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, July 28, 2017

Hong Kong (香港)

一地兩檢令基本法淪為廢紙 (“One place, two checks” makes the Basic Law a useless piece of paper)
Mingpao, July 28, 2017
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170728/s00022/1501203381146

議員學者成立關注組 反對「一地兩檢」 (Lawmakers and academics form concern group in protest against “one place, two checks”)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 27, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1344814-20170727.htm

林鄭月娥稱有責任就基本法23條營造適合條件啟動立法 (Carrie Lam: I am responsible to implement Article 23 and will create conditions conducive to restart the process)
Radio Television Hong Kong, July 27, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1344767-20170727.htm

Hong Kong gov’t faces more legal challenges over West Kowloon mainland checkpoint plan
Hong Kong Free Press, July 27, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/27/hong-kong-govt-faces-legal-challenges-west-kowloon-mainland-checkpoint-plan/

Hong Kong legal challenge to mainland’s high-speed rail terminus lease “unlikely to succeed”
South China Morning Post, July 26, 2017
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2104084/hong-kong-legal-challenge-lease-arrangement-unlikely-succeed

Related:
Pro-democracy veteran Martin Lee warns joint checkpoint deal sets precedent for crushing protests
Hong Kong Free Press, July 27, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/27/pro-democracy-veteran-martin-lee-warns-joint-checkpoint-deal-sets-precedent-crushing-protests/

Chinese democracy: political developments in Hong Kong since the Umbrella Movement
Hot Press, July 27, 2017
http://www.hotpress.com/politics/frontlines/Chinese-Democracy-Political-Developments-in-Hong-Kong-since-the-Umbrella-Movement/20391407.html

Why didn't Hong Kong's freedoms spill over into China?
Radio Free Asia, July 27, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hongkong-freedoms-07272017135104.html