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The 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests (also known by other names) were a series of demonstrations against the Hong Kong government's introduction of a bill to amend the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance in regard to extradition. It was the largest series of demonstrations in the history of Hong Kong. [22] [23]
Hong Kong’s High Court has sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists to jail terms of up to 10 years in a landmark national security trial seen as a stark demonstration of a China-led crackdown on ...
Fourteen pro-democracy activists were convicted in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case on Thursday by a court that said their plan to effect change through an unofficial primary election ...
Hong Kong police on Thursday arrested 10 people on suspicion of endangering national security through their alleged involvement with a now-defunct fund that aimed to help people arrested in 2019 ...
Protesters in front of the Legislative Council Complex. On 1 July 2019, as Hong Kong marked the 22nd anniversary of its 1997 handover to China, the annual pro-democracy protest march organised by CHRF claimed a record turnout of 550,000; police placed the estimate at around 190,000, [4] [5] while independent organisations using scientific methods calculated that participation was in the region ...
The Hong Kong Alliance, which had disbanded in September, and its liquidators received a letter dated 7 October from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) which requested the removal of the Pillar of Shame from campus by 13 October. The letter stated that the university would consider the statue abandoned and subject to action by the university "in ...
Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously passed the law on Tuesday, fast-tracking legislation to fortify perceived threats and cracking down on dissent after sometimes violent pro-democracy protests swept ...
Amid year-long citizen protests and dissatisfaction of Hong Kong government, Hong Kong's competitiveness rank fifth, falling from second place last year. According to Hong Kong's ICAC website, one ranking criterion worth noting is that Hong Kong's "bribery and corruption" within the "Government Efficiency" category is ranked 12th. [122] [123]