カテゴリー: Hong Kong
Campaigners fear ‘disturbing’ legislation aimed at quashing protests will target themHong Kong activists have deleted social media profiles and closed down campaign groups after Beijing passed a new security law for the territory that many fear could l…
Protesters with pro-democracy movement ‘face the dangers of prosecution’, says advocate, as protection visa applications increaseProtesters involved in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement are applying for Australia’s protection in growing numbers, offic…
Critics say the measure, which criminalises secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces, erodes Hong Kong’s autonomyBeijing has passed a sweeping national security law for Hong Kong that critics fear will crush political freedoms…
Silent protest ends in scuffles with police as Beijing prepares to approve controversial legislationHong Kong police have arrested at least 53 people after scuffles erupted during a relatively peaceful protest against planned national security legislat…
With Beijing’s sweeping security law set to pass this week, many protesters accept that ‘one country, two systems’ is overTo Jennifer Tsui, the looming national security law agreed last month by China’s legislature seems like the “real” return of Hong …
Secretary of state Mike Pompeo says visa restrictions apply to ‘current and former’ communist party officials, but does not name them The US secretary of state Mike Pompeo has said Washington will impose visa restrictions on Chinese officials responsib…
Activists estimate at least 200 protesters are in Taiwan, where authorities have discreetly allowed them to stay by extending tourist visasAfter fleeing to Taiwan from the frontlines of the Hong Kong protests, Ben suffered a recurrent nightmare for mon…
Partial draft of legislation shows Beijing intends to set up national security agency in cityBeijing has released details of a controversial anti-sedition law under which China will set up a national security agency in Hong Kong and maintain jurisdicti…
European Union says Yu Wensheng’s right to a fair trial was not respected and also calls China national security laws in Hong Kong an ‘assault’ on freedomThe EU has demanded the immediate release of a Chinese human rights lawyer sentenced to four years…
Sentencing of Yu Wensheng behind closed doors comes after secret trial in May 2019 A Chinese court has secretly convicted and handed down a four-year jail sentence to one of China’s most outspoken human rights lawyers, Yu Wensheng, on the charge of “in…
Draft resolution clarifying four major offences put before top lawmaking body, state media reportsBeijing has tabled a draft of the Hong Kong national security laws before its top lawmaking body, indicating it intends to rush through the contentious le…
Hong Kong delegate to top Chinese legislative body says people who breach new law could be sent to mainland if Beijing ‘thinks it necessary’ China’s proposal to take charge of “serious” breaches of the new national security law in Hong Kong will sabot…
Britain persuades all G7 nations including Japan to sign joint statement Britain has for the first time persuaded all G7 industrialised nations including Japan to sign a statement expressing deep concern about China’s plans to impose new security laws …
NGO demands more details on Boris Johnson’s ‘vague and imprecise’ commitmentHong Kong democracy campaigners are pressing the Foreign Office to spell out how Boris Johnson’s “vague and imprecise commitment” will give a path to British citizenship to mil…
The US president may be the pro-democracy movement’s biggest backer, but some protesters feel they are being usedHong Kong’s pro-democracy movement has struggled to reconcile the support it has received from Donald Trump with his administrati…