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, August 07, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

Uighur man threatened with deportation to China arrives in US after urgent appeal
SBS News, August 6, 2019

China, Kyrgyzstan hold joint counter-terrorism exercise
Xinhua, August 6, 2019

Xinjiang authorities detained Uyghur official who quit due to injury in Yarkand incident
Radio Free Asia, August 6, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Activist held in China’s Chongqing over social media comment about Hong Kong
Radio Free Asia, August 6, 2019

李金星律师吊证听证会遭维稳 禁证人作供阻民众旁听 (Closed hearing on rights lawyer Li Jinxing’s license revocation: Audience barred from entering, witness prevented from testifying)
Radio Free Asia, August 6, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

大陸暫停影片及人員參加今年台灣金馬獎 (Beijing bans mainland films, actors from participating in Taiwan’s movie awards)
Ming Pao, August 7, 2019

“New McCarthyism” feared in U.S. academy
China Digital Times, August 7, 2019

Taming those migrant bandits
China Media Project, August 6, 2019

Related:
Chinese police mass 12,000 anti-riot officers in Shenzhen for drill
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Hong Kong, mainland Chinese tensions flare again at New Zealand university
South China Morning Post, August 7, 2019

Flag desecration in Hong Kong sparks backlash in China
Inkstone, August 6, 2019

Harry Potter website changes listing from “Taiwan” to “Taiwan, China” following online uproar
Shanghaiist, August 6, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Reincarnation issue solely rests with Dalai: Tibetan head
The Asian Age, August 7, 2019

Related:
America is a strong supporter of Tibet: His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Nepal 24 Hours, August 7, 2019

【逃犯條例】佩洛西籲美對港停售彈藥 華春瑩斥美包庇和縱容罪犯 (China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticizes Pelosi for “supporting criminal activities” and “harboring criminals” over her calls for export ban on munitions, crowd control equipment to Hong Kong)
Ming Pao, August 7, 2019

Related:
Pelosi statement in support of Hong Kong protestors
U.S. Speaker of the House, August 6, 2019

Pence signals openness to sanctions over China's human rights abuses
Axios, August 6, 2019

Related:
Pence meets with representatives of religious groups persecuted in China
The Epoch Times, August 6, 2019

Chinese policeman under investigation for allegedly beating woman appealing for compensation
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2019

China “encroaching” on Germany’s parliament: Green lawmaker
Deutsche Welle, August 6, 2019

Popular Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je offers “another choice” with launch of new political party
Agence France-Presse, August 6, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

How people in China are trying to evade Beijing’s digital surveillance
Quartz, August 6, 2019

Chinese scholars establish own academic evaluation system following IEEE’s Huawei ban
Global Times, August 6, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Angry protests and tear gas in Sham Shui Po after arrest of Hong Kong student leader for possessing laser pens
Hong Kong Free Press, August 7, 2019

Related:
浸大學生會長被捕 O 記:休班警搜出十支「鐳射槍」 男子試圖逃走 有合理懷疑犯罪 (Student leader arrested for possessing “offensive weapon” after buying laser pointer)
Stand News, August 6, 2019

Masked protesters hold own press con as Hong Kong NGOs condemn alleged police abuses
Hong Kong Free Press, August 6, 2019

Related:
Hong Kong’s protesters fight a new battlefront: PR
Quartz, August 6, 2019

China warns Hong Kong protesters not to “take restraint for weakness”
The New York Times, August 6, 2019

Related:
Defend your home against radical protesters, Beijing urges Hongkongers amid ongoing extradition bill unrest
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2019

香港警方宣布8.5抓捕148人 最小13岁 (148 arrested in strike, clashes on August 5, youngest 13 years old)
Radio France Internationale, August 6, 2019

Related:
Hong Kong’s peace prospects recede amid teargas and smoke
The Guardian, August 6, 2019

Hong Kong police fire 800 tear gas rounds, arrest 148 people during city-wide chaos on Mon
Hong Kong Free Press, August 6, 2019

跨部門繼續譴責 張建宗「學精咗」撐警:警隊代表法律 (“Police represent the law”: Secretary for Administration Matthew Cheung criticizes police station sieges)
Inmediahk.net, August 6, 2019

What “liberate Hong Kong” really means
Inkstone, August 6, 2019

动漫、好莱坞与列侬墙:香港抗议中的流行文化
Fueling the Hong Kong protests: A world of pop-culture memes
The New York Times, August 2, 2019

Commentary (评论)

Turmoil gives Hong Kong its best chance for badly needed political and economic reforms since 1997
South China Morning Post, August 7, 2019

Interview: Why China won't deploy its army in Hong Kong before National Day
Radio Free Asia, August 6, 2019

China’s paramilitary police could crush Hong Kong
Foreign Policy, August 6, 2019

Tuesday, August 06, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

Uygurs locked up as doors open to tourists
Agence France-Presse, August 6, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese rights lawyer Chen Jiangang flees to US to escape “persecution” in China
South China Morning Post, August 5, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

Hit Chinese TV show Go Go Squid! investigated for showing map without Taiwan and Hainan
South China Morning Post, August 5, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Hongkongers support protests from afar as flash mobs across US and Canada add oil
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2019

New foreign NGO offices in Tianjin, Guangdong, Shandong; Raising legal awareness in Tibet
ChinaFile NGO Project, August 5, 2019

Same-sex couples in mainland China are naming their partners as legal guardians
SupChina, August 5, 2019

Government Accountability (政府问责)

U.S. designates China as currency manipulator for first time in decades
Reuters, August 5, 2019

China may halt French police cooperation over Interpol case: source
Agence France-Presse, August 5, 2019

Stop interfering in New Zealand’s internal affairs: Act party leader to Chinese consulate general
New Zealand Herald, August 5, 2019

In China, high-tech racial profiling is social policy
Mind Matters News, August 5, 2019

FARA [Foreign Agents Registration Act] should apply to Confucius Institutes
The Hill, August 5, 2019

Related:
美议员:孔子学院威胁学术自由和国家安全 (Confucius Institutes endanger academic freedom and national security, says US senator)
Radio Free Asia, August 5, 2019

Meeting with China’s top academics marks the start of annual Beidaihe summit
South China Morning Post, August 3, 2019

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Leaked email details corruption cases at Chinese Internet giant
Caixin, August 5, 2019

Promotions and patriotism: “Battle Mode” Huawei sees China smartphone sales surge
Reuters, August 5, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

「民間記者會」:抗衡政府一言堂 促請政府停止鎮壓 回應五大訴求 (LIHKG holds press conference to counter government’s control of public narrative)
Stand News, August 6, 2019

Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s reframing of battle with protesters as about sovereignty will fuel anger, observers and pro-Beijing lawmakers warn
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2019

Related:
“Liberate Hong Kong; revolution of our times”: Who came up with this protest chant and why is the government worried?
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2019

市民再到天水圍警署外示威 防暴警拘 76 人 (Citizens rally outside Tin Shui Wai police station to support female protester whose skirt was torn off by police; police arrests 76)
Stand News, August 5, 2019

Related:
Hong Kong police fire tear gas following protest against treatment of female protester
Hong Kong Free Press, August 5, 2019

8.5 七區罷工集會 下午起各區衝突 (Transport paralyzed in the morning; strike-rallies in 7 districts, turn to clashes all around the city)
Inmediahk.net, August 5, 2019

Related:
City on the brink: Hong Kong rocked by clashes, transport bedlam, tear gas in 8 districts and mob attack in North Point
Hong Kong Free Press, August 5, 2019

【8.5】荃灣持棍白衣藍衣漢 襲擊示威者 雙方毆鬥遺大量血跡 (Police refuse to arrest mobsters in Tsuen Wan who attack protesters with sticks and knives, protesters fight back)
Stand News, August 6, 2019

Hong Kong police made 420 arrests since June 9; 1,000 tear gas rounds, 160 rubber bullets fired during protests
Hong Kong Free Press, August 5, 2019

Related:
多區衝突造成41人受傷求醫其中2人嚴重 (Hospital Authority reports 41 injured in clashes on August 5)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 6, 2019

深水埗警署射催淚彈 擊中記者頭部 大公報記者一度被指襲警 (Journalist hit in the head by tear gas canister; Ta Kung Pao reporter briefly detained for protecting him)
Inmediahk, August 5, 2019

Commentary (评论)

論林鄭的新論述 (Carrie Lam’s new narrative on Hong Kong’s protests)
Stand News, August 6, 2019

Lessons from Moscow: How China might handle Hong Kong
The Atlantic, August 5, 2019

「香港人接受了我,讓我和他們一起憤怒,一起流淚。」(“Hong Kong accepted me, let me rage and cry with them”)
Stand News, August 5, 2019

Hong Kong protests broaden despite police crackdown
Human Rights Watch, August 5, 2019

Tokyo’s 2020 Olympics brings China’s human rights record into focus
Hong Kong Free Press, August 4, 2019

Rioting charges strip away our everyday normality, says HK activist Johnson Yeung
The News Lens, August 2, 2019

Monday, August 05, 2019

Xinjiang (新疆)

Activists scramble to prevent Uighur man’s deportation to China
The Guardian, August 3, 2019

Related:
Uyghur man in Qatar fears forced return to China
Radio Free Asia, August 3, 2019

Retired Uyghur finance bureaucrat, 75, “graduates” from Xinjiang internment camp
Radio Free Asia, August 2, 2019

Interview: “Anyone resisting orders will be sent to a concentration camp”
Radio Free Asia, August 2, 2019

“Once their mental state is healthy, they will be able to live happily in society”
ChinaFile, August 2, 2019

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China’s mysterious “Bian Kong” system that can bar anyone from entering or leaving the country
South China Morning Post, August 5, 2019

China’s “greatly improved” legal system still depends on confessions extorted by torture
Hong Kong Free Press, August 4, 2019

代理周永康儿媳案遭打压 陈建刚律师逃抵美国 (Rights lawyer Chen Jiangang faces reprisal for representing Zhou Yongkang’s daughter-in-law, flees to U.S.)
Radio Free Asia, August 4, 2019

Translation: “Linyi Prison, what are you afraid of?”
China Digital Times, August 5, 2019

Canada raises detained citizens with China
Agence France-Presse, August 2, 2019

Jailed Tibetan language rights advocate is refused visits from his lawyers
Radio Free Asia, August 2, 2019

Access to Information (信息公开)

Beijing stands behind Hong Kong police in state media while local officials insist anti-extradition protests are under control
South China Morning Post, August 2, 2019

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

黑衣游行声援反送中 台湾街头剧重演香港示威场 (Taiwan activists reenact Hong Kong protests in support of anti-extradition movement)
Radio Free Asia, August 4, 2019

After vandals trash Canadian university’s Hong Kong-protest Lennon Wall, student society blasts “bullying” and vows to set up mobile replacement
South China Morning Post, August 3, 2019

A boy, a girl and two mothers: How a trailblazing Chinese lesbian couple are creating a family
South China Morning Post, August 3, 2019