Britain has condemned the Hong Kong authorities’ sentencing of nine prominent pro-democracy activists on Friday for taking part in peaceful protests. Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 14 months in prison, while nine other activists received jail time or suspended sentences for organising and participating in unauthorized assemblies during mass anti-Beijing, pro-democracy…
UK Condemns Jailing of Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists
‘Staying in Hong Kong is a Dead End:’ Hong Kong Father and Son Seek Asylum in the US
Both arrested for a major protest in Hong Kong, a father and son are seeking asylum in the United States at an immigration detention facility. They entered the United States from Mexico on April 10 and turned themselves in. The family doesn’t have British National Overseas (BNO) passports. Upon learning that plainclothes police were closely…
‘Staying in Hong Kong is a Dead End’: Hong Kong Father and Son Seek Asylum in US
Both arrested for a major protest in Hong Kong, a father and son are seeking asylum in the United States at an immigration detention facility. They entered the United States from Mexico on April 10 and turned themselves in. The family doesn’t have British National Overseas (BNO) passports. Upon learning that plainclothes police were closely…
Hong Kong Father and Son Seek Asylum in the US Upon Illegal Entry
Both arrested for a major protest in Hong Kong, a father and son are seeking asylum in the United States at an immigration detention facility. They entered the United States from Mexico on April 10 and turned themselves in. The family doesn’t have British National Overseas (BNO) passports. Upon learning that plainclothes police were closely…
Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong Sentenced to 4 Months Imprisonment
A jailed Hong Kong activist was sentenced to another four months in jail on April 13 for participating in an unauthorized anti-extradition law assembly in 2019, while also breaching the “Prohibition On Face Covering Regulation.” The total sentence of Joshua Wong, a 24-year-old pro-democracy leader, has been extended to 17 and a half months. Masks,…
Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong Sentence Extended to 17.5 Months Imprisonment
A jailed Hong Kong activist was sentenced to another four months in jail on April 13 for participating in an unauthorized anti-extradition law assembly in 2019, while also breaching the “Prohibition On Face Covering Regulation.” The total sentence of Joshua Wong, a 24-year-old pro-democracy leader, has been extended to 17 and a half months. Masks,…
Hong Kong Democracy Activist Nathan Law Granted Asylum in UK
Hong Kong democracy activist Nathan Law said that he has been granted political asylum in Britain, nearly nine months after arrived in London. “After several interviews in 4 months, the Home Office has informed me that my asylum application is approved,” he said on Twitter on Wednesday. “The fact that I am wanted under the…
Hong Kong Tycoon Jimmy Lai Among 3 Pleading Guilty to Illegal Assembly
HONG KONG—Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai and two pro-democracy activists pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges of participating in an illegal march during mass anti-government protests in 2019. The plea of guilty to joining the citywide unlawful protest on Aug. 31 that year comes a week after Lai and six more activists were found…
Lawyers of Hong Kong Activists Punished: One Firm Forced to Dissolve, One Lawyer Barred From Travel
Two Chinese lawyers have been punished by Chinese authorities—one lawyer barred from traveling abroad, one’s company facing dissolution—both have had their licenses revoked for crossing Beijing’s red line by representing politically sensitive high-profile cases. Chinese human rights lawyer Lu Siwei and Ren Quanniu represented two of the 12 Hong Kong youth, who were intercepted by…
Hong Kong Court Finds 7 Pro-Democracy Figures Guilty of Unauthorised Assembly
HONG KONG—A Hong Kong court found seven prominent pro-democracy figures guilty on Thursday of “unauthorized assembly,” including barrister Martin Lee and media tycoon Jimmy Lai, the latest blow to the city’s beleaguered democracy movement. The group were accused of taking part in an approved assembly on Aug. 18, 2019, when mass protests opposing the pro-Beijing…
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