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, July 30, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

【取締民族黨】民族黨要求警方交出監視陳浩天的記錄 (Hong Kong National Party demands surveillance records on convenor Andy Chan in name of procedural justice)
The Stand News, July 29, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/取締民族黨-民族黨要求警方交出監視陳浩天的記錄/

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Pro-independence party asks police to reveal surveillance records of convener Andy Chan
Hong Kong Free Press, July 30, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/30/pro-independence-party-asks-police-reveal-surveillance-records-convener-andy-chan/

China committed to “one country, two systems” for Hong Kong, Foreign Minister Wang Yi tells Britain’s Jeremy Hunt
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2157524/china-committed-one-country-two-systems-hong-kong-foreign

Related:
Hong Kong framework firm: China
Associated Press, July 30, 2018
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2018/07/31/2003697724

香港民主派促减授权票防北京操纵 (Pro-democracy camp urges abolishment of proxy vote to reduce Beijing’s manipulation)
Radio Free Asia, July 30, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-07302018110207.html

Hong Kong-born Nepali, 21, to speak at UN about local ethnic minorities’ fight against racial discrimination
South China Morning Post, July 30, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2157349/hong-kong-born-nepali-21-speak-un-about-local-ethnic

記協年報指中央屢強調「一國先於兩制」 主席楊健興:紅線愈來愈紅,底線愈來愈高 (Hong Kong Journalists Association publishes 2018 Annual Report, chairman Chris Yeung: “The red line becomes redder, the bottom line becomes higher”)
Ming Pao, July 29, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180729/s00001/1532846028519

Related:
風中之燭 —— 國安法陰影中的言論自由
Candle in the wind: National Security law looms over diminishing freedoms
Hong Kong Journalists Association, July 29, 2018
EN: https://www.hkja.org.hk/site/portal/Site.aspx?id=A1-1655&lang=en-US
CH: https://www.hkja.org.hk/site/portal/Site.aspx?id=A1-1655&lang=zh-TW

National security focus and “China factor” hurting free press in Hong Kong, journalism watchdog says
Hong Kong Free Press, July 30, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/30/national-security-focus-china-factor-hurting-free-press-hong-kong-says-journalism-watchdog/

“Beaten black and blue”: Domestic workers still face abuse, wage theft and cramped living in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Free Press, July 28, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/28/heads/

Related:
Fighting for the right to stay: For children born in Hong Kong to domestic workers, it’s an uphill battle to get permanent residency
South China Morning Post, July 29, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2157301/will-hong-kong-born-children-foreign-domestic-workers-gain

Hong Kong’s Labour Tribunal ordered to reconsider refusal to hear migrant workers via video
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2157290/hong-kongs-labour-tribunal-ordered-reconsider