Half million Hong Kong people vote in pro-democracy primaries, despite warning it could violate national security law

The election does not have legal power under the city’s laws, and candidates are not formally bound by the results. 5 ways the national security law has affected Hong Kong After polls closed at ... Read More

What Article 23 means for the future of Hong Kong and its once vibrant pro-democracy movement

What does the lack of protest now say about the pro-democracy ... Hong Kong’s pro-democratic camp had historically enjoyed majority support, at around 60% of the voters in the direct elections ... Read More

Hong Kong court affirms landmark sedition conviction for pro-democracy activist

Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal upheld a 40-month sentence for pro-democracy activist ... "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times" — words the government says imply separatism — and ... Read More

Hong Kong court jails 12 for storming parliament in pro-democracy protests

Sentences of nearly seven years handed down over 2019 action that was pivotal moment in uprising against Chinese rule A Hong Kong ... city’s legislature in 2019 at the height of pro-democracy ... Read More

City On Edge: Hong Kong's Protest For Democracy In Pictures

who have employed innovative tactics and powerful imagery to capture the world's attention. The pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong have roots that stretch back to the 2014 Umbrella Movement ... Read More

Where are Hong Kong’s leading pro-democracy figures now?

In 2019, Hong Kong erupted into the most stunning expression ... including a prominent pro-democracy media tycoon. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism ... Read More

Beijing on Hong Kong: Nothing to See Here

The claim from China is that Article 23 of Hong Kong’s Basic Law is consistent with national-security legislation in other countries (“Beijing Responds on Hong Kong: Don’t Worry,” Letters ... Read More

US treads carefully in responding to Hong Kong's new national security law

The U.S. has ... territory's democracy and freedoms. Since the law’s swift passage on March 19, the U.S. has announced visa restrictions on an unspecified number of unnamed Hong Kong officials ... Read More

What Article 23 means for the future of Hong Kong and its once vibrant pro-democracy movement

(THE CONVERSATION) Lawmakers in Hong Kong passed new security legislation on March 19, 2024, handing authorities in the semi-autonomous city-state further power to clamp down on dissent. Read More

What Article 23 means for the future of Hong Kong and its once vibrant pro-democracy movement

In the space of two decades, Hong Kong’s liberal constitutional order has been transformed into a security regime that grants citizens few civil liberties Lawmakers in Hong Kong passed new ... Read More

What Article 23 means for the future of Hong Kong and its once vibrant pro-democracy movement

What is the background to Article 23? Article 23 has a lengthy backstory. It is an article in the Basic Law of Hong Kong requiring the Hong Kong government to enact a local ordinance governing ... Read More