Chief executive set out measures from housing and land to environmental protection but conspicuously omitted any reference to protesters’ demands But critics on both sides of the political divide say policy blueprint had failed to offer bold initiatives to address deep-rooted problems in Hong (...)
Sham is smashed in the head with hammers and spanners by at least four assailants who then flee in a car. The activist’s pro-democracy group has been responsible for some of Hong Kong’s biggest protest marches in recent years.
The leader of a pro-democracy group responsible for some of the (...)
Packed under a mass of Stars and Stripes, thousands rallied at Chater Garden on Monday 14 evening calling again for Washington to pass a bill that would punish those deemed responsible for suppressing freedoms in Hong Kong. The event, which was held under the slogan “Fight with Hong Kong, (...)
A towering four-metre statue of a female pro-democracy protester has been toppled shortly after it was erected on top of a popular Kowloon mountain. Lady Liberty – which depicts a protester in a gas mask, goggles and a helmet – was installed atop Lion Rock over the weekend. Volunteers hoisted the (...)
Hong Kong’s more hardline pro-democracy protesters have embraced increased violence towards private property, businesses and even people, triggering some soul-searching within the movement. But few moderates are willing to abandon their more radical comrades. Even by the standards of Hong (...)
Hong Kong pro-democracy activists and riot police clashed in chaotic scenes around the city on Sunday 13, with police in riot gear chasing protesters through crowds of lunchtime shoppers.
Rallies in shopping malls on Hong Kong island and across the harbor in the Kowloon district began (...)
Over a thousand people gathered at Tsim Sha Tsui’s clock tower on Saturday 12 afternoon in protest of emergency legislation enacted a week ago (October 4) by the Hong Kong government. Marchers – most in masks – proceeded to Sham Shui Po, halting traffic during the unauthorised demonstration.
Last (...)
A series of false allegations and smears have this week targeted journalists and unionists in Hong Kong known for speaking out against attacks on media. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) condemn the attacks against (...)
Han Dongfang
Han Dongfang, [56] learned the hard way that the Communist Party of China will shed blood to enforce its will. As an activist during the democracy protests of 1989, he stood in a rumour-swept Tiananmen Square in early June and assured fearful comrades that, as a former soldier (...)
On 4 October 2019, the regime announced that it has decided to invoke powers under the Emergency Regulations Ordinance and enacted the Prohibition on Face Covering Regulation (“Anti-Mask Law”). The Regulation prohibits Hongkongers from covering their faces in unauthorised assemblies, illegal (...)
Rampaging Hong Kong protesters bring large parts of city to standstill, destroying property after anti-mask law announced Published : 1:06am, 5 Oct, 2019 - Victor Ting, Yujing Liu, Danny Mok (SCMP) https://scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3031656/rampaging-hong-kong-protesters-bring-large-pa
Traffic at standstill as thousands again take to streets in Hong Kong to protest against anti-mask law Published: 1:44pm, 4 Oct, 2019 - Kanis Leung, Victor Ting, Tony Cheung (SCMP) https://scmp.com/news/hong- kong/politics/article/3031542/traffic-standstill-thousands-again-take-streets-hong-kong
Hong Kong—Going into her last year of high school in Hong Kong, Joy thought she had her future figured out. Driven by a desire to protect others, she wanted to become a police officer. It would have been a good life. Citizens would respectfully address her with the English word “Madam”—a holdover (...)
Over the last few months, a massive wave of mass struggle emerged in Hong Kong and attracted the world’s attention. Think Left interviews local social activists in Hong Kong, in order to allow its readers to have an in-depth understanding on the current political crisis and mass struggles in (...)
Prominent Hong Kong protesters were flying home from Washington Saturday 21 night buoyed by international support and determined to press on with their struggle well beyond two looming anniversaries.
In an interview with AFP, Joshua Wong, 22, and pop star Denise Ho, 42, downplayed the personal (...)
Protesters marched through shopping malls in Hong Kong on Sunday 22, targeting businesses with connections to China — or those perceived to be pro-Beijing — as demonstrations in the city stretched into their 16th weekend.
The new tactic showed a simmering anger toward the city’s business elites, (...)
Brian Leung , who removed mask after storming the legislature on July 1, favours non-violent means of protest but says use of force is ‘sometimes justifiable’ The 25-year-old has no regrets and will continue his support from the United States by becoming ‘a voice of the movement’.
Exiled student (...)
A 64 pages multimedia chronology (South China Morning Post)
https://multimedia.scmp.com/infographics/news/hong-kong/article/3027462/hong-kong-100-days-of-protests/index.html
China fury as Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong meets German foreign minister
10 September - AFP
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/10/china-fury-hong-kong-activist-joshua-wong-meets-german-foreign-minister/
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong has met Germany’s foreign minister as he carries abroad (...)
In a series of in-depth articles on the unrest rocking Hong Kong, the Post goes behind the headlines to look at the underlying issues, current state of affairs, and where it is all heading. In this final instalment, we talk to frontline protesters as they question whether they are prepared for (...)
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