カテゴリー: Hong Kong
HK$1m rewards target people accused of national security crimes who fled after pro-democracy protestsHong Kong police have announced bounties of HK$1m (about £105,000) for information leading to the arrest of six democracy advocates based overseas and …
Landmark ruling could shape historical narrative of key event in anti-government protestsA Hong Kong judge has convicted seven people, including a pro-democracy former lawmaker, of rioting during mob violence at a subway station at the height of the ci…
Hong Kong carrier removes episode from entertainment system after social media complaint that it might breach national security lawsHong Kong’s flagship airline, Cathay Pacific, has apologised over the inclusion of a Family Guy episode in its inflight …
Conceptual work created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan was sold at auction in New York last weekThe cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun has fulfilled a promise he made after spending $6.2m (£4.88m) on an artwork featuring a banana duct-taped to…
Hong Kong recognises same-sex marriage only in certain circumstances, but court rulings protect access to subsidised housing and inheritanceHong Kong’s top court upheld earlier rulings that favoured subsidised housing benefits and equal inheritance rig…
Detained pro-democracy activist spoke for first time about charges against him under Hong Kong national security lawJimmy Lai, the detained pro-democracy activist and media mogul who is the target of Hong Kong’s most high-profile national security case…
Founder of Apple Daily paper denies seeking to influence foreign policy against China and says advocating for the independence of Hong Kong was ‘a reality too crazy to think about’The pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai has said he never tried to influ…
Some of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy figures have been jailed, one of them for 10 years, in the territory’s largest national security trial, after a prosecution that has been widely criticised as politically motivated. The jailed are among …
Official hails discovery ‘of great significance’ on Port Island, with remains of as yet unknown species to go on display in shopping district on FridayHong Kong officials say they have discovered dinosaur fossils in the city for the first time, on a re…
Foreign secretary discussed China’s treatment of Uyghurs and support of Russia as well as ‘areas of cooperation’David Lammy pressed his Chinese counterpart on human rights concerns and China’s support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine during talks in Be…
Phillips, who the court of final appeal said was stepping down for ‘personal reasons’, is fifth foreign judge to leave city’s judiciary this yearThe British judge Nicholas Phillips has stepped down from Hong Kong’s top appeals court, the fifth overseas…
Anniversary of pro-democracy demonstration takes place in city where protest has been largely criminalised and activists silencedA decade ago today Hong Kong’s Central district filled with protesters, angry at Chinese government plans to renege on a pr…
Chung Pui-kuen sentenced to 21 months while Patrick Lam gets 11-month term but is released on medical groundsThe former editor-in-chief of Hong Kong’s Stand News has been sentenced to jail on sedition charges for the publication of news reports and oth…
Chu Kai-pong, 27, pleaded guilty to ‘act with seditious intent’ for displaying slogan: ‘Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times’A man in Hong Kong has pleaded guilty to sedition for wearing a T-shirt with a protest slogan, becoming the first person…
Staff from at least 15 media outlets subjected to threats and defamatory letters sent to their families and employersJournalists from more than a dozen media outlets in Hong Kong have been harassed and targeted in what the city’s largest journalist ass…