The move to block the annual Tiananmen commemoration is the latest in a series of steps taken to stifle the city’s pro-democracy movement under a sweeping national security law. The law, imposed by Beijing passed last June, has been invoked...
SELINA CHENG | HONG KONG FREE PRESS Amid reports that the police are set to reject an application to hold the event on coronavirus health grounds, the city's leader says whether such ''gatherings" can go ahead depends on them not...
Ma said it was “ridiculous” for the executive branch to screen candidates for the legislative branch. He said he believes the national security bureau would be the one to “call the shots” on candidacies.
“By leaving previous attacks on journalists unpunished and creating a climate of suspicion against independent media outlets, the Hong Kong authorities are encouraging such violence”, says Cédric Alviani, head of RSF East Asia bureau
AbouThai sells imported products from Thailand and its founder, Mike Lam, is one of 47 democrats charged under the national security law. Lam is currently on bail accused of conspiring to subvert state power in February over his participation in...
Vines’ new book traces Hong Kong’s history from its British colonial roots as an enclave for mainland Chinese refugees, through the handover from British to Chinese rule in 1997 and the 2019 unrest, right up to the eve of Beijing’s...
The 47 face charges over their roles in what prosecutors call a subversive attempt to win a majority in Legislative Council elections and oust the city’s leader through a vote in the chamber.
Many people dressed in black to show solidarity with the charged democrats, as some from Citizens’ Radio held up banners that read “release all political prisoners” with the signatures of supporters.
Li was among a group of 12 activists — facing criminal charges in Hong Kong linked to the anti-extradition bill protests — who were arrested by the Chinese coastguard on August 23 last year while fleeing to Taiwan by speedboat....
