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Hong Kong’s justice minister, security chief also stress subsidiary legislation under new law will not lead to cases being tried in mainland China.

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

The law, known as Article 23, has been criticised internationally over fears it could erode civil liberties.

Strict restrictions on movement and surveillance on outside communication continue in Dege county.

If enacted, Article 23 would expand the law to bolster the government’s crackdown on political dissidents, which has been ongoing for more than three and a ha...

Ilham Tohti, Jimmy Lai and two lawyers have been jailed by Chinese authorities for speaking out on human rights.

Human rights groups applaud the move, but they say more transparency is needed.

Foreign interference inquiry commissioner Justice Marie-Josée Hogue has rejected the Conservative Party's request for full standing in upcoming public hearings, and has turned down a plea by a coalition of human-rights groups to limit the standing of three men accused of ties to the Chinese government.

Li Qiaochu, a prominent labour and women's rights activist, is said to have "spread subversive thoughts".

A landmark national security trial opened Monday in Hong Kong for prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai, who faces a possible life sentence if convicted under a law imposed by Beijing to crush dissidents. Lai, 76, was arrested in August 2020 during a crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy movement under the sweeping national security law enacted…