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, July 26, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil organiser to plead guilty after being slapped with summons over June 4 museum
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2021

Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil organiser to plead guilty after being slapped with summons over June 4 museum
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2021

Former Hong Kong law professor, activist Benny Tai hit with charges over 2016 Legislative Council race expenses
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2021

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai, ex-lawmaker to contest incitement charges stemming from banned Tiananmen vigil
South China Morning Post, July 23, 2021

Hong Kong protests: teen who was among 12 fugitives detained in Shenzhen sentenced to time in training centre for flight attempt, petrol bomb
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2021

香港言語治療師總工會三名幹事昨晚獲准保釋候查(Three speech therapists union officers granted bail on national security charges for publishing children's books)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 24, 2021

譚得志涉發表煽動文字等14罪 控方稱或因應唐英傑案修訂控罪 官准押後周四再審訊(Judge adjourns trial of ex-lawmaker Tam Tak-chi until Thursday as prosecution seeks to amend charges based on first national security case)
Ming Pao, July 26, 2021

前大埔區議員及議助認非法集結及襲警等三罪 判囚三個月(Former pro-democracy Tai Po District Councillor and assistant plead guilty to participating in unauthorized assembly and assaulting police; assistant gets three months jail sentence)
inmedia.hk, July 26, 2021

袁嘉蔚鄒幸彤被罰囚水飯房 邵家臻批懲教署「最嚴格標準針對政治犯」(Pro-democracy activists Tiffany Yuen and Tonyee Chow kept in solitary for days over alleged violations of prison rules)
Ming Pao, July 24, 2021

Billionaires and a Hong Kong bank chief handed seats on powerful new election body
Hong Kong Free Press, July 23, 2021

No spectacle, no fireworks: Legco is getting work done, but Hongkongers are losing interest without opposition sound and fury
South China Morning Post, July 24, 2021

Hong Kong Baptist University makes national security education compulsory and a graduation requirement
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2021

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浸大新學年不代收會費 學生會:或減人手或停運合作社(Baptist University stops collecting membership fees for its students' union, forcing it to reduce staff or shutter its cooperative)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 26, 2021

【圖書館戰爭】《文匯》批法律童書「損害年輕人守法意識」 圖書館翌日下架(Public library takes down children's book about law day after criticism by pro-Beijing newspaper)
Stand News, July 24, 2021

Hong Kong Olympic badminton player speaks up after black jersey ‘strongly condemned’ by pro-Beijing politician
Hong Kong Free Press, July 26, 2021