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.

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

China’s top legislative body set to endorse anti-sanctions law for Hong Kong next month by inserting the provisions into city’s mini-constitution
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2021

Developing | Hong Kong appoints investigator to probe fraud allegations in the financial affairs of Apple Daily’s publisher Next Digital
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2021

Former top editors of Hong Kong’s now-defunct Apple Daily withdraw bail review
Hong Kong Free Press, July 28, 2021

National security law: protest slogan ‘Liberate Hong Kong’ can have multiple meanings, but is it ultimately a call for secession?
South China Morning Post, July 28, 2021

Related:
The End of Free Speech in Hong Kong
The Atlantic, July 28, 2021

Hong Kong’s first national security law verdict shows Beijing’s “red line” has become a red net
Quartz, July 28, 2021

【首宗國安法案】接受美媒訪問 梁頌恆:創作「光時」口號只為吸引眼球 無關分裂國家(In interview with the Atlantic, ex-lawmaker Baggio Leung in exile says "Liberate Hong Kong" slogan was created to catch eyeballs, unrelated to secession)
Stand News, July 28, 2021

區諾軒就818案刑期上訴 期間申請保釋外出被拒(Pro-democracy ex-lawmaker Au Lok Hin appeals sentence over August 2019 unlawful assembly, is denied bail)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 28, 2021

「港人講地」母公司入稟控大紀元、自由亞洲電台誹謗(Parent company of pro-Beijing online media Speakout HK sues Epoch Times, Radio Free Asia for libel)
Ming Pao, July 28, 2021

How Hong Kong’s civil society ‘withered’ under Beijing’s national security purge
Agence France-Presse, July 28, 2021

Ex-Hospital Authority union chair Winnie Yu granted bail ahead of national security law trial
Hong Kong Free Press, July 28, 2021

Hong Kong police warnings of terrorist threat met with scepticism
Financial Times, July 28, 2021

Hong Kong Markets Battered as Foreign Investor Confidence Wavers
Radio Free Asia, July 28, 2021