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 05, 2021

Hong Kong (香港)

16 more democratically elected district councillors face disqualification over Hong Kong gov’t loyalty oaths
Hong Kong Free Press, October 5, 2021

專訪|六四工人領袖韓東方擬出選 信港未玩完:民主黨參選尋可能 (Interview: 1989 labor rights leader Han Dongfang and Democratic Party member plans to run for LegCo, believes game is not over)
HK01, October 5, 2021

No new voters? No problem: Beijing ‘unlikely to blame’ Hong Kong’s pro-establishment camp for lack of interest in coming poll
South China Morning Post, October 5, 2021

‘Immature’ activist chanted slogans to prove Hong Kong security law protects free speech, not to incite secession, say lawyers
Hong Kong Free Press, October 5, 2021

Ex-chief of Hong Kong’s disbanded Tiananmen Massacre vigil group pleads not guilty to incitement charge
Hong Kong Free Press, October 5, 2021

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam ‘not involved’ in deciding whether Tiananmen crackdown statue can remain on university campus
South China Morning Post, October 5, 2021

Related:
Democrat urges University of Hong Kong not to remove Tiananmen Massacre statue amid rumours it will go
Hong Kong Free Press, October 4, 2021

消息稱《反外國制裁法》本地立法擱置 林鄭月娥:未收到中央任何立法時間表(Sources say local legislation of anti-foreign sanction law is shelved; Chief Executive Carrie Lam says Beijing doesn't have a timetable)
Ming Pao, October 5, 2021

【區議員宣誓】屯門潘智鍵、王德源 宣布不出席周五宣誓(Tuen Mun district councilors Gary Poon and Wong Tak-yuen will not attend oath-taking ceremony on Friday)
Stand News, October 5, 2021

Schools 'responsible' for national security
The Standard, October 5, 2021

民研:五成人認同傳媒自我審查 新聞公信力創回歸以來新低(Survey shows over half of respondents think news media practice self-censorship; credibility of media reaches new low since 1997)
inmedia.hk, October 5, 2021

Related:
HKPOP releases the Top 5 Executive Councillors People’s Appraisal of News Media and GGPI
香港民研發放五大行政會議成員評分新聞傳媒評價及限聚指數
Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, October 5, 2021