A Hong Kong student activist pleaded guilty to charges of secession under the Beijing-imposed national security law, as well as a count of money laundering at trial on Nov. 3. The 20-year-old Tony Chung was denied bail after he was arrested in October last year. Local media reported at the time he was taken away…
‘I Have a Clear Conscience’: Hong Kong Activist Pleads Guilty to Secession Under Beijing-Imposed Security Law
Hong Kong Residents in Australia Granted New Ways to Permanent Residency
The Australian government has introduced two permanent residence visas for Hong Kong citizens amid concerns over Beijing’s controversial national security law in Hong Kong. It is estimated that about 8,800 existing temporary skilled, temporary graduate, and student visa holders will be eligible for these new visas from March 5, 2022. The subclass 191–the Hong Kong…
Hong Kong Convicts Second Person Under National Security Law
October 26, 2021
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HONG KONG—Hong Kong has convicted a second person under its sweeping national security law for chanting pro-independence slogans, amid a political clampdown in the city. Ma Chun-man was convicted of inciting secession on Monday after he was found to have chanted slogans such as “Hong Kong independence, the only way out” on 20 occasions between…
US Decries ‘Politically Motivated Prosecutions’ in Hong Kong
October 21, 2021
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The State Department expressed serious concerns about the continued deterioration of freedoms in Hong Kong, telling Beijing to cease its “politically-motivated arrests” and release the “unjustly detained” in the regime’s ever-expanding clampdown. “We note in particular the increase in politically-motivated prosecutions, including through the National Security Law, targeting Hong Kong’s teachers, labor unions, lawyers, journalists,…
Court Rulings Free Hong Kong Police to Probe Older Offences Under Security Law
October 19, 2021
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HONG KONG—Recent court judgements have freed Hong Kong authorities to use national security powers to deploy tough colonial-era laws in a clampdown against opposition groups, alarming activists and lawyers in the city. Police have launched investigations into acts that took place before the national security law was imposed a year ago, despite assurances by Beijing…
7 Hong Kong Activists Jailed Over Protest Against National Security Law
October 17, 2021
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A Hong Kong court has jailed seven pro-democracy activists for up to 12 months on Oct. 16 over their involvement in an anti-government protest last year. The protest, although banned by the police citing CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus restrictions, took place on July 1, 2020, hours after a sweeping national security law imposed by…
Hong Kong’s Press Freedom Is Under Siege: Former Apple Daily Director
October 15, 2021
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Mark Clifford, one of the former independent non-executive directors at Next Digital, told a congressional hearing on Oct. 14 how press freedom is under attack in Hong Kong, as evident by how the Chinese regime has driven Apple Daily to its deathbed. Apple Daily, which is published by Next Digital, is a Hong Kong newspaper…
UN Human Rights Experts Call on Hong Kong Government to Repeal National Security Law
October 14, 2021
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Four independent U.N. human rights experts are calling on the Hong Kong government to drop the Beijing-imposed national security law, saying the legislation is fundamentally incompatible with international norms. “The experts urged the Government to urgently repeal and independently review the National Security Law to ensure it is both human rights and international law compliant,”…
Student Union at Chinese University of Hong Kong Disbands Amid Pressure
Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) saw its sole student union broken up on Oct. 7, eight months after the college withdrew recognition of the body. The move marks the latest dissolution of civil societies under the Beijing-imposed national security law. The recent-disbanded groups include the trade union and the group behind the annual Tiananmen…
Hong Kong’s Government Broadcaster Ordered to Support National Security Mission
September 30, 2021
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HONG KONG—Staff of Hong Kong’s embattled public broadcaster were ordered on Wednesday to support national security and the interests of the Chinese and Hong Kong governments, the broadcaster reported, a move certain to stoke fears over press freedom in the city. The only independent, publicly funded media outlet on Chinese soil, Radio Television Hong Kong…
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