Tiananmen Massacre Statue Artist Seeks Lawyer as University of Hong Kong Demands Removal
The eight-metre tall harrowing monument to those killed by the military during the crackdown has stood on the campus for 24 years.
‘No Remorse’: Raphael Wong, theJailed Hong Kong Democrat Who Refuses to Stay Silent
Wong’s optimism is remarkable, considering the circumstances. Nearly the entire top leadership of the LSD is currently in jail. Leung, Ng and Chan are serving jail time for unauthorized assembly charges, while Jimmy Sham is in remand on NSL charges...
Hong Kong Independent Bookstore “Bleak House Books” to Close
Wan wrote in a blog post that he and his family had decided to leave Hong Kong, describing it as a painful and sad decision: “The backdrop to these developments is, of course, politics. To be sure, what my wife...
Hong Kong University Student Leaders Arrested by National Security Police Over Mourning of Police Attacker
The HKU Students’ Union Council passed a motion in early July to “express deep sadness” at the death of Leung Kin-fai, a 50-year-old man who committed suicide after attacking and seriously injuring a police officer on July 1, the 24th...
Activist Tong Ying-kit Jailed for 9 Years in Hong Kong’s First National Security Case
On Thursday, defence lawyers urged the three-judge panel to be as lenient as possible in sentencing Tong, whom they described as a “decent young man.” The prosecution said the court could consider “commentaries and legal text” from mainland China. But...
Hong Kong national security police explain why children’s picture books about sheep are seditious
The contents in question included three children’s books based on the anti-extradition bill protests, the 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists arrested as they tried to flee the territory by speedboat to Taiwan, and a brief strike by hospital workers calling...
European Parliament Passes Resolution on Hong Kong Calling for ‘Urgent and Resolute’ Action
“Over the course of one year, the law was applied to completely dismantle Hong Kong’s free society on almost all fronts … completely transforming Hong Kong’s political and legal landscape and stifling freedom of the press and free expression of...
Hong Kong Moves to Ease Fears as Industry Group says Facebook, Google, Twitter May Pull Out of City Over New Privacy Law
The Asia Internet Coalition (AIC), an industry group with members — including Google, Facebook and Twitter — warned the Hong Kong government in a letter that the companies might stop offering services in the city if their employees were made...
Rest in Peace Apple Daily Hong Kong: Raucous, Independent and Proud
So, as long as Apple lived it provided a rallying point for resistance and this was never going to be tolerated. The politics of Hong Kong’s only democracy supporting media company can hardly be overlooked but, as a journalist, It...
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