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Hong Kong protest-related website says users' access blocked

Reuters
Posted at Jan 11 12:00 PM

A Hong Kong website that publishes material mainly related to anti-government protests in 2019 said its users' access had been blocked by the city's internet service providers (ISPs). Read more »

TIMELINE: The impact of the national security law on Hong Kong

Reuters
Updated as of Jan 06 12:02 PM

Here is a timeline of developments since China imposed national security legislation in Hong Kong this year, making anything Beijing regards as subversion, secession, terrorism or colluding with foreign forces punishable by up to life in prison. Read more »

Protests and pandemic: will pent-up resentment, frustration among Hong Kong’s youth explode again into social unrest?

Lilian Cheng and Tony Cheung, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 05 01:16 PM

Hong Kong leaders must tackle students’ pent-up resentment against the government and frustration over the coronavirus pandemic, experts have said, warning that anger could explode again into social unrest.   Read more »

2020 Yearender: Top world stories other than COVID-19

Aleta Nieva-Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 31 01:17 PM

MANILA -- Here’s a look back at stories that made headlines and captured the interests of news.abs-cbn.com readers here and abroad other than COVID-19. Read more »

More Thai protest leaders charged with royal defamation

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 08 09:28 PM

Thailand has strict lese majeste laws, enshrined in section 112 of the penal code, shielding the ultra-wealthy King Maha Vajiralongkorn from criticism.   Read more »

‘China’s Rebel City’: Watch the complete version of SCMP’s gripping protest documentary

SCMP Reporter
Posted at Dec 08 01:27 PM

For the first time, the South China Morning Post has released its exhaustive documentary on last year’s anti-government protests in its complete, uninterrupted form. The hour-long production on Hong Kong’s greatest upheaval of the post-handover era draws on SCMP’s frontline footage and its award-winning journalism. Read more »

Thailand criticized over royal insult charges as more summoned

Panarat Thepgumpanat and Matthew Tostevin, Reuters
Posted at Nov 25 04:25 PM

Thailand faced criticism from international rights groups on Wednesday for bringing charges of insulting the monarchy against protest leaders who have challenged King Maha Vajiralongkorn as well as the government.   Read more »

Thai PM says all laws to be used against protesters

Reuters
Posted at Nov 19 02:31 PM

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Thursday that all laws would be used against protesters who have demanded his removal, a new constitution and reforms to the monarchy of King Maha Vajiralongkorn. Read more »

How the dream of Hong Kong democracy was dimmed

Austin Ramzy, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 12 01:35 PM

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers said Wednesday that they would resign en masse to protest Beijing’s growing control over the local legislature, one of the last remaining centers of dissent in the Chinese city.   Read more »

Revelers return to HK’s nightlife hotspots to celebrate Halloween amid small protests

Victor Ting and Chan Ho-him, South China Morning Post
Posted at Nov 01 05:19 PM

Party-goers flood bar districts in Central, Tsim Sha Tsui, Wan Chai and Mong Kok, some paying no respect to social-distancing rules. Meanwhile, muted demonstrations were staged in parts of city to show solidarity with Thailand’s protesters and mark 14 months of a police operation at MTR station. Read more »

HK protests: Greta Thunberg backs release of 12 city fugitives detained in mainland China

Jeffie Lam, South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 19 01:28 PM

The teen environmentalist joins global campaign demanding the group’s return to Hong Kong. The dozen, wanted in Hong Kong for protest-related offenses, are held in Shenzhen after being intercepted en route to Taiwan. Read more »

Thai protesters vow new demonstration despite crackdown

Patpicha Tanakasempipat, Reuters
Posted at Oct 17 01:38 PM

Thai protesters said they would hold another demonstration on Saturday despite a crackdown by police on more than three months of protests that have targeted the powerful monarchy as well as the government.   Read more »

Nearly 40 nations demand China respect Uighur human rights

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 07 07:00 AM

The US, Japan and many EU nations joined a call on Tuesday urging China to respect the human rights of minority Uighurs, and also expressing concern about the situation in Hong Kong. Read more »

Hong Kong leader hails 'return to peace', anniversary protests banned

Jerome Taylor and Yan Zhao, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 01 01:40 PM

Hong Kong's leader Thursday hailed her city's "return to peace" after China imposed a security law that helped quash last year's huge democracy movement, as thousands of police were on standby to stamp out any fresh protests during National Day celebrations. Read more »

What you can no longer say in Hong Kong

Jin Wu and Elaine Yu, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 09 12:30 PM

A national security law passed June 30 instantly altered the lives and liberties of Hong Kong’s residents, criminalizing words and images that just hours earlier had been legally protected free speech.   Read more »

'Night fell': Hong Kong's first month under China security law

Su Xinqi and Jerome Taylor, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 10 01:48 PM

A political earthquake has coursed through the former British colony since the national security law came into effect on 30 June. Read more »

Hong Kong disqualifications, arrests deepen purge fears

Jerome Taylor and Yan Zhao, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 31 06:03 AM

Leading Hong Kong democracy campaigners were disqualified Thursday from upcoming elections after four student activists were arrested for social media posts, sparking warnings of a new "terror" under authoritarian China. Read more »

China says Hong Kong democracy activists trying to launch 'revolution'

Su Xinqi and Jerome Taylor, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 15 04:20 AM

China has accused Hong Kong democracy activists of trying to start a revolution as it warned some campaigning for recent primaries may have breached a tough new security law it imposed on the city. Read more »

Hong Kong democracy figures resign after security law passed

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 30 01:36 PM

Four young leaders of a Hong Kong pro-democracy political party announced their resignations on Monday, hours after Beijing passed a sweeping national security law for the city.   Read more »

China passes security law for Hong Kong giving Beijing sweeping powers

Reuters
Updated as of Jun 30 10:46 AM

China's parliament passed national security legislation for Hong Kong on Tuesday, setting the stage for the most radical changes to the former British colony's way of life since it returned to Chinese rule almost exactly 23 years ago.   Read more »