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, August 23, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Do not mistake delay to anti-sanctions law for Hong Kong as climbdown by China, analysts say, as targeted weapons against Western powers still in works
South China Morning Post, August 20, 2021

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Beijing’s anti-sanctions law for Hong Kong: why is it being postponed? What do we know and don’t know about the delay?
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2021

Group behind Tiananmen vigil in Hong Kong to hold discussion on future ‘in days’
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2021

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支聯會副主席鄒幸彤稱目前沒任何解散決定(Hong Kong Alliance vice-chair Chow Hang-tung says there is no disbandment decision at the moment)
Radio Television Hong Kong, August 20, 2021

Council member of Hong Kong’s largest lawyers’ association withdraws re-election bid, citing safety fears as group makes police report over ‘threats’
South China Morning Post, August 21, 2021

Hong Kong protests: first aid volunteer cleared of rioting charge as judge rules helping the injured no ‘basis for conviction’
South China Morning Post, August 23, 2021

Hong Kong must speed up economic development and integration with nation, Beijing officials warn lawmakers
South China Morning Post, August 23, 2021

民主派初選47人案|譚凱邦高院申保釋被拒(High court denies bail to Roy Tam, one of the 47 pro-democracy figures charged under the National Security Law)
Ming Pao, August 23, 2021

Hong Kong Court Sentences Minor to Training Center Over Role in 2019 Protests
Radio Free Asia, August 20, 2021

‘It’s about self-censorship’: Hong Kong counsellors struggle to navigate security law concerns
Hong Kong Free Press, August 22, 2021

九龍塘站大堂及月台加裝多部國企大華 CCTV 港鐵:無人臉識別功能(Kowloon Tong railway station installs CCTVs made by state-owned Dahua, known for facial recognition tech for surveilling Uyghurs)
Stand News, August 20, 2021

Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam faces public Q’s for first time in 2 years, hears 1 directly critical opinion from crowd largely selected by gov’t
Hong Kong Free Press, August 23, 2021

Hong Kong garrison of People’s Liberation Army launches land-air-sea exercise testing fugitive-hunting capability
South China Morning Post, August 22, 2021