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, by PHILLIPS Tom
Nineteen-year-old is given 80 hours’ community service but has said he will continue to fight for democracy.
Joshua Wong, the most public face of Hong Kong’s umbrella movement demonstrations, has avoided a jail term for his role in a protest that helped launch the unprecedented 79-day (…)
, by PHILLIPS Tom
Teenager convicted of ‘illegal assembly’ by a court after entering fenced off area outside Hong Kong’s government headquarters
Joshua Wong, the teenage activist who was one of the most recognisable faces of Hong Kong’s umbrella movement protests, has been found guilty of “illegal assembly” by (…)
, by Collective / Multiple signers, LSD
Lancôme has cancelled its promotional concert with Canto-pop singer Denise Ho Wan-sze due to ’possible safety reasons’ after receiving criticism from the Beijing newspaper Global Times on Ho’s pro-democracy stance. Lancôme is kneeling down in the face of this autocratic hegemony and we urge for (…)
, by PHILLIPS Tom
Demosisto party, founded by some of the leaders of 2014 protests, aims to fight against perceived attempts by China to erode region’s autonomy.
Some of the most prominent leaders of Hong Kong’s umbrella movement protests have launched a new political party, vowing to press on with their fight (…)
, by MOSS Stephen
Attempts to forcibly remove street food stands caused riots in Hong Kong on Monday. But there’s more to the #fishballrevolution than just snacks.
The “fishball revolution” sounds like a joke, but when you look at the footage coming out of Hong Kong you realise it is anything but. Bloodied (…)
, by CHEUNG Karen
A study commissioned by the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) has found that more than half of Hongkongers surveyed are in favour of legislation against sexual orientation, gender identity and intersex status discrimination, indicating a visible shift in public opinion over the past decade. (…)
, by PHILLIPS Tom
Hong Kong activist hits out at Beijing in video over missing booksellers
After fifth disappearance, umbrella movement’s Agnes Chow criticises China regime in video that has gone viral.
A young pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong has released a video, which has gone viral, attacking Beijing’s (…)
, by YAT Mu
Note: This is an adapted account about a Hong Kong cook, Sai Fai, and how he became politicized during the Umbrella Movement. The original Chinese report was posted on the NWSC (Neighborhood and Workers Service Centre) website.
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In 2014, like many people, Sai Fai had to (…)
, by HKUSU
As the immoral prevail, the righteous wither We are left with no room to fall back in safeguarding our autonomy
HKUSU declaration in response to the rejection of the appointment of the Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic Staffing and Resources) of the Council of the University of (…)
, by Van Der Horst Linda
Launched in the wake of the city’s Occupy protests, Hong Kong Free Press aims to “shine a light in dark places”.
A year ago, he was just a journalism student at Hong Kong University. Now he runs a hot-item fresh news outlet in Hong Kong.
Tom Grundy, a 32-year-old from England, came over to (…)
, by HKCTU
Since 2012, the Mainland labour NGOs has been politically oppressed by forcing them to move out from their offices. However, the oppression has been escalating to detaining and seriously assaulting labour rights defenders by police recently. HKCTU is going to publish a Labour Day Declaration on (…)
Press Release from Erwiana Sulistyaningsih forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC).
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10th February, 2015, Hong Kong SAR: I am happy that I won my case and the justice for me and other victims is finally upheld .
I would like to thank Riyanthi for helping (…)
, by FORSYTHE Michael
HONG KONG — She claimed that her employer kicked her and beat her with a vacuum cleaner pipe. She said that she was given only one bottle of water a day to minimize toilet breaks, was forced to sleep on the floor and became emaciated for lack of food.
On Tuesday, a court here agreed, (…)
, by HKCTU
DECEMBER 12: THE HKCTU LEADERS HAVE BEEN RELEASED!
The HKCTU leaders and members who were arrested at the 75-day Admiralty occupation on Thursday, December 11, while resisting the clearing of the occupation zone, were all released on December 12 without charges.
Numerous solidarity actions (…)
The police ended the main sit-in of the Occupy movement in Admiralty yesterday with the arrest of 247 people, including politicians, student leaders and a pop star. Traffic through the area resumed 75 days after the occupation started.
However, student leaders vowed to continue their (…)
, by CHU Julie, LAU Chris, SO Peter
The Federation of Students, the major force behind the Occupy Central protests, could decide within a week whether to retreat from occupied sites after refusing for more than nine weeks to call off its civil disobedience action.
A change of mind at the core of the federation seems to be afoot (…)
, by KAO Ernest, LAI Ying-kit, LAU Chris
Scores of Occupy protesters in stand-off with police in Mong Kok after more than thirty protesters arrested during scuffles.
Police fired tear spray to break up crowds of protesters in Mong Kok, after more than thirty people were arrested as scuffles broke out with police during a (…)
, by AU Loong-yu
Both movements demand basic political freedom from the CPC (Communist Party of China), but the “one country two systems” policy makes the situation in Hong Kong more complicated. This policy can protect Hong Kong from the direct rule of the CPC; however, on the other hand it means that the Hong (…)
, by AU Loong-yu
This is an excerpt of an essay originally published in the Ming Pao Daily on 19th October, 2014. Certain paragraphs have been slightly edited and supplemented for English readers. This essay is translated for the coming issue of Amandla, the South African radical left journal. (…)
, by Against the Current
AS AGAINST THE Current goes to press, the confrontation between the Hong Kong democracy movement and the Beijing-backed authorities remains unresolved.
The government’s various attempts to end the occupation — to wait the students out, to rout them with pepper spray and clubs, to unleash (…)
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