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 31, 2020

Xinjiang (新疆)

Xinjiang Returns to Work, but Coronavirus Worries Linger
新疆全面复工,但疫情真实情况引发外界猜疑

The New York Times, March 31, 2020

Access to Information (公众知情权)

卫健委:中国至少有1541名无症状感染者 (PRC National Health Commission: China has at least 1,541 cases of asymptomatic infection)
Deutsche Welle, March 31, 2020

Estimates Show Wuhan Death Toll Far Higher Than Official Figure
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2020

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

山东青年受香港、台湾人启发 实名呼吁习近平下台安全堪忧 (Inspired by Hong Kong and Taiwanese, Shandong youth calls for Xi Jinping to step down)
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2020

Related:
Fears Grow For Chinese Student Who Told President to Step Down
Radio Free Asia, March 31, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

武汉到底多少人死于新冠疫情 法国媒体集体质疑 (French press question official death toll in Wuhan from COVID-19)
Radio France Internationale, March 31, 2020

从黑马到诺奖得主—刘晓波纪念文集英文版4月1日在美出版 (To be published on April 1: “The Journey of Liu Xiaobo: From Dark Horse to Nobel Laureate” edited by Leedom-Ackerman is published)
Radio France Internationale, March 31, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong protests: Remand in jail for student, 17, who was caught with hammer, petrol bomb in his backpack
South China Morning Post, March 31, 2020

Hong Kong student arrested after forum at University of Science and Technology turned violent
South China Morning Post, March 31, 2020

憂引入電槍助長警暴酷刑 民權觀察:將聯署促全球供應商 勿售電槍予港警 (Due to increasing concerns over police brutality, Civil Rights Observer presses suppliers not to sell stun guns to Hong Kong police)
The Stand News, March 31, 2020

Commentary (评论)

瘟疫時代之監控樂園 (Encroaching surveillance technology in the age of pandemic)
Allan Au Ka-lun, March 31, 2020

Monday, March 30, 2020

Xinjiang (新疆)

Uyghur High School Teacher Detained in Xinjiang Internment Camp
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2020

Access to Information (公众知情权)

武汉“解封”在即 当地居民质疑官方数字 (Wuhan to end lockdown, but local residents question official figures)
Deutsche Welle, March 30, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

“抗疫外交”遇退货潮? 中国疑外销劣质医疗品 (“Anti-epidemic” diplomacy yields returned goods? China is suspected of selling inferior medical products)
Deutsche Welle, March 30, 2020

中国厂商扬言“制作假测温枪害美国人” 事后称出于“爱国情怀 (Chinese manufacturer backtracks from vow to "make fake thermometer to harm Americans," says he spoke out of "patriotism")
Radio Free Asia, March 30, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong protests: Telegram group operator faces incitement charges over ‘provoking others to murder officers and bomb police stations’
South China Morning Post, March 30, 2020

Black-clad men hurl petrol bombs at Hong Kong police station
South China Morning Post, March 30, 2020

港台記者四問 世衛高層堅持不講Taiwan (WHO official dodges Hong Kong reporter’s question about Taiwan four times)
inmediahk.net, March 29, 2020

【8.31 事件】獲法庭頒令港鐵交出CCTV片 8.31 被捕者:長逾 90 小時能辨部份警員 (Police officers identifiable in 90 hours of CCTV footage of August 31 attack at Mong Kok MTR Station released by court order)
The Stand News, March 27, 2020

Commentary (评论)

Hong Kong’s terrorism alert: A credible and serious threat, or a bid to smear the protest movement?
Hong Kong Free Press, March 28, 2020

肺炎疫情:中国“口罩外交”如何重塑“倒下的大国形象” (COVID-19 epidemic: How China's "mask diplomacy" has reshaped "fallen power image")
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 28, 2020

廿三條、辱警罪借殼上市 (Article 23 and “contempt of police” legislation already in effect under another name)
The Stand News, March 27, 2020

Friday, March 27, 2020

Xinjiang (新疆)

‘Individual Lives Are The Price of The Ethnocide’: Son of Imprisoned Uyghur Comedian
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2020

Access to Information (公众知情权)

Chinese Lawyers Sue U.S. Over 'Coronavirus Cover-up'
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2020

武汉七大殡仪馆骨灰盒数量暴露死亡人数 与官方死亡数字相差甚远 (Cremation urns at 7 Wuhan funeral homes show number of deaths far exceeding official figure)
Radio Free Asia, March 27, 2020

北京大外宣移师推特 中文大号成招揽目标 (China’s external propaganda finds perch on Twitter using stolen, fake accounts)
Deutsche Welle, March 27, 2020

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

江西警察禁湖北人入境 九江桥省界爆群体冲突 (Jiangxi police block Hubei people from entry, clash at Jiujiang Bridge)
Voice of America, March 27, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Coronavirus: China promotes bile from caged bears to treat pandemic 'caused by exploiting wildlife'"
Independent, March 26, 2020

中国劣质测试剂错误率达80% 捷克寻求与台湾合作 (Spain says made-in-China COVID-19 test agent shows 80% error rate, Czech authorities seek cooperation with Taiwan)
Radio Free Asia, March 26, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

'Funny' cash video leads to cop claims
The Standard March 27, 2020

Government adviser Ronny Tong defends Hong Kong police’s use of sedition laws, after arrest of opposition politician Cheng Lai-king
South China Morning Post, March 27, 2020

Commentary (评论)

中国抗疫“抄作业”之说的出现与消失 (The talk of foreign countries “copying” China's epidemic prevention measures: how it appeared and vanished)
Voice of America, March 27, 2020

Thursday, March 26, 2020

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese academic at Japan university detained by China for spying
South China Morning Post, March 26, 2020

Access to Information (公众知情权)

User Data Stolen From Weibo, Prompting Chinese Regulatory Probe
SupChina, March 25, 2020

中国或倾力消灭武汉肺炎词 涉清删旧日官报遗迹包括英文稿 (China may try to eliminate “Wuhan pneumonia” phrase, removing traces in past editions of state-controlled newspapers including in English)
Radio France Internationale, March 26, 2020

记者无疆界:中国若有新闻自由或能避免新冠大流行 (Reporters Without Borders: If China had freedom of the press, it could have avoided coronavirus pandemic)
Radio France Internationale, March 26, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

COVID-19: Governments must promote and protect access to and free flow of information during pandemic – International experts

UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, March 19, 2020
Related:
国际专家联合声明:各国政府必须促进和保护在2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行病期间信息的获取和自由流通 (COVID-19: Governments must promote and protect access to and free flow of information during pandemic – International experts)
Human Rights in China (translation), March 25, 2020
China to suspend entry of foreigners with visas, residence permits due to coronavirus
National Post, March 26, 2020
学者:武汉或有近六成感染病例未被发现 (Scholar: Nearly 60% of infected cases in Wuhan have not been detected)
Deutsche Welle, March 26, 2020
新冠已回零 他们仍失联 (The novel coronavirus infected cases have reached zero, but citizen reporters are still missing)
Deutsche Welle, March 26, 2020