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.

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

Xinjiang vice-governor defends centers for Uighurs at U.N. rights forum
Reuters, June 25, 2019

Related:
Xinjiang Vice Governor paints internment camps as “vocational centers” at UN Rights Council
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2019

在国际社会的批评下 新疆自治区副主席为再教育营辩护 (Xinjiang Vice Governor defends camps amid international criticism)
Voice of America, June 25, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Renewed calls to lower China’s age of criminal responsibility ignore benefits of non-custodial measures and lessons from abroad, Part II of II
Dui Hua Human Rights Journal, June 25, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

China’s war on Western names
China Media Project, June 25, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

广东民众维权成功 垃圾焚烧厂选址取消 (Guangdong protests succeed in halting plans for garbage incineration facility)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2019

As officials mull China's new vaccine law, parents fear it won't help
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2019

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人大常委会第十一次会议审议多部法律草案 (National People’s Congress to review multiple draft laws, including vaccine regulations and community correction procedures)
People’s Daily, June 26, 2019

Abused as “dirty,” same-sex newlyweds in Taiwan fear backlash
Straits Times, June 25, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Nike reportedly halted a shoe release in China after its co-designer supported Hong Kong protesters
Quartz, June 26, 2019

Nike pulls line of shoes from China over Instagram post
Financial Times, June 26, 2019

国际劳工组织敦促中国释放所有工人维权者 (International Labour Organization urges China to release all labor rights defenders)
Radio France Internationale, June 25, 2019

The underrated influence of modern neo-Maoists on China’s Communist Party
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2019

Letter from Africa: Kenya's love-hate relationship with Chinese traders
BBC, June 25, 2019

“贫困县”坑公款内幕 呈现畸形贪腐 (Corruption revealed in China’s touted “poverty province”: Hebei’s Zhangjiakou Wanquan district government spent millions on video project)
Radio Free Asia, June 25, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Chinese technology moguls’ latest obsession: Red tourism
Bloomberg, June 25, 2019

U.S. tech companies sidestep a Trump ban, to keep selling to Huawei
The New York Times, June 25, 2019

Global telecom carriers attacked by suspected Chinese hackers
Wall Street Journal, June 24, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

【逃犯條例.不斷更新】逾百人出發赴領事館請願 促G20集團峰會向習近平施壓 (Hundreds of protestors on “marathon march” visit over a dozen diplomatic missions, urging pressure on China at G20 summit)
Ming Pao, June 26, 2019

Related:
RH: ADDING MORE RECENT NYT COVERAGE https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/26/world/asia/hong-kong-protests.html Why Hong Kong’s protesters are turning to G-20 leaders for help The New York Times, June 26, 2019 More anti-extradition protests planned in Hong Kong and Japan ahead of Osaka G20 summit
Hong Kong Free Press, June 25, 2019

Hong Kong activists crowdfund for anti-extradition bill voice at G20
Reuters, June 25, 2019

【曾蔭權上訴得直】曾蔭權公職失當案終極上訴得直獲撤控 (Former chief executive Donald Tsang’s convictions quashed in successful appeal to final court)
Ming Pao, June 26, 2019

Defiant Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam sticking to her guns over refusal to withdraw extradition bill
South China Morning Post, June 26, 2019

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Hong Kong extradition bill crisis: government’s relationship with pro-establishment camp takes a hit, as Carrie Lam accused of going it alone
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2019

不合作運動惹部分市民不滿,示威人士發起道歉行動 (Protestors take public action to apologize to citizens inconvenienced during civil disobedience campaign)
The Initium, June 25, 2019

LGBT couples in Hong Kong are treated differently by the law in nearly 100 ways, report finds
South China Morning Post, June 26, 2019

Head of Hong Kong photojournalist union resigns amid row over professional conduct and police “tip-off”
Hong Kong Free Press, June 25, 2019

UK halts sale of teargas to Hong Kong amid police brutality claims
The Guardian, June 25, 2019

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Hong Kong police urge Court of Appeal to relax warrant requirement for mobile phone searches in hearing that has implications for extradition bill protesters and criminal suspects
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2019

Anti-extradition bill protesters continue pressure tactics against Hong Kong government as calls mount for independent inquiry into June 12 violence
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2019

The Hong Kong celebrities risking careers to join protests
Al Jazeera, June 25, 2019

Commentary (评论)

What is Hong Kong for?
SupChina, June 25, 2019

No longer an apolitical technocrat, Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam must learn to engage critics
Hong Kong Free Press, June 25, 2019

Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

Chinese student responses to the mass internment of Turkic Muslims
Living Otherwise, June 24, 2019

Young Uyghur tour director dies under questioning by Xinjiang authorities: Mother
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2019

Increased security to prevent leaks on mosques’ demolition
Bitter Winter, June 24, 2019

Why Indonesia’s muted response to China’s Xinjiang Uyghur internment camps is in stark contrast to anger over Rohingya crisis
South China Morning Post, June 23, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

王全璋周五有望见家属 江天勇身体状况恶化
Family of jailed Chinese rights lawyer promised visit after long delays
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2019

Lawyer Jiang Tianyong freed from prison but not free, health deteriorating
China Change, June 24, 2019

CCP fabricates evidence against pastor Wang Yi
Bitter Winter, June 24, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

China’s long, hot summer of censorship
The Diplomat, June 24, 2019

Protesters gather in Taipei, asking “red media” to leave Taiwan
Focus Taiwan, June 23, 2019

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中国暗中渗透台湾 信息透明是解答吗?(Is information transparency the answer to China’s infiltration of Taiwanese media?)
Deutsche Welle, June 24, 2019

Red Infiltration: The reality of China’s global media expansion (Part 1)
Ketagalan Media, June 23, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Sichuan trade union kept busy with poverty alleviation projects while workers go unpaid
China Labour Bulletin, June 24, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

审议《中国共产党机构编制工作条例》和《中国共产党农村工作条例》(Politburo to review working regulations on Party work on villages: Prioritize urbanization of agricultural villages, convert grassroots CPC bodies into “battle fortresses” that promote and uphold CPC’s ideals and decisions)
People’s Daily, June 25, 2019

Chinese ex-official Qiao Jianjun arrested again in Sweden; this time at request of US
South China Morning Post, June 24, 2019

Related:
瑞典释放中国通缉犯,中国全球反腐受挫 (After Sweden’s police arrested a fugitive Chinese official wanted for bribery, its courts refused to extradite him)
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2019

China says will not allow Hong Kong issue to be discussed at G20 summit
Reuters, June 24, 2019

Related:
Hong Kong protesters want attention at G-20 to Beijing’s dismay
Bloomberg, June 24, 2019

Australia accused of being too “quiet” on UN Human Rights Council over abusive nations
The Guardian, June 23, 2019

China’s Qu Dongyu beats EU candidate for United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization leadership
Euractiv, June 24, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

华为CFO孟晚舟的律师团要求加拿大撤销引渡程序 (Meng Wanzhou’s lawyer urges Canada to drop extradition proceedings)
Reuters, June 25, 2019

Huawei staff are banned from US offices as research arm Futurewei seeks split from Chinese parent after trade-war blacklist
Reuters, June 25, 2019

大疆将在美生产新无人机,规避制裁风险
Chinese drones made in America: One company’s plan to win over Trump
The New York Times, June 24, 2019

Baidu offers more news search options after journalist accuses it of bias
Caixin, June 24, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

2019 Hong Kong protests against extradition bill: A brief timeline
Human Rights in China, June 21, 2019

G20前民間多個抗議行動 (Multiple anti-extradition protests before G20 summit, calling for international attention on Hong Kong)
Citizen News, June 25, 2019

民權觀察收35宗警察濫權個案 受害人警棍、盾牌傷痕清晰可見 (Civil Rights Observer online platform receives 35 reports of police brutality; urges independent inquiry and criminal liability)
Inmediahk.net, June 24, 2019

Related:
法政匯思:獨立調查委員會查6.12事件非針對警隊 (Independent investigation of June 12 clashes is not a police witch hunt, says Progressive Lawyers Group)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 24, 2019

“Lying has become a norm”: Hong Kong police falsely accused protesters of blocking ambulances, democrats say
Hong Kong Free Press, June 24, 2019

鄭若驊:無論任何人有否定性為暴動 不影響律政司檢控 (Prosecutorial decisions will not be affected by “riot” label, says Secretary of Justice)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 24, 2019

Hong Kong should consult widely on extradition bill: U.N. rights boss
Reuters, June 24, 2019

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Dialogue with Hong Kong government over extradition bill “not realistic,” Joshua Wong and fellow student leader say
South China Morning Post, June 24, 2019

Five Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protesters were arrested at public hospitals while seeking treatment
Hong Kong Free Press, June 24, 2019

How Hong Kong’s leaderless protests are organized
Inkstone, June 24, 2019

Commentary (评论)

橡膠子彈與Hallelujah的鬥爭(文:黎恩灝)(The struggle between “Hallelujah” and rubber bullets)
Ming Pao, June 25, 2019

“Less-lethal” weapons such as rubber bullets and beanbag rounds can be deadly, too
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2019

When a China propaganda campaign infiltrated the United States
The Diplomat, June 25, 2019

What thoughts should be inspired by the prosecution of Meng Hongwei, the former Interpol chief from China?
Jerome A. Cohen, June 24, 2019

Monday, June 24, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

Xinjiang internment camps, Rohingya in Myanmar highlighted for religious repression: Report
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2019

Related:
2018 Report on International Religious Freedom: China (Includes Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, and Macau)
U.S. Department of State, June 21, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

China still committed to getting rid of “big, foreign and weird” place names
South China Morning Post, June 22, 2019

China orders halt to history tests for students seeking credits for US university courses
Reuters, June 21, 2019

Beijing leans on UK dons to praise Communist Party and avoid “the three Ts — Tibet, Tiananmen and Taiwan”
The Times UK, June 20, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

3万台湾人上街反红色媒体 要求政府撤照 (30,000 Taiwan citizens march against “red media” controlled by China, urging government to revoke licenses)
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2019

“We must protect and stand up for our youth”: Thousands in Australia protest against Hong Kong extradition law
Hong Kong Free Press, June 23, 2019

Advocacy group pushes for stronger US engagement on Tibet
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2019

“一国两制下的香港”影展台北上映 港人吁台湾以香港为鉴 (Film exhibition about Hong Kong under One Country, Two Systems opens in Taiwan, organizers urge Taiwan to heed warning in Hong Kong crisis)
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2019

From a Tibetan filmmaker, an unvarnished view of his land
The New York Times, June 21, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

【引渡惡法】中國政府從未用科技監控百姓 華駐英大使回應林鄭下台 (“China has never used surveillance technology on civilians,” says Chinese consulate in U.K.)
Apple Daily, June 23, 2019

Canada “will join US” in speaking out for rules-based global order against China
South China Morning Post, June 23, 2019

Macau’s leadership race could be more interesting than usual, as favourite Ho Iat-seng faces three challengers
South China Morning Post, June 23, 2019

How the storm over Hong Kong’s extradition bill battered Beijing’s “one country, two systems” ambitions for Taiwan
South China Morning Post, June 22, 2019

Chinese police free more than 1,100 human trafficking victims after targeting Southeast Asian networks
South China Morning Post, June 21, 2019