Four Hong Kong activists including Joshua Wong convicted over Tiananmen vigil ANI | Updated: Apr 30, 2021 20:46 IST
Hong Kong, April 30 (ANI): A court in Hong Kong has convicted four pro-democracy activists, including Joshua Wong, for taking part in a memorial ceremony commemorating the Tiananmen Square massacre victims.
These four are among 24 people facing the charges for participating in a vigil on June 4 last year, when residents defied a government ban on gathering in public and flocked to Victoria Park to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, NHK World reported.
The Japanese broadcaster had said Hong Kong police refused permission for the event, citing efforts to prevent the spread of the pandemic.
China targets Hong Kong bar association head for defending 2019 peaceful protests ANI | Updated: Apr 26, 2021 06:47 IST
Hong Kong, April 26 (ANI): China s top office in Hong Kong has ratcheted up attacks against the city s bar association chairman Paul Harris for defending demonstrations of 2019, denouncing him as an anti-China politician .
In a statement, China s liaison office said: It makes a mockery of the Bar Association by condoning Paul Harris to continue chairing the group. How could such an anti-China politician as Paul Harris who has close connections with foreign countries fulfil the principles of safeguarding Hong Kong s rule of law and the Basic Law and support the one country, two systems principle as previously stated by the Bar Association? a spokesman for Beijing s liaison office in Hong Kong said on Sunday.
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Hong Kong court finds journalist guilty for exposing police failures ANI | Updated: Apr 23, 2021 22:26 IST
Hong Kong, April 23 (ANI): As China continues to impose severe crackdowns on the people of Hong Kong, an award-winning Hong Kong journalist was found guilty of a crime on Thursday for using a public database to expose police failings, the first time a member of the news media has faced prosecution in the Chinese territory for an act of reporting.
The Washington Post (WaPo) reported that the verdict against 37-year-old Choy Yuk-ling, also known as Bao Choy, highlights the deterioration of media freedoms in Hong Kong, supposedly protected under the law, as China remodels the city after imposing a draconian national security law.
Beijing official in Hong Kong warns against foreign meddling
By ZEN SOO Associated Press April 15, 2021 10:20am Text size Copy shortlink:
HONG KONG Beijing s top official in Hong Kong on Thursday warned foreign forces not to interfere with the bottom line of national security in the city, threatening retaliation amid tensions between China and Western powers.
The U.S., Britain and their allies have condemned China s tightening control over Hong Kong s freedoms, including the sweeping national security law and electoral reforms that have all but silenced the once-vibrant opposition in the semi-autonomous territory. When it is time, actions must be taken in relation to any external or foreign