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.

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Hong Kong (香港)

Police fire pepper spray as 80 protesters arrested after Mong Kok clearance
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1648374/police-warn-arrests-hong-kong-protesters-slow-down-clearance-occupy

旺角清障7小时 亚皆老街往大角咀重开 (Argyle Street in Tai Kok Tsui reopens after police clear protest areas in Mong Kok, over ten taken away)
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2014
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk/43126/wang-jiao-qing-zhang-7xiao-shi-ya-jie-lao-jie-wang-da-jiao-ju-zhong-kai

First Occupy site cleared as angry Hong Kong protesters stand watch
South China Morning Post, November 25, 2014
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1647943/operation-mong-kok-3000-police-standby

Hong Kong protesters plan rescue of protest art
Voice of America, November 24, 2014
http://www.voanews.com/content/reu-hong-kong-protest-art-survival-yellow-umbrella/2533192.html

Related:
[VIDEO] Archiving for the Future (from HRIC’s “Building Hong Kong’s Future” series)
Human Rights in China, November 17, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIlEUKQ_f4Y&list=UUIkCrc3N2if_1q6hrgKUuBg

Beijing explores ways to address Hong Kong protesters’ discontent
The Wall Street Journal, November 25, 2014
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/11/25/beijing-explores-ways-to-address-hong-kong-protesters-discontent/?mod=WSJBlog