Hong Kong protests
Media tycoon tells court he did not use Trump officials to influence policy on Hong Kong
Pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai has taken the stand for the first time since his arrest on national security charges.
- by Lisa Visentin
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‘Seditious T-shirt’ enough to send Chu to jail for up to 10 years
In Hong Kong, where almost 300 people including Australian Gordon Ng have been arrested on national security grounds since the introduction of draconian security laws in 2020, wearing the wrong T-shirt can land you in jail.
- by Lisa Visentin
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Amazon self-censors Nicole Kidman’s new show in Hong Kong
Beijing’s national security laws aimed to wipe out dissent in the democratic enclave of Hong Kong. Now they have neutered Nicole Kidman in the Amazon series Expats.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Prominent publisher goes on trial in Hong Kong in landmark case
Prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai was arrested in August 2020 during a crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy movement under the sweeping national security law.
- by Kanis Leung
‘Lifelong honour’: YouTubers among pro-democracy activists hit with arrest bounties
Hong Kong placed bounties on the heads of five activists, following on from the eight announced in July.
- by Latika Bourke
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‘Sharpening my sword’: One of Hong Kong’s most-wanted can now practise law in Australia
Ted Hui, a Hongkonger who fled to Australia via London in 2021, says he is now waiting for the Chinese Communist Party to fall.
- by Latika Bourke
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Taken in for questioning: Hong Kong turns screws on activist’s family
The move comes one week after Hong Kong police placed bounties on the heads of Law and seven other activists who fled Beijing’s security crackdown.
- by Latika Bourke
Hong Kong places bounty on activists in Australia, UK and US
Hong Kong police are offering more than $190,000 for information about eight activists who fled Beijing’s security crackdown including two who now live in Australia.
- by Latika Bourke
Democracy activists’ future on the line as mass trial starts in HK
The group of 57 was charged with “conspiracy to commit subversion” over their roles to help select candidates for the city’s legislature.
- by Kari Lindberg
Hong Kong jails pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai over fraud
The pro-democracy media tycoon has been jailed for five years and nine months over two fraud charges linked to lease violations, the latest of a series of cases against prominent activists.
- by Kanis Leung
‘I’ve prepared my family’: Hong Kong journalists wait for the knock
Protests against extradition laws in 2019 gave Beijing an excuse to crush Hong Kong’s media freedoms. Now a group of exiles hopes to keep a channel open.
- by JJ Rose
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