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, January 11, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

‘Even mourning is said to shame China’: women of Wuhan fight to be heard
The Guardian, January 10, 2021

Chinese ‘Great Firewall’ critic Zhang Jialong ‘jailed for 18 months’
Agence France-Presse, January 10, 2021

冀赴美照顾病重妻子 郭飞雄致函李克强吁发还护照(Rights activist Guo Feixiong pleads for permission to go to U.S. to care for ailing wife)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

Twitter deletes China embassy's Xinjiang 'emancipation' tweet
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 10, 2021

中国驻美使馆发文赞新疆维族妇女不再是生育机器遭轰 推特删文(Twitter deletes post by Chinese embassy in U.S. praising Xinjiang Uyghur women for no longer serving as fertility machines)
Radio France Internationale, January 9, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

US ends restrictions on official contacts with Taiwan
Deutsche Welle, January 9, 2021

美国务院取消对台交往限制 “不再单方面安抚共产党政权”(U.S. State Dept. lifts self-imposed restrictions on U.S.-Taiwan relationship, renouncing appeasement of Beijing)
Radio Free Asia, January 11, 2021

Related:
Lifting Self-Imposed Restrictions on the U.S.-Taiwan Relationship
U.S. Department of State, January 9, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s New Rules Could Hit U.S. Firms and Send a Message to Biden
中国出台新规反制美国对中企限制

The New York Times, January 11, 2021

Related:
《阻断外国法律与措施不当域外适用办法》("Measures to Block Improper Extraterritorial Application of Foreign Laws and Measures")_
Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China, January 9, 2021

白宫国安顾问:美国正研判对中共政权采取进一步行动(White House National Security Advisor: U.S. is examining further action against CPC regime)
Voice of America, January 11, 2021

Related:
Statement from National Security Advisor Robert C. O’Brien
The White House, January 11, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

A Hong Kong Website Gets Blocked, Raising Censorship Fears
The New York Times, January 9, 2021

Hong Kong protests: judge acquits student of arson charge after casting doubt on police testimony
South China Morning Post, January 11, 2021

Hong Kong inquest fails to determine cause of student’s death during protest
Radio France Internationale, January 9, 2021

Australia, US, UK, Canada criticize Hong Kong mass arrests
The Associated Press, January 10, 2021

Related:
Foreign Ministers’ joint statement on arrests in Hong Kong
Government of the United Kingdom, January 9, 2021

外交部驻港公署:香港事务不容外部势力置喙干预
Commissioner's Office: No foreign interference is allowed in Hong Kong affairs
Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the P.R.C. in the H.K.S.A.R., January 10, 2021

HKSAR Government refutes joint statement by three foreign ministers and US Secretary of State
特區政府反駁三國外長及美國國務卿的聯合聲明
HKSAR Government, January 10, 2021

New Hong Kong Chief Justice Andrew Cheung vows to defend judicial independence, criticises attacks on judges
Hong Kong Free Press, January 11, 2021

Friday, January 08, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

英国零售商马莎百货签协停用涉嫌新疆劳工商品 (British retailer Marks & Spencer signs agreement to suspend products suspected of Xinjiang labor)
Radio France Internationale, January 8, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

US Ambassador to the United Nations Will Visit Taiwan
The Diplomat, January 8, 2021

Commentary (评论)

Can you trust these people to record Hong Kong’s history? The rewriting of the Yuen Long narrative speaks volumes
Hong Kong Free Press, January 8, 2021

A Shattering Blow to America’s Troubled Democratic Image
对美国民主灯塔形象的一记重击

The New York Times, January 8, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

She Said #MeToo. Now She’s Being Punished Under Defamation Law.
The New York Times, January 8, 2021

“性侵”受害人成被告且败诉,中国MeToo运动受打击 ("Sexual assault" victim becomes defendant and loses lawsuit in blow to China's MeToo movement)
Voice of America, January 8, 2021

媒体人张贾龙因推特言论被以寻衅滋事罪判刑1年6个月 (Media activist Zhang Jialong is sentenced to 1 year, 6 months in prison for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” for tweets)
Weiquanwang, January 8, 2021

“709”被捕律师李昱函荣获德法人权法治奖 (Li Yuhan, imprisoned lawyer representing "709" cases, wins Franco-German Prize for Human Rights)
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

‘Hong Kong has entered a bitter winter,’ says primaries organiser as 52 democrats in mass arrest bailed out
Hong Kong Free Press, January 8, 2021

Related:
UN says ‘deeply concerned’ over Hong Kong dissident arrests
Agence France-Presse, January 8, 2021

Hong Kong protests: trio gets stiffest jail sentence of up to 5½ years for airport assault, judge laments challenges faced by low-level judicial officers
South China Morning Post, January 8, 2021

National security law: stunned by crackdown, Hong Kong civic groups take action to avoid ‘new wave of persecution’
South China Morning Post, January 8, 2021

Hong Kong Press Groups Hit Out at Order to Turn Over Materials Amid 'Subversion' Arrests
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2021

港初选被捕者暂未起诉 戴耀廷:信港人逆风而行 (No charges yet for those arrested for Hong Kong primaries; Benny Tai: Hong Kongers will walk through the storm)
Deutsche Welle, January 8, 2021

Thursday, January 07, 2021

Xinjiang (新疆)

新疆哈萨克人举报黑监狱死亡 家属质疑当局灭口(Kazakh in Xinjiang dies in prison; family fears he was “silenced” for reporting black jails)
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2021

Taiwan (台湾)

US ambassador to United Nations will visit Taiwan, Mike Pompeo says
South China Morning Post, January 7, 2021

台湾智库忧心“制脑权” 中国修订《统战条例》(Taiwan think tank: Amendment of CPC United Front Regulations raises concern of “brain control” )
Deutsche Welle, January 7, 2021

Related:
中国共产党统一战线工作条例 (CPC Regulations on United Front Work)
People's Daily, January 6, 2021

Access to Justice (司法公正)

Chinese lawyer suspended after posting videos allegedly showing police torture
South China Morning Post, January 7, 2021

Related:
周泽律师遭北京朝阳区司法局给予停止执业一年的行政处罚(Beijing authorities suspend lawyer Zhou Ze for one year for revealing client’s torture)
Weiquanwang, January 7, 2021

试图偷带生物研究试管出境 在哈佛研究癌症的中国学者被判刑(Chinese scholar at Harvard is sentenced for smuggling biological test tubes out of U.S.)
Voice of America, January 7, 2021

Government Accountability (政府问责)

China’s Communist Party targets Chinese abroad to rally support
South China Morning Post, January 7, 2021

新冠病毒溯源小组无法入境中国,世卫组织罕见公开向北京表达不满(In rare complaint about Beijing, WHO says its team investigating COVID-19 origins is denied entry to China)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 7, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Arrested democrats to be bailed on Thurs as jailed activists Joshua Wong and Tam Tak-chi are arrested – report
Hong Kong Free Press, January 7, 2021

Hong Kong police release US lawyer arrested with democracy figures
The Guardian, January 7, 2021

US Considering Sanctions on Those Involved in Hong Kong Arrests, Pompeo Says
Reuters, January 7, 2021

Ex-Hong Kong Democratic Party chair Wu Chi-wai suspected to have violated bail after allegedly keeping BN(O) passport
Hong Kong Free Press, January 7, 2021

香港《国安法》:拘捕行动过后 议员否决议案是否构成罪行成焦点 (Hong Kong national security law: In wake of mass arrests, will council members' objections become crimes?)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 7, 2021

With Mass Arrests, Beijing Exerts an Increasingly Heavy Hand in Hong Kong
香港大抓捕展示中共权力与铁腕

The New York Times, January 7, 2021

【初選瘋狂搜捕】5 律師會理事發聲明 譴責打壓人權 質疑初選如何構成「非法手段」 (Mass arrests on primary election: In statement 5 board members of the Law Society of Hong Kong condemn human rights suppression, question how primary election could constitute “unlawful means”)
The Stand News, January 7, 2021

Commentary (评论)

Why comparisons between the US Capital turmoil and Hong Kong’s protests amount to perverse propaganda
Hong Kong Free Press, January 7, 2021