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, March 11, 2016

Hong Kong (香港)

【高鐵撥款】陳鑑林粗暴剪布 財委會通過196億超支撥款 ([XRL financing] Chan Kam-lam crudely cuts filibustering, Finance Committee approves $2.5 billion for XRL over-expenditure)
Apple Daily, March 11, 2016
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20160311/54806247?top=4h

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Chaotic scenes at LegCo as additional funds for Express Rail Link approved in sudden vote
Hong Kong Free Press, March 11, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/11/breaking-chaotic-scenes-at-legco-as-additional-funds-for-express-rail-link-approved-in-sudden-vote/

【高鐵撥款】警方進立會抬走示威者 聲援市民設帳篷聚集 ([XRL financing] Police enters LegCo to remove protesters, citizens coming in support gather outside LegCo with tents)
Apple Daily, March 11, 2016
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20160311/54856601?top=4h

Lee Po signed over running of Causeway Books to mystery man before going missing with other Hong Kong booksellers
South China Morning Post, March 10, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1922964/lee-po-signed-over-running-causeway-books-mystery-man-going

Two “missing” Hong Kong booksellers freed
British Broadcasting Corporation, March 11, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/35781134

Controversial books on mainland China still being published in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, March 11, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1923512/controversial-books-mainland-china-still-being-published

香港本土势力抬头 撑台独率创21年新高 (Localism rises in Hong Kong, support for Taiwan’s independence marks 21 years' new high)
Radio Free Asia, March 10, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl3-03102016101402.html

聯署聲明:立即開放網媒及公民記者採訪權 (Joint statement: Right to newsgathering should be immediately granted to internet media and civic journalists)
InMedia HK, March 11, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1041170

民權觀察譴責李少光於「兩會」建議香港退出聯合國《禁止酷刑公約》 (Civil Rights Observer denounces former Secretary for Security Ambrose Lee’s proposal at the “two congresses” of Hong Kong’s withdrawal from U.N. Convention Against Torture)
InMedia HK, March 11, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1041189