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Hong Kong's Dragnet Widens 5 Years After National Security Law

Jailed pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong shrugged and shook his head after a Hong Kong court this month announced a fresh charge of breaching the city's national security law.

International Business Times

Jailed Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong hit with new charges

Wong accused of conspiracy in move rights groups condemn as ‘outrageous’ attempt to keep influential dissident imprisoned

The Guardian - AU

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong charged under Beijing-imposed security law for second time

Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong has been charged with conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security under a Beijing-imposed law that critics say has crushed Hong Kong's once-thriving pro-democracy movement

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‘My father stayed to defend his people’: Jimmy Lai’s son condemns ‘show trial’ in Hong Kong

INTERVIEW: Exclusive: Sebastien Lai tells Namita Singh about pro-democracy icon’s deteriorating health in dire prison conditions

The Independent UK

Who are ‘Hong Kong 47’? Pro-democracy activists at centre of largest national security trial

Key figures in ‘Hong Kong 47’ represent cross-section of city’s pro-democracy movement

The Independent UK

My friend Joshua Wong is among those jailed in Hong Kong – the UK must stand up for these political prisoners

I too suffered this repression. The harsh sentences handed down to democracy activists cannot go unchallenged, says activist Nathan Law

The Guardian - UK

Hong Kong democracy activists jailed: Who are they, what’s the case about?

The Hong Kong 47 were first arrested in 2021 for organising unofficial elections that authorities likened to a ‘coup’.

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Scholar, Lawmakers And Journalist Among Hong Kongers Jailed

Hong Kong's largest national security trial came to an end on Tuesday with 45 pro-democracy figures jailed for holding an informal election over four years ago.

International Business Times

Top Hong Kong pro-democracy leaders sentenced to jail under controversial national security law

Western governments have criticised convictions of pro-democracy activists under controversial national security law

Evening Standard

Activists, professors, legislators: who are the Hong Kong 47?

The group are at the centre of Hong Kong’s biggest national security trial and have been handed sentences of up to 10 years

The Guardian - AU

Hong Kong jails 45 pro-democracy activists in China-led crackdown on dissent

Prominent activists Benny Tai and Joshua Wong receive 10 years and four years respectively

The Independent UK

HK47: dozens of pro-democracy activists jailed in Hong Kong’s largest national security trial

Members of ‘Hong Kong 47’ – charged in 2021 over involvement in pre-election primary – sentenced to between four and 10 years

The Guardian - UK

45 pro-democracy activists face sentencing in Hong Kong. Here's who some of them are

Dozens of prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday in the biggest case under a national security law that critics say has crushed political activism in the semi-autonomous Chinese city

The Independent UK

A decade later, Hong Kong’s massive democracy protests remain an enduring memory

Scores of red Chinese flags now flap near the Hong Kong government headquarters in preparation for China’s national day as police patrolled the area thousands of demonstrators occupied a decade ago to protest Beijing’s restrictions on candidates running for the city’s top job.

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The Guardian - AU

‘I was so naive’: 10 years after Umbrella protests, Hongkongers remember China’s crackdown

Anniversary of pro-democracy demonstration takes place in city where protest has been largely criminalised and activists silenced

The Conversation

Republicans believe Tim Walz has been ‘groomed’ by China. But how does China view him?

When Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ team vetted Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her running mate, his Midwestern roots and background as a teacher, coach and veteran distinguished him from the typical “coastal elite”. However, it’s unclear whether her team considered Walz’s ties to China to be an asset…

The Independent UK

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong asks for a lesser sentence in landmark security case

Prominent activist Joshua Wong has asked for a lesser sentence in court after he earlier pleaded guilty in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case

The Independent UK

A Hong Kong court is set to deliver a landmark verdict in the city's biggest national security case

Some of Hong Kong’s best-known pro-democracy activists charged in the city’s biggest national security case will begin to hear their verdicts as early as Thursday

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The Independent UK

How a primary election led to activists being arrested in Hong Kong's biggest national security case

Verdicts in Hong Kong’s largest national security case to date will be delivered on Thursday

The Guardian - UK

‘I already miss Hong Kong’: Democracy activist Tony Chung flees to the UK

The 22-year-old says his probation conditions meant he was under surveillance and could not work

The Independent UK

Democracy activist Agnes Chow says she still feels under the Hong Kong police's watch in Canada

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow says she feels she's still under the watch of the Chinese territory’s police even after moving to Toronto

Al Jazeera

Hong Kong activist Agnes Chow skips bail, refuses return

Chow, who played a leading role in the 2019 pro-democracy protests, is the latest dissident to flee Beijing’s crackdown.

The Independent UK

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow jumps bail and moves to Canada

One of Hong Kong’s best-known pro-democracy activists, who moved to Canada to pursue further studies, says she will not return to the city to meet her bail conditions, becoming the latest politician to flee Hong Kong under Beijing’s crackdown on dissidents

Al Jazeera

Trial of Hong Kong activists under China-imposed law enters home straight

Sixteen pro-democracy activists are charged under national security laws critics claim are designed to stifle dissent.

The Independent UK

A Hong Kong Court hears final arguments in subversion trial of pro-democracy activists

A Hong Kong court has started hearing the final arguments of some of the city’s best-known pro-democracy activists tried under a law imposed by China’s ruling Communist Party to crush dissent

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