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, November 17, 2015

Access to Information (信息公开)

China clamps down on foreign TV and video imports
The Wall Street Journal, November 17, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/11/17/china-clamps-down-on-foreign-tv-and-video-imports/

Citizen Participation (公民参与)

12 years in prison for trying to protect spotted seals
China Change, November 16, 2015
http://chinachange.org/2015/11/16/12-years-in-prison-for-trying-to-protect-spotted-seals/

流亡西藏作家协会纪念“狱中作家日” (Tibetan Writers Abroad honors those unfree with “Imprisoned Writers Day”)
Radio Free Asia, November 16, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/dz-11162015152229.html

Government Accountability (政府问责)

U.N. torture watchdog questions China over crackdown on activists, lawyers
Reuters, November 17, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/17/us-china-rights-torture-idUSKCN0T61BO20151117#LugLETt2aTdWgYgB.97

Related:
“维权网”300个酷刑案例的汇总报告(附:各案例报道链接索引)(Chinese Human Rights Defenders: Summary report of 300 torture cases)
Weiquanwang, November 15, 2015
http://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2015/11/300.html

Torture in China: A vicious cycle
The Diplomat, November 16, 2015
http://thediplomat.com/2015/11/torture-in-china-a-vicious-cycle/

西藏人权团体:西藏酷刑令人发指(Tibetan human rights groups: Unspeakable torture in Tibet)
Voice of America, November 17, 2015
http://www.voachinese.com/content/tibet-20151116/3059836.html

China claims it has always encouraged and supported lawyers
Human Rights in China, November 13, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/hric-bulletin/china-claims-it-has-always-encouraged-and-supported-lawyers

Excerpts from China’s Responses to the Committee Against Torture’s List of Issues
Human Rights in China, November 12, 2015
http://www.hrichina.org/en/excerpts-chinas-responses-committee-against-tortures-list-issues

China bends vow, using prisoners’ organs for transplants
The New York Times, November 17, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/17/world/asia/china-bends-vow-using-prisoners-organs-for-transplants.html

China to mark centenary of liberal leader Hu Yaobang, the man whose death sparked Tiananmen protests
South China Morning Post, November 17, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1879669/china-mark-centenary-liberal-leader-hu-yaobang-man

China’s Communist Party investigates two top executives at state property behemoth Financial Street
South China Morning Post, November 17, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1879671/chinas-communist-party-investigates-two-top-executives

Party graft buster announces inquiry into CSRC official
Caixin, November 16, 2015
http://english.caixin.com/2015-11-16/100874758.html

Hong Kong (香港)

Tensions run high ahead of Hong Kong vs. China soccer match
The Wall Street Journal, November 17, 2015
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/11/17/tensions-run-high-ahead-of-hong-kong-vs-china-soccer-match/

嶺大畢業生台上抗議:校董無德何施賢治 副校指行動和平理性 (LingnanU graduates question how Council members with low moral standards can lead good administration in on-stage protest, pro-VC says their action was peaceful and sensible)
Mingpao, November 17, 2015
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20151117/s00001/1447736538855

Counterterrorism (反恐)

Chinese media shine light on little-known “counterterrorism leading group” in Xinjiang
South China Morning Post, November 17, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1879667/chinese-media-shine-light-little-known-counterterrorism

Uyghur teenager serving life sentence is victim of China’s strike hard campaign: Father
Radio Free Asia, November 16, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/uyghur-teenager-serving-life-sentence-is-victim-of-chinas-strike-hard-campaign-11162015141753.html

RFA独家:新疆客机两维族人被指“涉恐”带下飞机 (Two Uyghurs suspected of having terrorist connections removed from Xinjiang flight)
Radio Free Asia, November 16, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/shaoshuminzu/ql2-11162015111833.html