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, May 17, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai and 9 other democrats plead guilty over 2019 National Day protest
Hong Kong Free Press, May 17, 2021

Future of Hong Kong’s Apple Daily is on the line after founder Jimmy Lai’s assets are frozen under national security law
South China Morning Post, May 15, 2021

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Freezing of assets belonging to media tycoon Jimmy Lai not a press freedom issue, says Hong Kong security chief
Hong Kong Free Press, May 17, 2021

Risk to doing business in Hong Kong increased after Jimmy Lai asset freeze, says Taiwan
Agence France-Presse, May 15, 2021

10,250 arrests and 2,500 prosecutions since 2019 Hong Kong protests, as security chief hails fall in crime rate
Hong Kong Free Press, May 17, 2021

Depriving Hongkongers of platform to voice their grievances could trigger mass protests, rally organiser says
South China Morning Post, May 17, 2021

Hong Kong labour activists fear ‘political purge’ as gov’t says trade unions must comply with national security law
Hong Kong Free Press, May 17, 2021

「18區民主派聯絡會議」停止運作 稱功成身退之時(18 District Councils Liaison stops operation)
Radio Television Hong Kong, May 15, 2021

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再多兩人辭任區議員 :身心狀況出現問題 陳嘉言:宣誓令前景不明(District councillors—Manson Yu of Tai Po, Chris Chan of Kwun Tong—resign)
inmedia.hk, May 17, 2021

鏗鏘集《7.21 誰主真相》奪金堯如新聞獎 港台拒領 編導蔡玉玲、鄭思思自行到場領獎(RTHK rejects Kam Yiu-yu Press Freedom Award for "Hong Kong Connection” program, “7.21: Who Owns the Truth"; producers Bao Choy and Cheng Sze Sze accept award on behalf of production team)
Stand News, May 15, 2021

Test balloon, warning shot, attack dog: Is Hong Kong witnessing a rebirth of the ‘mainland mouthpiece’?
Hong Kong Free Press, May 15, 2021

Government vacancies still attract jobseekers, Hong Kong civil service chief says after about 2,000 resignations in the past year
South China Morning Post, May 17, 2021

Hong Kong marathon commemorating Tiananmen Square crackdown proceeds in diminished form
South China Morning Post, May 16, 2021