The federal government should cancel its contract with a visa application company that has links to Beijing to prevent the personal data of Hong Kongers trying to flee the city from falling into the hands of the communist regime, a parliamentary committee heard on Feb. 17. Hong Kong activists and experts testified before the Standing…
Ottawa Must End Contract With Visa Application Company Linked to CCP, Committee Hears
February 18, 2021
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Hong Kong Tycoon Jimmy Lai Denied Bail in National Security Case
HONG KONG—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. Lai had been in custody since Dec. 3, except when he was released on bail for about a week late last year. He was granted…
US Lawmakers Nominate Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Movement For Nobel Peace Prize
February 4, 2021
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers have nominated Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to recognize “all those who have built and maintained human rights and democracy” in the city. “We are nominating a movement that has peacefully advocated for and maintained human rights and democracy in Hong Kong since 1997 and…
UK Opens New Visa Scheme to Hong Kong Residents
January 31, 2021
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The UK government on Sunday officially opened a new visa scheme designed to offer holders of British National (Overseas) status in Hong Kong a path to citizenship at a time when freedom and human rights in the former British colony are under unprecedented threat from the Chinese regime. The scheme, first announced last July after…
Visa for Hongkongers ‘Will Benefit Britain’: Benedict Rogers
The UK’s new visa scheme for Hong Kong BN(O) status holders will not only help Hongkongers but also benefit Britain, Benedict Rogers, chief executive of British NGO Hong Kong Watch, said on Friday. “Hong Kong people are, as a generalisation, entrepreneurial, dynamic, creative, very educated people with a lot of initiative,” Rogers told NTD on Friday….
HK British National (Overseas) Status Holders Can Take UK’s Visa Offer With Other Documents: UK Foreign Office
Hongkongers with British National (Overseas) status holders can apply for a UK visa without a BN(O) passport, the UK’s Foreign Office said on Friday, after the Chinese regime declared its derecognition of the BN(O) passport. “We are disappointed but not surprised by the Chinese decision not to recognise British National (Overseas) passports,” the Foreign Office said…
Beijing Derecognizes Hong Kongers’ British National (Overseas) Passports
January 29, 2021
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The Chinese regime said on Friday it will stop recognizing British National (Overseas) passports as travel and identity documents in response to Britain’s offer of a pathway to citizenship to millions of Hong Kong residents. This came just hours after the British government announced that a special new visa will be opened for Hong Kong…
UK Prosecutor Pulls out of Hong Kong Case Against Pro-Democracy Activists
January 20, 2021
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HONG KONG—A British prosecutor hired by the Hong Kong government to lead a case against democracy activists has pulled out after coming under pressure in Britain including “disgraceful” comments by its foreign minister, city authorities said on Wednesday. David Perry, a Queen’s Counsel, was due to lead the case against tabloid media magnate Jimmy Lai…
Joshua Wong Arrested From Prison to Face Charges Under Beijing’s ‘National Security Law’
January 10, 2021
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HONG KONG—Hong Kong police have arrested pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong and Tam Tak-chi for violating Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing National Security Law, increasing the total number of arrests using the Beijing-backed law from 53 to 55. Both were in police custody at the time of the arrest on Thursday. Wong, former secretary-general of local pro-democracy party…
Hong Kong Democracy Website Experiences Temporary Blockage From Hong Kong ISPs
January 9, 2021
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A website “dedicated to exposing people supporting tyranny and dictatorship in Hong Kong” started receiving reports overnight on Jan. 6 that Hong Kong users were unable to access the site. Hong Kong Chronicles is a primarily Cantonese site that has been collating a database of information related to the Hong Kong protests, such as incidents…
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