Category: HK Stories

Official Who Supports CCP’s Suppression of Pro-Democracy Activists to Run for Hong Kong’s Top Job

April 9, 2022
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Hong Kong’s No. 2 official John Lee, who’s bidding to become the city’s next leader, said Friday he’d been relieved of his duties and would soon inform the public of his “next moves.” John Lee, a staunch supporter of a Beijing-backed clampdown on pro-democracy activists, said the central government had accepted his resignation from his…

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Jimmy Lai, Beijing’s Fearless Foe and a Prisoner of Conscience With God on His Side

April 8, 2022
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Index on Censorship, a global magazine campaigning for freedom of expression, recently released six letters written by Jimmy Lai in prison. Lai is the founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily, an outspoken Hong Kong newspaper critical of Beijing. He was arrested on Aug. 10, 2020, after being accused of “collusion with foreign forces” following the…

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