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Judge refuses Hong Kong government’s request for injunction against Glory to Hong Kong, saying it could have chilling effectHong Kong’s high court has rejected a government attempt to ban a protest song, Glory to Hong Kong, saying an injunction could c…
Read MoreMimi Mi Wahng Yuen, daughter of wanted pro-democracy activist Elmer Yuen, taken for questioning, according to local mediaHong Kong national security police have reportedly detained the daughter, son, and daughter-in-law of a wanted activist, in the lat…
Read MoreArrests comes days after Hong Kong issued warrants for eight overseas-based dissidentsHong Kong police have arrested a fifth person accused of supporting overseas activists who allegedly endangered national security, in a further expansion of a governm…
Read MoreWarrants criticised as ‘indictment’ of judiciary with three of those targeted, including Nathan Law, thought to be in UKHong Kong police have issued arrest warrants for eight overseas activists days after the third anniversary of the introduction of a …
Read MoreThe eminent journalist’s fearless reporting on India under Narendra Modi cost him his job and freedom. Now broadcasting to millions on YouTube, he is the subject of a new documentaryRavish Kumar was born near the same Indian city – Motihari in Bihar – …
Read MoreNarendra Modi’s government calls accusation by social media firm’s former CEO an ‘outright lie’India threatened to shut Twitter down unless it complied with orders to restrict accounts critical of the government’s handling of farmer protests, the socia…
Read MoreLeading global media figures among signatories backing publisher, hit with wave of ‘lawfare’ including legislation to stop him hiring UK barristerMore than 100 journalists and editors have signed an open letter calling for the immediate release of Jimm…
Read MoreDetention of publisher Li Yanhe in China for ‘endangering national security’ has sent chills through island’s literary communityIn a bookstore near one of Taipei’s leading universities, Zeng Da-fu and his wife work quietly into the evening. Zeng has ru…
Read MoreTwo men in New York are accused by the FBI of being covert enforcers for the Chinese government. Such operations are being uncovered worldwideThe FBI this week arrested two men accused of running a covert overseas police operation in New York on behalf…
Read MoreSuggestion to abolish catch-all offence will be among thousands considered at Chinese Communist party summitChina should abolish the catch-all crime of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”, a political delegate has proposed before next week’s major…
Read MoreExclusive: Letter to home secretary says bill echoes ‘dangerously broad laws’ that result in jailing of protestersHongkongers in Britain have called on Suella Braverman to reconsider controversial measures in her public order bill, which they likened t…
Read MoreUse of emergency laws sheds light on fragile and fractious place social media now occupy in IndiaThe response by the Indian government was quick and draconian. Days after a BBC documentary examining the role that Narendra Modi, now prime minister, had …
Read MoreSix people accused of publishing book relating to 2019 protests in move critics say has spread terrorPolice in Hong Kong have raided a lunar new year shopping fair and arrested six people for selling a “seditious” book related to the 2019 anti-governme…
Read MoreFormer legislator, who fled to Australia last year, said earlier that any sentence would not harm his reputation or lobbying workA Hong Kong court has sentenced pro-democracy figure in exile Ted Hui to three-and-a-half years in jail over charges relate…
Read MoreBooks depicted sheep fleeing from invading wolves, which judge found aimed to incite hatred against ChinaA court in Hong Kong has convicted five speech therapists of producing “seditious publications” in the form of a series of illustrated children’s b…
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