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.

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Access to Justice (司法公正)

‘I Feel Like I Am Committing Crimes’
ChinaFile, March 23, 2020

Three Chinese Rights Lawyers 'Vulnerable to Torture' in Detention: UN Experts
Radio Free Asia, March 24, 2020

长沙富能案家属们赴长沙市国家安全局、长沙市检察院维权 (Family members of “Changsha Three” petition at State Security Bureau and Municipal Procuratorate in Changsha)
Weiquanwang, March 24, 2020

著名人权捍卫者胡佳因言遭软禁无法外出 因牙龈出血准备争取就医 (Under house arrest for 4 weeks for speaking out, well-known rights activist Hu Jia vows to seek treatment for bleeding gum)
Weiquanwang, March 24, 2020

Access to Information (公众知情权)

《纽约时报》等三家报社要求中国撤回驱逐记者决定 (3 Newspapers Ask China to Reverse Decision to Expel American Journalists)
The New York Times, March 24, 2020
Related:
3 Newspapers Ask China to Reverse Decision to Expel American Journalists
The New York Times, March 24, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China's President Feeling The Pressure From Dissent in Own Party
Radio Free Asia, March 23, 2020

新冠疫情酿史上重灾,中国法律顾问团索赔加码 (Chinese legal advisory team raises claims for unprecedented damages from new coronavirus epidemic)
Voice of America, March 24, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

Andrew Cheung, who upheld disqualification of lawmakers, to become Hong Kong’s new chief justice
Hong Kong Free Press, March 24, 2020

民間記者會調查:九成人認同示威者參與功能組別選舉 (Citizens’ Press Conference survey: 90% support protesters campaigning in upcoming functional constituency elections)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 24, 2020

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