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Hong Kong: National anthem football arrests are an attack on freedom of expression
Amnesty International· 17 hours agoResponding to the arrests of three people accused of “insulting” China’s national anthem by turning their backs to the field and failing to stand up when it was played at a football match in ...
Hong Kong arrests three for 'insulting' anthem at World Cup qualifier
AFP via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThree people were arrested for turning their backs and remaining seated when China's national anthem...
Hong Kong arrests three people in intensifying crackdown on dissent
Semafor via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoInsights from Hong Kong Free Press, Nikkei Asia, and Semafor The News Three people were arrested in ...
Two British judges resign from Hong Kong court. One cites the city’s ‘political situation’
WLNS Lansing· 1 day agoHONG KONG (AP) — Two British judges have resigned from Hong Kong’s top court, the city’s judiciary...
Hong Kong newspaper runs blank front page ahead of Tiananmen anniversary | FOX 28 Spokane
FOX 28 Spokane· 6 days agoA Hong Kong Christian newspaper has left its front page mostly blank ahead of the 35th anniversary...
Two British judges quit top Hong Kong court amid pro-China crackdown on dissent
The Independent via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoMore than 1,800 political prisoners have been detained in Hong Kong in a crackdown on dissent since...
Opinion | A million people marched in Hong Kong — and changed the city forever
Washington Post· 20 hours agoFive years ago, on June 9, 2019, I watched 1 million people march through the streets of Hong Kong. It was the largest protest in < ...
Why two UK judges resigned from Hong Kong's top court
BBC News· 19 hours agoTwo senior British judges have resigned from Hong Kong’s highest court, with one citing “the...
After crackdown on Hong Kong, overseas communities carry the torch to keep Tiananmen memories alive
WSB Radio· 5 days agoThe 1989 crackdown, in which government troops opened fire on student-led pro-democracy protesters,...
Silence and heavy security in China and Hong Kong mark 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown
U-T San Diego· 4 days agoBeijing’s Tiananmen Square had checkpoints and police vehicles Tuesday as China tried to silence the 35th anniversary of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests. < ...