Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
by Candice Lau (HKFP)
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/05/06/breaking-hong-kong-activists-including-joshua-wong-jailed-over-banned-tiananmen-massacre-vigil/
“June 4 is coming again - we have been lighting candles in Victoria Park for 31 years and we will continue,” Chow Hang-tung - vice-chair of the (...)
HKFP has rounded up major events damaging press freedom since the enactment 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 has been hit by a (...)
(...) Letters will be inspected by the officers by removing the envelopes. To observe the official guidelines, help us group the letters and protect privacy from the official inspection.
Whether by post or email, please - Write on paper in A4 size WITHOUT staples, stickers, glitters and 3D (...)
Dear brothers and sisters,
We write to update you on Lee Cheuk-yan, General Secretary of Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU), who is recently imprisoned, and invite you to write to him. Letters are always an effective way to deliver strong mental support to unionists and activists (...)
On Friday 16 April, between 8 and 18 months in prison were given to five prominent Hong Kong opponents for their involvement in the mass protests that took place on 18 and 31 August 2019 in Hong Kong.
They included: Lee Cheuk-yan, General Secretary of the Labour union center HKCTU (14 months), (...)
Responding to the sentencing of 10 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists to between eight and 18 months in prison for taking part in two “unauthorized” protests in August 2019, Amnesty International’s Asia-Pacific Regional Director Yamini Mishra said:
“The wrongful prosecution, conviction and (...)
Former Hong Kong lawmaker, barrister, and veteran Civic Party member Margaret Ng was among nine democrats convicted of organising and participating in a peaceful protest on August 18, 2019. She was handed a 12-month sentence, suspended for 24 months on Friday after delivering the mitigation (...)
Today is the day where the judiciary system turned a blind eye once again to social injustice. The system became the oppressors’ tool time and again, sending peaceful demonstrators to imprisonment.
The list of political prisoners included HKCTU Secretary General Lee Cheuk Yan, and party member (...)
Speech by activist Kuen Gor regarding the denial of bail to forty-seven pro-democracy activists charged with conspiracy to commit subversion. Editorial Note:
This is a translation of a speech given by Kuen Gor, a veteran labour organiser and pro-democracy activist, to reporters at the West (...)
Papers released by Department of Justice, Civil Service Bureau, and Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau show 10,242 arrests made. More than 600 people already convicted, with 2,521 charged with variety of offences including rioting and unlawful assembly.
Hong Kong police have arrested (...)
A huge desire for freedom and democracy was expressed in Hong Kong in 2019. For the government, it is now time for revenge and to bring the population into line with the standards in force on the Chinese mainland. The new electoral rules promulgated on 30 March aim to complete the elimination (...)
Nine months after it imposed controversial national security provisions on Hong Kong, Beijing has passed another law which will have lasting implications for the city – an election overhaul aimed at ensuring only “patriots” can administer the Special Administrative Region. Fears over increased (...)
Lee Cheuk-yan, the General Secretary of the HKCTU and eight other known opponents have been charged. They can be sentenced to up to five years in prison. The “crime” they are accused of is that in August 2019 they called for a demonstration in which about a quarter of the population participated. (...)
On March 30, in a move they said was designed to ensure ”patriots” administered the city, the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) in Beijing changed the annexes of the Basic Law to alter Hong Kong’s electoral system. Critics say the shake-up is a step backwards, reducing (...)
Whatever happened to the Hong Kong protest movement that raged and preoccupied global attention for many months in 2019? Ignited by the Hong Kong government’s attempt to ram through an extradition bill in the legislature, the movement evolved in several phases.
In the first phase, the struggle (...)
We write to update the case on the 47 democrats, who participated in the primaries of Legislative Council (LegCo) in July 2020, were arrested on 6th January and were charged with conspiracy to commit subversion, including Carol Ng, chair of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions and Winnie (...)
Dozens of pro-democracy politicians and activists have been rounded up, charged and denied bail in fresh crackdown on opposition to China
The phones rang on Friday, one month earlier than expected. More than 50 pro-democracy politicians and activists across Hong Kong received a call from the (...)
Trade unionists around the world, and particularly in the Global South, increasingly face the risk of political persecution for defending basic labour rights and political freedoms. In Myanmar, trade unions have been outlawed and union leaders are being targeted by the military regime. In (...)
The ITUC and the ITF demand that the ’Hong Kong’ authorities drop all charges against the activists and release them immediately without conditions.
Among the 47 activists are two trade unionists – Carol Ng, Chairperson of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, and Winnie Yu, Chair of the (...)
All 47 democrats facing security law charges remanded in custody after Dep’t of Justice appeals against bail decision for 15.
As they left court, some defendants chanted: “Five demands, not one less!” “Political prisoners are not guilty!” and “Hongkonger won’t die!”. All 47 pro-democracy figures (...)
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