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, February 21, 2017

Hong Kong (香港)

黨報專訪城大法律教授:警被重判衝擊法治 (Law professor at City University of Hong Kong comments on Ken Tsang’s assault case in State newspaper: Severe sentence against police officers tempers rule of law)
Mingpao, February 21, 2017
http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170221/s00001/1487635926271

”No plan” to criminalise insulting police in Hong Kong in wake of Occupy court case
South China Morning Post, February 20, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2072288/ken-tsang-says-jail-sentences-hong-kong-police-officers-who

李嘉诚踢爆香港特首选举是一场早知结果的戏码 (Li Ka-shing reveals that Hong Kong’s CE election is a play in which the ending is known early on)
Radio France Internationale, February 19, 2017
http://cn.rfi.fr/中国/20170219-李嘉诚踢爆香港特首选举是一场早知结果的戏码