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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
Representatives from the students’ union staged a walk on campus and painted phrases including “freedom of thought,” “academic autonomy,” “ not yield a single step” and “resist till the end” at the entrance of a store they operated.
including the national security law, in order to turn the “once open city” into “just another city in mainland China.”
In March, 2021, Beijing passed legislation to ensure “patriots” govern Hong Kong. The move reduced democratic representation in the legislature, tightened control of elections and introduced a pro-Beijing vetting panel to select candidates. T
The Tiananmen Massacre occurred on June 4, 1989 ending months of student-led demonstrations in China. It is estimated that hundreds, perhaps thousands, died when the People’s Liberation Army cracked down on protesters in Beijing.
