China's embassy hits back against U.S. criticism of Hong Kong's new national security law, urging the U.S. to "respect China's sovereignty."
States not respecting others’ sovereignty and internal affairs could end up setting unhealthy precedents, India’s external affairs ministry said.
Demonstrators and governments alike warn of higher risk of detention under the Article 23 legislation.
The Centre described the German Foreign Ministry’s remarks calling for a ‘fair and impartial trial’ for Kejriwal as ‘interfering in India’s judicial process’.
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court has sentenced 12 people to prison Saturday over the storming of the city’s legislative council building at the height of the anti-government protests in 2019. The storming on July 1, 2019 — the 22nd anniversary of the former British colony’s return to
Hong Kong actor Gregory Wong and 11 other people have been jailed for their
Sentences of nearly seven years handed down over 2019 action that was pivotal moment in uprising against Chinese ruleA Hong Kong court has sentenced 12 people to jail terms of up to seven years over the storming of the city’s legislature in 2019 at the height of pro-democracy protests that challenged the Beijing-backed government.It was the most violent episode in the initial stage of the huge protests that upended the city that year, with Beijing later imposing a sweeping national security law...
Hong Kong’s Civic Party, which was once the city’s second-largest pro-democracy party, has officially shut down after 18 years – joining dozens of other civil society groups which folded in the wake of a Beijing-imposed national security law. Members of the Civic Party – nicknamed “the barristers’ party” – voted last May to dissolve it […]
The Article 23 legislation includes penalties for five categories of crime including treason, insurrection, espionage, sabotage and external interference
The enactment of Hong Kong’s new domestic security law was a “glorious achievement,” Chief Executive John Lee has said in a meeting with Beijing’s top official on the city’s affairs. Hong Kong leader Lee and other government officials met the Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office (HKMAO) Xia Baolong in Shenzhen on […]
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai’s aide arranged for Hong Kong activists to meet US senator Rick Scott when the politician visited the city during the 2019 protests and unrest, a key prosecution witness has told Lai’s national security trial. Andy Li, one of 12 Hongkongers caught by Chinese coastguard in August 2020, told the […]
Former Hong Kong chief secretary Anson Chan met protesters and asked them if they had an “endgame” after months-long pro-democracy demonstrations and unrest in 2019, the national security trial of media mogul Jimmy Lai has heard. Prosecution witness Andy Li, an IT programmer turned activist, told the court on Friday that he was invited by […]