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HONG KONG - A pro-democracy Hong Kong radio DJ was convicted of seditious speech on Wednesday under a British colonial-era law that authorities have emb

The ruling came as opposition activist Tam Tak-chi was found guilty of 11 charges in first sedition trial since the city’s return to Chinese rule in 1997.

protest slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times”. The incident took place on 1 July 2020, less than 24 hours after the national security law was enacted, as thousands of Hongkongers took to the streets in protest and were met with a heavy police response. Tong maintained the collision was accidental. In sentencing, the judges found his crimes to be serious and secessionist in nature and not mitigated by his status as breadwinner for his family, or his remorse, given he had pleaded not guilty. “We consider that this overall term should sufficiently reflect the defendant’s c...

Hong Kong One Year after the National Security Law

The Permanent Colony Timothy McLaughlin © Ivan Abreu Tam Tak-chi has spent much of the past two decades talking. First as a popular radio host, then as a prodemocracy activist, Tam had opinions, many of them, and cared little about holding them back. So it was not entirely surprising—perhaps even expected in Hong Kong’s rapidly atrophying space for dissent—that his words eventually drew the ire of authorities. Early one September morning last year, Tam was arrested at his home. His case has not drawn as much media attention, either domestically or abroad, as some other...