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‘Ideas are bulletproof’: Hong Kong democrats share final words as they face security law charges
Over 30 activists and politicians arrested under the national security law shared their last words ahead of police detention.
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/03/01/ideas-are-bulletproof-hong-kong-democrats-s
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We brought you the news about the arrest of Carol Ng, chair of Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU), early last month. https://mailchi.mp/hkctu.org.hk/call-for-hksar-government-to-cease-political-suppression-now On 28th February the police charged her, (...)
A vast campaign is underway, mobilizing more than a thousand police officers: 47 men and 8 women were arrested on the 6th and 2 more men on the 7th. Only a portion of them could be released on bail.
Among those arrested on the 6th were Carol Ng, president of the central labour union HKCTU, (...)
Democrats arrested over their participation in last year’s primaries for the now-postponed Legislative Council election could be bailed out as early as Thursday, according to local media citing sources.
NowTV cited sources saying that 50 people arrested on Wednesday 6 morning could be bailed (...)
Most of the 53 detained over their involvement in a July primary election run-off have had their passports confiscated, according to lawyers US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, meanwhile, issues statements condemning arrests and threatening fresh sanctions
All 53 former opposition lawmakers and (...)
The fight for political freedom and grassroots social justice are inextricable
On 6 January 2021, the Hong Kong Police Force arrested over 50 pro-democracy politicians and activists for running in the Legislative Council (LegCo) democratic primary election under the National Security Law.
The (...)
More than 50 of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy activists and politicians have been arrested in the biggest crackdown since China imposed a draconian security law last year.
About 1,000 police took part in morning raids on 72 premises across the city.
Those held helped run an (...)
Police arrest more than 50 campaigners and politicians under its national-security law.
THE HARSH national-security law which China imposed on Hong Kong in June once relied more on its bark than its bite. During its first few months in force, only 35 people were arrested under the bill, which (...)
2021年1月6日，香港警務處以涉嫌觸犯「港區國安法」為名，於清晨大肆拘捕曾參加於2019年舉行的民主派初選中，超過50名香港民主派人士，其中包括前立法會議員、現任區議員、醫生、律師。警方更藉法庭手令，搜查被捕人士所屬的律師樓、醫務所、議員辦事處，及要求四個傳媒機構提供與初選有關的交易詳情。但警方所持的執法理據，僅為倡議初選者及部分候選人曾提及否決財政預算案，以令政府須根據基本法重選立法會及行政長官。
On 6th January 2021, over 50 pro-democracy politicians who participated in the Primary Election were accused of violating The (...)
Carol Ng, chairperson of Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU), was arrested home today (6 Jan) by the national security department of the local police and alleged to have committed the crime of subverting the state power under the national security law (NSL). Arrested together with (...)
The International Transport Workers’ Federation demands the immediate release of 53 activists arrested this morning in Hong Kong under the National Security Law for allegedly “subverting state power” by holding primaries for pro-democracy candidates in the postponed Hong Kong elections.
Among (...)
Review of Au Loong-Yu, Hong Kong in Revolt: the Protest Movement and the Future of China (Pluto Press, 2020)
Before SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, entered the United States, the biggest news out of China was the months-long uprising in Hong Kong. Millions poured out into the (...)
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Hong Kong police have arrested seven top pro-democracy figures on suspicion of unauthorised assembly during a July 1 protest.
Leung Kwok-hung (Long Hair) and Figo Chan of the League of Social Democrats, and Eastern District Councillors Tsang Kin-sing, Andy Chui and Lancelot Chan were among (...)
A Hong Kong church whose volunteers have provided humanitarian support to pro-democracy protesters says its bank account has been frozen in the second such incident in days,
The Good Neighbour North District Church said in a Facebook post that its account with HSBC, as well as the accounts of (...)
Hong Kong democrat Ted Hui confirms he will go into exile and not return from Denmark https://hongkongfp.com/2020/12/03/breaking-democrat-ted-hui-confirms-he-will-go-into-exile-and-not-return-from-denmark/
by Tom GRUNDY (HKFP) 20:11, 3 December 2020
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The trio were convicted over a demo outside the police headquarters in Wan Chai last June.
Hong Kong pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam have been sentenced to prison for organising and inciting an unauthorised assembly outside the police headquarters in Wan Chai last (...)
That the 2019 movement fostered the rise of the far-right requires serious collective examination for all Hongkongers
In the midst of the U.S. election, Hong Kong has found itself again in the international spotlight—this time implicated in the middle of a far-right disinformation campaign. The (...)
The democracy movement may be quiet. But it is alive and it will survive.
As of a couple of weeks ago, Hong Kong no longer has a formal political opposition. The entire pro-democracy camp resigned from Hong Kong’s Legislative Council in protest over a resolution by the Standing Committee of the (...)
Hong Kong health chief has said that 7,000 medical workers who went on strike earlier this year over the government’s response to Covid-19 will be “handled with an established mechanism.” Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan said in the Legislative Council on Wednesday that the Hospital (...)
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