Tag: HK Protests

UK Police Launch Investigation After Hong Kong Protester Beaten at Chinese Consulate

British police launched an investigation on Monday after a pro-democracy Hong Kong protester was dragged onto the grounds of the Chinese consulate in Manchester and beaten on Sunday. The protester, identified only as Bob, said he was trying to stop consulate staff from taking a poster he was holding when he was dragged into the compound…


Hong Kong Protester Beaten at Chinese Consulate in Manchester

A Hong Kong protester was dragged onto the grounds of the Chinese consulate in Manchester and beaten by seven or eight people on Sunday. The protester, identified only as Bob, said he was trying to stop consulate staff from taking a poster he was holding when he was dragged into the compound. Bob was one of around…


5 Hong Kong Teenagers Sentenced in First National Security Case Involving Minors

HONG KONG—Five Hong Kong teenagers were ordered by a judge on Saturday to serve up to three years in detention at a correctional facility, for urging an “armed revolution” in a national security case. The five, some of whom were minors aged between 15 and 18 at the time of the alleged offense, had pleaded…


Self-Exiled Hong Kong Democrat Sentenced to 3.5 Years in Jail in Absentia

HONG KONG—A court in Hong Kong on Thursday sentenced a pro-democracy activist and former lawmaker, Ted Hui, to 3.5 years in jail for “criminal contempt” after he failed to show up for trial in several criminal cases. Hui, 40, fled Hong Kong in December 2020, several months after the Chinese regime imposed a sweeping national…


Hong Kong Police Shot at Journalist, Case Deemed ‘Unsubstantiated’

The case of a Hong Kong reporter who was shot by a sponge grenade during the 2019 anti-extradition movement in Hong Kong, was recently categorized as  “unsubstantiated.” The reporter, from the Commercial Radio Hong Kong (CRHK), launched an allegation and a complaint about the police officer who fired the shot after the incident. On Sept….


A China-Born Hong Kong Youth to Be Sentenced Under National Security Law

Wong Yat-chin, the former convener of the student political group “Student Politicism,” accused of “conspiring to incite others to subvert state power” under the National Security Law (NSL), will plead for leniency and could be sentenced when in court on Sept. 24. He wrote earlier, ” Although I have no expectations for the outcome, I…


HK Judge Lenient With Triad Member Convicted in Violent Yuen Long Attack

It has been more than three years since the July 21 attack on the Yuen Long Station platform in Hong Kong in 2019. Seven people, including gang leader Ng Wai-nam, better known to his peers as “Fei Tin Nam,” were earlier convicted of rioting. Another defendant, Ching Wai-ming, was convicted of rioting by the District…


Priest Begins Protest Outside Hong Kong Prison Against Detentions of Activists

HONG KONG—A Catholic priest launched a three-day protest on Thursday in sweltering heat outside a Hong Kong maximum security prison, demanding the release of activists and democratic politicians held under a sweeping national security law. Milan-born missionary Franco Mella, a longtime rights activist in the Chinese-ruled city, vowed to refuse food as he stood on…


July 1 Rallies Perished in Hong Kong, but Many Were Held Around the World

July 1 marks the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover from Britain to China. Before the Hong Kong National Security Law (NSL) came into effect in 2020, Hong Kong’s pro-democracy camp had been holding an annual July 1 protest, to symbolize Hong Kong’s continued rights to freedom of expression and demonstration. However, that changed in…


Perished by Totalitarianism, Hongkongers From Around the World Continue to Hold Rallies to Say No to CCP

July 1 marks the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover from Britain to China. Before the Hong Kong National Security Law (NSL) came into effect in 2020, Hong Kong’s pro-democracy camp had been holding an annual July 1 protest, to symbolize Hong Kong’s continued rights to freedom of expression and demonstration. However, that changed in…