Hong Kong police on May 11 arrested 90-year-old Cardinal Joseph Zen, along with four other pro-democracy figures allegedly linked to a fund supporting Hong Kong protesters, according to local media reports. The arrests were made under a draconian Beijing-imposed national security law used to quash dissent in the city. Hong Kong National Security Police Unit…
Hong Kong Police Arrest 90-Year-Old Cardinal Joseph Zen Under National Security Law
May 11, 2022
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Hong Kong’s Prospective Chief Executive Seeks Only ‘Cash Donations’ for Election Campaign Amid US Sanctions
John Lee Ka-chiu, the only candidate for Hong Kong’s next chief executive, revealed that he could only raise funds in cash due to U.S. sanctions, according to local media reports. Businesspeople interested in supporting Lee’s campaign were reportedly reluctant to donate using their real names for fear of becoming targets of further U.S. sanctions. The…
YouTube Blocks Account of Next Hong Kong Leader, Citing US Sanctions
YouTube has taken down the channel of John Lee Ka-chiu, the sole candidate campaigning for Hong Kong chief executive, citing compliance with U.S. sanctions. Despite running unopposed, Lee began promoting his campaign on YouTube and Facebook. But YouTube, operated by Google, blocked the Beijing-backed candidate’s channel on April 20 in compliance with U.S. sanctions…
Hong Kong Police Arrest Veteran Journalist for Alleged Sedition
HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s national security police arrested a veteran journalist and former contributing writer with the now-shuttered liberal media outlet Stand News, on Monday for alleged sedition, police and local media said. A crackdown on the media based on a sedition law that dates from the British colonial-era, as all as a Beijing-imposed national security…
Ex-Hong Kong Security Chief to Run for City’s Top Job, Pending Beijing’s Approval
Hong Kong’s number-two official announced on April 6 that he intends to run for the city’s chief executive position if Beijing accepts his resignation from his current role. John Lee, 64, a former deputy commissioner of police, was elevated to chief secretary last June in a move that critics said signaled a further tightening of…
Chinese Regime Further Eroded Freedom in Hong Kong: US State Department
April 2, 2022
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Freedom continues to deteriorate in Hong Kong as the Chinese regime tightens its grip on the global financial hub, “directly threatening U.S. interests” in the city, the State Department said in the annual report released on March 31. “Over the past year, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has continued to dismantle Hong Kong’s democratic…
UK Withdraws Serving Judges From Hong Kong Court Over National Security Law
Following discussions with the UK government, the president and deputy president of the UK Supreme Court on Wednesday resigned from their roles in the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (HKCFA). UK Supreme Court judges have long sat on the HKCFA “in fulfilment” of the government’s obligations towards the former British colony and have done so with…
Hong Kong Watch and Its Co-founder Threatened by Hong Kong Police
Commentary Just over a week ago, the Hong Kong Police and National Security Law threatened a foreign national, living outside Hong Kong, and a foreign-registered charity, based in London, with a fine of US$13,000 and anything between a year and life imprisonment, if they did not take down their website—run out of the United Kingdom—within…
Beijing Attempts to Use the National Security Law to Deny Democratic Freedoms Abroad
Commentary While the world’s attention remains focused on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Beijing has seemingly decided to showcase the extraterritorial powers of Hong Kong’s National Security Law (NSL) by targeting a UK-based NGO that acts as a watchdog for the deterioration of civil rights in Hong Kong. In a letter to Hong Kong Watch…
UK Condemns China After Hong Kong Police Threaten to Jail UK Rights Activist
March 14, 2022
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The UK has criticised the Beijing and Hong Kong authorities for issuing threats to a UK-based human rights group, calling such behaviour “unjustifiable.” Hong Kong Watch, an NGO which monitors the human rights situation in the former British colony, said in a statement on March 14 that it had “received a formal warning from the…
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