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, September 09, 2016

Hong Kong (香港)

Police to provide protection for newly-elected lawmaker Eddie Chu after death threats
Hong Kong Free Press, September 8, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/09/08/police-provide-protection-newly-elected-lawmaker-eddie-chu-death-threats/

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【朱凱廸被威嚇】26候任議員發起聯署 近5000人響應 ([Eddie Chu receives death threats] 26 newly-elected lawmakers organize petition, 5000 signed)
Ming Pao, September 9, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160909/s00001/1473428611010

【朱凱廸被威嚇】環保界聯署促當局徹查 獲逾80團體響應([Eddie Chu receives death threats] Conservationists petition for authorities’ investigation, over 80 groups signed in support)
Ming Pao, September 9, 2016
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20160909/s00001/1473420760811

台湾太阳花学运领袖以及多个团体连署声援朱凯迪 (Taiwan Sunflower Student Movement leaders and various groups issue petition and joint statement in support of Eddie Chu)
Radio Free Asia, September 9, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hcm-09092016100934.html

「雷動計劃」在2016年立法會選舉的實效分析 (Analysis of the impacts of “Thunder Go” strategy in 2016 LegCo election)
InMedia HK, September 9, 2016
http://www.inmediahk.net/node/1044529a

The city that scares China. A new front opens in China’s struggle against separatism
The Economist, September 10, 2016
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21706442-new-front-opens-chinas-struggle-against-separatism-city-scares-china?fsrc=rss