Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by ZI Yuet
Introduction
Five years have passed since Hong Kong’s mass movement of 2019. Despite the regime’s repression and white terror, the embers of resistance still smoulder in the hearts of every Hongkonger, unquenchable. The regime’s censorship, repression, and rewriting of history will not succeed (…)
, by AU Loong-yu, HK Labour Rights Monitor
Five years after the 2019 Anti-Extradition Bill Movement, hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongers left the city, while others chose to stay. The movement sparked a political awakening and had a profound impact on millions of people in Hong Kong. This collective movement holds significant (…)
, by LEUNG Hillary
“Ten years ago, we met in a gay-friendly church… we met at the right place, the right time,” one man told his partner after they exchanged their vows at a wedding in Hong Kong that saw 10 LGBTQ couples get married.
The banquet hall in Hong Kong’s Eaton Hotel has seen countless weddings (…)
, by MAO Frances
Lord Sumption (pictured) is one of the three foreign judges who have resigned from the Court of Final Appeal
A high-profile British judge who resigned from Hong Kong’s highest court last week has warned the city is “slowly becoming a totalitarian state” and judges are being compromised by an (…)
, by Agence France-Presse
Police say spectators ‘turned their backs toward the pitch and did not stand for the playing of the national anthem’
Three people have been arrested for turning their backs and remaining seated when China’s national anthem was played prior to Hong Kong’s home World Cup qualifier against Iran, (…)
, by YING Chan
The no-jury landmark trial of the Hong Kong 47, presided over by three specially designated national security judges has convicted 14 out of 16 activists of taking part in a “conspiracy to commit subversion”.
Two were found not guilty, but the prosecution has already signalled appealing (…)
, by WASSERSTROM Jeffrey, YAM Sharon
When it comes to comedy, business and elections, it’s said that timing is everything. It’s also crucial when it comes to repression. The tragic transformation of Hong Kong, once defined by public spectacle, diversity of opinion and a cacophony of voices, into a place where only certain views and (…)
, by YANG William
What do the subversion verdicts handed down to 14 pro-democracy activists by Hong Kong’s High Court mean for life in the territory? DW spoke with experts.
The guilty verdicts handed down to 14 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong by the city’s High Court on Thursday is an outcome that many had (…)
Within the government, the Labor and Welfare Department announced plans to amended the Trade Unions Ordinance to require that union founders sign a declaration stating that the union is not a threat to national security. Secretary for Justice Paul Lam announced that the department will not (…)
Under the government’s strict control, independent unions have been devastated, labor protests are prohibited, and opposition to the government’s labor policies has become rare.
It’s been five years since Hong Kong has held 5.1 marches on International Labor Day. Since the implementation of (…)
, by HAWKINS Amy
More than 10,000 arrests and nearly 3,000 prosecutions, with 82% given jail including ‘extraordinary high’ proportion of children
Protesters involved in the 2019-2020 pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong have been treated extraordinarily harshly by the criminal justice system compared with (…)
1. This is not an “Israel-Hamas Conflict” between equal powers, but ongoing ethnic cleansing by Israel against Palestinians
In the mainstream news and media, the ongoing crisis in the Gaza Strip and Palestine is euphemistically referred to as the “Israel-Palestinian Conflict” or the (…)
, by CHEUNG Siyan
Prison visitors say they could be targeted by police for helping jailed pro-democracy protesters.
A major detention facility in Hong Kong is overflowing after a years-long crackdown on political opposition and peaceful dissent, official documents show.
The Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre, one (…)
, par CHAU Candice
The lyrics of Glory to Hong Kong, a song popularised during the 2019 extradition bill protests, contain the phrase, “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times,” a slogan that was ruled to be capable of inciting secession during the city’s first national security trial.
Hong Kong’s High Court (…)
, by CHAN Irène
Hong Kong national security police have questioned seven relatives and acquaintances of two wanted activists, in the latest move against eight overseas-based pro-democracy figures for whom arrests warrants and HK$1 million bounties were issued.
It was the latest such action against their (…)
, by International Labour Network of Solidarity and Struggles, Union syndicale Solidaires
For more than two years, many people who took part in the 2019-2020 uprising have been imprisoned in Hong Kong, including trade unionists Lee Cheuk-yan, Carol Ng and Winnie Yu.
A further step was taken on 3 July when arrest warrants were issued for eight opponents exiled abroad (including (…)
, by LEE James
For [the Registration of Persons Office] to continue to uphold a policy ruled as unconstitutional to this day … would mean that the Immigration Department is violating constitutional rights,” said Christine Chu of trans concern group Quarks.
Thirteen transgender people on Saturday applied to (…)
, by HO Kelly
The move, which sees arrest warrants for overseas activists including Ted Hui and Elmer Yuen, came two days after Hong Kong marked the third anniversary of the Beijing-enacted national security law.
Hong Kong national security police have issued arrest warrants for eight self-exiled (…)
, by HIOE Brian
A SILENT PROTEST took place outside of the Ximen MRT last month on April 16th to call attention to the plight of the 47 defendants in what is Hong Kong’s largest national security trial to date. The protest began at 2 PM and lasted until 4 PM.
The 47 include activists from a number of (…)
, by Collectif / Signatures multiples, Petition / Sign-on Letter
Dolores Lee a lancé cette pétition adressée à Government of the United Kingdom et à 6 autres My name is Dolores Lee and I’m starting this petition for my friend and colleague Carol Ng. I’ve known Carol for many years, working together as Cabin Crew for British Airways and also as Trade Union (…)
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