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.

Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong’s Democratic Party poised to skip election for first time in decades after window closes on nominations
South China Morning Post, October 12, 2021

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam dismisses suggestion Beijing officials in city have formed shadow government
South China Morning Post, October 10, 2021

Hong Kong lawmakers support plan to bar those convicted under security law from social work
Hong Kong Free Press, October 12, 2021

Hong Kong police to enhance cybersecurity against threat of violent members of anti-government movement ‘going underground’
South China Morning Post, October 10, 2021

Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai to mark 1-year in remand as transfer to High Court delayed to Dec
Hong Kong Free Press, October 12, 2021

【羊村繪本案】言語治療師工會 5 人被控煽動 3 人再申保釋再遭拒 旁聽人士呼生日快樂(Three members of the General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapists arrested for seditious children’s books are denied bail again)
Stand News, October 12, 2021

民主派初選47人案|王百羽被拒保釋 官稱不信保釋後「不再」危害國安(In denying bail to Henry Wong, one of the 47 pro-democracy figures arrested under the National Security Law, judge says he does not believe Wong would not harm national security if granted bail)
Ming Pao, October 11, 2021

University of Hong Kong’s Wed deadline for removal of 2-ton Tiananmen Massacre statue remains despite two typhoons
Hong Kong Free Press, October 12, 2021

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Sculptor sounds warning on removal of iconic HKU statue
The Standard, October 11, 2021

Hong Kong schools must hold national flag ceremonies at least once a week under new Education Bureau rules
South China Morning Post, October 11, 2021

'This Drop Came So Quickly': Shrinking Schools Add to Hong Kong Exodus
The New York Times, October 11, 2021

Hong Kong press group apologises for ‘suspected theft’ of members’ info as Beijing-backed paper publishes shredded papers
Hong Kong Free Press, October 11, 2021

Hong Kong’s bookshops, losing readers and struggling through economic slump, try to read between ‘red lines’ of national security law
South China Morning Post, October 9, 2021

24歲男認中環暴動囚3年4個月 分析員認非法集結等囚9個月(24-year- old man sentenced to 3 years, 4 months after pleading guilty to rioting; 34-year-old bank analyst gets 9 months in jail for unauthorized assembly in 2019 protests)
Ming Pao, October 11, 2021

蕭澤頤:「假新聞」處心積累煽動群眾 有人立心不良以文化藝術「播毒」(Police Commissioner Raymond Siu says "fake news" is used deliberately to incite public and some people use arts and culture to "spread poison")
Stand News, October 10, 2021