The first sentencing under Hong Kong’s new Article 23 national security law (officially called the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance) occurred this week, as a man was sentenced to 14 months imprisonment for wearing a...
On Tuesday, Hong Kong police made their first arrests under the city’s new homegrown national security law known as Article 23. The law was fast-tracked under pressure from Beijing and unanimously passed in March after only 11...
An incident on Wednesday, in which a representative for Reporters Without Borders (RSF) was denied permission to enter Hong Kong to observe the national security trial of political and media figure Jimmy Lai, is yet another...
In its annual report on the state of media freedom in China last year, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China (FCCC) described how authorities used COVID prevention measures to “strangle” foreign news bureaus’ China coverage....
In the wake of the Article 23 legislation passed two weeks ago in Hong Kong, further constricting media and speech freedom, there have been a number of bookstore closures and media departures from the territory. Radio Free Asia...
On Tuesday, Hong Kong’s legislature unanimously passed a new national security law that grants the government sweeping powers to crack down on opposition. Linked to Article 23 of the city’s Basic Law, the legislation expands on...
Hong Kong is set to pass a new domestic national security law that critics worry will further curtail civil liberties already endangered by the 2020 National Security Law imposed by China. The passage of domestic security...
In a widely anticipated move, the National People’s Congress Standing Committee issued an...
As of July 2, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function). Hong Kong Protests: Thousands of pro-democracy advocates marched in Hong Kong on July 1, the anniversary of the...
As of July 1, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for user”...
From Asia Times Online: For the hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong citizens who marched in anti-government protests during the past two years to mark the anniversary of the July 1, 1997 handover to Chinese sovereignty, the situation on this anniversary would likely have been embraced as an acceptable response to their pleas. Article 23, […]
From Asia Times Online: It is, on the face of it, a stunning victory for “people’s power”. Hong Kong leader Tung Chee-hwa is stepping down after a chain of events set off by an anti-government protest involving more than half a million people. In reality, however, things are not what they seem to be. Tung’s […]
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