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.

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Video: “A tiger with broken teeth” – anti-discrimination laws fail to prevent school segregation, legislative panel hears
Hong Kong Free Press, July 17, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/17/video-tiger-broken-teeth-anti-discrimination-laws-fail-prevent-school-segregation-legislative-panel-hears/

Hong Kong may ban political party that seeks independence from China
打击分裂主义,港府考虑取缔香港民族党 The New York Times, July 18, 2018
https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20180718/hong-kong-ban-independence-party/dual/

九七后首例 港府倡禁港独政党运作 (Concerns over Article 23 rises as HK government seeks ban on pro-independence party and emphasizes “untouchable red line” of national sovereignty)
Deutsche Welle, July 17, 2018
https://www.dw.com/zh/九七后首例-港府倡禁港独政党运作

Related:
Plan to ban pro-independence party marks new legal limits on speech in Hong Kong, says ex-lawmaker Nathan Law
Hong Kong Free Press, July 17, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/17/plan-ban-pro-independence-party-marks-new-legal-limits-speech-hong-kong-says-ex-lawmaker-nathan-law/

What Hong Kong crackdown on pro-independence party means for freedom in the city
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2155716/what-hong-kong-crackdown-pro-independence-party-means

FCO statement on the Hong Kong National Party
Foreign & Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom, July 17, 2018
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/fco-statement-on-the-hong-kong-national-party

梁美芬認為主張自決組織不應登記或註冊成社團 (Basic Law Committee member Pricilla Leung says organizations advocating “self-determination” should not be registered)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 18, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1407599-20180718.htm

Students have no need to discuss Hong Kong independence, says Education Sec. amid potential ban on party
Hong Kong Free Press, July 18, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/18/students-no-need-discuss-hong-kong-independence-says-education-sec-amid-potential-ban-party/

More Hongkongers complain to Ombudsman in 2017-18 about access to official information
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2155713/more-hongkongers-complain-ombudsman-2017-18-about-access

Freedom of speech fears see public confidence in Hong Kong sink to record low
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/2155871/freedom-speech-fears-sees-public-confidence-hong