

RTHK chief defends Headliner’s role as satire, but says ‘aspiration to serve’ bonds Hong Kong’s various departments
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2020

Commentary (评论)

Coronavirus: The new and ingenious ways Chinese citizens are evading censorship to learn about the outbreak
Hong Kong Free Press, March 13, 2020

Thursday, March 12, 2020

Xinjiang (新疆)

美国发布2019国别人权报告 称中国在新疆纪录为“世纪污点” (U.S. Department of State’s ‘2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices’ calls China's Xinjiang record “stain of the century”)
Voice of America, March 12, 2020

中国发动宣传机器抹黑新疆人权份子 (Chinese propaganda smears Xinjiang human rights activist who received award in U.S.)
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2020

中国发动宣传机器抹黑新疆人权活动人士 (China launches propaganda to discredit Xinjiang human rights activists overseas)
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2020

美议员提新议案 禁止新疆强迫劳工产品流入美国 (U.S. congressman proposes new bill to ban Xinjiang forced labor products from flowing into U.S.)
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2020

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese Social Justice Activist ‘Disappeared’
Human Rights Watch, March 11, 2020

Access to Information (信息公开)

美国国家安全顾问指责中国隐瞒疫情耽误全球两月时间 (U.S. National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien accuses China of concealing the coronavirus, delaying world’s knowledge for two months)
Radio France Internationale, March 12, 2020

Chinese officials push conspiracy theory coronavirus originated abroad
The Guardian, March 12, 2020

肺炎疫情:新冠病毒影响男性生育?湖北政府官网刊文“被消失” (Article written by expert team and published on official website of Hubei Provincial Government on coronavirus’s adverse effect on male fertility and sexual function is removed after going viral)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 12, 2020

中国在新冠疫情下进一步加强审查制度 (China further strengthens censorship amid coronavirus epidemic)
Radio France Internationale, March 12, 2020

肺炎疫情:“发哨人”引发反审查战,中国人用创意接力反击 (Article interviewing the doctor who first issued photo of coronavirus test report is deleted, and netizens use various versions to restore it )
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 11, 2020

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

拒绝再沉默,武汉90后:我这辈子有义务为死者发声 (Refusing to be silenced again, Wuhan post-‘90: I have an obligation in my life to speak for the dead)
Voice of America, March 12, 2020

西藏人民抗暴日纪念活动在澳洲各城市举行 (Tibetans commemorate Tibetan National Uprising Day in many cities in Australia and other countries)
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2020

逆行武汉 前央视主持人李泽华消失记 (How former CCTV host Li Zehua disappeared for Investigating coronavirus situation in Wuhan)
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2020

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

美国参议员提出议案,要求禁止联邦雇员使用TikTok (U.S. Senate members propose a bill prohibiting U.S. federal employees from installing TikTok on government-distributed phones)
Voice of America, March 12, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong protests: 13-year-old arrested on suspicion of assaulting police officer is among seven seized in early morning raids
South China Morning Post, March 12, 2020

美國發表2019年人權報告 批中國侵犯人權 關注北京損香港自治權 (U.S. State Department report names police brutality as significant human rights issue in Hong Kong, slams Beijing encroachment on city's autonomy)
HK01, March 12, 2020

Related:
回應美人權報告批評警暴 政府:示威者暴力程度前所未有 警受死亡威脅 (Protester violence unprecedented and police faced deadly threats, says Hong Kong government in response to U.S. report on human rights violations)
Stand News, March 12, 2020

Hongkongers Converge on Washington to Call For Sanctions Against Police, Leaders
Radio Free Asia, March 11, 2020

6人涉爆炸案提堂 辯方投訴被告受警方威嚇下作供 (Defendants charged with bombing report forced confession in custody, threats to girlfriend; two defendants hospitalized after arrest)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 11, 2020

Related:
涉明愛醫院及兩口岸放炸彈促封關 6人被控串謀爆炸等罪 (Six charged over bombing incidents in late January after urging border closure)
Inmediahk.net, March 11, 2020

Commentary (评论)

公民社会的缺失与重构:疫情下的民间捐助 (The deficit and reconstruction of civil society: civil donations in the epidemic)
Voice of America, March 13, 2020

让全球看清疫情是天灾抑或人祸,是很多人最大的疑惑或期望 (Letting the world see whether the coronavirus is natural or man-made is the biggest doubt or expectation among many people)
Radio France Internationale, March 12, 2020

灾难降临,中国更需要公民社会 (Facing disaster, China needs civil society even more)
The New York Times, March 11, 2020

十字架报:中国已开始改写武汉病毒历史 (LaCroix: China is rewriting the history of Wuhan coronavirus)
Radio France Internationale, March 11, 2020

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Xinjiang (新疆)

US senator calls for action on forced labour in China's Xinjiang
Channel NewsAsia, March 11, 2020

‘Two-Faced’ Former Uyghur Forestry Official Sentenced to Life in Prison in Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2020

Access to Information (信息公开)

Coronavirus: How Chinese social media platforms controlled information on the outbreak
Global Voices, March 11, 2020

Beijing's coronavirus propaganda blitz goes global
Axios, March 11, 2020

Coronavirus: Wuhan doctor says officials muzzled her for sharing report on WeChat
South China Morning Post, March 11, 2020

Related:
Doctors Keep Dying in Wuhan and Beijing Is Still Trying to Silence Them
Vice, March 11, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

‘Playing the victim’: Hong Kong democrat slams police force after top cop denies brutality accusations at UN
Hong Kong Free Press, March 11, 2020

眾志發起公開信 促美國盡快制裁賣港官員及警察 (Demosistō urges US sanctions on Hong Kong officials and police force)
Inmediahk.net, March 11, 2020

UK parliamentarians launch probe into Hong Kong police over rights violations
Hong Kong Free Press, March 11, 2020

Related:
New Parliamentary Inquiry Launched into Alleged Human Rights Abuses in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Watch, March 10, 2020

醫局:N95餘4周存量 令人擔心 稱「痛下決心」 限處理霧化程序用 (Hospital Authority reveals stock for N95 masks will last fewer than four weeks, "regrettably limits use" only for aerosol-generating procedures)
Ming Pao, March 11, 2020/p>

調查:約6成受訪市民因社會運動或疫情而失眠 (In latest poll, 60% of respondents say they suffered insomnia due to protests or coronavirus outbreak)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 11, 2020

民政處突取消東區監警會 民主派批警權凌駕區議會 (Home Affairs Department cancels district council meeting scheduled to discuss police violence after police department refuses to attend)
Inmediahk.net, March 10, 2020

Commentary (评论)

醫護罷工的劃時代意義 (The historic meaning of Hong Kong's groundbreaking medical strike)
Inmediahk.net, March 10, 2020