HK Current Affairs

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

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

Only documents without any commercial goods will not be affected by the change and can still be sent.

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.

A St. Paul’s College student died in Hangzhou during a mandatory exchange tour, fueling concerns over student safety.

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.’

The 62-year-old Canadian citizen is one of six overseas pro-democracy activists with a bounty being offered for information leading to their arrests.