Hong Kong police arrest four men accused of aiding overseas activists

Hong Kong, China Reuters Hong Kong national security police on Wednesday arrested four men it accused of supporting overseas dissidents and of advocating for independence from China, two days after issuing warrants and bounties against several foreign-based activists. The four men “were suspected of receiving funds from operating companies, social platforms and mobile applications to […]
Hong Kong leader says eight overseas activists will be “pursued for life”

Hong Kong, China Reuters Hong Kong chief executive John Lee said on Tuesday eight overseas-based Hong Kong activists who were issued with arrest warrants for alleged national security offences would be “pursued for life”. Hong Kong police issued arrest warrants for the eight overseas-based activists on Monday, accusing them of national security offences, including foreign […]
Hong Kong police issue arrest warrants for eight overseas activists

Hong Kong, China Reuters Hong Kong police on Monday accused eight overseas-based activists of serious national security offences including foreign collusion and incitement to secession and offered rewards for information leading to their arrest. The accused are activists Nathan Law, Anna Kwok and Finn Lau, former lawmakers Dennis Kwok and Ted Hui, lawyer and legal […]
Hong Kong businesses mark Tiananmen anniversary in face of pressures

Hong Kong, China Reuters Some Hong Kong shopkeepers are quietly commemorating the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown despite the spectre of a China-imposed national security law and pressure to stay silent on the episode that is censored in mainland China. Hong Kong used to play a leading global role in commemorating the 1989 crackdown […]
Hong Kong rejects US report criticising crackdown on freedoms

Hong Kong, China Reuters Hong Kong on Saturday “firmly rejected” findings in a new US Government report that said US interests had been threatened and that Beijing continued to “undermine” the rule of law and freedoms in the territory under a national security crackdown. The US 2023 Hong Kong Policy Act Report, published by the […]
Hong Kong police keep tight tabs on first authorised protest in years

Hong Kong, China Reuters Hong Kong police on Sunday permitted a small protest march under tight restrictions in one of the first demonstrations to be approved since the enactment of a sweeping national security law in 2020. Several dozen demonstrators were required to wear numbered lanyards and were barred from wearing masks, as police monitored […]
Britain criticises “erosion of freedoms” in Hong Kong, draws rebuke from China

London, UK Reuters Britain criticised on Thursday what it said was the systematic erosion of freedoms in Hong Kong by the Chinese Government and a crackdown on free speech by authorities in the former British colony, drawing an angry response from China. The criticism was contained in the government’s latest six-monthly report on Hong Kong, […]
Members of US religious freedom panel speak out against China-Vatican deal

Vatican City RNS Members of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom criticised a recently renewed Vatican deal with China, saying it emboldens the Chinese government to crackdown on Christian communities. The secretive provisional agreement, originally signed in 2018 and renewed on 2nd October, allows Beijing to have a say in the appointment of bishops in […]
Priest begins protest outside Hong Kong prison against detentions of activists

Hong Kong Reuters A Catholic priest launched a three-day protest on Thursday in sweltering heat outside a Hong Kong maximum security prison, demanding the release of activists and democratic politicians held under a sweeping national security law. Milan-born missionary Franco Mella, a longtime rights activist in the Chinese-ruled city, vowed to refuse food as he […]
Essay: Hong Kong’s handover 25 years on – why human rights eroded so dramatically in the past two years

As China prepares to mark the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover from British colonial rule, legal scholar ERIC YAN-HO LAI says – in an article first published on The Conversation – that human rights in Hong Kong have been significantly eroded…