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, August 06, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Biden grants ‘safe haven’ to Hongkongers in US amid China crackdown
Associated Press, August 5, 2021

Related:
National security law: Beijing slams US ‘safe haven’ offer to Hongkongers as ‘plot to stir up trouble’, interference in city affairs
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2021

Hong Kong politics: Election Committee nominations kick off, but sources say many seats will go uncontested to pro-Beijing camp
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2021

Related:
Explainer | What you need to know about Hong Kong’s Election Committee, with key polls on the horizon and nominations opening
South China Morning Post, August 6, 2021

【選民查冊】《立場》揭三公司疑停運仍成功做選民 未被選舉處 DQ(Stand News finds three defunct companies still eligible to vote for Election Committee)
Stand News, August 5, 2021

Hong Kong education chief urges teachers to reassess union membership in open letter
Hong Kong Free Press, August 6, 2021

Related:
Hong Kong’s embattled teachers’ union forms working group to foster students’ ‘affection for home and country’
Hong Kong Free Press, August 6, 2021

教協網教材全線下架 包括介紹本港政制發展、八九民運、劉曉波資料(Professional teachers' union website takes down all education materials including contents about development of Hong Kong’s political system, 1989 Democracy Movement, and Liu Xiaobo)
Stand News, August 6, 2021

7 members of HKU ruling body urge reversal of student campus ban
Hong Kong Free Press, August 6, 2021

李家超:香港新的国安立法将侧重打击外国间谍活动(Chief Secretary John Lee: Article 23 legislation to focus on combating foreign espionage)
Radio France Internationale, August 6, 2021

【起底刑事化】私隱專員無手令仍可搜查電子器材 鍾麗玲:只會望一望(Anti-doxxing law permits privacy commissioner to search electronic devices without warrant)
Stand News, August 6, 2021

美籍律師襲休班警囚4.5月 官准保釋等候上訴(American lawyer granted bail pending appeal over attacking off-duty police during 2019 protests)
Ming Pao, August 6, 2021