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, May 11, 2015

Access to Information (信息公开)

中国国家安全法草案增加网络主权规定 (China’s national security law supplemented with cyber-sovereignty regulations)
Voice of America, May 11, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/china-security-20150508/2759564.html

Related:
中华人民共和国国家安全法(草案)(二次审议稿)征求意见 (National Security Law of the People's Republic of China (2nd draft for review))
[Proposed National Security Law now open for public comment]
The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, May 7, 2015
http://www.npc.gov.cn/COBRS_LFYJNEW/user/UserIndex.jsp?ID=6691283

LinkedIn CEO on Chinese censorship: “It’s gut-wrenching”
Buzzfeed, May 9, 2015
http://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/linkedin-ceo-on-chinese-censorship-its-gut-wrenching

China tightens national security in wake of Snowden revelations
The Irish Times, May 9, 2015
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/asia-pacific/china-tightens-national-security-in-wake-of-snowden-revelations-1.2205576