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, February 12, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Are Hong Kong civil servants overstepping their powers in banning election candidates?
South China Morning Post, February 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2132903/are-hong-kong-civil-servants-overstepping-their-powers

Two die in Hong Kong police car chase, raising questions about officer’s actions
South China Morning Post, February 12, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2132958/two-die-hong-kong-police-car-chase-raising-questions-about

香港民主党派大游行 要律政司长下台 (Pro-democracy groups march in Hong Kong and demand justice chief Teresa Cheng to step down)
Radio Free Asia, February 11, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/hc-02112018140515.html

Tai Po bus crash: Hong Kong gov’t to set up inquiry as death toll rises to 19
Hong Kong Free Press, February 11, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/11/tai-po-bus-crash-hong-kong-govt-set-inquiry-death-toll-rises-19/

Related:
工會促正視工時長、低工資、兼職問題 (Trade union urges bus company to address issues including long hours, low pay and drivers working part-time after deadly crash)
Mingpao, February 11, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180211/s00001/1518325274465

Anson Chan slams Hong Kong’s “naked political screening” as she receives US justice prize
South China Morning Post, February 11, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2132885/anson-chan-slams-hong-kongs-naked-political-screening-she

Related:
黨報引內地學者轟終院裁決:邏輯矛盾、姑息放縱、法治權威不彰 (Party mouthpiece quotes mainland academia and slams ruling of Occupy activists by Court of Final Appeal as contradictory, lenient, and without judiciary authority)
Stand News, February 12, 2018
http://bit.ly/2nZPQl6

Appeal denied for protester who assaulted police during Mong Kok unrest
Hong Kong Free Press, February 10, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/10/appeal-denied-protester-assaulted-police-mong-kok-unrest/