The national security trial of Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai was postponed for the second time on Dec. 13 after his British lawyer was denied a visa extension, according to local reports. The trial has been pushed back to Sept. 25, 2023, and is expected to last 40 days, pending a decision by […]
The U.K. government is under renewed pressure to impose sanctions on officials in Hong Kong following the arrest of a senior Catholic cleric on Wednesday. A long-standing critic of Beijing, 90-year-old Cardinal Joseph Zen has defended freedoms in Hong Kong and spoken out for Catholics in mainland China. The move demonstrates Beijing’s accelerating campaign to quash dissent under […]
Hong Kong police on May 11 arrested 90-year-old Cardinal Joseph Zen, along with four other pro-democracy figures allegedly linked to a fund supporting Hong Kong protesters, according to local media reports. The arrests were made under a draconian Beijing-imposed national security law used to quash dissent in the city. Hong Kong National Security Police Unit […]
HONG KONG—A Hong Kong court on Friday increased a jail sentence to five years, in line with a Beijing-imposed national security law, for a student charged with “inciting secession.” Lui Sai-yu, 25, an engineering undergraduate at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, was charged with inciting secession in April 2021 with messages on social media calling for […]
HONG KONG—Hong Kong police arrested six activists on Wednesday for suspected sedition and contravention of a national security law in connection with what the police called “causing nuisance” at court hearings in December and January. Police, who typically do not identify arrested people, said the six were aged 32 to 67, had been arrested for […]
Following discussions with the UK government, the president and deputy president of the UK Supreme Court on Wednesday resigned from their roles in the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (HKCFA). UK Supreme Court judges have long sat on the HKCFA “in fulfillment” of the government’s obligations towards the former British colony and have done so with […]
Hong Kong has seen its freedoms deteriorate over the years, but it fell off the cliff in 2020 when Beijing imposed the national security law. Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Nathan Law tells the Epoch Times’ American Thought Leaders that what Beijing is doing to Hong Kong is a wake-up call in the world.
Hong Kong is widening its security supervision for those Beijing has taken issue with. According to terms published on the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s website, banks in Hong Kong will be obliged to report disclosures on clients who breach the city’s national security law.
