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, April 19, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong elections overhaul: pro-establishment lawmakers urge government to require candidates to publicly disclose foreign citizenship
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2021

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Nearly 130 civil servants fail to take required pledge of allegiance to Hong Kong government, with most facing dismissal
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2021

Mass Prosecutions Send Chills Across Hong Kong’s Political Spectrum
The Diplomat, April 17, 2021

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Vice minister backs jailing of Lai, others
The Standard, April 19, 2021

譚得志申終止聆訊 指煽動罪違憲條文籠統 官:有旁聽者舉政治手勢 法庭非遊樂場(Tam Tak Chi applies for permanent stay of proceedings, says sedition charges breach Basic Law and provisions overly broad)
Stand News, April 19, 2021

UK urges China to stop prosecuting HK democracy activists
Agence France-Presse, April 18, 2021

Beijing hits back at Western criticism of Hong Kong court’s hefty sentences for Jimmy Lai, opposition figures
South China Morning Post, April 18, 2021

Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai and his media empire face uncertain future
The Guardian, April 16, 2021

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Next Digital group enters negotiation to sell firm which owns Taiwan’s Apple Daily newspaper
Hong Kong Free Press, April 19, 2021

觀塘區議員李煒林 宣布退出公民黨 一星期三區議員退黨或辭職(District councilor Li Wai Lam quits Civic Party, becomes one of three quitting the party or post in a week)
Stand News, April 19, 2021

Two more bureaucrats join management at Hong Kong’s RTHK amid government-mandated editorial overhaul
South China Morning Post, April 19, 2021

Some parents, educators question why children were allowed to play with toy guns at Hong Kong police event, while force’s chief hits out at critics and slams doxxing of school
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2021

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人民日報批評港大學生會抹黑國安教育和「一國兩制」(People's Daily slams HKU student union for “smearing” national security education and "one country, two systems")
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 19, 2021

Exclusive | Beijing’s national security office in Hong Kong takes over second hotel
South China Morning Post, April 17, 2021

Trudeau Visa for Hong Kongers Gets Over 500 Applications
Bloomberg, April 17, 2021

Exclusive: Hong Kong gov’t spent millions on failed lobbying bid to defeat Washington’s Human Rights and Democracy Act
Hong Kong Free Press, April 19, 2021