Tony Chung Hon-lam, at the age of 19, was the youngest defendant to be charged under Hong Kong’s National Security Law for “incitement to divide the country” in October 2020. While in custody awaiting trial, a handwritten letter was uploaded to his Facebook account on April 4 as a way to offer thanks and encouragement ...
On April 16, nine Hong Kong veteran pro-democracy activists and lawmakers, including the founder of Next Media Lai Zhiying, also known as Jimmy Lai, have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from 8 to 18 months for their participation in pro-democracy protests in August 2019. Jimmy Lai, who has been in jail since last December ...
The fact that the Chinese communist regime wants to ban the Oscars broadcast later this month is nothing new. China is no stranger to being subjected to criticism from other countries for its dictatorial and aggressive policies on media services. The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) bans many popular online services and apps in the ...
The 600,000 people who took part in the informal Hong Kong Legislative Council primary polls organized by pro-democratic parties in July 2020 have been met with vicious retaliation by the Hong Kong government. The government charged 47 pro-democracy activists who set up the primaries with conspiracy to subvert state power under its National Security Law. After ...
Another young person has fled Hong Kong in order to avoid the brutality of the Chinese Communist regime. The 19-year-old youth, who goes by the pseudonym “Hammer,” has endured being arrested, beaten, and harassed by police, as well as having his house illegally searched — all for participating in Hong Kong’s anti-extradition movement in 2019. ...
Hong Kong’s controversial National Security Law is making itself further felt, this time with Hong Kong schoolchildren in the city’s schools with a drastic revamp to the education that includes. instigating a pro-Beijing curriculum that includes the targeting of liberal studies. Included in new measures issued on February 4 are an increase in monitoring of ...
Hong Kong’s National Security Law came into effect on June 30, 2020. Since then, the UK government has been taking steps to support Hongkongers as Beijing continues efforts to put an end to the open, democratic nature of the city. After the security law was imposed, Britain’s extradition treaty with Hong Kong was suspended and ...
The founder of Next Digital, Jimmy Lai, was detained again by the Hong Kong government and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Albert Ho, former chairman of the Hong Kong Democratic Party, wrote an article titled Jimmy Lai’s Predicament and Hong Kong’s Road Ahead. In his article, Ho criticized the Attorney General’s endless abuse of the ...
The city of Hong Kong has introduced a new hotline that allows citizens to inform on people who act against the National Security Law. According to pro-democracy activists, the move will strengthen communist-style surveillance in the city. The hotline “No matter where you are, your private conversations, business chats, social media posts, or school lectures ...
The street singer, still holding his guitar, calmly answered a few questions from the police, and then smiled and asked the onlookers to sing together. The bald policeman standing opposite the street singer pointed at the street singer, trying to intimidate him to not sing again. The street singer ignored him. He started to play ...