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 29, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Insulting Chinese national flag on the internet now illegal in Hong Kong – violators face up to 3 years prison
Hong Kong Free Press, September 29, 2021

Another 10 Hong Kong district councillors ousted after being grilled on opposition election primary, protest slogans
South China Morning Post, September 29, 2021

National security: Hong Kong lawmakers raise concerns about ‘covert’ groups, urge gov’t to review existing law
Hong Kong Free Press, September 29, 2021

National security police freeze all assets of Hong Kong group behind annual Tiananmen vigil
South China Morning Post, September 29, 2021

1989 Tiananmen Massacre online museum blocked in Hong Kong, three weeks after police raid physical site
Hong Kong Free Press, September 29, 2021

支聯會拒交資料案 常委梁錦威陳多偉高院申保釋遭拒(Two Hong Kong Alliance committee members, Simon Leung and Chan Dor-wai, are denied bail again over failure to provide information requested by national security police)
inmedia.hk, September 29, 2021

Hong Kong journalists at public broadcaster RTHK told they must uphold ‘constitutional order’ in new set of editorial guidelines
South China Morning Post, September 29, 2021

How Hong Kong Censors Films in the Name of National Security
The New York Times, September 28, 2021

Apple Daily: Hong Kong finance chief asks court to wind up Next Digital citing the ‘public interest’
Hong Kong Free Press, September 29, 2021

National security law: bail denied for Hong Kong schoolgirl and 6 others charged with subversion under Beijing-imposed legislation
South China Morning Post, September 29, 2021

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警方國安處再起訴「光城者」7成員 涉串謀煽動顛覆國家政權(National security police officially charge 7 members of "Returning Valiant" with "inciting subversion of state power")
Ming Pao, September 29, 2021

【賢學思政案】王逸戰陳枳森再申保釋被拒 還柙至11.3再訊(Two Student Politicism members, Wong Yat-chin and Chan Chi-sum, charged under national security law are denied bail again; case adjourned until Nov. 3)
inmedia.hk, September 29, 2021

3人認旺角警署外暴動分囚34月、27月、入教導所 官:3被告無帶領角色(Three sentenced to 34 months, 27 months, and correctional center, respectively, for rioting outside Mong Kok police station in the 2019 protest)
Ming Pao, September 29, 2021

「破曉行動」3人非法集結囚12至16月 官:犯法後賣慘無補於事(Three sentenced to 12 to 16 months in prison over an unauthorized gathering in the 2019 protests)
Ming Pao, September 29, 2021

1,948宗投訴警隊 不足1%證明屬實 「懲處」皆為口頭警告(Police watchdog IPCC verifies less than 1% of 1,948 complaints against police in connection with 2019 protests; “penalties” amount to off-record verbal warning)
inmedia.hk, September 28, 2021