Hong Kong Police detain a senior journalist on suspicion of sedition.
According to local media, Hong Kong authorities detained journalist Allan Au on sedition charges on Monday, extending the use of an outdated colonial-era legislation in...
In the first trial under Hong Kong’s national security law, a demonstrator was found guilty.
On Tuesday, the High Court of Hong Kong convicted a 24-year-old protester in the city's first trial under Beijing's draconian national security law, which was...
Taiwan expresses its displeasure with the shutdown of Hong Kong’s Apple Daily.
Taiwan slammed the shutdown of Hong Kong's most prominent pro-democracy daily, the Apple Daily, as "political oppression" of the Chinese-run city's media on Thursday, saying...
In Hong Kong, the editor and CEO of Apple Daily were denied bail.
Two executives of Hong Kong's pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily were granted bail on Saturday after being prosecuted under a national security statute, in a case...
Foreign judges will continue to be a part of Hong Kong’s “rock-solid” court system, according to Lam.
Hong Kong will continue to welcome foreign judges to its courts, and the city's legal system will remain "hard as a rock" said Chief Executive...
The Hong Kong organiser of the Tiananmen Square vigil has been released on bail.
Chow Hang Tung, a Hong Kong activist, was freed on bond on Saturday, a day after she was arrested on suspicion of organising an illegal...
Police in Hong Kong have threatened to detain individuals gathered to commemorate the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Thousands of Hong Kong police officers are scheduled to guard the city's streets on Friday to prevent people from assembling to remember the 1989 Chinese...
Hong Kong police will strive to prevent any remembrance of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Thousands of Hong Kong police officers are scheduled to surround a key park and monitor the city's streets on Friday to prevent people from assembling...
Hong Kong also repealed the requirement for migrant domestic employees to receive vaccines.
Hong Kong dropped a decision to make coronavirus vaccination obligatory for international domestic employees on Tuesday, after a public uproar and a diplomatic spat with...
Beijing’s top official in Hong Kong has sent a warning to international forces not to intervene.
As tensions between China and Western governments over Hong Kong rose on Thursday, Beijing's top official in the region warned foreign forces that they would...
Senior Hong Kong democrats found guilty in landmark unlawful assembly case
A Hong Kong court found seven prominent democrats guilty of unauthorised assembly charges, including 82-year-old barrister Martin Lee and media tycoon Jimmy Lai, as part...
Hong Kong: China to pass ‘patriot’ electoral reforms
China is expected on Tuesday to finalise changes to Hong Kong's electoral rules, which critics say will tighten its control over the city. Photo: EyePress...
China says it will guard against interference by forces in Hong Kong
China will "resolutely guard against and deter" interference by external forces in Hong Kong's affairs, Premier Li Keqiang said in his work report released on...
Jailed Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong suspected of violating city’s new security law
Joshua Wong, one of Hong Kong’s most prominent democracy activists who is serving a 13-1/2-month jail sentence for illegal assembly, is suspected of violating the...
Mass arrests in Hong Kong ‘over primary vote’
About 50 pro-democracy lawmakers and activists have reportedly been arrested in Hong Kong under the controversial national security law. Pro-democracy activist Ventus Lau Wing-hong (third...
Over 50 Hong Kong activists arrested as crackdown intensifies -media
Over 50 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of violating the city's national security law, local media reported, in the biggest...
U.S. embassy urges China to release 12 Hong Kong fugitives
The U.S. embassy in China has called upon Chinese authorities to immediately release 12 fugitives from Hong Kong and permit them to depart the country...
Former Hong Kong lawmaker Ted Hui says his bank accounts frozen
Former Hong Kong lawmaker Ted Hui said on Sunday his local bank accounts appeared to have been frozen after fled to Britain with his family...
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong defiant as he is jailed over 13 months for protest
Joshua Wong, 24, one of Hong Kong’s most prominent democracy activists, was jailed on Wednesday for more than 13 months over an unlawful anti-government rally...
Hong Kong’s Joshua Wong discloses to German paper he’s doing admirably in jail detachment
Hong Kong supportive of vote based system lobbyist Joshua Wong told a German paper he was doing great regardless of being held in isolation and...
Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers to resign as Beijing moves to quash opposition
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy opposition lawmakers said on Wednesday they would resign in protest against the dismissal of four of their colleagues from the city assembly...
Seven pro democratic lawmakers arrested in Hong Kong
Seven pro-democratic lawmakers were arrested in Hong Kong on Sunday on charges related to obstructing a legislative council meeting in May, they said on Facebook,...
Hong Kong leader cheers return of stability as police on alert after banning protest
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam cheered the city’s “return to stability” during China national day celebrations on Thursday, as police vans dotted the route of...
Flight of Hong Kong protesters piles pressure on Taiwan
For some Hong Kong protesters, stripped of their passports and facing criminal charges, a perilous 600 km sea journey to Taiwan is their only hope...
A Hong Kong protester’s farewell note and failed escape
“I am sorry and thanks for accompanying me throughout the years,” the hand-written note found on a desk at their home read. “I’m sorry that...
Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong arrested for 2019 illegal assembly
Hong Kong police arrested prominent democracy activist Joshua Wong on Thursday for participating in an unauthorised assembly in October 2019 and violating the city’s anti-mask...
Relatives of 12 Hong Kong people arrested by China demand access for own lawyers
Relatives of some of the 12 Hong Kong people arrested by China at sea last month demanded the city’s government check on their condition and...
Anne Frank-themed blush featured in Hong Kong cosmetics line
The product was removed from the catalog this week following complaints. Anne Frank at her writing table in 1940; how many Anne Franks were lost...