A Hong Kong court has refused three activists’ applications to challenge their convictions over refusing to comply with a data request from national security police at the city’s top court. Chow Hang-tung, a human rights lawyer and the former vice-chair of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements, the group that once organised […]
A Hong Kong activist allegedly instructed by media mogul Jimmy Lai to call for international sanctions against the city and China has testified that he never spoke to or met the mogul. Andy Li, who is charged alongside Lai but is testifying against him in the high-profile national security trial, said on Wednesday that he […]
A detained activist has told the trial of media mogul Jimmy Lai that he believed a national security law imposed on Hong Kong by Beijing four years ago was designed to persecute its “political enemies.” Prosecution witness Andy Li testified on Thursday that he continued international lobbying, including efforts to persuade foreign governments to scrap […]
Three former organisers of the annual Tiananmen vigils in Hong Kong are seeking to take a challenge against their convictions over refusing to comply with a data request from national security police to the city’s top court. The High Court is set to hear an application next Wednesday from the former vice-chairwoman of the Hong […]
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai was willing to provide “all kinds of help,” including a HK$1.5 million loan, to activists launching a global advertising campaign in June 2019, the mogul’s national security trial has heard. Prosecution witness Chan Tsz-wah, a paralegal that prosecutors alleged was a middleman who linked Lai with the Fight for […]
The enactment of a national security law in Hong Kong prompted activists to discuss the prospect of setting up a “government-in-exile” to continue lobbying international allies against the city, the trial of media mogul Jimmy Lai has heard. Prosecution witness Andy Li, a programmer turned activist, told the court on Tuesday that the idea of […]
Reporters Without Borders advocate is held, searched and questioned for six hours.
A Reporters Without Borders representative was refused entry to the city after arriving to monitor the trial of former media mogul Jimmy Lai, the group said.
Jimmy Lai had mentioned in late November 2019 the idea of conducting a primary poll to “continue the momentum” of the pro-democracy camp in a legislative race originally scheduled for 2020, an activist has told the media tycoon’s landmark national security trial. The Apple Daily founder said organising a primary election could unite the votes […]
A Hong Kong court has rejected media mogul Jimmy Lai’s challenge against a national security committee’s decision to bar a British lawyer from taking part in his ongoing security trial. Three Court of Appeal judges on Tuesday dismissed Lai’s appeal against the decision of the Committee for Safeguarding National Security. The committee was empowered to […]
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai hoped to contact protesters leading the “valiant camp” during the 2019 unrest and “purify” them, out of concerns they would lose the pro-democracy movement international support, an activist has testified during Lai’s landmark national security trial. Paralegal Chan Tsz-wah, who stands accused of conspiring with Lai and others to […]
The Hong Kong government will step up national security education through activities organised by disciplinary forces, schools and community groups, Chief Secretary Eric Chan has said, as he warned the city to be cautious about “soft resistance.” Challenges to national security in Hong Kong were “constantly changing,” and “anti-China forces” would not “give up easily,” […]