Hong Kong China

• Hong Kong is on the hunt for activists abroad. This one isn’t backing down

  Bounties placed on pro-democracy activists by Hong Kong show some of the "worst fears" are coming true after the imposition of a 2020 national security law, experts say.

  Canada

  Jul 10, 2023
  
• Hong Kong police target 8 pro-democracy activists living abroad, including in Canada

  Hong Kong police on Monday accused eight self-exiled pro-democracy activists of violating the territory's harsh National Security Law.

  World

  Jul 3, 2023
  
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• Foreign lawyers restricted from working on national security cases in Hong Kong

  The use of foreign lawyers by both prosecutors and defence has long been part of the rule of law traditions in the former British colony.

  World

  May 10, 2023
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• Hong Kong’s freedom has ‘vanished,’ Taiwan says on handover anniversary

  China has been stepping up its military and political pressure to get Taiwan to accept Chinese sovereignty, while the island says only its people can decide their future.

  World

  Jul 1, 2022
• Hong Kong activist behind Tiananmen Square vigil sentenced to 15 months in prison

  Activist Chow Hang-tung was arrested last year the day before the June 4 anniversary of China's 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.

  World

  Jan 4, 2022
• Hong Kong police charge 2 Stand News editors with sedition a day after raiding outlet

  About 200 police raided the Stand News office on Wednesday, froze its assets and arrested seven current and former senior editors and former board members.

  World

  Dec 30, 2021
• Hong Kong police raid pro-democracy media outlet, arrest 6 for sedition

  The raid further raises concerns about the freedom of speech and that of the media in the former British colony, which returned to Chinese rule in 1997.

  World

  Dec 28, 2021
• Hong Kong university removes Tiananmen Square monument from campus

  The artwork, of anguished human torsoes, is one of the few remaining public memorials in the former British colony to remember the bloody crackdown that is a taboo topic in China.

  World

  Dec 22, 2021
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• Hong Kong lawmakers take new loyalty oath, could be disqualified if deemed insincere

  The government enacted a law earlier this year that tightened patriotic loyalty tests by forcing all civil servants to take an oath of allegiance to Hong Kong.

  World

  Sep 10, 2021
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• Hong Kong police call stabbing of officer during handover protests a ‘lone wolf’ act

  Police said late on Thursday they were investigating an attempted murder and suicide after a man attacked a police officer, then stabbed himself in the chest with the knife.

  World

  Jul 2, 2021