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47 Hong Kong opposition figures charged with subversion

Brian Wong, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jun 01 01:41 PM

Forty-seven Hong Kong opposition figures charged over their roles in an unofficial primary election last July are now facing the possibility of life in prison after a magistrate granted prosecutors’ request to move their trial to the High Court, where no cap on sentencing applies.   Read more »

Nearly 5,000 Hong Kong citizens sign up for new UK visa - The Times

Reuters
Posted at Feb 18 09:12 AM

Nearly 5,000 Hong Kong citizens have applied for visas to live, work and study in the United Kingdom since changes that make it easier for people in the Asian financial hub to be granted entry, The Times newspaper reported. Read more »

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai denied bail in national security case

James Pomfret, Reuters
Posted at Feb 09 11:16 AM

Hong Kong's top court denied bail on Tuesday to media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai, the most high-profile person to be charged under the city's national security law. Read more »

Hong Kong unveils national security guidelines for children aged six and above

Reuters
Posted at Feb 05 01:11 PM

Hong Kong has unveiled controversial guidelines for schools in the Chinese-ruled city that include teaching students as young as six about foreign interference and subversion as part of a new national security curriculum. Read more »

5 Hong Kong democracy protesters seek asylum in the US

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 18 09:56 PM

Five Hong Kong democracy protesters who reportedly fled to Taiwan have arrived in the United States intending to seek asylum, an activist group said on Saturday. Read more »

Hong Kong national security police make 11 new arrests

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 14 05:07 PM

Hong Kong's national security police arrested 11 people in dawn raids on Thursday, including a veteran human rights lawyer, on suspicion of helping a group of activists make a failed bid to flee the city by speedboat. Read more »

China plans further Hong Kong crackdown after mass arrest - sources

James Pomfret, Reuters
Posted at Jan 12 01:41 PM

The arrest of more than 50 democrats in Hong Kong last week intensifies a drive by Beijing to stifle any return of a populist challenge to Chinese rule and more measures are likely, according to two individuals with direct knowledge of China's plans. 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 »

Hong Kong faithful pray for future under security crackdown

Su Xinqi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 08 12:00 PM

Cardinal Joseph Zen fled the communist takeover of China as a teenager and found sanctuary in Hong Kong, a bastion of religious freedom that he now fears could disappear under Beijing's tightening grip. 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 »

Under Beijing's watchful eye, Joshua Wong treads fine line

Su Xinqi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 10 03:13 PM

Not a day goes by without Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong wondering how long it will be before the police's new national security unit comes for him. 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 »

Two Hong Kong opposition lawmakers arrested over protests

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 26 11:35 AM

HONG KONG - Two prominent Hong Kong opposition lawmakers were arrested on Wednesday in a police operation focused on last year's huge anti-government protests, the latest move in a widening crackdown against the city's democracy camp. Read more »

Hong Kong media group soar again, up 788 percent since owner's arrest

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 11 12:19 PM

Shares in the parent company of a Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper have skyrocketed nine-fold since its owner was arrested, after enjoying another blockbuster surge Tuesday as activists threw their support behind him. Read more »

Hong Kong media giant soars 344 percent as Lai arrest spurs activists

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 10 05:25 PM

Shares in a Hong Kong media group critical of Beijing soared more than 300 percent on Monday as democracy activists hit social media urging investors to support the media company after its owner was arrested under the city's new security law. 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 activist Joshua Wong says 'resistance will continue'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 31 03:01 PM

Hong Kong, China -- Hong Kong's democracy camp will continue to fight Beijing's crackdown on political freedoms, prominent dissident Joshua Wong said Friday after he and other activists were barred from standing for election. Read more »

Student arrests in Hong Kong deepen 'white terror' fears

Jerome Taylor and Yan Zhao, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 30 03:00 PM

Hong Kong has fallen into an era of "white terror", democracy campaigners said Thursday after four students –- one aged just 16 –- were arrested for social media posts deemed to be a threat to China's national security. Read more »

New Zealand suspends extradition treaty with Hong Kong

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 28 11:30 AM

WELLINGTON - New Zealand suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong on Tuesday in protest at a "deeply concerning" new security law China has imposed on the territory, joining its allies in sanctioning Beijing over the move. 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 »