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Wong, 23, and long-time activist Koo Sze-yiu, 74, are both charged with taking part in an unauthorised assembly last October 5. The younger opposition figure also faces a charge related to an alleged violation of the government’s mask ban last year.
Hong Kong opposition activist Joshua Wong (...)
Interviewer’s note :
Hong Kong’s protest movement has seen a major setback with the introduction of the National Security Laws in July (1). In this atmosphere, continuing to archive, analyze, and humanize the political choices protestors made is no retreat. Rather, it’s a necessary part of (...)
Hong Kong Hospital Authority demands answers from radiologists after unit head refuses to name medics who went on strike by Kelly HO (HKFP) https://hongkongfp.com/2020/10/14/covid-19-hong-kong-hospital-authority-demands-answers-from-radiologists-after-unit-head-refuses-name-medics-who-went-on-strike
Charlie Hore looks at two recent additions to the literature on the 2019 revolt in Hong Kong. Au Loong-Yu’s Hong Kong in revolt is a compelling and informative narration of the revolt for a broad international audience, while The Art of Rebellion gives further insight through an effective (...)
National Day : Hong Kong police deploy livestream ‘presenters’ at protest sites after tightening controls on media.
https://hongkongfp.com/2020/10/01/national-day-hong-kong-police-deploy-livestream-presenters-at-protest-sites-after-tightening-controls-on-media/
by Rachel Wong (HKFP) - 17:09 (...)
The Beijing-imposed national security law is reshaping Hong Kong’s political landscape as authorities clamp down on acts deemed to violate its broad provisions.
This month, Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung took to the international stage to praise the controversial legislation for restoring (...)
The Hong Kong government has warned its workers not to take part in a banned demonstration on China’s National Day on October 1, saying authorities have “zero tolerance” for civil servants who violate the law. In a letter addressed to all government employees on Wednesday, Secretary for Civil (...)
Security law has largely stamped out anti-government protests, but the opposition is finding new ways to fight
Tony Chung spends his days in fear and solitude. For the 19-year-old activist, who became the first political figure to be arrested under Hong Kong’s national security law, the spectre (...)
When a group of protesters staged a sit-in at the government headquarters of Hong Kong in March 2019, little did they know that their actions would kick off the most significant wave of struggles in Hong Kong’s history. The sit-in was in opposition to the anticipated implementation of the (...)
by Danny Mok (South China morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/print/news/hong-kong/society/article/3103263/rthk-seeks-extend-probation-period-hong-kong-journalist
Journalist Nabela Qoser came to prominence for her sharp questioning of officials over their handling of last year’s protests. She (...)
‘Violence is violence’, judge says in sentencing 26-year-old Shum Hiu-lun for his actions during June 26, 2019, incident he calls ‘attack on the rule of law’. Protesters that night sealed off access to the police facility, pelting the building with eggs and spraying ‘provocative and insulting’ (...)
Joshua Wong says he believes the timing of his arrest and prosecution is politically motivated. Veteran social activist Koo Sze-yiu also detained in connection with incident on October 5 last year.
Hong Kong opposition activist Joshua Wong Chi-fung was arrested on Thursday 24 for allegedly (...)
Hong Kong media groups on Tuesday hit back at a police decision to stop recognising the credentials of some local journalists, following months of tension between officers and the press during last year’s citywide protests.
Only government-registered outlets and “internationally known” foreign (...)
In his latest book, Hong Kong activist Au Loong Yu uses the image of the dragon and the goose that lays the golden eggs to symbolize the conflict between the Chinese regime and the people of Hong Kong.
The latter territory plays a key role in financial flows between China and the rest of a (...)
’Liberate Hong Kong, The Revolution of Our Times’ is not just any chant; it is an idea rooted in a decolonial politics.
In the four months of Hong Kong’s anti-extradition movement as of November 2019, people could often only be mobilized to take to the streets on the weekends. The local movement (...)
Hong Kong activists shouted anti-government slogans outside court on Tuesday 15 as more than two dozen high profile democracy campaigners appeared over a banned vigil to mark the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Tens of thousands of Hong Kongers defied a ban on rallies on June 4 to mark the (...)
The number of arrests arising from the 2019/20 protests has now exceeded 10,000, a staggering number by any standards. In addition, arrests and prosecutions relating to the 2014 Umbrella protests are still underway, adding considerably to the total of politically-related prosecutions.
In the (...)
For the past year and a half, Hong Kong has been in turmoil, with a new generation of young and politically active citizens mobilising to protest Beijing’s tightening grip over the city. In Hong Kong in Revolt: The Protest Movement and the Future of China (Pluto Books 2020), prominent Hong Kong (...)
Heavy police presence continues late into the evening, hours after officers use pepper balls and pepper spray against protesters. Hongkongers were supposed to be casting their votes on Sunday 6 to choose lawmakers for the next term but elections were postponed due to health crisis.
At least (...)
In the world, we are part of a sweeping wave of resistance. We are never alone.
[(Prefatory note from Leo’s colleague and comrade at Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions
Our friend Leo is now in jail because of political repression. He seems to have expected this, and even thinks he is (...)
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