Freedom in Hong Kong

This year’s June 30 marks the fifth anniversary of Beijing’s decision to implement the national security law in Hong Kong.

The role of overseas justices on Hong Kong’s top court has become ‘increasingly anachronistic and arguably cosmetic,’ said Australian Judge Robert French.

Mobile game allows players to role-play as rebel forces opposing China’s communist regime.

According to RSF, before 2014 journalists in Hong Kong were safe, but in recent years they have been arrested and subjected to police violence.

Relatives of dissidents exiled overseas face intense surveillance from Hong Kong authorities.

The 93-year-old cleric regained his passport, which was confiscated under the Beijing-imposed national security law in 2022, for the trip.

The Hong Kong government responded that it would not comment on individual cases.

With Beijing’s tightening control over Hong Kong, the Democratic Party, the single largest pro-democracy group in Hong Kong, is about to disband for good.

The action targets the officials for their role in ‘coercing, arresting, detaining, or imprisoning’ dissidents in Hong Kong and abroad.

Chan Wai Yiu was arrested for participating in the 2019 anti-extradition protests after returning to see his sick mother.

In their decision, the Court of Final Appeal judges unanimously allowed the appeal and overturned the three convictions.

Around a dozen attackers were eventually jailed; but Lam and six others who had tried to defend the public, were also arrested and charged with rioting.

After the implementation of the National Security Law, many civic groups in Hong Kong were forced to disband.

One newspaper vendor says she won’t fear threats for doing legitimate business.

Despite her family in Hong Kong being interrogated by the national security police, Carmen Lau said she will ‘continue fighting for democracy.’

This year’s June 30 marks the fifth anniversary of Beijing’s decision to implement the national security law in Hong Kong.

The role of overseas justices on Hong Kong’s top court has become ‘increasingly anachronistic and arguably cosmetic,’ said Australian Judge Robert French.

Mobile game allows players to role-play as rebel forces opposing China’s communist regime.

According to RSF, before 2014 journalists in Hong Kong were safe, but in recent years they have been arrested and subjected to police violence.

Relatives of dissidents exiled overseas face intense surveillance from Hong Kong authorities.

The 93-year-old cleric regained his passport, which was confiscated under the Beijing-imposed national security law in 2022, for the trip.

The Hong Kong government responded that it would not comment on individual cases.

With Beijing’s tightening control over Hong Kong, the Democratic Party, the single largest pro-democracy group in Hong Kong, is about to disband for good.

The action targets the officials for their role in ‘coercing, arresting, detaining, or imprisoning’ dissidents in Hong Kong and abroad.

Chan Wai Yiu was arrested for participating in the 2019 anti-extradition protests after returning to see his sick mother.

In their decision, the Court of Final Appeal judges unanimously allowed the appeal and overturned the three convictions.

Around a dozen attackers were eventually jailed; but Lam and six others who had tried to defend the public, were also arrested and charged with rioting.

After the implementation of the National Security Law, many civic groups in Hong Kong were forced to disband.

One newspaper vendor says she won’t fear threats for doing legitimate business.

Despite her family in Hong Kong being interrogated by the national security police, Carmen Lau said she will ‘continue fighting for democracy.’