The new measure will target two districts which cover a small, but densely populated part of the Kowloon Peninsula. Hong Kong will place tens of thousands of its residents in a lockdown to contain a new outbreak of the coronavirus, the first
Five Hong Kong democracy protesters who reportedly fled to Taiwan have arrived in the United States intending to seek asylum, an activist group said on Saturday. Their escape follows the mass arrest of democracy figures in Hong Kong under a new national
Latest arrests are related to a group picked up by the Chinese coastguard as they fled in a speedboat, and now jailed on the mainland. Police in Hong Kong arrested 11 people under the territory’s national security law on Thursday morning for
The arrest of more than 50 Democrats in Hong Kong last week intensifies a drive by Beijing to stifle any return of a populist challenge to Chinese rule and more measures are likely, two individuals with direct knowledge of China’s plans told
Foreign ministers issue joint statement condemning last week’s arrest of more than 50 democracy activists in Hong Kong. The foreign ministers of Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada have expressed “serious concern” about the arrests of 55 democracy activists
The United States may sanction those involved in the arrest of more than 50 people in Hong Kong and will send the US ambassador to the United Nations on a Taiwan visit, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday, drawing anger
Taiwan calls arrests ‘shocking’ as cabinet pick for US President-elect Joe Biden promises to ‘stand with people of Hong Kong’. Hong Kong police have arrested more than 50 leading democratic activists on suspicion of violating a controversial security law, prompting alarm and
BREAKING Politicians and activists detained in early morning sweep in biggest crackdown yet under national security law. Dozens of Hong Kong opposition politicians and activists were arrested on Wednesday morning under the territory’s national security law, according to political parties and a
China is cracking down hard on the popular democratic movement in the former British colony.
Lai, a vocal Beijing critic, is one of the highest-profile figures charged under a sweeping security law that China imposed on the financial hub. Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been ordered back to jail on Thursday as the city’s