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, June 22, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong leader places national security law onus on journalists; says media must not subvert gov’t
Hong Kong Free Press, June 22, 2021

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Crackdown brings resignations at Hong Kong pro-democracy paper Apple Daily
Agence France-Presse, June 22, 2021

Thousands Watch Last Online TV News From Hong Kong's Apple Daily
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2021

Hong Kong electoral changes: no more than 30,000 voters will take part in Election Committee race, authorities estimate, down from 246,000 in 2016
South China Morning Post, June 21, 2021

Hong Kong must also pass its own security legislation to ‘plug loopholes,’ says security chief
Hong Kong Free Press, June 22, 2021

Hong Kong’s first national security law trial will have no jury, Court of Appeal rules
South China Morning Post, June 22, 2021

Hong Kong court grants bail to activist Owen Chow pending national security trial
Hong Kong Free Press, June 22, 2021

Ousted Hong Kong lawmaker in last-ditch bid to overturn conviction for storming Legislative Council meeting
South China Morning Post, June 22, 2021

Hong Kong man arrested after passer-by calls police over protest banner hanging on drying rack
South China Morning Post, June 22, 2021

An American lawyer tried to break up a scuffle in Hong Kong. Now, he’s in jail.
The Washington Post, June 22, 2021

【12 港人】廖子文擬認管玻璃樽、乙醇及汽油等 2022年 5 月正式答辯 羈押最少 16 個月(Hong Kong 12 case: Liu Tsz-man pleads guilty to possession of raw materials to make molotov cocktails, remanded in custody for at least 16 months)
Stand News, June 22, 2021

監警會已收警方484宗涉反修例公眾活動的投訴報告(Independent Police Complaints Council receives 484 anti-ELAB protest-related complaints against the force)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 22, 2021

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監警會新任主席主持公開會議後未接受傳媒提問離去(Independent Police Complaints Council new head left public meeting without answering questions from media)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 22, 2021<

消息:英華書院 15 教師將離職 佔全校教師約兩成 現職教師:憂被清算損士氣(15 teachers to quit Ying Wa College, nearly 20% of teaching staff)
Stand News, June 22, 2021

Goodbye, Hong Kong: protesters seeking asylum abroad from national security law vow to fight on, but feel ‘survivor’s guilt’
South China Morning Post, June 22, 2021

港區國安法|聯合國人權專員:國安法產生「寒蟬效應」 中方:自由不能突破國安底線(UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet says national security law produces "chilling effect")
Ming Pao, June 22, 2021

国际律师协会称香港未来黯淡 呼吁英、欧采针对性制裁 (IBAHRI urges targeted sanctions against Hong Kong)
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2021