The Supreme Court will review Starbucks’ appeal against a lower court’s order to rehire labor activists in Memphis, Tennessee. The activists were dismissed following their disclosure of a union organizing drive to local media. For years, the coffee chain has been battling an organized labor movement that has been actively trying to unionize baristas across […]
HONG KONG—Seven of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy advocates had part of their convictions quashed Monday over their roles in one of the biggest pro-democracy protests in 2019. Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper; Martin Lee, the founding chairman of the city’s Democratic Party; and five former pro-democracy lawmakers, including barrister Margaret […]
Hong Kong activists are hoping for free elections. The committee shared its mission in Washington D.C. to establish a political body free from the manipulation of the Chinese Communist Party and to give the citizens a way to vote without fear.
HONG KONG—Hong Kong police on Thursday arrested another person accused of supporting overseas activists who allegedly endangered national security, in a further expansion of a government clampdown on pro-democracy dissidents. Police detained the 24-year-old man at the city’s airport a day after four other people were arrested for allegedly using companies, social media and mobile […]
HONG KONG—Hong Kong national security police on Wednesday arrested four men it accused of supporting overseas dissidents and of advocating for independence from China, two days after issuing warrants and bounties against several foreign-based activists. The four men “were suspected of receiving funds from operating companies, social platforms, and mobile applications to support people who […]
Following the recent Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action policies in college admissions, activists have filed a complaint seeking to end legacy and donor admissions at Harvard, arguing it privileges white applicants, a claim that some say is without merit. The complaint against Harvard has been filed by Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) on behalf […]
An Epoch Times investigation discovered a Florida activist group secretly sent gender transition kits to hundreds of children across the country. NTD spoke with journalist Jackson Elliot who has been looking into this.
The Grand National, one of the world’s most famous horse races, was delayed Saturday after animal rights activists scaled fences around the perimeter of Aintree racecourse and got onto the track. A total of 118 people were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and public nuisance offenses in a bid to disrupt the race, Merseyside […]
A digital billboard that contained hidden references to activists was taken down last week in Hong Kong, in one of the latest cases of censorship in the city. Digital artist Patrick Amadon, who’s based in Los Angeles, incorporated pro-democracy protestors’ names, ages, and purported crimes into his artwork. He told NTD he created the piece […]
NTD spoke to Bob Fu, a U.S.-based pastor who runs a non-profit called ChinaAid that provides support for people facing religious persecution in China, to discuss the Chinese regime’s new methods of repression against those who speak out against the CCP.
HONG KONG—Three Hong Kong activists from a now-defunct group that organized annual vigils commemorating the Chinese communist regime’s 1989 massacre of pro-democracy protesters were convicted on Saturday for failing to provide authorities with information on the group in accordance with a national security law. Chow Hang-tung, Tang Ngok-kwan, and Tsui Hon-kwong were arrested in 2021 […]
The political department of Germany’s public prosecutor’s office conducted a search in seven states on Dec. 13 at locations that have ties with the climate activist group “Last Generation.” The group is being investigated because of “the initial suspicion of forming or supporting a criminal organization, disruption of public services, trespassing, and coercion,” senior public […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan—House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has left Taiwan for South Korea after spending about 19 hours on the island. Despite her brief trip, Pelosi became the most senior U.S. official to visit the self-ruled island in 25 years. Pelosi left at around 6 p.m. local time on Aug. 3. Before she left, she met with Mark […]
Ethan Peck, associate at the Free Enterprise Project, describes how megafunds like BlackRock have created a “woke” managerial class in America. He tells NTD at the annual ALEC Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, about his work as a shareholder activist and how he’s confronted some of America’s top companies about their progressive policies.
Burma’s military junta has executed four democracy activists convicted of terrorism in a move swiftly condemned by international human rights groups. The four men were executed for committing “violent and inhuman acts of terrorism,” the junta’s Information Ministry said in a statement on Sunday. This marks the first executions carried out by Burma in decades. […]
Pro-abortion activists began to assemble in cities across America on Friday afternoon to protest in response to the Supreme Court overturning Roe vs. Wade, a seminal ruling that made abortion legal nationwide in 1973. The activists congregated in New York, Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco, as well as Chicago, Seattle, and other cities. In the nation’s […]
The trial of 47 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists resumed on Monday. They are being charged under the national security law imposed by Beijing. The law punishes what Beijing broadly defines as subversion, secession, terrorism, and collusion with foreign forces. Authorities can punish violators with up to life in prison.
HONG KONG—A closely monitored national security trial involving 47 Hong Kong democracy campaigners charged with conspiracy to commit subversion, most of whom have been in custody since March, has been adjourned till March next year, a judge ruled on Monday. Magistrate Peter Law adjourned the next hearing till March 4, after making directions for the […]
Cuba’s ruling Communist Party appears to have largely shut down anti-regime protests planned for Monday, while detaining and intimidating a number of activists, according to multiple reports. Thousands of people were expected to take to the streets across the country this week as part of the “Civic March for Change” to demand greater political freedom and the […]
