Leung, who became known after filming the dramatic police storming of Prince Edward MTR station on August 31, 2019, thanked Hongkongers who voted in the 2019 election, which saw a historic landslide victory for the pro-democracy camp.
Steve Vines, Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) columnist and a former host for government broadcaster RTHK, recently moved out of the city. In an email to colleagues, Vines said that the near-term prospects of things getting better were “simply non-existent.”...
Hong Kong Next Digital media group’s board of directors announced on Wednesday 23rd June, 2021 that Apple Daily will cease all its operations from Sunday, 27th June due to the government’s decision to freeze its financial assets, leaving the media...
Chow Hang-tung, vice-chair of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, and the 20-year-old delivery person were arrested over social media posts under section 17A(1D) of the Public Order Ordinance, police said, without disclosing specifics...
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...
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
“We are nominating a movement that has peacefully advocated for and maintained human rights and democracy in Hong Kong since 1997 and continues to fight against the erosion of these rights,” a group of lawmakers led by Sen. Marco Rubio...
"They are charging peaceful and non-confrontational lawmakers under the national security law, so the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is only going to step up its oppression of Hong Kong,"
