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 19, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

5 Hong Kong ex-students sentenced to nearly 5 years’ jail for rioting during 2019 campus clashes
Hong Kong Free Press, October 19, 2021

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inmedia.hk, October 19, 2021

Chanting ‘Hongkongers, add oil’ or calling government ‘tyrannical’ could be seditious, court hears
South China Morning Post, October 18, 2021

Hong Kong protests: apprentice electrician gets 4 months’ jail for taking part in unlawful assembly in 2019
South China Morning Post, October 18, 2021

Court rulings free Hong Kong police to probe older offences under security law
Reuters, October 19, 2021

中大聯合書院學生會幹事會解散 全部內閣成員請辭(CUHK United College student union disbands and all committee members resign)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 18, 2021

Hong Kong lawmakers urge gov’t to work out plans for mainland-based voters in Dec election
Hong Kong Free Press, October 19, 2021

Member of Hong Kong’s biggest pro-Beijing party appointed undersecretary for constitutional and mainland affairs
South China Morning Post, October 18, 2021

Hong Kong universities must also hold weekly flag-raising ceremonies, education chief reveals
South China Morning Post, October 18, 2021

Book supporting Western powers' 1900 invasion of China disappears from Hong Kong bookstores
Radio Free Asia, October 18, 2021