カテゴリー: Hong Kong
Timothy Owen, who in May was blocked from representing the activist Jimmy Lai, was due to give a talk on law and democracyA lecture in Hong Kong by the British barrister embroiled in a legal battle over whether he can represent the pro-democracy activi…
Activists have secured a string of legal victories in Hong Kong but it is a very different story on the mainlandAfter months of pandemic-related delays, Asia’s first Gay Games was held in Hong Kong last week, with nearly 2,400 athletes competing. At th…
More than 10,000 arrests and nearly 3,000 prosecutions, with 82% given jail including ‘extraordinary high’ proportion of childrenProtesters involved in the 2019-2020 pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong have been treated extraordinarily harshly by the c…
The Democratic party, the city’s largest pro-democracy party, failed to secure enough nominations under new rules introduced by authoritiesHong Kong’s leader has defended the rules for upcoming local elections as open and fair, even though an electoral…
He went from rags to riches before his anti-communist newspaper fell foul of security forces. Now Lai’s plight tells of a city forced to live in the shadow of Xi’s authoritarian ChinaIt was not the first time in his long and eventful career that media…
Forms have been sent out requiring names, positions, residential addresses and identity document numbers of locally employed staffChina has given foreign consulates in Hong Kong a month to submit the names, home addresses and job descriptions of their …
Police cordon off some properties in Redhill Peninsula and evacuate at least one after typhoon Haikui brought extreme weatherLuxury cliffside homes in Hong Kong are on the brink of collapse after record breaking rains which killed at least two people, …
More than 200mm of rain recorded on Hong Kong’s main island and there is also disruption in ShenzhenHong Kong’s heaviest rain since records began 140 years ago has left two people dead and more than 100 injured, as unusually wet weather caused by typho…
Judges call for alternative framework to marriage in partial victory for city’s LGBTQ+ communityHong Kong must provide an alternative to marriage in order to legally recognise the rights of same-sex couples, the city’s highest court has declared, openi…
Typhoon Saola has made landfall in southern China after leaving a trail of destruction in Hong Kong. Thousands of trees were felled and boats sank in the city’s harbour. Nearly 900,000 people had been evacuated in Hong Kong and China while business, tr…
Storm hit overnight as business, transport and schools suspended in Hong Kong and GuangdongTyphoon Saola has made landfall in southern China after nearly 900,000 people were moved to safety and most of Hong Kong and other parts of coastal southern Chi…
China has issued the highest flood warning as Typhoon Saola continued its journey toward the country’s south-eastern coast. The storm has clocked wind speeds of up to 209km/h threatening major urban areas including Hong Kong and Guangdong. Rail and air…
Fears that China’s crackdown on dissidents is expanding into cultural sphere after linguistic group closes over a fictional essay about erosion of libertiesA Cantonese language group has shut down after Hong Kong national security police raided the fou…
Images of the struggle for human rights and freedoms around the world this week, from a women’s march for justice in Brazil to an attack on churches in Pakistan Continue reading…
Police targeting pro-democracy activists abroad have questioned their family and put out bounties, but there is a broader, more chilling, objective behind the operationIn recent weeks, Hong Kong national security police have embarked on a tactic more c…