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, October 20, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

Hong Kong judge bars man from court as activist Tam Tak-chi’s sedition trial continues
Hong Kong Free Press, October 19, 2021

Hong Kong protests: technician jailed for 4 years and 7 months for desecrating flag, burning barriers
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2021

男子前年在旺角示威現場意圖搶警槍及襲警 判囚7年(31-year-old construction worker sentenced to 7 years in prison for attempt to assault and snatch gun from police in 2019 protests)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 20, 2021

倡剔除支聯會公司註冊 鄧炳強:建議交特首、行會考慮(Security Secretary Chris Tang proposes to remove Hong Kong Alliance from Companies Registry)
Stand News, October 20, 2021

鄧炳強稱研究基本法23條立法將同時檢視社團條例(Security Secretary Chris Tang says Societies Ordinance will be reviewed together with Article 23 legislation)
Radio Television Hong Kong, October 20, 2021

Hong Kong’s HK$8 billion national security ‘Special Fund’ is independently audited, but annual report gives no details
Hong Kong Free Press, October 20, 2021

‘This should not be rushed’: expansion of Hong Kong discrimination laws to cover mainland Chinese must be balanced, experts say
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2021

Police reject 26 out of 27 complaints submitted by Hong Kong press group as ‘not pursuable’
Hong Kong Free Press, October 20, 2021

兩名獄中區議員宣誓突然被取消 梁錦威團隊轟「徐英偉,你玩完未?」(Home Affairs Bureau cancels oath-taking arrangement for two pro-democracy district councillors in remand at last minute)
inmedia.hk, October 20, 2021

美大學「唐英傑案」報告:國安法首案裁決理由並無保障人權(Georgetown University law analysis: Human rights protection missing in first national security verdict )
Stand News, October 20, 2021

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Center for Asian Law, Georgetown University, October 20, 2021