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 23, 2020

Xinjiang (新疆)

新疆一歌手“唱不该唱的歌”被捕 (Kazakh singer detained since December for “singing songs that should not be sung” )
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2020

Access to Justice (司法公正)

China Exonerates Late Whistleblowing Doctor Li Wenliang
Radio Free Asia, March 20, 2020

中国:联合国专家对三名人权律师处强迫失踪状态表示关切 (UN experts gravely concerned by enforced disappearance of three human rights lawyers)
United Nations, March 23, 2020


Access to Information (公众知情权)

陈秋实疑居家监视隔离 方斌与李泽华呢? (Chen Qiushi is believed to be isolated under “residential surveillance”; what about fellow citizen journalists Fang Bin, Li Zehua?)
Radio France Internationale, March 23, 2020

南早:4.3万隐性“带毒者”中国未包括确诊数字之内 (SCMP: China has excluded 43,000 non-symptomatic coronavirus carriers from its number of confirmed cases)
Radio France Internationale, March 23, 2020

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

前央视主持人崔永元统计武肺死难者名单
Radio France Internationale, March 20, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

Petrol bomb attack at Hong Kong police married quarters
South China Morning Post, March 23, 2020

Hundreds commemorate 15-year-old Hong Kong student who died last September
Hong Kong Free Press, March 23, 2020

防暴警員元朗多次驅散帶走多人 有記者被胡椒噴劑噴中 (Yuen Long riot police take away many in repeated dispersals; reporter is among those pepper-sprayed)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 22, 2020

Friday, March 20, 2020

Xinjiang (新疆)

Xinjiang County Sends Uyghur Camp Detainees to Prison, Interior of China
Radio Free Asia, March 19, 2020

Access to Justice (司法公正)

劳工权益工作者危志立遭抓捕整整1年 律师无法会见 家人遭骚扰逼迫 (In custody for 1 year, labor rights worker Wei Zhili has been denied access to lawyers, family members harassed and persecuted)
Weiquanwang, March 19, 2020

Access to Information (公众知情权)

Beijing revokes work permits for Chinese assistants working for US media organisations
South China Morning Post, March 20, 2020

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

Chinese web vigilantes name and shame people for breaking coronavirus quarantine
South China Morning Post, March 20, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

北京为何轻描淡写李文亮事件 (Why Beijing has made light of Dr. Li Wenliang’s case)
Radio France Internationale, March 20, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

民間記者會批《反恐》法條文含糊 憂成港府侵犯人權漏洞 (Civil society groups slam counterterrorism provisions as vague, fear loopholes for human rights violations by government)
inmediahk.net, March 19, 2020

外國記者會向特首發信 要求澄清內地驅逐美籍記者事件 (In open letter, FCCHK press Carrie Lam for “definitive answers” on how Beijing’s expulsion of foreign journalists affects their ability to work in Hong Kong)
inmediahk.net, March 20, 2020

Related:
Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Hon Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor and the Director of Immigration, Erick Tsang Kwok-wai
Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong, March 20, 2020

Commentary (评论)

肺炎疫情如何令中国“崛起大国”的光环黯然失色 (How the coronavirus epidemic has dimmed the halo of China as a "rising power")
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 19, 2020

Thursday, March 19, 2020

Xinjiang (新疆)

Missing Uyghur Brothers Confirmed Detained in Xinjiang Internment Camp
Radio Free Asia, March 18, 2020

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Coronavirus: Wuhan police ‘inappropriately’ punished whistleblower doctor Li Wenliang, Chinese gov’t probe concludes
Hong Kong Free Press, March 19, 2020

Access to Information (公众知情权)

美民间组织发起诉讼 控微信管制言论 (U.S. human rights organization considers class action suit against WeChat for censorship)
Radio Free Asia, March 18, 2020

人权组织:北京应收回对美国记者的禁令 (Human Rights Watch: Beijing should rescind ban on U.S. journalists)
Voice of America, March 19, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

武汉警方:撤销训诫书,向李文亮家属致歉(Wuhan police withdraw reprimand of Dr. Li Wenliang, apologize to family)
Beijing News, March 19, 2020

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

汉王开发出戴口罩人脸识别技术 (Hanwang launches facial-recognition technology that seeks through masks)
The Financial Times, March 19, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

肺炎疫情:香港传染病专家袁国勇撤回《大流行缘起武汉》文章引发争议 (Controversy surrounding Yuen Kwok-yung's retraction of his article "The pandemic originated from Wuhan")
BBC, March 19, 2020

公民黨區議員遭撐23條人士襲擊 下顎及手臂受傷 (Democratic district council member, Janet Ng, attacked by Article 23 supporters)
inmediahk.net, March 19, 2020

【民間記者會】 香港人權監察:《反恐條例》定義太廣 圖將示威者污名為「恐怖分子」 (Hong Kong Human Rights Watch: Definition of terrorism is too broad, peaceful protest will fall under "terrorism")
The Stand News, March 19, 2020

Commentary (评论)

中国驱逐美国媒体记者:香港不能去,“一国两制”还在否? (China expels U.S. reporters: If Hong Kong is not a place they can go, is "one country, two systems" still alive?)
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 19, 2020

驱逐美国记者背后,中国对叙事和宣传能力的自信 (Ousting U.S. Reporters, China Signals Confidence in Its Own Message)
The New York Times, March 19, 2020