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The first-ever trial involving the Beijing-imposed law has ended with a 24-year-old sentenced to nine years’ jail for terrorism and secession. The Post recaps what the case was about, how it went and whether the contours of the sweeping legislation have become any clearer one year on.
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Following last month’s strikes and protests by food delivery workers in mainland China, drivers in Hong Kong staged a protest outside the company headquarters of Foodpanda on 15 July.
Drivers held up slogans that read, “Shameless Foodpanda” and “Repay my hard-earned money,” while seven worker (...)
“Suppression from the authorities is felt across different forms of media,” the report warned. “Freedoms have seriously deteriorated under a repressive government.”
Hong Kong’s press freedoms are “in tatters” as China remoulds the once outspoken business hub in its own authoritarian image, the city’s (...)
Less than two years removed from a massive election victory, the opposition-dominated councils are being decimated by new rules and threatened pay grabs. While more than 200 councillors have resigned in the past week, city leader Carrie Lam says ability of the bodies to function going forward (...)
“[E]ven in the face of such difficulties and challenges, the Hong Kong Alliance will continue to persevere step by step,” a statement said.
The organiser for Hong Kong’s annual June 4 vigil to commemorate the Tiananmen Massacre has announced “preventative measures” to half the size of its standing (...)
The Communist Party’s leadership is essential for safeguarding “one country, two systems,” according to Beijing’s top man in Hong Kong - but will it continue to remain underground in the security law era?
The occasion was a keynote speech by Luo Huining, who heads the central government’s Liaison (...)
“Beijing has turned to direct governance over Hong Kong,” veteran journalist and political analyst Johnny Lau said. “The representatives of the central government do not mind coming forward to the front stage and showing their presence and leadership.”
China’s Communist Party has abandoned its (...)
Failure to resign carries “a great risk,” according to one councillor who quit.
Five more pro-democracy district councillors have announced their resignation after local media reported that as many as 200 district councillors may be disqualified even if they agree to swear a new oath of (...)
The activist’s foreign collusion charge is being heard by the High Court, where the maximum penalty is life in jail.
Hong Kong activist Andy Li could face up to life imprisonment, after a lower court transferred his case under the Beijing-imposed national security law to the city’s High Court. (...)
The Progressive Lawyers Group, founded in 2015, was vocal on legal and political issues such as the city’s human rights and judicial independence.
The Progressive Lawyers Group (PLG) has announced it is disbanding – the latest in a growing list of pro-democracy organisations to shut down in Hong (...)
Even moderate groups are breaking up after Apple Daily arrests, other recent events sent chilling message that activism is too risky now. At least 21 groups have disbanded in past year, with latest ones saying uncertainty over law left them without ‘confidence to carry on’.
The impact of the (...)
Dozens of police put up orange cordon tape around three activists who held a pile of small placards with a slogan that read “resolutely defend this city.”
Hong Kong police arrested 11 people on suspicion of distributing “seditious publications” on Thursday 1, as the force erected tight cordons (...)
“Beijing has sought to decapitate Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement,” Human Rights Watch said.
Human Rights Watch has accused Beijing as “decapitating” Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, as the NGO issued a lengthy report on the city one year after the national security law came into force.
In a (...)
Basic Law provision requiring Hong Kong to bring in legislation protecting Beijing from subversive, treacherous acts is back on the political agenda. What concerns are being raised about an Article 23 bill this time around? Any why does Beijing demand its introduction after imposing its own (...)
Source tight-lipped on how many people are on the list, but it is said to include more than 50 released on bail after being arrested under the law. Existence of list was confirmed after senior Apple Daily writer, who source says was among those named, was arrested while attempting to leave (...)
Under the new blunderbuss approach, virtually all the democrats’ most popular candidates are in jail, writes Suzanne Pepper.
After a crackdown which was decades in the making, it took just one year to destroy Hong Kong’s democracy movement as it existed before June 30, 2020 when Beijing (...)
Fung Wai-kong, 57, was intercepted by police at airport at about 10pm on Sunday ; he was about to leave for Britain, according to source Arrest came as online portal Stand News, popular among opposition camp, revealed plans to remove most of its commentaries and halt fundraising drive
A senior (...)
HKFP rounds up press freedom incidents over the past year, in the run-up to the anniversary of the security law.
Hong Kong’s press freedom has suffered serious setbacks since the Beijing-imposed national security law came into force in June last year. In recent weeks, public broadcaster RTHK (...)
Remaining journalists at the embattled daily tell HKFP that they will stay on until the bitter end as bosses at the newspaper prepare to make a last ditch attempt to have HK$18 million worth of assets seized by the authorities returned.
Hong Kong’s only pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily, is (...)
The process may include changes to the city’s Crimes Ordinance, Official Secrets Act and Societies Ordinance, says John Lee.
Hong Kong’s government is actively studying new legislation to plug “loopholes” in the existing national security law or even strengthen it, the city’s secretary chief has (...)
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