Category: Hong Kong National Security Law

Hong Kong No Longer A Safe Place for Free Speech, Scholar Left Hong Kong for UK

Chung Kim-wah, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (HKPORI), announced on April 24 that he was leaving Hong Kong for the UK. He posted on social media: “I Don’t want to be a deserter, but I have to avoid tyranny.” Before leaving Hong Kong, Chung Kim-wah and HKPORI were repeatedly…


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

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…


Hong Kong Police Force Adopts Chinese-Style Foot Drills, Identifying With the CCP Army

The autonomous region’s Hong Kong disciplined forces will be removing its previous British-style training, with the Fire Services Department and the Police Force switching to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) military-style foot drills on Jan. 24 and July 1 respectively. A Jan. 12 publication released by the Hong Kong Police Force said the senior management…


China’s Seizure of Another Canadian Draws Protests From Parliamentarians

Canadian parliamentarians are calling for the release of another Canadian citizen who has been arbitrarily seized by the communist-led authorities in Hong Kong. Denise Ho, a popular singer and prominent pro-democracy activist, was taken from her residence by the Hong Kong national security police at around 6 a.m. local time on Dec. 29, according to…


China’s Arrest of Another Canadian Draws Protests From Parliamentarians

Canadian parliamentarians are calling for the release of another Canadian citizen who has been arbitrarily seized by the communist-led authorities in Hong Kong. Denise Ho, a popular singer and prominent pro-democracy activist, was taken from her residence by the Hong Kong national security police at around 6 a.m. local time on Dec. 29, according to…


Canadian Foreign Minister ‘Deeply Concerned’ by Arrest of Canadian Activist Denise Ho, Others in Hong Kong

Canada’s foreign affairs minister says she is “deeply concerned” by the arrest of a Canadian citizen and her media colleagues in Hong Kong, while parliamentarians in Canada are asking for swift action to ensure her release. Denise Ho, a popular singer and prominent pro-democracy activist, was taken from her residence by the Hong Kong national…


Hong Kong Voter Turnout at Historical Low Amid Worsening Political Environment

The majority of Hong Kong voters did not cooperate with the Hong Kong regime’s “patriots only” Legislative Council elections this month. The turnout at the Dec. 19 election was the lowest since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took over Hong Kong’s sovereignty in 1997, with only 30.2 percent of the 4.5 million registered voters casting…


Hong Kong Files Sedition Charge Against Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai

Hong Kong prosecutors on Tuesday filed a “seditious publications” charge against Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, adding to the charges he already faces under Beijing’s draconian national security law for his participation in a Tiananmen vigil in June 2020.  The additional sedition charge accuses Apple Daily founder Lai, 74, of conspiracy to print,…


Hong Kong Students to Be Taught to ‘Correctly Understand’ Chinese History in Curriculum Redo

Hong Kong authorities are aiming to strengthen “national identity” among school children through a new curriculum issued on Tuesday. Branded as “brainwashing” by critics, the 89-page revised framework on civic values, titled the “Values Education Curriculum Framework,” was issued to all schools in the city. It replaces an eight-page “Moral and Civic Education Curriculum Framework”…


How the Chinese Regime Plans to Destroy Our Civil Liberties

Commentary The Hong Kong of just a decade ago is unrecognizable from the Hong Kong of today. With the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) busy revising university curriculums, collective patriotism has replaced individual freedom; loyalty to Beijing is not just expected, it’s compulsory. Refusal to comply, more often than not, results in punishment. To date, the…