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, August 15, 2017

Hong Kong (香港)

Democrat who says Chinese agents assaulted him accuses police of leaking “damaging” details of investigation
Hong Kong Free Press, August 14, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/14/democrat-says-chinese-agents-assaulted-accuses-police-leaking-damaging-details-investigation/

Related:
Hong Kong democrat arrested for “misleading” police after abduction claims
Reuters, August 15, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-politics-idUSKCN1AV03K

閉路電視未見被人擄 林子健涉誤導警方被捕 (CCTV footage shows no signs of abduction, Howard Lam arrested for misleading the police)
Apple Daily, August 15, 2017
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20170815/57081702

林鄭月娥不評論林子健事件 稱社會可自行判斷 (Carrie Lam refuses to comment on the incident of Howard Lam and says the society can make its own judgment)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 15, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1348274-20170815.htm

律政司覆核成功 反東北案13被告改判監8至13個月 (13 activists sentenced from 8 to 13 months in prison following Department of Justice’s successful appeal)
Inmediahk, August 15, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1051372

Stop pursuing democracy under Hong Kong’s Basic Law, Occupy co-founder Benny Tai urges
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2106572/stop-pursuing-democracy-under-hong-kongs-basic-law-occupy-co

“All Hong Kong lawmakers should retake oaths”: Litigious former civil servant files legal bid to restart process
South China Morning Post, August 14, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2106707/hong-kong-king-judicial-reviews-lodges-legal-bid-restart

Hong Kong gov’t appeals sentences for protesters who opposed New Territories development plan
Hong Kong Free Press, August 14, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/08/14/hong-kong-govt-appeals-sentences-protesters-opposed-new-territories-development-plan/