‘Even with Handcuffs, I Feel at Peace’: Pro-democracy Media Mogul Jimmy Lai Says Apple Daily Won’t Change, but No More Protest Activism
Lai is among 13 democrats and public figures accused of incitement in connection with a banned vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre on June 4th. He also faces multiple charges over last year’s pro-democracy protests which were triggered by a now-withdrawn extradition bill.
Over 100 Police Officers Raid Office of Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Newspaper Apple Daily after the Founder Jimmy Lai was Arrested
The raid comes hours after Jimmy Lai – the founder of Next Digital, which owns the tabloid – was arrested in his home on Monday morning. He was detained for allegedly “colluding” with foreign forces – a crime under the new national security law.
Tear gas, pepper spray, arrests as Hong Kong protesters mark 8 months since Yuen Long mob attack
<!–[CDATA[ Rachel Wong | Hong Kong Free Press A District Council chair was among those arrested as police fired tear gas and pepper spray to break up a protest on Saturday, eight months after the Yuen Long mob attack. Last July, over 100 white-clad men indiscriminately attacked passengers and protesters with rods and other weapons […]
China Retaliates After US Legislation Supports Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Movement
VOA News A trade deal between the U.S. and China has stalled because of newly signed U.S. bipartisan legislation supporting pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, according to the news website Axios. The news site quotes a source close to U.S. President Donald Trump’s negotiating team as saying the trade talks were “now stalled” because of […]
Hong Kong Police Deny That Train-Bound Arrestees Were Taken to Mainland China
Tseng Yat-yiu, Tam Siu-yin, and Gao Feng | Radio Free Asia Since the detention and torture of Hong Kong resident and former U.K consular employee Simon Cheng, fears are growing that some of the thousands of people arrested since the protest movement began may have been sent to mainland China. In a lengthy account of […]
On the Frontlines: the Hong Kong Public Hospital Doctors Making a Stand Against Police Violence
Holmes Chan | Hong Kong Free Press The smoke was so thick and the rounds were coming so fast that Bruce found himself crouching in the gutter, his protective gear all but useless. On that same stretch of Nathan Road, a woman would poke her head out between the advertising panels of a bus stop […]
Hong Kong Renditions Law Could Affect US Security, Business Interests: Report
Lau Siu-fung | Radio Free Asia Proposed amendments to Hong Kong’s extradition laws could further erode the city’s promised autonomy, and pose a security risk for U.S. citizens and companies, a U.S. government report has warned. The planned changes to the city’s Fugitive Offenders Ordinance will allow the Hong Kong government to respond to case-by-case requests for […]
All Nine Defendants Plead Not Guilty on First Day of Umbrella Movement Trial
Holmes Chan | Hong Kong Free Press Nine activists and politicians involved in Hong Kong’s 2014 pro-democracy Umbrella Movement pleaded not guilty to their public nuisance charges on Monday. At the start of what is expected to be a 20-day trial, the prosecution argued that the “Occupy trio” – Reverend Chu Yiu-ming, and academics Benny Tai […]
New Report Details Global Impact of Grassroots Movement to Quit Chinese Communist Party
ANNIE WU | EPOCH TIMES It all began with a book. Since then, hundreds of millions have been inspired, fueling the largest grassroots movement in China since the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests in 1989. Back in November 2004, the Chinese-language Epoch Times published an unprecedented editorial series, “Nine Commentaries on the Chinese Communist Party,” that explained […]
Tiananmen Mothers Write to Chinese President Slamming ‘Crime Against Humanity’
The Tiananmen Mothers victims group penned the letter to mark Monday’s anniversary, calling the massacre a “crime against humanity” and calling on the government to make public all information relating to the bloodshed, which is currently described by the ruling Chinese Communist Party as a necessary end to a “counterrevolutionary rebellion.”