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, July 24, 2014

Hong Kong (香港)

港泛民立法议员促请北京就政改开展对话 (Hong Kong Pan-democrats seek dialogue with Beijing on electoral reforms)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 23, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/07/140723_hk_legislators_asking_beijing_dialogue.shtml

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Pan-dems call for talks to break the reform deadlock
South China Morning Post, July 23, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1557789/pan-dems-call-talks-break-reform-deadlock

Pan-democrat lawmakers could face probe over donations from media mogul Jimmy Lai
South China Morning Post, July 24, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1557787/pan-democrat-lawmakers-could-face-probe-over-media-mogul-jimmy-lais

Democracy campaigners threaten “passive resistance” over 2017 reform
South China Morning Post, July 24, 2014
www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1557819/democracy-campaigners-threaten-passive-resistance-over-2017-reform