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, April 28, 2017

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong protest organizers arrested ahead of expected visit by China’s President
香港逮捕多名活動人士,被指為習近平訪港「清場」
The New York Times, April 27, 2017
EN: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/world/asia/hong-kong-protest-arrests-china.html
CH: https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20170428/hong-kong-protest-arrests-china/zh-hant/

Related:
Amnesty Int’l urges Hong Kong to halt prosecutions aimed at “punishing dissenting voices”
Hong Kong Free Press, April 27, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/04/27/amnesty-intl-urges-hong-kong-halt-prosecutions-aimed-punishing-dissenting-voices/

楊岳橋指充滿政治目的 質疑為何親中報章預先知拘捕行動 (Alvin Yeung says recent prosecutions are politically motivated, doubts why pro-central gov’t news outlet predicted the arrests)
Mingpao, April 27, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170427/s00001/1493268595645

連串檢控被批政治檢控 梁美芬:七警案後須顯示「公平公正對待不同政見」(Recent arrests criticized for being political persecution, Priscilla Leung: Gov’t’s impartiality towards different political views ought to be shown after “seven police” case)
Mingpao, April 28, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170428/s00001/1493342510338

亚冠杯香港分组赛:广州恒大球迷晒反“港独”标语 (Guangzhou Evergrande fans display anti-Hong Kong independence banner during AFC Champion League match)
British Broadcasting Corporation, April 25, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-39705416

EU presses for Hong Kong electoral reform after “politically challenging” 2016
South China Morning Post, April 27, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2091105/european-commission-presses-hong-kong-electoral-reform