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, by AU Loong-yu
The 47 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong charged in 2021 with trying to overthrow the government by running an unofficial primary to pick opposition candidates for local elections were sentenced on 19 November. Au Loong Yu was interviewed by the World of Labour, Germany about the trial.
Can (…)
, by Hong Kong Labour Rights Monitor (HKLRM), Workers Against CCP
45 pro-democracy activists including vocal trade unionists Carol Ng, Winnie Yu and labour advocate Leung Kwok-hung were convicted of “conspiracy to subvert state power” for their involvement in the 2020 primary elections and were sentenced to prison terms ranging from four years and two months (…)
, by Hong Kong Labour Rights Monitor (HKLRM)
Today (19 November 2024), 1,361 days after the police formally charged the defendants, Hong Kong’s national security-designated judges finally gave sentences to the 45 defendants found guilty of conspiracy to commit subversion under the National Security Law (NSL) for their participation in the (…)
, by DAVIDSON Helen
Members of ‘Hong Kong 47’ – charged in 2021 over involvement in pre-election primary – sentenced to between four and 10 years
He is a good person’: anger and distress as Hong Kong activists sentenced to prison – video
Dozens of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy figures have been (…)
, by JURIST
The Hong Kong Court of First Instance on Tuesday sentenced 45 defendants for conspiracy to commit subversion, with prison terms ranging from 50 to 120 months, depending on their alleged roles in an unauthorized primary election staged by pro-democracy groups in 2020.
The case stems from (…)
, by ZI Yuet
Introduction
Five years have passed since Hong Kong’s mass movement of 2019. Despite the regime’s repression and white terror, the embers of resistance still smoulder in the hearts of every Hongkonger, unquenchable. The regime’s censorship, repression, and rewriting of history will not succeed (…)
, by AU Loong-yu, HK Labour Rights Monitor
Five years after the 2019 Anti-Extradition Bill Movement, hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongers left the city, while others chose to stay. The movement sparked a political awakening and had a profound impact on millions of people in Hong Kong. This collective movement holds significant (…)
, by LEUNG Hillary
“Ten years ago, we met in a gay-friendly church… we met at the right place, the right time,” one man told his partner after they exchanged their vows at a wedding in Hong Kong that saw 10 LGBTQ couples get married.
The banquet hall in Hong Kong’s Eaton Hotel has seen countless weddings (…)
, by MAO Frances
Lord Sumption (pictured) is one of the three foreign judges who have resigned from the Court of Final Appeal
A high-profile British judge who resigned from Hong Kong’s highest court last week has warned the city is “slowly becoming a totalitarian state” and judges are being compromised by an (…)
, by Agence France-Presse
Police say spectators ‘turned their backs toward the pitch and did not stand for the playing of the national anthem’
Three people have been arrested for turning their backs and remaining seated when China’s national anthem was played prior to Hong Kong’s home World Cup qualifier against Iran, (…)
, by YING Chan
The no-jury landmark trial of the Hong Kong 47, presided over by three specially designated national security judges has convicted 14 out of 16 activists of taking part in a “conspiracy to commit subversion”.
Two were found not guilty, but the prosecution has already signalled appealing (…)
, by WASSERSTROM Jeffrey, YAM Sharon
When it comes to comedy, business and elections, it’s said that timing is everything. It’s also crucial when it comes to repression. The tragic transformation of Hong Kong, once defined by public spectacle, diversity of opinion and a cacophony of voices, into a place where only certain views and (…)
, by YANG William
What do the subversion verdicts handed down to 14 pro-democracy activists by Hong Kong’s High Court mean for life in the territory? DW spoke with experts.
The guilty verdicts handed down to 14 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong by the city’s High Court on Thursday is an outcome that many had (…)
Within the government, the Labor and Welfare Department announced plans to amended the Trade Unions Ordinance to require that union founders sign a declaration stating that the union is not a threat to national security. Secretary for Justice Paul Lam announced that the department will not (…)
Under the government’s strict control, independent unions have been devastated, labor protests are prohibited, and opposition to the government’s labor policies has become rare.
It’s been five years since Hong Kong has held 5.1 marches on International Labor Day. Since the implementation of (…)
, by HAWKINS Amy
More than 10,000 arrests and nearly 3,000 prosecutions, with 82% given jail including ‘extraordinary high’ proportion of children
Protesters involved in the 2019-2020 pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong have been treated extraordinarily harshly by the criminal justice system compared with (…)
1. This is not an “Israel-Hamas Conflict” between equal powers, but ongoing ethnic cleansing by Israel against Palestinians
In the mainstream news and media, the ongoing crisis in the Gaza Strip and Palestine is euphemistically referred to as the “Israel-Palestinian Conflict” or the (…)
, by CHEUNG Siyan
Prison visitors say they could be targeted by police for helping jailed pro-democracy protesters.
A major detention facility in Hong Kong is overflowing after a years-long crackdown on political opposition and peaceful dissent, official documents show.
The Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre, one (…)
, par CHAU Candice
The lyrics of Glory to Hong Kong, a song popularised during the 2019 extradition bill protests, contain the phrase, “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times,” a slogan that was ruled to be capable of inciting secession during the city’s first national security trial.
Hong Kong’s High Court (…)
, by CHAN Irène
Hong Kong national security police have questioned seven relatives and acquaintances of two wanted activists, in the latest move against eight overseas-based pro-democracy figures for whom arrests warrants and HK$1 million bounties were issued.
It was the latest such action against their (…)
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