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.

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Man jailed for 2 years 10 months for throwing brick at police during Mong Kok unrest
Hong Kong Free Press, April 11, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/11/man-jailed-2-years-10-months-throwing-brick-police-mong-kok-unrest/

“Hatred, contempt and ridicule”: Lawyers for ex-Hong Kong chief CY Leung say democrats are defaming him
Hong Kong Free Press, April 11, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/11/hatred-contempt-ridicule-lawyers-ex-hong-kong-chief-cy-leung-say-democrats-defaming/

不为任何政权背书,我编辑了香港第一本中史教科书——专访人人书局田文忠 (Endorse no regime: The man who edited the first Chinese history textbook in Hong Kong)
The Initium, April 10, 2018
https://theinitium.com/article/20180411-culture-historyeducationinhk2/

戴耀廷:我鼓励港人独立思考是踩到中共真正的红线 (My encouraging Hong Kongers to think independently was what crossed the CPC’s real redline)
Radio France Internationale, April 10, 2018
https://bit.ly/2Hqnzxn

Related:
林鄭月娥稱有關戴耀廷言論不涉言論或學術自由 (Carrie Lam claims Benny Tai’s comment doesn’t involve freedom of speech or academic freedom)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 11, 2018
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1390566-20180411.htm

Hong Kong protesters rally in support of disappeared rights lawyer, wife
香港团体中联办示威 抗议粗暴阻挠李文足寻夫
Radio Free Asia, April 10, 2018
EN: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/protesters-04102018114649.html
CH: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-04102018103032.html

抗爭九巴女車長申設工會獲批 (Defiant female bus driver at KMB allowed to set up trade union)
Apple Daily, April 10, 2018
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/realtime/article/20180410/58053542