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.

Monday, April 25, 2016

Hong Kong (香港)

More blank columns appear in Ming Pao protesting top editor’s sudden firing
Hong Kong Free Press, April 25, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/04/25/more-blank-columns-appear-in-ming-pao-protesting-sacking-of-top-editor/

Hong Kong Christians march on mainland liaison office to protest religious oppression
South China Morning Post, April 24, 2016
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1938272/hong-kong-christians-march-mainland-liaison

"双非"零配额实施三年 每年仍有800内地孕妇闯港医院产子 (3 years after zero quota for “anchor babies,” 800 mainland Chinese pregnant women crash Hong Kong hospitals to give birth annually)
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2016
http://www.nanzao.com/sc/hk-macau-tw/1544c1a883cf537/shuang-fei-ling-pei-e-shi-shi-san-nian-mei-nian-reng-you-800-nei-di-yun-fu-chuang-gang-yi-yuan-chan-zi

政府官方場合拒新聞系學生採訪 新聞處長拒見 大專新聞教育工作者聯席表遺憾 (Journalism students prohibited from gathering news at government official events, head of Information Services Department refuses to meet, journalism educators in tertiary institutions express regrets at joint conference)
Ming Pao, April 24, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160424/s00001/1461503372820

退出支聯會、民間人權陣線 學聯:不多不少與本土思潮有關 (Federation of Students quits Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China and Civil Human Right Front: “to a certain extent related to localist ideologies”)
Ming Pao, April 24, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160424/s00001/1461509546374