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.

Friday, May 07, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Fugitive former lawmaker Ted Hui’s legal bid against withdrawal of protest cases quashed as he ‘despises’ court, judge says
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2021

Hong Kong court grants democrat Wu Chi-wai bail to attend father’s funeral
Hong Kong Free Press, May 7, 2021

Five localists arrested in subversion case
The Standard, May 7, 2021

US calls on Hong Kong to release Tiananmen vigil activists
Agence France-Presse, May 7, 2021

District councillor quits Hong Kong Civic Party, saying its future is uncertain
Hong Kong Free Press, May 7, 2021

Can Bar get itself out of its protest quagmire?
The Standard, May 7, 2021

【7.28 上環】被控暴動 12 人聯合申請「換法官」 指法官陳仲衡疑挖苦、嘲諷辯方(12 charged with rioting over protest in 2019 apply for recusal of judge Johnny Chan)
Stand News, May 7, 2021

被指應離任港終審法院非常任法官 廖柏嘉﹕未見法律被濫用至無法接受 《基本法》仍行之有效(British non-permanent judge David Neuberger says Basic Law "is still very much alive and effective" in response to view that British judges should leave high court)
Stand News, May 7, 2021

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The Times, March 15, 2021

Hong Kong education authorities investigating administrators of school where teacher was stripped of registration for ‘bias’
South China Morning Post, May 7, 2021

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前大學教授馬路舉「五一」手勢 判監3個月(Former university professor sentenced to 3 months in jail over gesturing "five demands, not one less" in a 2020 anti-national security protest)
Ming Pao, May 7, 2021

【清算教師】楊潤雄:研重推《專業守則》修訂 四年前擱置 倡師生禁談「無關教學」議題(Secretary for Education Kevin Yeung says Professional Conduct in Education Amendment, abandoned four years ago, is being considered)
Stand News, May 7, 2021

【DSE】歷史科老師:試題「重經濟輕政治」 問中國經濟現代化因素限年期 避考生引文革為例(Teacher: This year's DSE history exam focuses on economic, avoids political questions)
Stand News, May 6, 2021

RTHK Independence Called into Question Over Show Hosted by Hong Kong Leader
Voice of America, May 7, 2021

Interview: 'I Kept Wanting to Stay And Do a Bit More'
Radio Free Asia, May 6, 2021