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Diplomats from the US, Britain, Australia, Canada, Portugal and the Netherlands wait outside the Yantian District People’s Court, where 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists who were arrested last August as they tried to flee Hong Kong to Taiwan by boat will face trial, in Chinas southeastern city of Shenzhen, across the border from Hong Kong, Dec. 28, 2020. Photo: RFA Ten out of 12 Hong Kong protesters arrested as they tried to flee the city to the democratic island o...

Judgment on illegal border crossing charges will be announced at later date, judicial body says The 10 defendants reportedly pleaded guilty, while families urge court to quickly release verdict

CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-Chinese court hears case of activists alleged to have fled Hong Kong for Taiwan amid protests 28 Dec 2020 / 22:47 H. (Corrects eighth paragraph to say relatives of the defendants did not attend the trial, removes duplicated paragraph on delivery of judgment) By David Kirton SHENZHEN, China, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Relatives of 10 Hong Kong people who have been linked to anti-Beijing protests in the city and held in a Chinese prison for four months on Monday appealed to a mainla...

Eight of the group are accused of an illegal border crossing, while two are suspected of organising for others to cross the border. Two minors, including a sixteen-year-old, will face non-public hearings.

An open letter to Chinese leader Xi Jinping Catholic activist holds 24-hour hunger strike and calls on Beijing to halt atrocious human rights violations UCA News reporter Updated: December 24, 2020 03:17 AM GMT Trending Indian Muslims hold a placard displaying a picture of Chinas President Xi Jinping as they protest in Mumbai on Nov. 12 against the Chinese governments treatment of Uyghur minorities. (Photo: AFP) Benedict Rogers, the Catholic co-founder and chief execu...

Photo: RFA Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong will likely hold the trials of 12 Hong Kong protesters detained as they fled to the democratic island of Taiwan in the very first days of the New Year, according to a defense lawyer representing one of them. The Yantian District People’s Procuratorate in Guangdongs Shenzhen city is prosecuting Hong Kong activists Quinn Moon and Tang Kai-yin for "organizing an illegal border crossing," which carries a maximum pe...

Hong Kong lambasts Pompeo over calling for release of 12 Hong Kongers ANI | Updated: Dec 20, 2020 02:23 IST Hong Kong, December 20 (ANI): Hong Kong has slammed the United States Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo and accused him of "totally disregarding the facts" while backing the case of 12 Hong Kongers arrested while they were trying to flee to Taiwan. Hong Kong administrations reaction comes after Pompeo tweet asking China to release 12 people immediat...

CCP turning Hong Kong into East Berlin of yesteryear: Pompeo ANI | Updated: Dec 19, 2020 21:08 IST Washington [US], December 19 (ANI): The United States has called for the release of 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists who were detained in China for fleeing to Taiwan in order to escape Beijings exercise of the draconian National Security Law, the US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said on Saturday. Pompeo slammed the Chinese Communist Party for turning H...

Updated 11:51 PM ET, Sun December 20, 2020 Hong Kong and London (CNN)In the dark small hours, two recurring nightmares terrorize the sleep of Eddie Chu. In the first, he is lost overseas and cannot get home to Hong Kong. In the second, the former lawmaker is day tripping with his nine-year-old daughter. The latter scenario might not sound nightmarish, but democracy activist Chu, 43, knows what it symbolizes: his dread of being separated from his daughter if he eventually goes to jail. The first...

China Charges Hong Kong Activists Caught Fleeing to Taiwan The group has been denied access to lawyers hired by their families, raising fears in Hong Kong. University students in Hong Kong putting up banners demanding the release of 12 protesters caught fleeing the city in August.Credit...Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times The case has become a focal point for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy opposition, which, after months of intense protests last year, has been checked by a wide-ranging crackdown ...