Hong Kong police halt protesters' bid to choke airport again, with the metro's help
5 years, 4 months ago

Hong Kong police halt protesters' bid to choke airport again, with the metro's help

ABC  

As unrest continues in Hong Kong for its 14th week, police have thwarted demonstrators' attempts to choke the city's international airport by screening train passengers and deploying tear gas for a second consecutive night. Key points: Hong Kong's airport has become a major battleground between protesters and police The city's metro selectively closed subway stations to hinder protesters from gathering Unrest has led credit agency Fitch Ratings to downgrade Hong Kong from AA+ to AA Police checked for tickets and passports to allow only airline passengers through to the airport to avoid the chaos of last weekend, when activists blocked approach roads, threw debris on to train tracks and trashed the nearby subway station in Tung Chung. Despite Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam announcing concessions to protesters this week — including formally withdrawing a hugely unpopular extradition bill — the move did not stop further protests from taking place. Can't lead, can't quit With demonstrations and protests ongoing, Carrie Lam finally reveals what many have suspected all along — she's powerless to lead the Hong Kong Government response, writes Bill Birtles.

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A pro-democracy ex-lawmaker in Hong Kong has been convicted of rioting during 2019 protests
4 weeks, 1 day ago

A pro-democracy ex-lawmaker in Hong Kong has been convicted of rioting during 2019 protests

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong judge on Thursday convicted a pro-democracy former lawmaker of rioting during mob violence at a subway station at the height of the city’s anti-government protests in July 2019. The men, all clad in white shirts, in contrast with the black worn by protesters, claimed to be protecting their homeland in Yuen Long, a residential …

One of the Hong Kong 47 wrote for this newspaper four years ago about his fears for his future. This is what he said
1 month, 3 weeks ago

One of the Hong Kong 47 wrote for this newspaper four years ago about his fears for his future. This is what he said

The Independent  

No one knows what happened to the 12 Hong Kong asylum seekers China detained – I’m afraid the same will happen to me Within two months after the imposition of the sweeping national security law, the city of Hong Kong has undergone massive waves of changes. Our education minister has just imposed massive textbook censorship in schools, with all mentions …

Mastermind of foiled Hong Kong bomb plot to target police is jailed for nearly 24 years
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mastermind of foiled Hong Kong bomb plot to target police is jailed for nearly 24 years

The Independent  

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Mastermind of foiled Hong Kong bomb plot to target police is jailed for nearly 24 years
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mastermind of foiled Hong Kong bomb plot to target police is jailed for nearly 24 years

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — The mastermind behind a foiled bomb plot during anti-government protests in Hong Kong in 2019 has been jailed for nearly 24 years in the city’s first case brought under an anti-terrorism law. Ng Chi-hung, who had previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit the bombing of prescribed objects under the anti-terror law and possession of arms or …

A decade later, Hong Kong’s massive democracy protests remain an enduring memory
3 months, 1 week ago

A decade later, Hong Kong’s massive democracy protests remain an enduring memory

The Independent  

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Hong Kong court convicts 1 person and acquits 6 others in landmark terrorism trial
4 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong court convicts 1 person and acquits 6 others in landmark terrorism trial

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court on Thursday convicted one person and acquitted six others over a thwarted bomb plot during anti-government protests in 2019, in the city’s first case brought under a United Nations anti-terrorism law, according to local media. Hong Kong enacted the law to implement a U.N. Security Council resolution passed after the Sept. 11, 2001, …

Hong Kong’s top court upholds convictions of 7 prominent pro-democracy activists over 2019 protest
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Hong Kong’s top court upholds convictions of 7 prominent pro-democracy activists over 2019 protest

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s top court on Monday upheld the convictions of seven of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy activists over their roles in one of the biggest anti-government protests in 2019. The convictions were linked to their involvement in a rally in August 2019 that drew an estimated 1.7 million people onto Hong Kong’s streets to call for …

Hong Kong young people struggle to rebuild their lives after being jailed under Beijing’s crackdown
5 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong young people struggle to rebuild their lives after being jailed under Beijing’s crackdown

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — After spending five months in jail for publishing seditious Instagram posts, Joker Chan returned to a harsh reality. Five years after the protests erupted, the lives of some young people who were jailed or arrested during Beijing’s political crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy movement remain in limbo. Brandon Yau, secretary of the prisoners’ support group Waiting Bird, …

Hong Kong and Tiananmen: Erasing Memory in the Name of National Security
5 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong and Tiananmen: Erasing Memory in the Name of National Security

The Diplomat  

On June 3, in the busy shopping district of Causeway Bay, performance artist Sanmu Chan wrote the Chinese characters for “8964”（八九六四）with his finger in the air. The Article 23 legislation complements the 2020 National Security Law, which Beijing imposed on Hong Kong and which has been used to arrest hundreds of persons. A significant aspect of these rounds of legislation …

Hong Kong businesses are under threat for association with pro-democracy protests
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Hong Kong businesses are under threat for association with pro-democracy protests

NPR  

Hong Kong businesses are under threat for association with pro-democracy protests In Hong Kong, long after the protest movement that kicked off five years ago fizzled out, a quiet tussle is playing out over the fate of businesses that once supported the ideals of the demonstrators. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong in 2014 and 2019 caused a …

5 years ago they protested for freedom in Hong Kong. They want us to remember them
6 months ago

5 years ago they protested for freedom in Hong Kong. They want us to remember them

NPR  

5 years ago they protested for freedom in Hong Kong. The protests ended after a sweeping crackdown underpinned by tough national security legislation imposed upon Hong Kong by China’s Communist rulers in Beijing in 2020. A student becomes active the first time Jason, 24, was in college at one of Hong Kong’s leading universities when the protests erupted, and he …

Silence and heavy security in China and Hong Kong on 35th anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown
7 months ago

Silence and heavy security in China and Hong Kong on 35th anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown

LA Times  

Police officers watch over Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on Tuesday, the 35th anniversary of the government’s bloody crackdown on protesters. Asked about Western government statements on the anniversary, she added, “We are firmly opposed to anyone using this as a pretext to attack and smear China and interfere in China’s internal affairs.” Tiananmen Mothers, a group formed by families of …

Hong Kong detains an artist on the eve of the 35th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown
7 months ago

Hong Kong detains an artist on the eve of the 35th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong police briefly detained a performance artist on the eve of the 35th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown, underlining the city’s shrinking freedom of expression. Police on Monday took away Sanmu Chen on a street of Causeway Bay, a busy Hong Kong shopping district, close to a park that for decades hosted an annual vigil …

Hong Kong police arrest 6 people accused of violating the city’s new national security law
7 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong police arrest 6 people accused of violating the city’s new national security law

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong police on Tuesday arrested six people, including a former organizer of the city’s decades-long annual vigil that commemorated China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown, for allegedly publishing seditious social media posts, in what were the first publicly known arrests under the city’s new national security law. But the page started publishing a series of posts to mark …

Hong Kong court affirms landmark sedition conviction for pro-democracy activist
10 months ago

Hong Kong court affirms landmark sedition conviction for pro-democracy activist

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Criticizing laws or chanting anti-government slogans can be enough to jail someone for sedition in Hong Kong, an appeal court ruled Thursday in a landmark case brought under a colonial-era law increasingly used to crush dissent. Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal upheld a 40-month sentence for pro-democracy activist Tam Tak-chi, the first person tried under the city’s …

Hong Kong’s plan for a new national security law deepens fears over eroding civil liberties
10 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong’s plan for a new national security law deepens fears over eroding civil liberties

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — As Hong Kong moves toward enacting a new national security law, four years after Beijing imposed a similar law that all but wiped out dissent and vocal pro-democracy media in the semi-autonomous Chinese city, concerns are spreading among the city’s international business and media communities. The city’s many companies are concerned about how the new law could …

A Hong Kong court convicted 14 people of rioting over the storming of legislature in 2019 protests
11 months, 1 week ago

A Hong Kong court convicted 14 people of rioting over the storming of legislature in 2019 protests

The Independent  

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Four found guilty of rioting over 2019 storming of Hong Kong legislature
11 months, 1 week ago

Four found guilty of rioting over 2019 storming of Hong Kong legislature

Al Jazeera  

The storming of the building marked an escalation in the 2019 mass protests that began over a China extradition bill. A Hong Kong court has found four people guilty of rioting over the storming of the city’s legislative council building that marked a major escalation of pro-democracy protests more than four years ago. Student journalist Wong Ka-ho and Ma Kai-chung, …

Hong Kong Expands Its National Security Crackdown
11 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong Expands Its National Security Crackdown

Live Mint  

Hong Kong outlined a new national security law that would broaden laws covering sedition and expand the range of material considered state secrets, bringing it more in line with mainland China, where a crackdown on espionage has landed a number of business executives in detention. The new law would expand the definition of national security to include economic matters and …

A Hong Kong protester shot by police in 2019 receives a 47-month jail term
1 year, 2 months ago

A Hong Kong protester shot by police in 2019 receives a 47-month jail term

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Hong Kong man who …

Hong Kong police arrest 4 men accused of supporting people overseas endangering national security
1 year, 6 months ago

Hong Kong police arrest 4 men accused of supporting people overseas endangering national security

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong police on Wednesday arrested four men they accused of providing financial support to people who fled overseas and are involved in activities endangering national security, escalating a high-profile crackdown on dissidents in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. On Monday, police accused eight overseas activists, including Law, of violating Hong Kong’s harsh National Security Law and offered …

China tightens access to Tiananmen Square, 32 detained in Hong Kong on anniversary of 1989 protests
1 year, 7 months ago

China tightens access to Tiananmen Square, 32 detained in Hong Kong on anniversary of 1989 protests

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China tightened access to Tiananmen Square in central Beijing on Sunday, the anniversary of the military suppression of 1989 pro-democracy protests that left a still unknown number of people dead and discussions and commemorations forbidden within the country. In Hong Kong, which was the last Chinese-controlled territory to hold commemorations, eight people, including activists and artists, were detained …

Dozens detained in Hong Kong on Tiananmen crackdown anniversary
1 year, 7 months ago

Dozens detained in Hong Kong on Tiananmen crackdown anniversary

Al Jazeera  

Woman carrying bouquet of flowers, man holding a candle among dozens detained as Hong Kong cracks down on Tiananmen commemorations. Police in Hong Kong have detained dozens of people on charges of “breaching public peace”, including a woman carrying a bouquet of flowers and a man who held a candle, during a crackdown on commemorations of the anniversary of the …

Hong Kong detains 8 people on eve of Tiananmen Square anniversary
1 year, 7 months ago

Hong Kong detains 8 people on eve of Tiananmen Square anniversary

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong police detained eight people, including activists and artists, on the eve of the 34th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown, a move that signals the city’s shrinking freedom of expression. Police said in a statement late Saturday that four people have been arrested for allegedly disrupting order in public spaces or carrying out acts with …

Artists among 8 detained in Hong Kong on eve of Tiananmen Square anniversary
1 year, 7 months ago

Artists among 8 detained in Hong Kong on eve of Tiananmen Square anniversary

Hindustan Times  

Hong Kong police detained eight people, including activists and artists, on the eve of the 34th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown, a move that signals the city’s shrinking freedom of expression. Police officers take away a member of the public in the Causeway Bay area on the eve of the 34th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square massacre, in Hong …

As China tightens its grip on Hong Kong, the city's identity is changing
1 year, 7 months ago

As China tightens its grip on Hong Kong, the city's identity is changing

NPR  

As China tightens its grip on Hong Kong, the city's identity is changing AILSA CHANG, HOST: These are the sounds of Hong Kong's first authorized protests in three years. The journalist Louisa Lim covered China for the BBC and NPR for a decade and remembers covering what she calls boisterous protest rallies in Hong Kong. CHANG: Well, you write that …

Hong Kong Allows First ‘Authorised’ Protests Three Years after National Security Law Enactment
1 year, 9 months ago

Hong Kong Allows First ‘Authorised’ Protests Three Years after National Security Law Enactment

News 18  

Hong Kong police allowed activists to take out a small protest march under tight restrictions on Sunday. This is the first time since the implementation of the sweeping national security law in 2020 a protest has been allowed. Hong Kong police on Sunday permitted a small protest march under tight restrictions in one of the first demonstrations to be approved …

Hong Kongers hold first protest in years under strict rules
1 year, 9 months ago

Hong Kongers hold first protest in years under strict rules

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Dozens of people on Sunday joined Hong Kong’s first authorized protest since the lifting of major COVID-19 restrictions under unprecedentedly strict rules, including wearing a numbered badge around their necks. At the height of the 2019 anti-government movement, Hong Kong’s government invoked emergency powers to ban masks from public gatherings so it can identify protesters who officials …

Hong Kong holds first protest in two years under strict rules
1 year, 9 months ago

Hong Kong holds first protest in two years under strict rules

Hindustan Times  

Hong Kong's first protest against a government policy in about two years went ahead on Sunday, but under strict rules including a cap on numbers and a requirement that everyone wear an identifying number tag. Eric Lai, a fellow at Georgetown University's Center for Asian Law, told AFP the conditions to monitor headcount and identify marchers were "disproportionate", and unheard …

Hong Kong police keep tight tabs on first authorised protest in years
1 year, 9 months ago

Hong Kong police keep tight tabs on first authorised protest in years

India Today  

Hong Kong police on Sunday permitted a small protest march under tight restrictions in one of the first demonstrations to be approved since the enactment of a sweeping national security law in 2020. Several dozen demonstrators were required to wear numbered lanyards and were barred from wearing masks, as police monitored their march against a proposed land reclamation and rubbish …

Hong Kong police stop activists from joining women’s march
1 year, 10 months ago

Hong Kong police stop activists from joining women’s march

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong pro-democracy group on Sunday said the national security police stopped activists from joining a highly-anticipated protest that was canceled last minute by the organizer. The League of Social Democrats said police questioned four of its members on Friday and warned them not to participate in the march that was planned by the Hong Kong …

Protests in China continue despite relaxation in Covid restrictions
2 years ago

Protests in China continue despite relaxation in Covid restrictions

India Today  

After protests in more than twenty Chinese cities that began on November 25 following the Urumqi fire that charred 10 people to death, Beijing has loosened restrictions pertaining to the long-running zero-Covid policies that prohibited people from entering supermarkets and commercial buildings. Date: 2022/12/06 Location: Hefei On Monday evening, the students of Anhui Medical University in Hefei, China protested after …

Hong Kong protester shot by police jailed for six years
2 years, 1 month ago

Hong Kong protester shot by police jailed for six years

Al Jazeera  

Judge tells 23-year-old Chow Pak-kwan he has only himself to blame for the physical injuries and mental trauma he suffered. A Hong Kong man who was shot by police at close range during the 2019 democracy protests has been jailed for six years on charges including obstructing a police officer and attempted robbery of the officer’s gun. Footage of the …

China lockdown protests pause under heavy policing
2 years, 1 month ago

China lockdown protests pause under heavy policing

Firstpost  

A deadly fire last week in Urumqi, the capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang region, was the catalyst for public outrage, with protesters taking to the streets of cities around the country over the weekend Shanghai, China: China’s major cities of Beijing and Shanghai were blanketed with security on Tuesday in the wake of nationwide rallies calling for political freedoms and …

China lockdown protests pause as police flood city streets
2 years, 1 month ago

China lockdown protests pause as police flood city streets

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — With police out in force, there was no word of additional protests against strict government anti-pandemic measures Tuesday in Beijing, as temperatures fell well below freezing. Hiding their faces to avoid official retaliation, the students chanted, “No PCR tests but freedom!” and “Oppose dictatorship, don’t be slaves!” The gathering and a similar one elsewhere in Hong Kong …

'Oppose dictatorship': Protests in Hong Kong over China’s COVID rules
2 years, 1 month ago

'Oppose dictatorship': Protests in Hong Kong over China’s COVID rules

Firstpost  

The gathering and a similar one elsewhere in Hong Kong were the biggest protests there in more than a year under rules imposed to crush a pro-democracy movement in the territory, which is Chinese but has a separate legal system from the mainland Hong Kong: Students in Hong Kong chanted “oppose dictatorship” in a protest against China’s COVID rules Monday …

China’s Zero Covid policy spreads to Hong Kong amid demand for Xi Jinping’s resignation; US backs protesters
2 years, 1 month ago

China’s Zero Covid policy spreads to Hong Kong amid demand for Xi Jinping’s resignation; US backs protesters

India TV News  

Protest against ‘zero Covid policies’ spread to Hong Kong as Chinese security forces is oppressing agitation over the new curbs in the mainland. Students in Hong Kong chanted "oppose dictatorship" in a protest against China's Covid rules Monday. Hiding their faces to avoid official retaliation, the students chanted, “No PCR tests but freedom,” and “oppose dictatorship, don't be slaves.” The …

Children’s Books Branded Seditious in Hong Kong
2 years, 2 months ago

Children’s Books Branded Seditious in Hong Kong

The Diplomat  

After letting it lie dormant for several decades, the Hong Kong government, as part of the current crackdown on the opposition, has dusted off a sedition law under the local crimes ordinance to apply in numerous prosecutions. To the court’s credit it at least mentions human rights – unlike earlier national security-related judgments that have been issued since a new …

Hong Kong political activists plead guilty amid crackdown
2 years, 4 months ago

Hong Kong political activists plead guilty amid crackdown

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Authorities in Hong Kong say 29 out of 47 pro-democracy activists charged with “conspiracy to commit subversion” under a tough National Security Law have entered guilty pleas in court, as the Beijing government seeks to further silence opposition voices in the regional financial hub. The 47 democracy activists, aged 23 to 64, were charged with conspiracy to …

President Xi faces growing dissent in China over enforced Covid lockdowns
2 years, 5 months ago

President Xi faces growing dissent in China over enforced Covid lockdowns

Hindustan Times  

Despite the iron-clad authoritarian rule of the Communist Party of China led by President Xi Jinping, fault lines are perceived to be deepening between Beijing and public with the rising number of demonstrations and strong response from the government across major population centers in China. According to data collated by Hindustan Times from open sources, no less than 430 civilian …

Analysis: China’s Xi Jinping brought Hong Kong to heel. Now he’s back in a city transformed
2 years, 6 months ago

Analysis: China’s Xi Jinping brought Hong Kong to heel. Now he’s back in a city transformed

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — Chinese flags flutter above streets and red celebratory banners line the harbor front, as a beaming crowd of masked officials and school children wave and chant in unison inside Hong Kong’s high-speed rail terminus, welcoming the arrival of Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Anthony Kwan/Getty Images Protesters use a rope to lower themselves from a pedestrian bridge …

Police patrol Hong Kong park to enforce Tiananmen vigil ban
2 years, 7 months ago

Police patrol Hong Kong park to enforce Tiananmen vigil ban

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Heavy police force patrolled Hong Kong’s Victoria Park on Saturday after authorities for a third consecutive year banned public commemoration of the anniversary of the deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, with vigils overseas the only place marking the event. The Foreign Ministry wrote on Facebook that “when this time of year comes around, there is a …

Police patrol Hong Kong’s Victoria Park to enforce the Tiananmen Square vigil ban
2 years, 7 months ago

Police patrol Hong Kong’s Victoria Park to enforce the Tiananmen Square vigil ban

Firstpost  

The ban is seen as part of a move to snuff out political dissent and a sign that Hong Kong is losing its freedoms as Beijing tightens its grip over the semi-autonomous Chinese city Hong Kong: Dozens of police officers patrolled Hong Kong’s Victoria Park on Saturday after authorities for a third consecutive year banned public commemoration of the anniversary …

Police in Hong Kong warn over vigil as Tiananmen ‘erased’
2 years, 7 months ago

Police in Hong Kong warn over vigil as Tiananmen ‘erased’

Al Jazeera  

For the first time, Hong Kong will not host an official memorial for the victims of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 as the city’s national security law takes full effect. “One of our city-wide traditions of hosting the June 4 vigil is now no longer a thing and it’s being erased from the public memory and even erased from …

The rapidly rising price of liberty in Beijing-repressed Hong Kong
2 years, 9 months ago

The rapidly rising price of liberty in Beijing-repressed Hong Kong

Live Mint  

Speaking in Dublin in 1790, the Irish politician and judge John Philpot Curran said, “The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance,” a pithier version of which has since been ascribed to many, including Thomas Jefferson. That left you with Hong Kong, a British colony till June 1997 that did not have a representative electoral …

Hong Kong activists jailed for unauthorised protest in 2020
3 years, 2 months ago

Hong Kong activists jailed for unauthorised protest in 2020

Al Jazeera  

Among those convicted were Figo Chan of the now-disbanded Civil Human Rights Front and two former legislators. Seven Hong Kong democracy campaigners, including former lawmakers, were sentenced on Saturday to up to 12 months in jail for their role in a protest last year against a sweeping national security law imposed by China. The protest took place the next day …

Hong Kong June 4 vigil organizers to disband amid crackdown
3 years, 3 months ago

Hong Kong June 4 vigil organizers to disband amid crackdown

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — The Hong Kong group that had organized annual vigils in remembrance of victims of the Chinese military’s crushing of the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests voted to disband Saturday amid an ongoing crackdown on independent political activism in the semi-autonomous city. “So whatever the conditions are, we still think that in the coming future, Hong Kong people …

Hong Kong activists jailed over Tiananmen Square massacre vigil
3 years, 3 months ago

Hong Kong activists jailed over Tiananmen Square massacre vigil

LA Times  

Thousands of people attend a June 4, 2019, candlelight vigil in Hong Kong for the victims of the 1989 massacre of pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. Nine Hong Kong activists and former lawmakers Wednesday were handed jail sentences of up to 10 months over their roles in last year’s banned candlelight vigil commemorating China’s 1989 massacre of pro-democracy protesters …

Hong Kong organisers of Tiananmen rally accused of foreign ties
3 years, 4 months ago

Hong Kong organisers of Tiananmen rally accused of foreign ties

Al Jazeera  

Police to question Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China over its membership, finances. The police’s national security unit on Wednesday sent a letter to the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, accusing it of collusion with foreign forces and requesting information about its membership, finances and activities by September 7, …

Prominent Hong Kong civil rights group disbands, citing government pressure
3 years, 4 months ago

Prominent Hong Kong civil rights group disbands, citing government pressure

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — Civil Human Rights Front, the pro-democracy group that organized some of Hong Kong’s biggest protests, announced Sunday that it was disbanding – the latest of a string of civic organizations that have dissolved in the wake of a sweeping national security law. “Unfortunately, for the past year or so, the government repeatedly used the pandemic as …

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