The UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron and former Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi raised the issue last month of Hong Kong’s new Article 23 national security proposals, which have been a subject of considerable controversy and debate in recent years. The Article 23 law in Hong Kong’s Basic Law stipulates that the [...]
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Hong Kong government 'strongly condemns' activist Ted Hui for intimidating public officers
The Hong Kong government “strongly condemned” self-exiled activist Ted Hui Chi-fung in a statement on Monday for intimidating government officials and obstructing the course of justice by appealing to the public to carry out doxxing against public officers who handled his case. In the statement, the government condemned Hui for disseminating a list of public [...]
Hong Kong government concludes public consultation for local security law
The Hong Kong government announced Wednesday that it concluded the four-week public consultation period for a new local security law under Article 23 of the Basic Law, which is Hong Kong’s mini-constitution. Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee previously stated on January 30 that the proposed legislation aims to safeguard national security while respecting human [...]
Hong Kong police issues warrant for exiled activist Agnes Chow Ting
The Hong Kong Police Force confirmed that opposition activist Agnes Chow Ting is listed as wanted, at the year-end press conference held on Tuesday. Chow recently completed her jail sentence of 10 months based on her convictions for one count of “taking part in an unauthorized assembly without lawful authority or reasonable excuse” and one [...]
In what proved to be a constitutionally fraught week, the Governor of the State of Texas, Greg Abbott, stated on January 26 he will oppose any measure to infringe on Texas’s placing of razor wire on the US-Mexico border, a move that has bolstered Texas nationalists and increased calls that Texas should secede from the [...]
Hong Kong begins consultation period for local security legislation
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee announced the commencement of a four-week consultation period for a new local security law under Article 23 of the Basic Law, Hong Kong’s mini-constitution, on Tuesday. This consultation period will allow Hong Kong citizens to voice their opinions on the new law and have them considered by lawmakers. Article [...]
Hong Kong court sentences activist to 3 months prison over sedition charges
Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts sentenced Hong Kong activist Chu Kai-poon to three months in prison on Wednesday, according to local media outlet The Witness. Chu pleaded guilty on January 2 to two counts of sedition after national security police arrested him on November 27 for wearing a shirt with the slogan “Liberate Hong [...]
India Supreme Court dismisses petition to release man detained over alleged murder plot
The Indian Supreme Court dismissed Thursday a habeas corpus petition by one of the family members of Nikhil Gupta for his release from detention in the Czech Republic. Gupta has been accused of plotting the murder of pro-Khalistan activist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. Habeas corpus petitions are a legal mechanism that protects an individual’s right to [...]
Hong Kong activist Chu Kai-poon pleaded guilty on Thursday to two counts of sedition at Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts. Chu was previously arrested on November 27 by national security police at the Hong Kong International Airport for wearing a shirt with “seditious wording.” He was then charged on November 29 with two counts [...]
Hong Kong pro-independence activist applies for UK asylum in breach of supervision order
Tony Chung Hon Lam, the last convener of Hong Kong pro-independence group Studentlocalism, said on his social media on Thursday that he had applied for political asylum in the UK. The Hong Kong Correctional Services Department (CSD) held a press conference on Friday, calling upon Chung to obey the supervision order and return to Hong [...]