Hong Kong

14 pro-democracy activists convicted, 2 acquitted in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case

In a summary of the verdict distributed to media, the court said the election participants had declared they would use their legislative power to veto...

Lawmakers ask HK court to call them as witnesses in Jimmy Lai case

“The fact that IPAC as ‘witnesses’ or ‘accomplices’ to an alleged crime have never been approached by the Hong Kong authorities is revelatory of the...

China accuses UK of harbouring Hong Kong fugitives

One of the other exiled activists – Anna Kwok, executive director of the Hong Kong Democracy Council – said the bounty was aimed at intimidating...

Hong Kong Watch urges international community to monitor the unfair trial of the 47 Hong Kong democrats

This trial is deeply symbolic of the transformation of Hong Kong from open society to police state, and is emblematic of the dismantling of Hong...

Hong Kong Democracy Activist Wins Appeal on Tiananmen Vigil Assembly

She is remanded in custody for two other national security charges, including inciting subversion and failing to comply with a police order to submit information...

China is not our partner: Three scenes from a regime gone rogue

A regime that commits genocide against the Uyghurs, atrocities in Tibet, forced organ harvesting, dismantling Hong Kong’s freedoms in breach of an international treaty and...

Hong Kong: Apple Daily reporters plead guilty to collusion

Six Hong Kong men who tried to flee to Taiwan plead guilty to perverting course of justice

Six of the 12 Hong Kong activists captured by the Chinese coastguard in August 2020 while trying to flee to Taiwan by speedboat have pleaded...