Hong Kong: Defiance and fear after China-backed national security law takes hold
4 years, 5 months ago

Hong Kong: Defiance and fear after China-backed national security law takes hold

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — If Beijing thought a new national security law would guarantee a quiet birthday for Hong Kong, it was mistaken. Riot police detain a man after they cleared protesters taking part in a rally against a new national security law in Hong Kong on July 1, 2020. Video Ad Feedback CNN speaks to only Hong Konger on committee that drafted controversial law 04:14 - Source: CNN Tam Yiu-chung, the sole Hong Kong member of China’s National People’s Congress Standing Committee, which drafted the security law, said that “the police will of course follow up on these cases to assess whether charges need to be made.” He added that some people may have “intentionally challenged the law.” “Also, it might be because they did not understand the content of the law,” Tam said. In a statement, United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blasted the “draconian national security legislation” and “Beijing’s paranoia and fear of its own people’s aspirations” which he said had “led it to eviscerate the very foundation of success.” On Wednesday, Hong Kong’s top official, Chief Executive Carrie Lam, pushed back against foreign critics, arguing the law was a “crucial step to ending chaos and violence that has occurred over the past few months” in the city. “The national security law is the most important development in securing ties between China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region since the handover,” she said, framing criticism of the law as “vicious attacks.” Passers-by and protesters gather in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.

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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 …

US, Canadian politicians urged to stop meddling in Hong Kong's judiciary
1 month ago

US, Canadian politicians urged to stop meddling in Hong Kong's judiciary

China Daily  

HONG KONG -- A spokesperson for the Commissioner's Office of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has slammed certain US and Canadian politicians over new visa restrictions vow following the HKSAR's lawful verdict of rioters. The irresponsible remarks were made by the spokesperson of the US State Department, the relevant bodies and members of the …

Central gov't office for safeguarding national security in HKSAR supports punishment of subversion activities
1 month ago

Central gov't office for safeguarding national security in HKSAR supports punishment of subversion activities

China Daily  

HONG KONG -- The Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Tuesday said that it firmly supported Hong Kong's judiciary in sentencing the defendants convicted of "conspiracy to subvert the state power" in accordance with the law. A spokesperson for the office said that the sentencing results demonstrated the …

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'
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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 …

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 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 …

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
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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 …

45 Pro-Democracy Activists Sentenced To Prison In Hong Kong's Biggest National Security Case
1 month ago

45 Pro-Democracy Activists Sentenced To Prison In Hong Kong's Biggest National Security Case

Huff Post  

Armed police officers stand guard outside the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts in Hong Kong on Nov. 19, 2024. Chan Long Hei via Associated Press HONG KONG — Forty-five ex-lawmakers and activists were sentenced to four to 10 years in prison Tuesday in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case under a Beijing-imposed law that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement. However, the …

Foreign governments criticize Hong Kong’s sentencing of 45 activists. Beijing defends it
1 month ago

Foreign governments criticize Hong Kong’s sentencing of 45 activists. Beijing defends it

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Forty-five prominent activists in Hong Kong were sentenced to jail for up to 10 years on Tuesday, sparking criticism from foreign governments and rights groups. Lin said certain Western countries ignored that they maintain their own national security through judicial procedures while unreasonably criticizing Hong Kong courts for “fairly implementing” the security law. When Hong Kong returned …

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 democracy activists jailed: Who are they, what’s the case about?
1 month ago

Hong Kong democracy activists jailed: Who are they, what’s the case about?

Al Jazeera  

The Hong Kong 47 were first arrested in 2021 for organising unofficial elections that authorities likened to a ‘coup’. In what’s being called the largest national security case in Hong Kong, prosecutors accused the defendants of plotting to “overthrow” the government by forcing the city’s leader to resign. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong also said her government was “gravely concerned” …

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 …

Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong to hear from jailed media tycoon for the first time in four years. At his trial
1 month ago

Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong to hear from jailed media tycoon for the first time in four years. At his trial

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — Jimmy Lai, the pugnacious media tycoon whose now shuttered tabloid Apple Daily was a regular thorn in Beijing’s side, is expected to testify on Wednesday at his own national security trial in a high stakes court battle that could see him spend the rest of his life behind bars. You can also save the world.” Prosecutors …

45 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong get 4 to 10 years in prison
1 month ago

45 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong get 4 to 10 years in prison

LA Times  

People wait outside the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts in Hong Kong on Tuesday, ahead of the sentencing of pro-democracy activists and lawmakers. Forty-five ex-lawmakers and activists were sentenced to four to 10 years in prison Tuesday in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case under a Beijing-imposed law that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement. Prosecutors said their aim was to paralyze …

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 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 …

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 sentences editor to 21 months in jail in case seen as barometer of press freedom
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Hong Kong court sentences editor to 21 months in jail in case seen as barometer of press freedom

LA Times  

Chung Pui-kuen, the former chief editor of Hong Kong’s now shuttered pro-democracy news outlet Stand News, arrives at the Wanchai District Court ahead of the final sentencing of Stand News sedition case in Wan Chai district court in Hong Kong on Thursday. A Hong Kong court sentenced a former editor of a shuttered news publication to 21 months in prison …

First people are sentenced under Hong Kong’s tough new security law
3 months ago

First people are sentenced under Hong Kong’s tough new security law

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court sentenced the first two people under a tough new Hong Kong national security law on Thursday, including a man who was given 14 months in prison for wearing a T-shirt with a protest slogan. So sentenced him to 10 months in prison, saying Chung knowingly broke the law by writing statements on the …

Hong Kong’s security law threatens to jail activist for ‘seditious’ T-shirt
3 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong’s security law threatens to jail activist for ‘seditious’ T-shirt

Al Jazeera  

Chu Kai-pong faces a sentence of up to 10 years in jail after becoming the first convict under the strict new laws. A Hong Kong man is facing as long as 10 years in jail after he pleaded guilty to sedition for wearing a T-shirt featuring a protest slogan. In court on Monday, Chu Kai-pong, 27, was the first person …

More Hong Kongers tune out the news as they adapt to Beijing's tightening grip
3 months, 3 weeks ago

More Hong Kongers tune out the news as they adapt to Beijing's tightening grip

The Independent  

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Foreign governments criticize Hong Kong’s convictions of journalists in sedition case
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Foreign governments criticize Hong Kong’s convictions of journalists in sedition case

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — The convictions of two Hong Kong journalists who led a now-shuttered online news outlet have deepened concerns of media groups and foreign governments over the city’s press freedom, though local officials say there are no restrictions when journalists stick to the facts. “While they turn a blind eye to their own countries’ records of suppressing news media, …

Foreign governments criticize Hong Kong's convictions of two journalists
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Foreign governments criticize Hong Kong's convictions of two journalists

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 convictions Thursday of two …

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 court convicts two journalists in landmark sedition case in further blow to press freedom
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Hong Kong court convicts two journalists in landmark sedition case in further blow to press freedom

India TV News  

Hong Kong: A court in Chinese-controlled Hong Kong convicted two former editors of a now-defunct news outlet on Thursday in a landmark sedition case that became the latest blow to press freedom in a country which was once hailed as a bastion of free media in the Asian continent. Stand News was once Hong Kong's leading online media with a …

What’s at stake as 2 Hong Kong journalists await a verdict in their sedition trial?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

What’s at stake as 2 Hong Kong journalists await a verdict in their sedition trial?

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Two journalists who led a now-closed Hong Kong online news outlet will hear a verdict in their sedition case on Thursday, in a trial that’s seen as an indicator of press freedom in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. It’s Hong Kong’s first sedition case involving media since the former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997. Stand …

Hong Kong top court upholds Jimmy Lai’s conviction in 2019 protests case
4 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong top court upholds Jimmy Lai’s conviction in 2019 protests case

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 Hong Kong's top court has …

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 …

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
6 months 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 …

Top British judge hearing case related to protest crackdown in Hong Kong
6 months ago

Top British judge hearing case related to protest crackdown in Hong Kong

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 senior British judge heard …

Hong Kong charges two under new national security law
6 months ago

Hong Kong charges two under new national security law

The Hindu  

Hong Kong has charged two persons in the span of a week with "sedition" over social media posts and clothing slogans, under a new national security law. The legislation is Hong Kong's second national security law and follows the one imposed by Beijing in 2020 after huge, sometimes violent pro-democracy protests a year earlier. Au published the content intending to …

China stands against parties slandering HK national security law
6 months, 1 week ago

China stands against parties slandering HK national security law

China Daily  

On Friday, China expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to relevant parties' slandering the national security law for Hong Kong and the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance and interfering in the special administrative region's rule of law. Countries, including the United States, and the European Union have expressed "concerns" over the move and the extraterritorial application of the national security law …

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 hits back as UK judge says rule of law ‘profoundly compromised’
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Hong Kong hits back as UK judge says rule of law ‘profoundly compromised’

Al Jazeera  

Hong Kong has hit back at a British judge who announced his resignation from the territory’s top court last week and expressed concern that the rule of law was in danger following the landmark conviction of 47 pro-democracy politicians and activists. Jonathan Sumption, one of two British judges who resigned from the Court of Final Appeal last week, wrote in …

HK leader warns about security risks
6 months, 2 weeks ago

HK leader warns about security risks

China Daily  

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu urged society on Tuesday to remain vigilant against national security threats after recent verdicts in a subversion trial sounded the alarm. A court in Hong Kong handed down verdicts on Thursday in a subversion case related to an illegal "primary election" before the Legislative Council election in 2020, finding 14 …

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 …

Sanctions shine spotlight on chaos causer in Hong Kong
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Sanctions shine spotlight on chaos causer in Hong Kong

China Daily  

A view of the Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong. The US government on Friday expressed its deep concerns about the convictions of 14 lawbreakers in Hong Kong under the National Security Law of Hong Kong, saying it's taking steps to impose new visa restrictions on officials from both the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong who are responsible for the implementation …

US plans to impose new visa restrictions on Chinese and Hong Kong officials after security verdicts
6 months, 3 weeks ago

US plans to impose new visa restrictions on Chinese and Hong Kong officials after security verdicts

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — The United States on Friday expressed its deep concerns about the convictions of 14 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong under a Beijing-imposed national security law, saying it’s taking steps to impose new visa restrictions on mainland Chinese and Hong Kong officials responsible for the implementation of the sweeping legislation. Miller urged the Chinese and Hong Kong authorities …

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 …

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