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Hong Kong pro-democracy figures set for largest national security trial
AFP, Published on 07/06/2022
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong's largest national security case was sent to trial on Tuesday, after lingering 15 months in pre-trial procedures during which most of the 47 defendants were denied bail.
China, Hong Kong scrub Tiananmen memories on anniversary
AFP, Published on 04/06/2022
» BEIJING: There was heightened security around Beijing's Tiananmen Square Saturday, the anniversary of the bloody 1989 crackdown, while police in Hong Kong warned people not to gather as China strives to remove all reminders of the events of June 4.
Hong Kong activists fade from view as national security case drags
AFP, Published on 07/04/2022
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong's most prominent democracy activists have disappeared from view as their prosecution under a security law drags into its second year, with lawyers and family members warning the defendants are losing faith in the courts.
Hong Kong ready for first 'patriots only' election
Published on 18/12/2021
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong holds a legislative assembly election on Sunday in which candidates have been vetted for “patriotism” and pro-democracy candidates are largely absent, having declined to run or been jailed or forced into exile.
Hong Kong media mogul Lai defiant at Tiananmen vigil sentencing
AFP, Published on 13/12/2021
» HONG KONG: ailed Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai said he was proud to be punished as a court handed out fresh jail sentences on Monday to eight prominent democracy activists for attending a banned Tiananmen vigil.
Tiananmen vigil leader invokes Gandhi at Hong Kong sentencing
AFP, Published on 17/11/2021
» HONG KONG: A leading Hong Kong democracy activist facing jail invoked Mahatma Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign in court on Wednesday as he gave a defiant speech defending his decision to take part in a banned Tiananmen vigil.
Hong Kong activist now youngest convict under security law
AFP, Published on 03/11/2021
» HONG KONG: A 20-year-old Hong Kong independence activist was facing life in prison Wednesday after becoming the youngest person convicted under the city's national security law, but told the court he had "nothing to be ashamed of".
3 Hong Kong activists plead not guilty over Tiananmen vigil charges
AFP, Published on 01/11/2021
» HONG KONG: Three Hong Kong activists, including media tycoon Jimmy Lai, pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges over last year's banned Tiananmen vigil.
Hong Kong man on national security trial over protest chants
AFP, Published on 28/09/2021
» HONG KONG: A Hong Kong man who chanted protest slogans pleaded not guilty to inciting secession on Tuesday in the second national security case to come to trial as authorities wield the sweeping new law to snuff out dissent.
Nine Hong Kong activists get jail terms for Tiananmen vigil
AFP, Published on 15/09/2021
» HONG KONG: Nine veteran democracy activists in Hong Kong were sentenced to between six and 10 months in jail on Wednesday for joining a Tiananmen vigil banned by police last year.