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.

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Hong Kong (香港)

Protesters make plans to ‘mourn’ National Day with marches, legally approved or not
South China Morning Post, September 26, 2019

Hong Kong Court of Appeals calls for immediate review of laws and policies that discriminate against same-sex relationships
South China Morning Post, September 26, 2019

Controversial Hong Kong website Dim Sum Daily linked to company owned by man wanted in Malaysia over 1MDB scandal
South China Morning Post, September 26, 2019

China envoy rules out more concessions to Hong Kong protesters ahead of Carrie Lam’s public ‘dialogue’
Agence France-Presse, September 26, 2019

Related:
Carrie Lam holds her first community dialogue and participants are banned from carrying umbrellas, gas masks and helmets as police keep a low profile
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2019

3封流亡台灣港人家書:「連儂牆前,我淚流滿面,但無法放聲大哭」 (Letters home from three protesters who fled to Taiwan)
The News Lens, September 25, 2019

【逆權運動】教師出題考「警黑勾結」成語 教局轟散播仇恨或釘牌 (Education Bureau addresses using of “police-triad collusion” idiom in language quiz, warns against teachers propagating “hate speech”)
Apple Daily, September 25, 2019

Private line linking to a Shenzhen court installed by a Hong Kong police intelligence division
Factwire, September 25, 2019

‘Grandpa Chan’ protest mediator says Hong Kong police pepper-sprayed him without warning
Hong Kong Free Press, September 25, 2019

13-year-old among several arrested at Mong Kok protest
Hong Kong Free Press, September 25, 2019

Related:
【睇片】防暴警凌晨太子拘捕多人 一青年被制服後仍遭警棍毆打 (Police arrest many at Prince Edward MTR station, beat protester after subduing him )
Stand News, September 25, 2019

Hong Kong protesters on meeting their housing dreams: yes, thank you, but we want genuine universal suffrage too
South China Morning Post, September 25, 2019