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, August 15, 2018

Hong Kong (香港)

【陳浩天演講】梁美芬:如無法例就要研究 批FCC違遊戲規則 指護國安是普世價值 (Basic Law committee Priscilla Leung on Andy Chan's talk: “If there are no laws breached, government needs to make one”)
Ming Pao, August 15, 2018
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20180815/s00001/1534296414731

Related:
“港独”陈浩天争议中演讲 批评者目标何在 (As Andy Chan gives talk amid controversy, what is the agenda of his attackers?)
BBC News, August 14, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/chinese-news-45179011

邀港独人士演讲后 香港外国记者会官网疑被黑 (Foreign Correspondents’ Club website shut down by malware attacks)
Voice of America, August 15, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/news-fccc-concerned-about-detention-of-voa-journalist-20180814/4528230.html

記協對政府轟FCC表遺憾 要求釐清轉載港獨言論會否被控 (Hong Kong Journalists Association demands clarification of whether charges will be raised for sharing speeches on Hong Kong independence)
The Stand News, August 15, 2018
https://thestandnews.com/politics/記協對政府轟fcc表遺憾-要求釐清轉載港獨言論會否被控/

Beijing can instruct Hong Kong over handling of independence movement, says top adviser
Hong Kong Free Press, August 15, 2018
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/15/beijing-can-instruct-hong-kong-handling-independence-movement-says-top-adviser/

Related:
Andy Chan’s pro-independence speech at FCC shows Hong Kong’s “inadequacies” in upholding China’s national security, says top Beijing official
South China Morning Post, August 16, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2159923/andy-chans-pro-independence-speech-fcc-shows-hong-kongs

Hong Kong man serving 40-year jail term in the Philippines given crucial records that show he wasn’t in the country when surveillance took place
South China Morning Post, August 15, 2018
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2159906/hong-kong-man-serving-40-year-jail-term

Hong Kong “cardboard granny” has case overturned
BBC, August 15, 2018
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-45200364