カテゴリー: Hong Kong
Ryan Law among five directors detained under national security legislation imposed by BeijingHong Kong’s national security police have arrested the editor-in-chief and four other directors of the Apple Daily newspaper in early morning raids involving h…
The Chinese embassy in the United Kingdom has responded angrily to the communique and accused the G7 of ‘interfering’China has accused the G7 of “political manipulation” after it criticised Beijing over its human rights record in Xinjiang and Hong Kong…
Key figure in 2019 anti-government protests was imprisoned for more than six months under national security law imposed by mainland ChinaThe Hong Kong democracy activist Agnes Chow has been released from jail after serving more than six months for tak…
Observers worry rule change in Chinese city will restrict pro-democracy movement even furtherHong Kong’s censors have been given expanded powers to vet films for national security breaches in the latest blow to the Chinese city’s political and artistic…
Tributes lit in the windows of the US consulate building and the European Union’s office are a ‘political show’, says China China has berated the US and EU consulates in Hong Kong for displaying candles to commemorate the Tiananmen Square massacre , bl…
Residents light candles, lay flowers and paint messages as police enforce ban on annual vigil for massacreHong Kong vigil leader arrested as 7,000 police enforce ban on protestsA man walked down a Hong Kong street on Friday wearing a shirt hand-painted…
Officers mobilised to break up the once-traditional events to mark the brutal crackdown against dissent in China 32 years agoHong Kong police have arrested a prominent barrister for allegedly promoting an unauthorised assembly on the anniversary of the…
Hong Kong, Macau and China ban gatherings, and Taiwan has a serious Covid outbreak, leaving people to remember the massacre alone or onlineFor the first time since the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, there will be no formal commemoration event held in …
From Belarus to Hong Kong, why is popular protest being crushed? Get the magazine delivered to your home.Last August, thousands took to the streets of Belarus to bravely protest against rigged elections, in a mood of defiance and hope that the arm of t…
For years, Hong Kong has been one of just two cities in China allowed to mark anniversaries of the deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square in Beijing in 1989. This year, however, Hong Kong authorities banned the vigil for the s…
Employees at public broadcaster RTHK voice fears for future amid gradual erosion of media freedoms Normally at this time of year Hong Kong media are bustling to prepare coverage of Friday’s anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre which, before Cov…
Detention of of veteran pro-democracy activist clear sign of authorities’ zero tolerance to dissentPolice in Hong Kong have arrested a 65-year-old democracy activist as she staged a lone demonstration over China’s deadly Tiananmen crackdown, in a vivid…
Case comes on same day judge suggests speaking critically in foreign media could breach security lawsThe jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to an extra 14 months in prison over his conviction for an unauthorised assembly in 2019…
Residency route was launched in response to national security law imposed by Chinese governmentThere have been 34,000 applications for a new visa for people from Hong Kong seeking residency in the UK in just two months, the Home Office has revealed.Thi…
Observers say mistrust of government, disinformation and a lack of urgency mean vaccine take-up has been slowCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHong Kong could soon be throwing away millions of Covid-19 vaccine doses because no…