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Chinese court jails 10 Hong Kong democracy activists for up to three years
AFP, Published on 30/12/2020
» HONG KONG: A Chinese court on Wednesday jailed 10 Hong Kong democracy activists for up to three years over a bid to flee the city by speedboat to Taiwan, as a crackdown on dissent in the territory intensifies.
Joshua Wong, others detained
Reuters, Published on 23/11/2020
» HONG KONG: Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was remanded in custody on Monday after pleading guilty to charges of organising and inciting an unauthorised assembly near the police headquarters during last year's anti-government protests.
UN: New Chinese security law 'serious risk' to Hong Kong's freedoms
AFP, Published on 04/09/2020
» GENEVA: China's national security law for Hong Kong poses a serious risk to the city's freedoms and breaches international legal obligations, UN special rapporteurs on human rights have warned.
China captures HK activists fleeing by sea
Published on 29/08/2020
» HONG KONG: Chinese authorities have detained a dozen activists from Hong Kong who were attempting to leave the territory via speedboat, according to people familiar with the attempt and the individuals captured.
Fears for Uighur culture as scholars vanish in China crackdown
AFP, Published on 24/07/2020
» BEIJING - It has been almost two years since Bugra Arkin's father Aierken was abruptly snatched from his home in China's troubled Xinjiang region by national security agents.
Hong Kong protest slogan illegal, city government says
Reuters, Published on 03/07/2020
» HONG KONG: The popular protest slogan "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times" connotes separatism or subversion according to the city's government, citing crimes that are covered under the new national security law imposed by Beijing.
Beijing: New law will override HK legal system
Published on 20/06/2020
» BEIJING: China has confirmed that a proposed national security law would allow Beijing to override Hong Kong’s independent legal system and collect intelligence in the territory.
Hong Kong courts groan under weight of protest trials
AFP, Published on 28/05/2020
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong's courts are clogged with a backlog of protester trials nearly a year after an explosion of huge pro-democracy rallies, with hundreds of mostly young demonstrators facing the prospect of lengthy jail terms.
Trump to deliver victorious State of Union speech
AFP, Published on 05/02/2020
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is expected to deliver a triumphant State of the Union speech Tuesday, supercharging his re-election campaign against a divided Democratic party and ignoring an impeachment trial near certain to end in acquittal.
'Depressed and unemployed': China's rights lawyers battle disbarment
AFP, Published on 14/11/2019
» BEIJING - Once a staunch defender of rights activists in court, Liu Zhengqing has sunk into a depression since being barred by Chinese authorities in January.