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, April 16, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Activist Raphael Wong completes Umbrella Movement prison sentence; released on bail ahead of land protest appeal
Hong Kong Free Press, April 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/16/activist-raphael-wong-completes-umbrella-movement-prison-sentence-released-bail-ahead-land-protest-appeal/

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Mong Kok unrest: Riot trial for Localist Edward Leung and four others to proceed as prosecution closes case
Hong Kong Free Press, April 16, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/04/16/mong-kok-unrest-riot-trial-localist-edward-leung-four-others-proceed-prosecution-closes-case/

Living in subdivided flats that nobody wants – the grim struggle to find a home for Hong Kong’s poorer ethnic minorities
South China Morning Post, April 16, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2141793/living-subdivided-flats-nobody-wants-grim-struggle-find

Hong Kong is “only place in the world without national security law”, liaison office chief says
South China Morning Post, April 15, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2141777/hong-kong-only-city-world-without-national-security-law

Related:
內地移民斥港府一手造成 10年前融入無困難 (Mainland migrant slams SAR government for creating conflict China and Hong Kong)
Apple Daily, April 15, 2018
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/realtime/article/20180415/58070240

港支联会“毋忘六四”29年长跑 坚持结束一党专政 (HK Alliance holds jogging event in memory of June Fourth, urging to end one-party dictatorship)
Radio Free Asia, April 15, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-04152018162811.html