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, August 13, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

专访陈浩天: 为了自由与尊严 坚持发表演讲 (Interview with Andy Chan: Will insist on giving speech for freedom and dignity)
Deutsche Welle, August 13, 2018
https://p.dw.com/p/333cm

UN committee tells Hong Kong to show proof that education policy is helping ethnic minority children integrate into society
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2159545/un-committee-tells-hong-kong-show-proof-education-policy

Maria Tam denies Beijing intervened in Hong Kong separatist’s FCC speech, saying “there is zero tolerance for Hong Kong independence”
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2159349/maria-tam-denies-beijing-intervened-hong-kong-separatists

Related:
Ex-leader CY Leung equates independence activist’s talk with Nazism, racism and Holocaust denial
Hong Kong Free Press, August 13, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/13/ex-leader-cy-leung-equates-independence-activists-talk-nazism-racism-holocaust-denial/

How China's ire put global spotlight on Hong Kong activist Andy Chan
BBC, August 13, 2018
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-45167660

Protesters were not committing a crime because they were not warned they were committing a crime, Hong Kong barristers argue
South China Morning Post, August 13, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2159538/protesters-were-not-committing-crime-because

Priced out and living above a rubbish dump: Where do Hong Kong’s rough sleepers go?
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2159361/priced-out-and-living-above-rubbish-dump-where-do-hong

“Baffling” discrepancies found in population estimates for 2015 Hong Kong district council elections
South China Morning Post, August 12, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2159328/baffling-discrepancies-found-population-estimates-2015-hong