Tag: Pro-democracy

Why Is Beijing Punishing Hong Kong’s Apple Daily?

June 25, 2021
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Commentary Hong Kong’s pro-democracy tabloid, Apple Daily, has printed its last edition on June 24 before shutting down. Apple Daily is no longer a newspaper but a symbol. On June 17, Hong Kong police arrested five top executives of the company. Five hundred police officers searched the newsroom for evidence of the company violating the…

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China Insider: Leading Hong Kong Dissidents Charged With Subversion

March 2, 2021
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Forty-seven Hong Kong activists were charged on Feb. 28 with conspiracy to commit subversion, in the largest single clampdown on the city’s pro-democracy opposition under a Beijing-imposed “national security law.”

Top Beijing Official Says Hong Kong Should be Ruled by ‘Patriots’

February 23, 2021
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The recent speech of Beijing’s highest-level official in charge of Hong Kong affairs signals that the Chinese regime may be planning on revising the city’s election law to support pro-China candidates. Critics are concerned that his move could rule out candidates from the pro-democracy camp, and that Beijing will pass new election rules to tighten…

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Hongkongers’ Battleground Under the Draconian National Security Law

January 15, 2021
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Commentary Hong Kong authorities arrested 53 pro-democracy figures earlier this month, on the grounds that they responded to democracy activist Benny Tai Yiu-ting’s call to challenge the government. The Chinese regime felt emboldened to enforce the national security law in making the arrests, and to use this incident as a warning to those who dare…

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EU Calls for ‘Immediate Release’ of Hong Kong Activists

January 6, 2021
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BRUSSELS—The European Union called for the immediate release Wednesday of the 53 former lawmakers and pro-democracy activists who have been arrested in Hong Kong after being accused of violating a new security law. The mass arrests, including of former lawmakers, were the largest crackdown on Hong Kong’s democracy movement since the law was imposed by…

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