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.

Friday, January 15, 2016

Hong Kong (香港)

梁振英:不排除退出酷刑协议民间组织:漠视人权兼枉作小人 (CY Leung says gov’t may quit UN Convention Against Torture, NGOs criticize him for neglecting human rights and playing the villain in ignorance)
Radio France Internationale, January 14, 2016
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20160114-梁振英:不排除退出酷刑协议民间组织:漠视人权兼枉作小人

【港大生擬罷課】馬斐森:學生有權表達意見 不會處分 [Vice chancellor Mathieson on HKU students’ organizing strike: Students have the right to express opinions, will not be punished]
Mingpao, January 15, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160115/s00001/1452834836569

New owner of Causeway Bay banned bookstore “eyes customer list”, report says
Hong Kong Free Press, January 14, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/14/new-owner-of-causeway-bay-banned-bookstore-eyes-customer-list-report-says/

Book on Chinese president pulled as fears grow for missing Hong Kong publishers
The Guardian, January 14, 2016
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jan/14/xi-jinpings-nightmare-book-china-pulled-missing-hong-kong-publishers

“I would be a bad guy if I did not ask”: lawmakers press CY on missing bookseller at Q&A
Hong Kong Free Press, January 14, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/14/i-would-be-a-bad-guy-if-i-did-not-ask-lawmakers-press-cy-on-missing-bookseller-at-qa/

Related:
【書店5人失蹤】律師會會長熊運信促政府交代李波「人在哪裡」 ([Disappearance of 5 booksellers] Law Society chair Stephen Hung urges HK government to address the whereabouts of Lee Bo)
Mingpao, January 15, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160115/s00001/1452822694069

Two-systems failure: China’s promise of autonomy for Hong Kong is ringing hollow
The Economist, January 14, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21688423-chinas-promise-autonomy-hong-kong-ringing-hollow-two-systems-failure