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 – the first full day under the new law, though civil society groups had held demonstrations on July 1 for years to champion various issues, including democratic rights. “We could only choose civil disobedience … a peaceful, rational and non-violent way to express our demand against the national security law,” Figo Chan said in mitigation. Tong Ying-kit, the first person convicted under the national security law, was sentenced in July to nine years in prison for “terrorist activities” and inciting secession.

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A pro-democracy ex-lawmaker in Hong Kong has been convicted of rioting during 2019 protests
1 week, 5 days 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 …

Hong Kong court rejects first legal challenge to 2024 national security law
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Hong Kong court rejects first legal challenge to 2024 national security law

Al Jazeera  

Judge dismisses bid for early release by man sentenced to five years in prision for ‘inciting secession’. A Hong Kong court has dismissed a jailed protester’s bid for early release in the first legal challenge to the Chinese territory’s recently enacted national security law. Ma Chun-man was sentenced to five years in prison for “inciting secession” under a Beijing-decreed national …

European Lawmakers Call to Sanction Hong Kong Over Jimmy Lai
3 weeks, 5 days ago

European Lawmakers Call to Sanction Hong Kong Over Jimmy Lai

Live Mint  

-- European lawmakers have called for fresh sanctions on Hong Kong and Chinese officials over the prosecution of former media mogul Jimmy Lai, as the trial of the city’s top security law target enters its final stage. Members of European Parliament wrote that Hong Kong authorities should “immediately and unconditionally release all pro-democracy politicians.” They added in a resolution that …

Zero tolerance for instigation under banner of 'democracy'
Top News
1 month ago

Zero tolerance for instigation under banner of 'democracy'

China Daily  

Photo taken on Aug 5, 2019 shows China's national flag and the flag of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on the Golden Bauhinia Square in Hong Kong, China. The High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region delivered the sentence after a hearing at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts on Tuesday. In January 2021, Hong Kong police arrested …

Zero tolerance for instigation under banner of 'democracy'
Trending News
1 month ago

Zero tolerance for instigation under banner of 'democracy'

China Daily  

A court in Hong Kong has sentenced 45 anti-China instigators to imprisonment for "conspiracy to subvert the state power". The High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region delivered the sentence after a hearing at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts on Tuesday. In January 2021, Hong Kong police arrested more than 50 people under the national security law in …

Zero tolerance for instigation under banner of 'democracy'
Top News
1 month ago

Zero tolerance for instigation under banner of 'democracy'

China Daily  

Photo taken on Aug 5, 2019 shows China's national flag and the flag of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on the Golden Bauhinia Square in Hong Kong, China. The High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region delivered the sentence after a hearing at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts on Tuesday. In January 2021, Hong Kong police arrested …

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai takes stand in collusion trial
1 month ago

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai takes stand in collusion trial

Al Jazeera  

Lai denies supporting Hong Kong’s independence and says his now-defunct newspaper stood for ‘core values’ of the city’s people. Hong Kong’s pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has taken the stand for the first time in a national security trial widely seen as a barometer of the Chinese territory’s diminishing freedoms. Answering questions from his lawyer, Lai said that his now-shuttered …

Hong Kong court jails 45 democracy campaigners on subversion charges
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1 month ago

Hong Kong court jails 45 democracy campaigners on subversion charges

Raw Story  

A Hong Kong court on Tuesday jailed all 45 defendants convicted of subversion in the city's largest national security trial, with "mastermind" Benny Lai receiving the longest term of 10 years. Australia's government said it was "gravely concerned" after dual citizen Gordon Ng received a sentence of seven years and three months, and said it would continue to advocate for …

Global lawmakers call for Hong Kong to free Jimmy Lai
Trending News
1 month ago

Global lawmakers call for Hong Kong to free Jimmy Lai

Raw Story  

Dozens of lawmakers from across the world called Tuesday for the immediate and unconditional release of pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai, before he is due to give evidence in his collusion trial in Hong Kong. The letter's release came on the same day a Hong Kong court jailed all 45 defendants convicted in the city's largest trial under a sweeping national …

Hong Kong court sentences dozens in case that crushed pro-democracy camp
1 month ago

Hong Kong court sentences dozens in case that crushed pro-democracy camp

Live Mint  

HONG KONG—Four years ago, a college professor in Hong Kong crafted a plan for the Chinese territory’s pro-democracy opposition to win control of the local legislature, then trigger a confrontation with Beijing by forcing the central government’s handpicked Hong Kong leader to step down. In January 2021, local authorities arrested dozens of prominent politicians and activists, later charging 47 of …

Hong Kong jails 45 pro-democracy activists in city’s largest security case
1 month ago

Hong Kong jails 45 pro-democracy activists in city’s largest security case

Al Jazeera  

Legal scholar Benny Tai is sentenced to 10 years, while dozens of others receive years-long jail terms. Taipei, Taiwan – A Hong Kong court has sentenced a leading pro-democracy advocate to 10 years in prison and handed dozens of other activists years-long jail terms in the Chinese territory’s largest national security case. Under Hong Kong’s Beijing-drafted national security law, defendants …

Hong Kong 47: Democracy leaders sentenced to lengthy jail terms in largest national security trial as Beijing tightens grip
1 month, 1 week ago

Hong Kong 47: Democracy leaders sentenced to lengthy jail terms in largest national security trial as Beijing tightens grip

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — More than 40 of Hong Kong’s best known pro-democracy figures have been sentenced to prison terms of up to 10 years on subversion charges, in the biggest single blow to the city’s already shrinking political freedoms following Beijing’s sweeping crackdown on dissent. Among those handed sentences on Tuesday was Joshua Wong, a former student leader and …

Mastermind of foiled Hong Kong bomb plot to target police is jailed for nearly 24 years
1 month, 1 week 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 …

Taiwan deports Chinese couple who snuck onto island and disrupted pro-democracy event
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Taiwan deports Chinese couple who snuck onto island and disrupted pro-democracy event

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 Taiwan deported a Chinese couple …

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

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

The Hindu  

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 defendants previously argued that the trial judge had failed to conduct an “operational proportionality” assessment when convicting them and quoted two non-binding decisions set out by the Supreme Court …

Hong Kong’s top court upholds convictions of 7 prominent pro-democracy activists over 2019 protest
4 months, 1 week 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
4 months, 3 weeks 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, …

Publisher Jimmy Lai will testify in his defense at Hong Kong national security trial, lawyer says
5 months ago

Publisher Jimmy Lai will testify in his defense at Hong Kong national security trial, lawyer says

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A defense lawyer said Thursday that prominent publisher Jimmy Lai will testify in his defense in the landmark national security trial brought under a Beijing-imposed law that has all but wiped out public dissent. The prosecutors have alleged that Lai had engaged in requesting foreign countries, especially the United States, to take actions against Beijing “under the …

Hong Kong businesses are under threat for association with pro-democracy protests
5 months, 1 week 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
5 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong asks for a lesser sentence in landmark security case
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong asks for a lesser sentence in landmark security case

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Prominent activist Joshua Wong asked for a lesser sentence in court Friday after he earlier pleaded guilty in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case. The activists were accused of attempting to paralyze Hong Kong’s government and topple the city’s leader by aiming to win a legislative majority and using it to block city budgets indiscriminately. Wong first …

Hong Kong court edges closer to sentencing democracy activists involved in unofficial primary
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Hong Kong court edges closer to sentencing democracy activists involved in unofficial primary

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court on Tuesday began mitigation hearings for prominent pro-democracy activists who were convicted under a national security law and now face up to life in prison. The judges wrote in their verdict last month that Tai had laid out plans to block city budgets by acquiring a legislative majority, calling it a “constitutional weapon …

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 …

Silence and heavy security in China and Hong Kong on 35th anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown
6 months, 3 weeks 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
6 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Foreign governments and activists criticize Hong Kong security law verdicts. China defends them
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Foreign governments and activists criticize Hong Kong security law verdicts. China defends them

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — The conviction of 14 pro-democracy activists Thursday in Hong Kong drew condemnation from human rights groups and expressions of concern from foreign governments. THE EUROPEAN UNION The conviction “marks a further deterioration of fundamental freedoms and democratic participation in Hong Kong,” the European Union’s foreign affairs office said. CHINA Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said the central …

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 …

14 pro-democracy activists convicted in Hong Kong's biggest national security case, face life in jail
6 months, 3 weeks ago

14 pro-democracy activists convicted in Hong Kong's biggest national security case, face life in jail

India TV News  

Hong Kong: A Hong Kong court on Thursday convicted 14 pro-democracy activists, among the 47 advocates who were prosecuted in 2021 for their involvement in an unofficial primary election, in the city's biggest national security case under the Beijing-imposed law that has seemingly wiped out public dissent. Critics say the case is another example of how the law is being …

Fourteen Hong Kong pro-democracy activists found guilty as China completes ‘purge’ of opposition
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Fourteen Hong Kong pro-democracy activists found guilty as China completes ‘purge’ of opposition

The Telegraph  

Hong Kong was accused of conducting a “near-total purge” of a generation of pro-democracy activists after 14 were convicted of subversion on Thursday in a landmark trial that dealt another blow to the city’s freedoms. The 14 defendants were accused of “conspiring to subvert state power” under a draconian national security law that was imposed on Hong Kong by China …

The toll of Beijing’s security law on Hong Kong’s activists
6 months, 3 weeks ago

The toll of Beijing’s security law on Hong Kong’s activists

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Activist Chan Po-ying is permitted only 15-minute daily visits to see her husband, Leung Kwok-hung, separated by a plexiglass barrier in a highly guarded Hong Kong jail. The government had warned there might be legal consequences, but Chan didn’t stop former pro-democracy legislator Leung from participating in an unofficial 2020 primary election that would lead to his …

14 pro-democracy activists convicted, 2 acquitted in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case
6 months, 3 weeks ago

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

LA Times  

Lawrence Lau, a pro-democracy former district councilor, arrives at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts in Hong Kong on Thursday. A Hong Kong court Thursday 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. The court said that if the defendants had reached their aims, …

Hong Kong police arrest 6 people accused of violating the city’s new national security law
6 months, 3 weeks 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 charges six people under homegrown national security law
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Hong Kong charges six people under homegrown national security law

Al Jazeera  

Police arrest the group for ‘seditious’ social media posts under Article 23, which was pushed through in March. Hong Kong’s national security police have charged six people for allegedly seditious posts on Facebook, in the first arrests under a newly-enacted domestic security law. The domestic national security law came into force in March after pro-Beijing lawmakers passed it unanimously, nearly …

Watch | What is Hong Kong’s new national security law?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Watch | What is Hong Kong’s new national security law?

The Hindu  

On March 19th, the Hong Kong government passed a new national security law that has been criticised by several Western countries and rights groups The Safeguarding National Security law revises the existing regulations and penalties, and adds five new categories of offences — treason, insurrection, espionage and theft of state secrets, sabotaging national security, and external interference Some of these …

Hong Kong scraps early release for national security convicts
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Hong Kong scraps early release for national security convicts

New Indian Express  

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's leader said Tuesday that people convicted on national security charges would no longer be eligible for early release for good behaviour, under a new law enacted by the city's authorities over the weekend. "It's been made very clear that if a prisoner is serving a sentence in respect to his conviction of an offence endangering national …

Hong Kong’s new security law comes into force amid human rights concerns
9 months ago

Hong Kong’s new security law comes into force amid human rights concerns

Al Jazeera  

The law, known as Article 23, has been criticised internationally over fears it could erode civil liberties. A new national security law has come into force in Hong Kong despite growing international criticism that it could erode freedoms in the China-ruled city and damage its international financial hub credentials. The law, also known as Article 23, came into at midnight …

Hong Kong passes a new security law that toughens punishment of dissent
9 months ago

Hong Kong passes a new security law that toughens punishment of dissent

NPR  

Hong Kong passes a new security law that toughens punishment of dissent Enlarge this image toggle caption Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images Hong Kong lawmakers have passed new national security legislation that carries severe punishment for a broad range of offenses, including life imprisonment for acts deemed to be insurrection. The legislation, called the Safeguarding …

Hong Kong sentences 12 to prison for storming legislature during 2019 pro-democracy protests
9 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong sentences 12 to prison for storming legislature during 2019 pro-democracy protests

India TV News  

Hong Kong: A Hong Kong court sentenced 12 people to prison terms from over four years to nearly seven years for storming the city legislature during the months-long pro-democracy protests in 2019. Protesters broke into Hong Kong's legislative council building on July 1, 2019, smashing windows and streaming inside as public anger mounted over an extradition bill that would have …

Hong Kong jails 12 people over the storming of the legislature in 2019 protests
9 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong jails 12 people over the storming of the legislature in 2019 protests

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court sentenced 12 people Saturday to prison over the storming of the city’s legislative council building at the height of the anti-government protests in 2019. The 12 defendants, including former student leader Althea Suen, actor Gregory Wong, and activists Ventus Lau and Owen Chow, were previously convicted for rioting. One was fined 1,500 Hong …

Hong Kong sentences 12 people to jail over storming of legislature in 2019 protests
9 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong sentences 12 people to jail over storming of legislature in 2019 protests

LA Times  

Protesters with umbrellas — a symbol of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement — deface the Hong Kong logo at the Legislative Council in July 2019. A Hong Kong court sentenced 12 people Saturday to prison over the storming of the city’s Legislative Council building at the height of the antigovernment protests in 2019. One was fined 1,500 Hong Kong dollars …

Hong Kong's National Security Law: Not A Balancing Act Between Security And Liberty
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Hong Kong's National Security Law: Not A Balancing Act Between Security And Liberty

Live Law  

As Hong Kong is poised to enact a new national security law, concerns are rippling through the international legal community. Hong Kong's New National Security Law The proposed national security law builds upon Beijing's 2020 National Security Law, which led to the arrest of activists and closure of media outlets. The proposed law extends mainland China's national security laws to …

Hong Kong court affirms landmark sedition conviction for pro-democracy activist
9 months, 2 weeks 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 …

A Hong Kong court convicts 4 people of rioting over the storming of the legislature in 2019 protests
10 months, 3 weeks ago

A Hong Kong court convicts 4 people of rioting over the storming of the legislature in 2019 protests

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court convicted four people Thursday for rioting over the storming of the city’s legislative council building at the height of the anti-government protests more than four years ago. Lam said some Hong Kong police officers later met him and told him that if he would not admit his wrongdoing, he then could not return …

Four found guilty of rioting over 2019 storming of Hong Kong legislature
10 months, 3 weeks 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
10 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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’s top court restores activist’s conviction over banned vigil on Tiananmen crackdown
11 months ago

Hong Kong’s top court restores activist’s conviction over banned vigil on Tiananmen crackdown

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s top court on Thursday restored a prominent detained activist’s conviction over a banned vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, marking the latest setback for the city’s democracy supporters. Chow Hang-tung, a former leader of the now-disbanded Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, had been sentenced to 15 …

A Hong Kong man is jailed 3 months for sedition for wearing a T-shirt with a protest slogan
11 months, 2 weeks ago

A Hong Kong man is jailed 3 months for sedition for wearing a T-shirt with a protest slogan

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong man was sentenced to three months in prison on sedition charges for wearing a T-shirt with a slogan printed on it. Chu Kai-pong, 26, pleaded guilty to two counts of sedition for the slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times” that was printed on his T-shirt. The protest slogans was outlawed in 2020 …

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