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.

Friday, July 22, 2016

Hong Kong (香港)

“Latest blow to freedom of expression”: Human rights groups slam Occupy activists’ guilty verdicts
Hong Kong Free Press, July 21, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/07/21/latest-blow-freedom-expression-human-rights-groups-slam-occupy-activists-guilty-verdicts/

Publishers take on China at Hong Kong book fair
Channel NewsAsia, July 20, 2016
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/publishers-take-on-china/2972270.html

The force is with who? Falling public trust in the territory’s police bodes ill
The Economist, July 23, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21702512-falling-public-trust-territorys-police-bodes-ill-force-who

港大校友關注組就警方拘捕港大前學生會會長馮敬恩的聲明 (HKU Alumni Concern Group issues statement with regard to police arresting former Student Association President Billy Fung)
InMedia HK, July 21, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1043580