Category: Umbrella movement

Activist at 14, University Graduate Today

Wong Ji-yuet, one of the defendants in the pro-democracy primary election case who was released on bail, recently revealed that she has graduated from university. She wanted to state her gratitude to all the “friends” and teachers who helped her during a most challenging time. In June 2020, Wong announced her candidacy for the democratic…


HK Govt. Accuses Stand News of Being a ‘Political Platform’ and Publishing ‘Inciting’ Articles

The trial of editors of the former Stand News began in Hong Kong on Oct. 31, 10 months after they were arrested and jailed. The three defendants were charged with conspiracy to publish and/or reproduce seditious articles from July 7, 2020 to Dec. 29, 2021. Stand News was founded in December 2014 in Hong Kong, during the…


Left Hong Kong but Continues to Tell the Story

Commentary Throughout October, I have been on the road in the United States and Canada facilitating the global release of the documentary “The Hongkonger – Jimmy Lai’s Extraordinary Struggle For Freedom.” Jimmy Lai was a pro-democracy media tycoon in Hong Kong who was crushed by the island’s communist government and arrested on trumped up charges. He…


Anti-Extradition 3rd Anniversary: Exiled Hongkongers Set Up Community Networks to Help Fellow Overseas Citizens

As Hongkongers commemorate the 3rd anniversary of the anti-extradition movement, freedom and democracy have completely burned to the ground under the Hong Kong National Security Law. What are those exiled Hongkongers doing now? What are their plans?  Alex Chow Yong-Kang, Director of a Washington-based organization, Hong Kong Democracy Council, (HKDC), run by Hongkongers, and Anna…


Campaign on No Recognition of Lee Ka Chiu as Chief Executive, and Dictatorship of the CCP

A number of overseas Hong Kong people’s groups and former Hong Kong lawmakers launched a joint signature campaign online, claiming that the chief executive designate, John Lee Ka Chiu, does not have the people’s mandate and is only a puppet appointed by Beijing and that he is not recognised as the Hong Kong Chief Executive…


Thousands of Hongkongers Gather in London Parliament Square to Commemorate the 3-year Anniversary of the Anti-Extradition Movement

This year marks the third year anniversary of the anti-extradition movement in Hong Kong. Three years ago, tens of thousands of Hongkongers spontaneously marched on the street, to thwart the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance forcibly pushed by the Hong Kong authorities. The police brutally suppressed the protestors with tear gas and rubber bullets, triggering two-million Hongkongers…


Film Review: ‘Blue Island’: Documentary of Communist Suppression in Hong Kong

When it comes to the Chinese Communist Party cracking down on dissent, you can always count on history repeating itself, over and over again. Older Hongkongers learned that lesson watching the Mainland from afar, whereas the younger generation learned it first-hand during the 2019 Extradition Law Protests. The Umbrella generation of activists come together with…


Former Associate Professor of HK University To Be Sentenced for Alleged Violations of Election Ordinance in 2016 Legal Council Election

Hong Kong’s District Court will sentence Benny Tai Yiu-ting, a renowned scholar in Hong Kong, on four charges of violating the election ordinance after he placed an advertisement calling on the public to “vote strategically” against political manipulation in the 2016 Legal Council election. Tai Yiu-ting pleaded guilty on April 25 in the District Court. The…


Former Associate Professor of HK University To Be Sentenced for Alleged Violations of Election Laws

Hong Kong’s District Court will sentence Benny Tai Yiu-ting, a renowned scholar in Hong Kong, on four charges of violating the election ordinance after he placed an advertisement calling on the public to “vote strategically” against political manipulation in the 2016 Legal Council election. Tai Yiu-ting pleaded guilty on April 25 in the District Court. The…