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, October 03, 2017

Hong Kong (香港)

林鄭月娥:政府將提議案 爭取立法會支持一地兩檢安排 (Carrie Lam: gov't will present motion aiming to win LegCo’s support for “one place, two checks”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 3, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1357114-20171003.htm

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Gov't to press on with rail link joint checkpoint as polls show plan has public support, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says
South China Morning Post, October 3, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2113776/government-press-rail-link-joint-checkpoint-polls-show-plan

林郑月娥国庆致辞:深感祖国“有底气” 香港可再创辉煌 (Carrie Lam: deeply impressed by “strength” of our motherland, I believe Hong Kong will reach greater heights)
Reference News, October 3, 2017
http://www.cankaoxiaoxi.com/china/20171003/2236782.shtml

香港支联会中联办外请愿 促释在囚异见人士与家人团圆 (Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China petitions outside China Liaison Office for reunion of jailed dissidents and their family)
Radio Free Asia, October 2, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/wsw-10022017101720.html

I’m just doing the right thing: barrister for Hong Kong pro-democracy activists
South China Morning Post, October 3, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2113673/im-just-doing-right-thing-barrister-hong-kong-pro-democracy