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.

Monday, November 27, 2017

Hong Kong (香港)

黃浩銘:判刑如鎚重擊 下周料再入獄 「我們有花崗岩的意志」 (Raphael Wong expects going back to prison next week and says sentence hit him like sledge hammer, but he and others have “will of granite”)
Inmediahk, November 27, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1053514a

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Hong Kong activist Raphael Wong on what scares him more than going back to prison
South China Morning Post, November 27, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2121631/hong-kong-activist-rafael-wong-what-scares-him-more-going

立法會追討薪津270至310萬 DQ4:政治迫害 (LegCo asks disqualified lawmakers to return millions; Four disqualified lawmakers call it “political persecution”)
Inmediahk, November 27, 2017
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1053537

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LegCo demands four ousted lawmakers in oath-taking saga return up to HK$3.1 million each
South China Morning Post, November 27, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2121707/legco-demands-four-ousted-lawmakers-oath-taking-saga-return

In Pictures: Hong Kong Migrants’ Pride – Domestic worker groups rally against discrimination, harassment
Hong Kong Free Press, November 27, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/11/27/pictures-hong-kong-migrants-pride-domestic-worker-groups-rally-sexual-harrassment-discrimination/

李柱銘:無基本法條文可作一地兩檢法律基礎 (Martin Lee says there is no clause in the Basic Law that can be used as legal foundation for co-location arrangement)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 26, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1366906-20171126.htm

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林鄭月娥:一地兩檢符法理情 梁愛詩:有法律基礎 (Carrie Lam says co-location arrangement is in accordance with law, reasoning, and emotion; Elsie Leung claims arrangement has legal foundation)
Radio Television Hong Kong, November 25, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1366801-20171125.htm