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.

Friday, January 08, 2016

Hong Kong (香港)

Breaking Hong Kong law to enforce Chinese law OK, state media says
Hong Kong Free Press, January 7, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/07/breaking-hong-kong-law-to-enforce-chinese-law-ok-state-media-says/

Many in Hong Kong fear Beijing’s reach after editor and colleagues disappear
The New York Times, January 8, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/08/world/asia/hong-kong-lee-bo-bookseller-china.html

Related:
香港5000人拟游行抗议禁书店5人被失踪 (5,000 Hongkongers to march to protest banned booksellers’ disappearance)
Radio Free Asia, January 7, 2015
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/xl1-01072016105636.html

“Extremely worried” EU urges Hong Kong to investigate booksellers’ disappearance
Hong Kong Free Press, January 8, 2016
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/01/08/extremely-worried-eu-urges-hong-kong-to-investigate-booksellers-disappearance/