Hong Kong Citizen Journalist Jailed for One Month for Disorderly Behaviour
Wu was acquitted of obstructing a police officer after the magistrate ruled that the officer’s testimony in court was “far-fetched.”
Cardinal Zen, Barrister Margaret Ng and Others Released Following Four Hong Kong National Security Arrests
Police said the arrestees were trustees of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, which supported thousands of protesters during the 2019 unrest by providing legal assistance, funds for psychological counselling and medical treatment and emergency relief.
Press Freedom Day: As Long as There Are Journalists in Hong Kong, There Will Be Journalism
It’s certainly true that press freedom as we knew it is no more in Hong Kong. The 2021 Reporters Without Borders world press freedom ranking of 80 for Hong Kong was released last April, before Apple Daily and Stand News were forced...
Hong Kong’s Human Rights Press Awards Cancelled, Citing Legal Risks
The entry period for the 2022 awards ran from January 1 to February 1. A call for entries on the awards’ website said that human rights reporting “has become more important than ever as governments around the region step up...
Frances Hui Says She is First Hong Kong Activist to Gain Political Asylum in the US
In 2019, Hui captured attention after penning an opinion piece titled “I am from Hong Kong, not China” for a student publication in the US. She left Hong Kong a year later, citing safety concerns.
Hong Kong’s National Security Crackdown – Month 21
In January Chief Justice Andrew Cheung cited the presence of foreign judges as proof of confidence in the judicial system in Hong Kong. He expressed “regret” over the resignations on Wednesday evening, saying both judges made “valuable contributions” to the work of...
Martial Arts Duo Arrested Because they Planned to ‘Build an Army,’ According to Hong Kong National Security Police
Senior Superintendent Steve Li of the National Security Department said on Tuesday that, since March 2020, multiple allegedly seditious articles have been published on the Facebook page of a training centre used by the pair. However, the police did not...
False News in Hong Kong is Caused by a Government that Cannot Make its Mind Up
What makes this constant uncertainty particularly galling is that official hints and nameless briefings are often followed by official on-the-record contradictions of the hints and briefings, combined with the heart-rending complaint that the smooth machinery of government is being sabotaged...
Explainer: Hong Kong’s National Security Crackdown – Month 20
The Court of Final Appeal ruled last December that offences under the anti-sedition law would be considered acts endangering national security. The landmark decision has since been used by prosecutors to urge courts to impose a stringent threshold when handling bail applications...
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