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‘Premature, unnecessary’: Tiananmen Massacre activist hits back as Hong Kong gov’t strikes vigil group from Companies Registry

The Alliance’s effort to “end one-party dictatorship” amounted to “subverting state power,” the government said.

by Rhoda Kwan 18:50, 26 October 202118:55, 26 October 2021

Hong Kong’s new rules on accessing gov’t records put journalists at ‘unnecessary’ risk, press group says

The new measures require people to disclose their names and identification document numbers, and acknowledge that their data may be transferred to law enforcement as permitted under the privacy law.

by Kelly Ho 18:48, 26 October 202118:56, 26 October 2021

Video: ‘No way to prove’ Amnesty Int’l is leaving Hong Kong because of security law, says Chief Exec. Carrie Lam

Amnesty International announced a day ago it would close its Hong Kong offices by the end of 2021.

by Candice Chau 18:47, 26 October 202118:56, 26 October 2021

Hong Kong to set up elderly priority queues and quarantine polling stations for legislative polls in Dec

Under a Beijing-steered election revamp, which seeks to ensure only “patriots” rule the city, the ratio of directly elected seats in the legislature will fall to a historic low. Candidates are also subject to a multiple layers of national security vetting.

by Kelly Ho 18:46, 26 October 202118:56, 26 October 2021

China locks down city of four million over Covid cases

by AFP 18:45, 26 October 202118:55, 26 October 2021

UK bank Standard Chartered declines to say if it supports free speech in Hong Kong after marathon runners targeted

On Sunday, several Standard Chartered marathon runners were targeted by police and made to cover tattoos – or change clothing – bearing slogans such as “come on Hong Kong.”

by Tom Grundy 13:08, 26 October 202113:47, 26 October 2021

Hong Kong to further tighten Covid travel restrictions, despite business warnings and low no. of infections

13:00, 26 October 202113:58, 26 October 2021

Hong Kong rights lawyer Chow Hang-tung invokes Tiananmen Massacre ‘tank man’ at trial

00:31, 26 October 202123:33, 26 October 2021

Hong Kong court convicts man under security law for inciting secession with chants and speech

16:13, 25 October 202119:24, 25 October 2021

Showcase for stupidity: how politics plagued Hong Kong’s Standard Chartered marathon

16:11, 25 October 202116:11, 25 October 2021

Legal aid reform: Critics fear right to choose lawyer will be undermined but Hong Kong gov’t advisor says plan will be ‘fairer’

16:05, 25 October 202116:05, 25 October 2021

Covid-19: Hong Kong to be flexible over smartphone app rule amid fears the poor will lose access to gov’t premises

15:42, 25 October 202117:00, 25 October 2021

Opinion

That fact sheet on US interference in Hong Kong affairs – why now?

“Based on the old adage that the best defence is a strong offence, the grievance list suggests that Beijing decision-makers did at least get the point. They know their ‘Hong Kong solution’ has had a bad press and are acknowledging it in their own way,” writes Suzanne Pepper.

by Suzanne Pepper

Hong Kong’s witchfinders are making ‘national security’ an all-purpose offence

“It seems that being ‘unsound’ on national security is going to be like being a sex offender in California: after you have served your sentence, if any, you do not return to your former life,” writes Tim Hamlett.

by Tim Hamlett

Lam’s Northern Metropolis: Welcome to Hong Kong’s make-believe land of white elephants

Critter vs. commodity: the cognitive dissonance behind the plight of Hong Kong’s wild pigs

Even with the Nobel Peace Prize, press freedom remains under fierce attack

Why China’s mass jet incursions mark an ominous new stage in cross-strait tensions

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‘Give him a way out’: Elderly parents plead for Hongkonger facing death penalty in China despite his history of mental illness

“We hope the authorities could give him a way out… I don’t want us, the silver-haired, to watch the younger one pass away,” said the mother of Wu Chi-man.

by Kelly Ho 20:15, 24 October 202120:19, 24 October 2021

Hong Kong’s Bleak House Books writes its final chapter

Owner Albert Wan says his decision to shut Bleak House Books and return to the US is “a combination of everything that’s been happening over the past few years.”

09:51, 16 October 202112:11, 18 October 2021

Loving one and many: the world of Hong Kong polyamorists

Hongkongers experimenting with polyamory — couples who give each other permission to simultaneously pursue other romantic or even sexual relationships outside their own — share with HKFP intimate details of their controversial lifestyle.

18:11, 10 October 202118:09, 12 October 2021

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Exclusive: Hongkongers are on the right side of history, says artist Ai Weiwei – ‘I am very proud of them’

09:30, 18 September 202118:59, 20 September 2021

Hongkongers have renewed passion for live music after Covid closures, says singer Cehryl ahead of Clockenflap gig

18:22, 16 September 202118:25, 16 September 2021

‘No remorse’: Raphael Wong, the jailed Hong Kong democrat who refuses to stay silent

09:55, 5 September 202109:51, 6 September 2021

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Hong Kong Policy Address: What was missing – and what the omissions mean for the city’s future

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam delivered the last policy address of her current term on Wednesday, laying out her vision for the city. Whilst pro-Beijing lawmakers hailed her address, democrats said Lam’s speech was meant for Beijing’s ears ahead of next year’s leadership race, rather than being of benefit to Hongkongers. Having spotlighted the…

by Selina Cheng 17:32, 9 October 202123:04, 12 October 2021

Hong Kong lawyers create court database of protest-related cases in bid to safeguard rule of law

A group of young Hong Kong lawyers have created a database of magistrates’ rulings in protest-related cases in a bid to safeguard the rule of law, amid unprecedented public interest in court hearings after thousands were prosecuted over the 2019 unrest. The Compendium Project – launched in June – has compiled information on more than…

by Kelly Ho 10:57, 3 October 202111:56, 3 October 2021

Telling the story of Taiwan beyond the cross-strait tensions

A government-funded streaming news platform launched just three weeks ago aims to tell the world that there’s much more to Taiwan than the threat of war with Beijing – a challenge which other journalists have long faced. The new team of journalists at Taiwan+ (TaiwanPlus) are still trying to find their feet, says deputy news…

by Rhoda Kwan 10:00, 26 September 202109:43, 27 September 2021

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