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October 15, 2021

Jimmy Lai coming up on one year in prison as new court date is set in pro-democracy activist’s case

Jimmy Lai, a 73-year-old Hong Kong media mogul, outspoken critic of China, pro-democracy activist, and recipient of the Acton Institute’s 2020 Faith and Freedom Award, will approach a year behind bars as his national security case is transferred to Hong Kong’s High Court and postponed to Dec. Continue Reading...

October 11, 2021

University of Hong Kong demands Tiananmen Square Massacre memorial statue be forcibly removed from campus grounds

The University of Hong Kong requested that members of a prominent but now-disbanded social rights group remove from campus grounds its famous statue, the Pillar of Shame, which pays tribute to victims in Beijing’s violent crackdown during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. Continue Reading...

October 07, 2021

Civil rights leader pleads not guilty to charges related to Tiananmen Square Massacre vigil

The former vice chair of a now-disbanded civil rights group, the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, which also organizes the annual Tiananmen Square vigil, pleaded not guilty to charges of inciting others to take part in this year’s banned vigil. Continue Reading...

October 04, 2021

Six former Next Digital employees to be tried in Hong Kong High Court to face possible life sentences

The deliberate shredding of Hong Kong’s democratic ideals continues as the case against six former employees of Next Digital and its subsidiary Apple Daily is to be transferred to the Hong Kong High Court, where guilty verdicts can result in life sentences, it was announced on Sept. Continue Reading...

October 01, 2021

Hong Kong government petitions to dissolve Next Digital Media Group

On Sept. 29, the Hong Kong government, led by financial secretary Paul Chan Mo-po, petitioned the court of First Instance to push for the folding of Next Digital Media Group. Although the power to liquidate the 40-year-old firm is already granted by the Companies Ordinance, Chan argued that shutting the doors of the media company is also in the public’s interest. Continue Reading...

September 29, 2021

Next Digital headquarters raided by Hong Kong government

Clement Chan Kam-wing, an inspector appointed by the Hong Kong government, raided the headquarters of Next Digital media company in a search and seizure of financial records on Sept. 28 as part of an investigation into the company. Continue Reading...

September 24, 2021

Hong Kong court limits Jimmy Lai’s Next Digital voting rights, citing “national security”

On Sept. 17, a Hong Kong high court ruled that the Security Bureau maintains the power to restrict jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s voting rights as the major shareholder of his media company, Next Digital. Continue Reading...

September 19, 2021

Hong Kong officials pressure journalism group to reveal list of members

On Sept. 15, Hong Kong’s Secretary of Security, Chris Tang, called for the Hong Kong Journalists’ Association, the city’s main press group, to reveal to the public who its members work for and how many of them are students. Continue Reading...

September 18, 2021

9 Hong Kong activists sentenced to 10 months over participation in Tiananmen Square Massacre vigil

Nine Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were sentenced Sept. 15 to 10 months in prison for their participation in the annual vigil for the commemoration of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Twelve defendants total pled guilty earlier this month to their involvement in the vigil that commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre, when Chinese troops fired at student protesters participating in pro-democracy protests. Continue Reading...

September 13, 2021

Hong Kong journalists tell ABC they ‘fear for their lives’ because of communist Chinese power grab

Hong Kong pro-democracy news service Apple Daily shut its doors on June 24, but the ripple effects from the Chinese Communist Party’s attack on the free press continue to reverberate. Seven former Apple Daily employees have been charged under the city’s National Security Law, or NSL, which bans what the government deems to be acts of secession, subversion, or terrorism. Continue Reading...

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