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.

Thursday, April 02, 2020

Xinjiang (新疆)

新疆哈萨克族人被判刑19年 狱中患白血病官拒保 (Two years into 19-year sentence, Xinjiang Kazakh is denied medical parole after diagnosis of leukemia)
Radio Free Asia, April 2, 2020

Access to Information (公众知情权)

武汉李文亮医生被“烈士”,“发哨人”艾芬医生疑失踪 (As Hubei authorities laud Dr. Li Wenliang as “martyr,” Dr. Ai Fen, who sounded the first alarm about coronavirus, is feared missing)
Voice of America, April 2, 2020

记者无疆界敦促中国大使们停止攻击媒体报道新冠病毒 (Reporters Without Borders urges Chinese diplomats to stop attacking media for coverage of COVID-19)
Radio France Internationale, April 2, 2020

Related:
China’s diplomats must stop attacking media over coronavirus reporting
Reporters without Borders, April 1, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China Concealed Extent of Virus Outbreak, U.S. Intelligence Says
Bloomberg, April 1, 2020

彭博:美国情报机构称中国蓄意隐瞒疫情 (Bloomberg: US intelligence agency says China deliberately conceals epidemic)
Deutsche Welle, April 2, 2020

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

Inside China’s controversial mission to reinvent the internet
Financial Times, March 27, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong pan-democrat Howard Lam jailed after losing appeal against conviction in torture claim
South China Morning Post, April 2, 2020

42 Hong Kong civil servants suspended over protest arrests, even with ‘no guilt presumed’ and legal proceedings under way, authorities say
South China Morning Post, April 2, 2020

Hong Kong police win broader powers to search arrestees’ phones
South China Morning Post, April 2, 2020

Related:
無搜令不能查被捕者手機 警上訴得直須按條件 法庭重申禁警逼供手機密碼 (Hong Kong police can now search arrestees' cell phone without warrant; but Appeal Court stresses prohibition against forcing arrestees to hand over passcode)
Mingpao, April 2, 2020

Commentary (评论)

来自西方学者的观察:疫情之下如何反思世界 (Observations of Western scholars: How to reflect on the world in the epidemic)
Beijing News, April 2, 2020

Wednesday, April 01, 2020

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Jailed Chinese Rights Lawyer May Not Gain Freedom on Release
Radio Free Asia, April 1, 2020

家属接何观娇失败,疑似公安联手精神病院拘禁访民谋财 (Family fears petitioner He Guanjiao a victim of money-making scheme between mental hospital and public security, tries but fails to bring her home)
Weiquan Wang, April 1, 2020

Access to Information (公众知情权)

A Wuhan Writer Takes On China’s Communist Machine and Becomes an Online Star
Wall Street Journal, April 1, 2020

中国首次公布无症病毒感染人数,外界质疑数字失真 (China announces number of asymptomatic COVID-19 infections for first time, many question its accuracy)
Voice of America, April 1, 2020

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

江西萍乡访民集体起诉萍乡市信访局和萍乡日报制造虚假政绩宣传 (Petitioners in Pingxiang, Jiangxi, sue municipal Letters and Visits Bureau, Pingxiang Daily for false performance report and propaganda)
Weiquan Wang, March 30, 2020

Government Accountability (政府问责)

新冠病毒美国追责北京 再捆绑世卫组织 (U.S. wants Beijing investigated for delayed disclosure of Covid-19, and probe into WHO’s role)
Radio France Internationale, April 1, 2020

中国出口医疗物资被国际抵制 中方急推措施图挽回国际形象 (Exported Chinese medical supplies meet worldwide boycott, China pushes measures to restore international image)
Radio Free Asia , April 1, 2020

ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)

华为威胁美国将受中国反制 (Huawei threatens U.S. with China’s counter-sanctions)
Radio France Internationale, April 1, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong police are using coronavirus restrictions to clamp down on protesters
Quartz, April 1, 2020

Related:
關注香港警察濫用公共衛生條例打壓和平集會 (Statement on Hong Kong police’s misuse of Public Health Ordinance to suppress freedom to assembly)
Civil Rights Observer, April 1, 2020

Three teens arrested after early-morning firebombing at Hong Kong police station, the 17th such attack since January
South China Morning Post, April 1, 2020

Commentary (评论)

Quarreling in Quarantine and Bridging a Generational Divide
饭桌上的争吵:当中国年轻人在疫情期间与父母谈政治

The New York Times, April 1, 2020

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