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, September 15, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Top Hong Kong democrats sentenced over banned 2020 Tiananmen Massacre vigil
Hong Kong Free Press, September 15, 2021

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Hong Kong: Tiananmen vigil convictions highlight accelerating collapse of freedoms
Amnesty International, September 15, 2021

鄒幸彤再申請保釋被拒 官拒絕解除傳媒報道限制(Court denies bail again to HK Alliance vice-chair Chow Hang-tung, refuses to lift restrictions on media reporting)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 15, 2021

Hong Kong elections: police ‘to deploy 4,000 officers’ to ensure smooth polls on Sunday, even with only 4,900 voters expected to cast ballot
South China Morning Post, September 14, 2021

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Civil service 'will do bit to ensure smooth elections'
The Standard, September 15, 2021

Hong Kong elections: why the next chief executive may no longer be known by 3 digits, such as ‘689’ for CY Leung, or Carrie Lam’s ‘777’
South China Morning Post, September 15, 2021

7 Hong Kong opposition district councillors disqualified after deadline passes for submission of information to determine oath validity
South China Morning Post, September 15, 2021

黎智英申行使壹傳媒股份投票權擬清盤 保安局長反對 稱《蘋果日報》「史上最具顛覆性刊物」(Jimmy Lai sues to exercise voting right to liquidate company; Secretary for Security opposes, calling Apple Daily "the most seditious publication in history")
Ming Pao, September 15, 2021

National security law: Hong Kong security chief orders operations freeze at Apple Daily Printing
South China Morning Post, September 15, 2021

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鄧炳強:引國安法實施細則 向蘋果日報印刷公司發凍結令(Secretary for Security issues order to freeze assets of Apple Daily's publishing company under National Security Law implementation rules)
Ming Pao, September 15, 2021

‘Factually wrong’: Hong Kong press group hits back at criticism from security chief
Hong Kong Free Press, September 15, 2021

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鄧炳強促記協公開會員所屬機構 記協:未經當事人同事不披露個人資料(Journalists Association rejects Security Chief Chris Tang's request to disclose member information without consent)
Stand News, September 15, 2021

Medical group aligned with opposition in Hong Kong comes under official scrutiny for range of criticisms
South China Morning Post, September 15, 2021