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.

Thursday, September 30, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong passes new anti-doxxing law – violators face HK$1m fine and 5 years jail
Hong Kong Free Press, September 30, 2021

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立會通過修例刑事化 賦權私隱專員移除社媒起底內容(LegCo passes new law to criminalize "doxxing"; privacy commissioner is empowered to request removal of "doxxing" contents online)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 30, 2021

Hong Kong seeks to resurrect legislation to further crush dissent
The Guardian, September 30, 2021

Hong Kong police to mobilise more than 8,000 officers for National Day
South China Morning Post, September 30, 2021

Defendant refuses to give evidence or summon witness at Hong Kong’s second national security trial
Hong Kong Free Press, September 30, 2021

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‘Give me liberty or give me death’: T-shirts submitted as evidence at Hong Kong’s second national security trial
Hong Kong Free Press, September 30, 2021

Hong Kong national security law: 6 former Apple Daily executives face High Court trial with possible life sentences
South China Morning Post, September 30, 2021

7 charged with conspiring to incite subversion, incl. Hong Kong’s youngest national security defendant aged 15
Hong Kong Free Press, September 30, 2021

【支聯會案】鄒幸彤第 4 次被拒保釋 指懲教禁穿「 同抗爭 」「人民不會忘記」上衣出庭(Chow Hang-tung, former vice-chair of disbanded Hong Kong Alliance, is denied bail for the 4th time and forbidden to wear T-shirt with protest slogans in court hearing)
Stand News, September 30, 2021

嶺大:客席副教授羅永生、許寶強合約9月終結 羅永生:校方單方面終止合約(Lingnan University ends contracts of adjunct associate professors Lo Wing-sang and Hui Po-keung, citing "risk management")
Stand News, September 30, 2021

宣誓前夕 潘智鍵及王德源退出屯門社區網絡(District councilors Gary Poon and Wong Tak-yuen quit Tuen Mun Community Network before oath-taking)
inmedia.hk, September 30, 2021

Hong Kong’s ‘loyal critic’ faces tough test as Beijing targets media
Financial Times, September 30, 2021