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, June 20, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

Children’s books with LGBTQ themes disappear from shelves at Hong Kong libraries amid pressure from anti-gay group
Hong Kong Free Press, June 20, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/20/childrens-books-lgbtq-themes-disappear-shelves-hong-kong-libraries-amid-pressure-anti-gay-group/

【辱警罪】警協新主席林志偉爭取立法:保障香港警察尊嚴!(Junior Police Officers’ Association fights to criminalize insults of police officers)
HK01, June 19, 2018
https://www.hk01.com/社會新聞/201052/辱警罪-警協新主席林志偉爭取立法-保障香港警察尊嚴

北大法律学者竟“指示”香港法院拒绝一地两检司法覆核 (Peking University law professor “instructs” Hong Kong courts to abstain from judicial review of co-location arrangement)
Radio France Internationale, June 19, 2018
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20180619-北大法律学者竟指示香港法院拒绝一地两检司法覆核