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 04, 2016

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong bookseller's disappearance stokes fears of cross-border kidnaps by mainland Chinese police
Global Voices, January 3, 2016
https://globalvoices.org/2016/01/03/hong-kong-booksellers-disappearance-stokes-fears-of-cross-border-kidnap-by-mainland-chinese-police/

Related:
捍衛出版自由 中共立即交代——社民連就近日李波無故失蹤之聲明 (Defend publishing freedom, request CPC’s immediate reply—League of Social Democrats’ statement regarding recent disappearance of Lee Bo)
InMedia HK, January 4, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1039832

【短片、書店5人失蹤】公民黨擬立會質詢促黎棟國交代 ([Video] 5 missing from bookstore: Civic Party to inquire with Secretary for Security Lai Tung-kwok at LegCo and demand explanation)
Mingpao, January 4, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160104/s00001/1451880342259

视频:香港政党游行声援铜锣湾书店 ([Video] HK political party marches in support of Causeway Bay Bookstore)
British Broadcasting Corporation, January 3, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/multimedia/2016/01/160103_vid_hongkong_bookstore_disappearance

Disappearance of 5 tied to publisher prompts broader worries in Hong Kong
The New York Times, January 4, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/05/world/asia/mighty-current-media-hong-kong-lee-bo.html

More than 3,000 march against Arthur Li’s appointment as chairman of HKU governing council
South China Morning Post, January 3, 2015
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1897821/more-3000-march-against-arthur-lis-appointment

香港逾四十个团体元旦游行促梁振英下台 (Over 40 HK groups march on New Year’s day demanding CY Leung step down)
Radio Free Asia, January 2, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/ql1-01022016113908.html