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 09, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong activists convicted of unauthorised assembly over annual Tiananmen Square vigil after guilty pleas
South China Morning Post, September 9, 2021

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In full: ‘Speaking truth to power’: Tiananmen Massacre Alliance vice-chair Albert Ho’s mitigation plea
Hong Kong Free Press, September 9, 2021

Hong Kong national security police raid Tiananmen Massacre museum, a day after vigil group leaders arrested
Hong Kong Free Press, September 9, 2021

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鄒幸彤親友引述律師:鄒幸彤遭警指控「煽動顛覆國家政權」(Chow Hang Tung is charged with inciting subversion, according to Chow's lawyer)
Ming Pao, September 9, 2021

【拒交資料】消息指支聯會常委徐漢光被捕 同被指違國安法實施細則(Sources say Hong Kong Alliance committee member Tsui Hon Kwong has been arrested for violating implementation rules of national security law)
Stand News, September 9, 2021

支聯會4人被捕 英外相指心寒 駐港公署批粗暴干涉香港事務(China's Foreign Ministry in HK criticizes UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab for interfering in HK affairs over a Twitter post saying arrests of Hong Kong Alliance members are chilling)
Ming Pao, September 9, 2021

Hong Kong lawmakers urge gov’t to regulate crowdfunding after national security probe into protest legal fund
Hong Kong Free Press, September 9, 2021

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612基金將退回本月3日至本周二期間31萬多元捐款(612 Humanitarian Relief Fund to return more than HK$310,000 received in donations)
Radio Television Hong Kong, September 9, 2021

Hong Kong activist Gwyneth Ho says only open bail hearing can safeguard her ‘best interest’
Hong Kong Free Press, September 9, 2021

岑敖暉被加被控藐視法庭 與周梓樂逝世半年貼文有關(Former district councillor Lester Shum, one of the 47 pro-democracy figures arrested for subversion, is charged with contempt of court over a social media post about the death of HKUST student during 2019 protest)
Stand News, September 9, 2021

Hong Kong leaders apply national security law retroactively, US congressional panel hears
South China Morning Post, September 9, 2021

INSIDE THE PRO-BEIJING MEDIA ECOSYSTEM
The Atlantic, September 9, 2021