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.

Tuesday, March 02, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Bail hearing for 47 Hong Kong democrats facing security law charges drags on, with four hospitalised due to exhaustion
Hong Kong Free Press, March 2, 2021

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Hong Kong democrats facing security law charges still in court after seven hours as police arrest lawyer outside
Hong Kong Free Press, March 1, 2021

Hospital Authority suspends union chairman over national security charges
The Standard, March 2, 2021

Top Hong Kong civil servants should be barred from holding right of abode overseas, says city deputy to National People’s Congress
South China Morning Post, March 2, 2021

Hong Kong residents safer and better protected now city has national security law, minister tells UN officials
South China Morning Post, March 2, 2021

Hong Kong’s ‘kingmakers’: will city’s tycoons have their political wings clipped as Beijing pushes city on electoral reforms?
South China Morning Post, March 2, 2021

Hong Kong patriots: civil service chief backs promotion of senior official accused of ignoring Lennon Walls in 2019 unrest
South China Morning Post, March 2, 2021

Hong Kong’s public universities record the highest number of dropouts since 2004
South China Morning Post, March 2, 2021

黎青龍據報不獲續約 港大:不評論人事個別情況(University of Hong Kong opts not to renew contract of renowned medical professor Lai Ching-lung who supported hospital workers strike in 2020)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 2, 2021

佔中案上訴 律師稱2014年示威活動沒暴力事件(Occupy Central case appeal: Lawyer says no violent incidents in 2014 protests)
Radio Television Hong Kong, March 2, 2021

聲援「香港二二八」,台港青年籲立院速通過《港澳條例》中「香港人權民主條款」(Youth urge Taiwanese legislature to pass "Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy” clause in Laws and Regulations Regarding Hong Kong & Macao Affairs)
The News Lens, March 2, 2021