Category: HK Protests

Canada Condemns Arrest of Over 50 Hong Kong Dissidents, Calls for Their ‘Immediate Release’

January 7, 2021
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Canada is calling for the immediate release of 53 pro-democracy figures who were arrested in Hong Kong Wednesday after being accused of violating Beijing’s new national security law, specifically on charges of subversion of state power. The mass arrests include pro-democracy activists, former lawmakers, and politicians—the largest crackdown on the city’s opposition camp since the…

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UK: Hong Kong’s National Security Law Used to Crush Dissents

January 6, 2021
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The UK’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Wednesday said that the national security law imposed on Hong Kong is being used to crush dissent and their views. The statement came after 53 pro-democracy figures were arrested in Hong Kong on Wednesday morning—the largest mass arrest so far since the national security law went into effect…

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EU Parliament Must Reject China Investment Pact Following Hong Kong Mass Arrests: Patten

January 6, 2021
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Following mass arrests of opposition figures in Hong Kong earlier Wednesday, Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong, urged the European Parliament to reject the investment agreement the European Commission reached with the Chinese regime last week. More than 50 pro-democracy activists, former lawmakers, and politicians were arrested in Hong Kong on Wednesday…

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Ex-Hong Kong Lawmaker Charged With Leaking Information About Alleged Police Misconduct  

December 29, 2020
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Lam Cheuk-ting, a former lawmaker of the Hong Kong Democratic Party, was arrested by Hong Kong’s anti-corruption agency for allegedly disclosing the identity of a police commander under investigation in the “7.21” incident—a violent attack at a local train station that occurred during the anti-extradition bill protests that rocked the city last year. Lam says…

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UK ‘Deeply Concerned’ Over 12 Hong Kong Activists on Trial in China

December 28, 2020
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The UK is “deeply concerned” over the fate of 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists who were secretly put on trial in China’s Shenzhen city, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Monday. “We are deeply concerned that members of the Shenzhen 12 were tried in secret today, having been given just three days’ notice of their…

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HK Court Grants Tycoon Jimmy Lai Bail in National Security, Fraud Case

December 23, 2020
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HONG KONG—A Hong Kong court granted HK$10 million ($1.3 million) bail on Wednesday to media tycoon Jimmy Lai, the highest profile pro-democracy activist charged under the city’s new national security law on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces. An immediate appeal by the prosecution was then denied on the same day. Lai is one of…

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HK Court Grants Bail to Tycoon Lai in National Security, Fraud Case

December 23, 2020
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HONG KONG—A Hong Kong court granted bail of HK$10 million ($1.3 million) on Dec. 23 to media tycoon Jimmy Lai, the highest-profile pro-democracy activist charged under the city’s new national security law on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces. An immediate appeal by the prosecution was rejected. Lai is one of the financial hub’s most…

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