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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.

A protest at a top university in Hong Kong. During a graduation ceremony on Thursday, ten graduates launched a protest. They were showing their support for their fellow students who had been sentenced to prison due to their pro-democracy activities.

HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s legislature passed a new film censorship law on Wednesday to “safeguard national security,” though critics say it will dampen creativity in its world-famous movie industry and further reduce freedoms in the former British colony. The Chinese communist regime imposed a sweeping “national security law” over its most restive city last year, and […]

International rights group Amnesty International said on Oct. 25 it would close its Hong Kong offices because a China-imposed security law had now made it “effectively impossible” for rights groups to work freely without the risk of reprisals. Anjhula Mya Singh Bais, the chair of Amnesty’s international board, said in a statement that the two […]

HONG KONG—Recent court judgements have freed Hong Kong authorities to use national security powers to deploy tough colonial-era laws in a clampdown against opposition groups, alarming activists and lawyers in the city. Police have launched investigations into acts that took place before the national security law was imposed a year ago, despite assurances by Beijing […]

Hong Kong police on Thursday raided the premises of the closed June 4th Museum that is dedicated to the victims of the 1989 crackdown by the Chinese communist regime on pro-democracy protesters in and around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.

HONG KONG—One of Hong Kong’s most established pro-democracy civic organizations said it is letting go its paid staff and halving the size of its steering committee after Beijing stepped up its suppression on opposition activity in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China is best known […]