Hong Kong cancels passports of six pro-democracy activists in exile in UK
6 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong cancels passports of six pro-democracy activists in exile in UK

Al Jazeera  

The six, including former legislator Nathan Law, are also banned from any business dealings and financial transactions. Hong Kong has cancelled the passports of six pro-democracy activists who are in exile overseas under its newly-enacted domestic security law, calling them “lawless wanted criminals”. The government said that in addition to the cancellation of the “absconders'” travel documents, the six were also banned from any business dealings in Hong Kong, including financial transactions from cash to gold. We therefore have taken such measure to give them a strong blow.” The six men, accused of national security crimes in Hong Kong and wanted by police, include former legislator Nathan Law and British consulate worker Simon Cheng who was detained for 15 days in China in August 2019. The government statement also warned people in Hong Kong that providing any kind of financial assistance to the six, or having business dealings with them, was an offence with a potential seven-year jail term.

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Hong Kong court sentences 45 pro-democracy activists to up to 10 years in jail
1 month ago

Hong Kong court sentences 45 pro-democracy activists to up to 10 years in jail

ABC  

A Hong Kong Court has sent Australian man Gordon Ng to jail for more than seven years as part of a mass sentencing targeting dozens of pro-democracy activists under the territory's sweeping national security laws. Senator Wong said the government was "gravely concerned" by the development, saying Australia had "expressed our strong objections to the Chinese and Hong Kong authorities …

Hong Kong invokes a new law to cancel passports of 6 overseas-based activists, including Nathan Law
6 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong invokes a new law to cancel passports of 6 overseas-based activists, including Nathan Law

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — The Hong Kong government on Wednesday canceled the passports of six overseas-based activists under the new national security law, stepping up its crackdown on dissidents who moved abroad. The government said they have “absconded” to the U.K. Last year, police offered rewards of 1 million Hong Kong dollars each for information leading to their arrests and drew …

Hong Kong court convicts 14 pro-democracy activists in the city's biggest national security case
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Hong Kong court convicts 14 pro-democracy activists in the city's biggest national security case

The Hindu  

A Hong Kong court on May 30 convicted 14 pro-democracy activists in the city’s biggest national security case under a law imposed by Beijing that has all but wiped out public dissent. Prosecutors had accused them of attempting to paralyze Hong Kong’s government and topple the city’s leader by securing the legislative majority necessary to indiscriminately veto budgets. They were …

Hong Kong begins work on its own National Security Law, years after a similar law crushed dissent
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Hong Kong begins work on its own National Security Law, years after a similar law crushed dissent

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong began public consultation on a local National Security Law on Tuesday, more than three years after Beijing imposed a similar law that has all but wiped out dissent in the semi-autonomous city. Hong Kong’s mini-constitution, the Basic Law, calls for the city to enact a national security law, but it’s been delayed for decades because …

Hong Kong police offer £100,400 reward for information about five pro-democracy activists abroad
1 year ago

Hong Kong police offer £100,400 reward for information about five pro-democracy activists abroad

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 The police in Hong Kong …

Hong Kong offers awards for arrests of activists abroad for breaching national security law
1 year ago

Hong Kong offers awards for arrests of activists abroad for breaching national security law

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong police accused five overseas-based activists of violating a harsh national security law imposed by Beijing and offered rewards of 1 million Hong Kong dollars on Thursday for information leading to each of their arrests. Both the Beijing and Hong Kong governments have praised the security law, saying it brought back stability to the semi-autonomous Chinese …

Hong Kong police offers bounties for five activists living overseas
1 year ago

Hong Kong police offers bounties for five activists living overseas

Al Jazeera  

The US and the UK have condemned the move as Hong Kong authorities expand crackdown under national security law. Police in Hong Kong have offered bounties for information leading to the arrest of five activists living overseas, expanding a crackdown on those involved in the city’s once vibrant pro-democracy protest movement under a harsh national security law. Law enforcement authorities …

Well-known Hong Kong pro-democracy activist jumps bail at home to stay in Canada
1 year ago

Well-known Hong Kong pro-democracy activist jumps bail at home to stay in Canada

LA Times  

One of Hong Kong’s best-known pro-democracy activists, who moved to Canada to pursue her studies, said she would not return to the city to meet the bail conditions of her arrest under Beijing’s national security law, becoming the latest political figure to flee Hong Kong under Beijing’s crackdown on dissent. Agnes Chow, a famous young face in the city’s once-vibrant …

Hong Kong police arrests 10 persons for 'colluding with foreign forces' to support pro-democracy activists
1 year, 4 months ago

Hong Kong police arrests 10 persons for 'colluding with foreign forces' to support pro-democracy activists

India TV News  

In another escalation of cracking down on dissidents, the Hong Kong Police on Thursday arrested 10 people on suspicions of supporting overseas activists who participated in the 2019 pro-democracy protests and have now fled the semi-autonomous city. China's crackdown against pro-democracy lawmakers Hong Kong's Chief Executive John Lee has strongly asserted that eight pro-democracy activists who are living in other …

Hong Kong targets exiles’ loved ones as crackdown turns to old CCP playbook
1 year, 4 months ago

Hong Kong targets exiles’ loved ones as crackdown turns to old CCP playbook

Al Jazeera  

Hong Kong authorities are targeting the relatives of activists overseas in latest sign of alignment with mainland China. Taipei, Taiwan – After silencing Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, authorities in the territory have found a new target: the family members of dissidents who fled overseas. Hong Kong authorities’ shift to targeting families is the latest sign of the city’s growing alignment …

Hong Kong police arrest 4 men accused of supporting people overseas endangering national security
1 year, 5 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 …

Hong Kong leader says 8 pro-democracy activists who escaped to the West ‘will be pursued for life’
1 year, 5 months ago

Hong Kong leader says 8 pro-democracy activists who escaped to the West ‘will be pursued for life’

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s leader said Tuesday that eight pro-democracy activists who now live in the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia will be pursued for life for alleged national security offenses, dismissing criticism that the move to have them arrested was a dangerous precedent. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong tweeted that her country was “deeply concerned” by reports …

Australia, UK, US condemn Hong Kong bounty for exiled activists
1 year, 5 months ago

Australia, UK, US condemn Hong Kong bounty for exiled activists

Al Jazeera  

Police offer 1 million Hong Kong dollars for each of the activists whom they accuse of endangering national security. Hong Kong accuses the eight, including three former legislators, of “collusion with foreign forces” under the National Security Law, which Beijing imposed on the territory in 2020. The eight “committed serious crimes endangering national security, advocated sanctions, undermined Hong Kong and …

Hong Kong police offer rewards for arrests of 8 pro-democracy activists who live abroad
1 year, 5 months ago

Hong Kong police offer rewards for arrests of 8 pro-democracy activists who live abroad

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong police on Monday accused eight self-exiled pro-democracy activists of violating the territory’s harsh National Security Law and offered rewards of 1 million Hong Kong dollars each for information leading to their arrests. Li said the new charges and rewards are not intended to spread fear but are merely “enforcing the law.” He cited articles of …

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 …

7 convicted in Hong Kong over 2019 pro-democracy protests
3 years, 8 months ago

7 convicted in Hong Kong over 2019 pro-democracy protests

The Hindu  

Seven Hong Kong pro-democracy advocates were convicted on Thursday on charges of organizing and participating in an unlawful assembly during massive anti-government protests in 2019 that triggered a crackdown on dissent. Taking part in an unlawful assembly or a riot in Hong Kong can result in a maximum sentence of up to 10 years imprisonment for serious offenses. “So on …

50 Hong Kong pro-democracy figures arrested under national security law: Reports
3 years, 11 months ago

50 Hong Kong pro-democracy figures arrested under national security law: Reports

India Today  

About 50 Hong Kong pro-democracy figures were arrested by police on Wednesday under a national security law, following their involvement in an unofficial primary election last year held to increase their chances of controlling the legislature, according to local media reports. Benny Tai, a key figure in Hong Kong’s 2014 Occupy Central protests and a former law professor, was also …

Dozens of Hong Kong opposition figures arrested under national security law
3 years, 11 months ago

Dozens of Hong Kong opposition figures arrested under national security law

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — Dozens of former lawmakers and opposition activists were arrested Wednesday morning in Hong Kong on suspicion of violating the city’s sweeping national security legislation, in the biggest crackdown since the law was imposed by Beijing last year. Speaking to reporters, Hong Kong Secretary of Security John Lee said the police operation was only targeting “active elements” …

Hong Kong teen activist jailed for China flag ‘insult’
3 years, 11 months ago

Hong Kong teen activist jailed for China flag ‘insult’

Al Jazeera  

Tony Chung, a 19-year-old pro-democracy activist, has been sentenced to four months in prison by a Hong Kong court after being found guilty of taking part in an unlawful protest and “insulting” China’s national flag. Chung was the first public political figure prosecuted under the new security law, which officials in Beijing and Hong Kong have said are necessary to …

Families Of Captured Hong Kong Activists Demand Their Return
4 years, 3 months ago

Families Of Captured Hong Kong Activists Demand Their Return

News 18  

Hong Kong: A group of Hong Kong families on Saturday demanded the urgent return of their activist relatives detained last month by mainland Chinese authorities as they tried to flee the city by boat to Taiwan. The local government’s office in Guangdong had “learned from the authorities that the 12 Hong Kong people are currently in good physical condition and …

Exile No Protection From Hong Kong Security Law, US Dissident Says
4 years, 4 months ago

Exile No Protection From Hong Kong Security Law, US Dissident Says

News 18  

Hong Kong's arrest warrants for activists overseas show that exile and foreign nationality are no protection against the city's sweeping national security law, one of the targeted dissidents has warned. Democracy campaigner and US citizen Samuel Chu, who runs the Hong Kong Democracy Council in Washington, said Friday he had learned he is wanted for allegedly "inciting secession and colluding …

Hong Kong ‘issues arrest warrants’ for exiled democracy activists
4 years, 4 months ago

Hong Kong ‘issues arrest warrants’ for exiled democracy activists

Al Jazeera  

Chinese state television says Hong Kong police ordered arrest of six activists on charges of violating security law. “It’s such an outlandish claim that they somehow have jurisdiction over an American citizen lobbying the American government,” said Chu, who runs the Hong Kong Democracy Council, a Washington, DC-based advocacy group. “Under COVID-19 and the national security law, it is very …

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