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.

Thursday, January 18, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong pro-independence protest leader appears in court for “rioting”
Reuters, January 18, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-court-riot/hong-kong-pro-independence-protest-leader-appears-in-court-for-rioting-idUSKBN1F70ZJ

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Communist Party mouthpiece accuses Hong Kong university student unions of “selling” independence under guise of free speech
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2129509/communist-party-mouthpiece-attacks-hong-kong-university

Hong Kong’s barristers go to the polls for tightest contest in years
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2128690/hong-kongs-barristers-go-polls-tightest-contest-years

Hong Kong justice minister “hiding from legislature” over illegal structures scandal
South China Morning Post, January 18, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2128713/hong-kong-justice-minister-hiding-legislature-over-illegal

Legislature rejects move to censure pro-Beijing lawmaker Junius Ho over “killing” remarks
Hong Kong Free Press, January 18, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/18/legislature-rejects-move-censure-pro-beijing-lawmaker-junius-ho-killing-remarks/

Related:
何君堯:愛國心來自岳飛,愛港心來自李光耀 (Junius Ho claims his love for the state comes from Yue Fei, a military general in Song Dynasty who fought against Mongol invasion, and his love for Hong Kong comes from Lee Kuan Yew, former Prime Minister of Singapore)
Mingpao, January 18, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180118/s00001/1516243836704