Latest arrests are related to a group picked up by the coastguard as they fled in a speedboat, and now jailed in China
Latest arrests are related to a group picked up by the coastguard as they fled in a speedboat, and now jailed in China
Beijing also considers changes to electoral system, in an effort to further curtail the influence of the Democrats.
The group was detained in Chinese waters as they allegedly tried to flee to Taiwan in a speedboat.
Tony Chung jailed as crackdown on pro-democracy activists in once-free-spirited territory accelerates.
For Hong Kong activists now in exile, a year of dissent and despair has left emotional wounds they will carry for years.
While Hong Kong seems to have resisted Beijing’s tightening control, Macau has embraced one country, two systems rule.
Arrests of pro-democracy activists are latest since China imposed the National Security Law earlier this year.
The action is seen as part of an effort by outgoing US President Donald Trump to cement a tough-on-China legacy.
Former legislator Ted Hui is the latest to go into exile, as cases mount against those who took part in 2019 protests.
Vocal pro-democracy supporter will be in jail until April, in a move condemned as an attempt to silence critics.
Rights groups decry ‘heartbreaking and outrageous’ sentence as Joshua Wong gets 13 and a half months in prison.
Beijing has held military drills near the Taiwan Straits and has deployed marines and missiles to its southern coast.
We are revisiting Hong Kong to see how the pandemic and the National Security Law have thwarted the fight for democracy.
Embattled leader of semi-autonomous Chinese city says priority is to restore ‘constitutional order’ after protests.