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, April 20, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong pro-Beijing lawmakers challenge ‘unfair’ rule which curtails their power if they lose election
Hong Kong Free Press, April 20, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong pro-democracy district councillor steps down, abandons legal bid to overturn his disqualification
Hong Kong Free Press, April 20, 2021

譚凱邦和袁浩倫辭去區議員職務(Tam Hoi-pong, one of the 47 pro-democracy detainees, resigns from his district councilor post; another district councilor, Yuen Ho-lun, refuses to take oath and resigns)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 20, 2021

【初選47人案】李嘉達辭任觀塘區議員 區會主席稱感難過:佢唔應該咁被對待(Li Ka-tat, one of the 47 pro-democracy detainees, resigns from his district councilor post)
inmediahk.net, April 19, 2021

Hong Kong protests: woman in doxxing case jailed for three years, becomes first person in two decades sentenced using colonial-era sedition law
South China Morning Post, April 20, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong protests: High Court rejects union’s bid to intervene in legal challenge by former city leader CY Leung to identify teachers guilty of misconduct
South China Morning Post, April 20, 2021

Hong Kong protests: prosecutors urge court to proceed with trial of student in her absence, after she fled city following arrest, but judge questions fairness
South China Morning Post, April 20, 2021

【11.12 中大衝突】四學生被控暴動 控方:憑裝束、身處現場、逃跑 肯定親身參與暴動(Four students charged with rioting over siege of Chinese University in 2019)
Stand News, April 20, 2021

Hong Kong security law cited as ‘grave threat’ in new Reporters Without Borders 2021 Press Freedom Index report
Hong Kong Free Press, April 20, 2021

Related:
2021 World Press Freedom Index: Hong Kong
Reporters Without Borders, April 20, 2021

Hong Kong press freedom curbs ‘will speed up,’ warns journalist group chair as state-run press attacks Apple Daily
Hong Kong Free Press, April 20, 2021

‘He has not bowed’: Jimmy Lai and Hong Kong’s future
The Christian Science Monitor, April 19, 2021

Beijing won total control over Hong Kong. Now, the ‘brainwashing’ begins.
The Washington Post, April 20, 2021