After the HongKong version of the National Security Law (NSL) was passed, he traveled to the Vatican in September 2020 to meet with Pope Francis, hoping to inform him in person about the situation in HongKong and the Chinese diocese and present a letter
Forty-five pro-democracy activists in HongKong were sentenced to four to 10 years in prison. They were charged under the 2020 national security law imposed on HongKong by communist China.
Those sanctioned by Washington include HongKong Justice Secretary Paul Lam, HongKong security office director Dong Jingwei, and former HongKong police commissioner Raymond Siu.
This led to the United States passing the HongKong Human Rights and Democracy Act, which required the United States to renew Hong Kong's special trade status year by year and sanction HongKong officials who violate human rights.
Postal Service (USPS) said on Feb. 5 that it was reversing course and lifting a suspension on inbound parcels from China and HongKong that went into effect on Feb. 4.
Kong protest movement and playing the banned song "Glory to HongKong" while trampling on the flags of the CCP and the HongKong Special Administrative Region.
The ultimate goal, Lam says, is to achieve the social erasure of political prisoners, making the public gradually forget that political prisoners still exist in HongKong.
HongKong authorities said on Nov. 28 that the search for survivors after a massive fire tore through a residential complex in the New Territories, killing at least 128 people, has ended. About 200 people remain unaccounted for.
Separately, the Treasury Department imposed sanctions on HongKong-based companies—namely U Beacon Shipping Co. Ltd., and HongKong Hangshun Shipping Ltd.—and their Panama-flagged vessels, Adeline G and Kongm.
The United States plans new sanctions after HongKong sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists under the Chinese Communist Party's national security law. Critics say the law has crushed freedoms, with over 200 arrests and many convictions.
Ahead of a NATO summit that will convene in the Hague in the Netherlands June 24–25, two HongKong human rights art exhibitions were unveiled in the city to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the HongKong anti-extradition protests and to highlight
HONGKONG/SHENZHEN, China—Typhoon Ragasa, the world's most powerful tropical cyclone this year, barreled towards tens of millions of people in southern China on Wednesday after killing 14 people in Taiwan, leaving scores missing, and lashing HongKong
He has been imprisoned in HongKong since December 2020. A national security trial against Lai began in December 2023.
A HongKong court said on Aug. 28 that it will deliver a verdict in the 156-day trial at a later date.
Christopher Smith (R-N.J.) and Sen Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), are joined by Frances Hui of the Committee for Freedom in HongKong Foundation, Anna Kwok of the HongKong Democracy Council, and other members of civil society groups, hold a press conference
As of 11:30 p.m., HongKong police detained 10 individuals in the Central and Eastern Districts of HongKong Island for "suspected disturbance of social peace," with the youngest aged 15 years old.
The National Security Department of the HongKong Police has charged HongKong democracy activist Joshua Wong, who is still in prison, with "conspiracy to collude with a foreign or external force to endanger national security" under the National Security
HongKong Journalists Association Chair Selina Cheng outside The Eastern District Court in HongKong on Feb. 13, 2025. (Adrian Yu/The Epoch Times)
The Epoch Times has faced repeated sabotage efforts in HongKong.
Henry Chan, spokesperson and former co-director of pro-democracy group Saskatchewan Stands with HongKong, speaks at a House of Commons committee on Canada-China relations in March 2023.
HongKong-based writer Ngan Shun-kau wrote on social media, “The political environment in HongKong has regressed for at least 50 years, and HongKong will never go back unless there is a dramatic change in mainland China.”
Chung, who is currently in the UK seeking political asylum, wrote an article on Jan. 18, detailing disturbing practices within HongKong correctional facilities.
At least 128 people were killed, and hundreds of others remain unaccounted for, after a fire engulfed a residential complex in the Tai Po district of HongKong.
Official figures show that the projected economic contribution of immigrants to HongKong is less than half of what’s expected, with only 5 percent of talent ending up staying in HongKong.
Ben Rogers, co-founder and chief executive of HongKong Watch, speaks about a critical new report that HongKong Watch has launched titled, “Sell Out My Soul: The Impending Threats to Freedom of Religion or Belief in HongKong.”
Since the implementation of the National Security Law in HongKong in 2020, the HongKong government has issued wanted warrants for at least 19 HongKong residents now staying overseas.
