カテゴリー: Hong Kong
John Clancey freed pending further inquiries after authorities launched unprecedented crackdownOne of the 53 people arrested in Hong Kong on Wednesday, the American lawyer John Clancey, has been released without charge pending further inquiries.Police …
International criticism mounts after arrests of 53 people, as EU urged to drop economic deal with ChinaThe British foreign secretary has accused China of deliberately misleading the world when it passed its new security law in Hong Kong last year in th…
Authorities have detained 53 people, ranging from young activists to political veterans, over an unofficial election primary Hong Kong authorities arrested 53 people on Wednesday in an unprecedented crackdown over an unofficial election primary organis…
John Clancey, the chairman of the Asian Human Rights Commission, detained on day that saw dozens of pro-democracy activists arrested Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy figures arrested in sweeping crackdownHong Kong police have arrested an American lawy…
Campaigners and politicians held in wave of arrests under the national security lawWho are the pro-democracy activists being targeted?More than 50 people, including pro-democracy politicians and campaigners, have been arrested in early-morning raids ac…
Authorities threaten to revoke licences of pair who assisted group of 12 that tried to flee to TaiwanChinese authorities have threatened to end the careers of two lawyers who assisted 12 activists who tried to flee Hong Kong for Taiwan last August, 10 …
Court grants prosecutors’ request to appeal against bail order on media mogulThe Hong Kong media mogul and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai has been returned to jail after the city’s highest court ruled in favour of prosecutors’ request for leave to ap…
Group’s trial on the mainland lasted just one day and was held with few public witnessesTen people who tried to flee Hong Kong for Taiwan have been sentenced in a Chinese court to up to three years in jail, while two minors have been returned to to Hon…
Zhang Zhan, who reported from city at start of pandemic, was sentenced to four years in jailThe European Union and United States have demanded that China release a citizen journalist jailed for her reports on the early outbreak of the coronavirus pande…
Tony Chung, 19, to spend four months in prison as Beijing cracks down on prominent activistsA teenager in Hong Kong has been ordered to spend four months in prison for insulting China’s national flag and unlawful assembly, as Beijing increasingly targe…
Prosecution of 10 Hong Kongers detained in mainland China after allegedly attempting to flee to Taiwan also began on MondayZhang Zhan, a 37-year-old former lawyer and citizen journalist who was arrested in May while reporting from Wuhan, has been sente…
Critic of UK decision to ban Huawei from 5G networks to be replaced by China’s vice-foreign ministerChina’s long-serving envoy to Britain, Liu Xiaoming, a staunch defender of closer UK-China economic ties and the imposition of new security laws in Hong…
Pope addresses fewer than 200 people in St Peter’s; China and US take action against UK amid concerns about new variant; South Korea reports daily case record Staff at UK coronavirus testing lab hit by outbreakJohnson refuses to rule out national lockd…
Media tycoon who faces charges of fraud and foreign collusion released under house arrestThe media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai has been granted bail by Hong Kong’s high court, after 20 days in jail on charges of fraud and foreign collus…
Group has not been put on trial yet but China’s court system has a conviction rate of about 99%Chinese authorities have formally indicted 10 of the 12 activists arrested in August while attempting to flee Hong Kong for Taiwan by boat.Late on Wednesday …