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Pro-democracy activist gets 15 month term for Tiananmen vigil in HK
Pro-democracy Hong Kong activist Chow Hang Tung has been found guilty of organizing a 2021 vigil to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
She was convicted on charges of inciting others to take part in an…
Six journalists arrested for “seditious publications” in HK
Hong Kong police have arrested six people from an independent news website for "conspiracy to publish seditious publications".
Both current and former staff members of Stand News were among those targeted.
More than…
Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Square statue removed
A famous statue at the University of Hong Kong marking the Tiananmen Square massacre was removed late on Wednesday.
The statue showed piled-up corpses to commemorate pro-democracy protesters killed by Chinese authorities in…
Hong Kong elections: Pro-Beijing candidates claim victory in LegCo election
Since China made changes to the electoral system in the city, the first Legislative Council (LegCo) election was conducted in Hong Kong.
This election saw the lowest-ever voting turnout that observers say signal a general political…
More than 300 trapped in Hong Kong shopping center fire
Local media say more than 300 people, including elderly, trapped on a roof deck of the World Trade Centre building in Causeway Bay.
Hundreds of people are trapped in Hong Kong’s World Trade Center following a fire on Wednesday, according…
Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai and 7 others sentenced to prison over banned Tiananmen vigil
A Hong Kong court has sentenced media tycoon Jimmy Lai and seven other pro-democracy figures to up to 14 months behind bars for participating in an unauthorized assembly last year to commemorate the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Lai, the…
Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai activist convicted for taking part in Tiananmen vigil
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai, along with two other prominent activists, has been found guilty for taking part in a vigil to mark the Tiananmen massacre.
Lai, Gwyneth Ho, and Chow Hang Tung were convicted for…