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, September 21, 2020

Hong Kong (香港)

三權分立︱北京護法王振民指中國憲制根本上已排除三權分立 梁家傑斥中共欲「打殘司法權」 (In op-ed, former NPC Hong Kong Basic Law Committee member Wang Zhenmin says, “China’s constitution has fundamentally ruled out ‘separation of powers’”; Civic Party chair Alan Leong slams Beijing for “crippling [Hong Kong’s] judicial power”)
Apple Daily, September 21, 2020

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決定香港特區的政治體制是中央事權 (Central government is empowered to determine Hong Kong's political system)
Sing Tao, September 21, 2020

林鄭定性香港無三權分立 港府晚上發聲明:司法獨立是香港成功的基石 (Despite Carrie Lam's claim of no separation of powers, Hong Kong SAR government issues statement: Common law and judicial independence are bedrocks of Hong Kong's success)
Apple Daily, September 20, 2020

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Common law and judicial independence bedrocks of Hong Kong's success
普通法和司法獨立是香港成功的基石
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, September 19, 2020

联合国人权高专办:敦促中方确保12港人自选律师权利 (The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urges China to ensure rights of 12 detained Hong Kongers to hire their own lawyers)
Radio France International, September 20, 2020

Hong Kong fugitives held in mainland China ‘selected lawyers’ from list supplied by authorities across the border, city’s security chief reveals
South China Morning Post, September 19, 2020

12 港人家屬 回應張建宗及李家超言論之聲明 (Statement of families of 12 detained Hong Kongers in response to Matthew Cheung and John Lee)
The Stand News, September 19, 2020

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李家超:12港人已按名單揀選律師 目前身體良好 (John Lee: 12 Hong Kongers detained in China have chosen lawyers from list provided by local authorities and are in good health)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 19, 2020

內地律師稱除非家屬解除委託 否則仍跟進港人涉越境案 (Mainland lawyer: Will continue to follow the cases of 12 Hong Kong detainees unless dismissed by their families)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 19, 2020