Officials have suggested that imprisoned pro-democracy activists are using sweets and other items to “solicit followers” behind bars.
Tag: Hong Kong Protests (2019)
In Hong Kong, Jimmy Lai’s Next Digital Says It Has Been Forced to Close
Next Digital, which has published criticism of China for decades, said a crackdown had left it with no way to operate. Its main newspaper, Apple Daily, closed in June.
How Beijing Has Buried Hong Kong’s Last Vestige of Democracy
The landslide victory of pro-democracy politicians in local elections in 2019 was a stunning rebuke of Beijing. Now, fear of retaliation has driven them to quit.
Mirror, a Hong Kong Boy Band, Cheers the Gloomy Chinese City
The popularity of the group, called Mirror, has offered the city a rare burst of unity and pleasure after years of political upheaval.
Hong Kong Arrests Anthony Wong Yiu-ming for Singing at Election Rally
Anticorruption officials arrested Anthony Wong Yiu-ming, a Cantopop singer, who has publicly supported the Chinese territory’s pro-democracy opposition.
Hong Kong Targets Student Unions to Tame Universities
The authorities are clamping down on universities, which they consider hotbeds for unrest. The groups say they are fighting for survival.
Hong Kong Protester Is Sentenced to 9 Years in First Security Law Case
Tong Ying-kit, 24, who drove a motorcycle into police officers while carrying a protest flag, was convicted of terrorism and inciting secession.
Men Who Beat Hong Kong Protesters in Mob Attack Are Sentenced to Prison
In his ruling, a judge in Hong Kong said that the seven defendants had “viciously” attacked innocent people in a train station in July 2019.
Hong Kong Police Arrest 5 Over Children’s Books Deemed ‘Seditious’
A story that portrayed the police as wolves helped lead to the arrests of five leaders of a speech therapists’ union.
Students Arrested in Hong Kong Bomb Plot, Days After Police Stabbing
Six teenagers were among those arrested in connection with a bomb plot. Some democracy activists say Beijing’s crackdown is fueling radical ideas.