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One year after the paper was forced to shut down and several senior editors arrested by national security police, former reporters at Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper are still writing the stories the paper might have run, and posting them to social media
Hong Kong has plummeted to 148th on a global press freedom index, as authorities in the city took the now-shuttered pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper to court for “fraud”
Human rights groups have hit out at China over ongoing restrictions being imposed on Taiwan businessman Lee Meng-chu, also known as Morrison Lee, following his release from jail
Lawyers for jailed pro-democracy media magnate Jimmy Lai, who is awaiting trial under a draconian national security law, have called on the United Nations to investigate the multiple criminal cases against him
Public satisfaction with the media in Hong Kong has hit rock bottom, according to a recent public opinion survey
Authorities in Hong Kong have revoked bail for former healthcare union chief and democracy activist Winnie Yu, putting her back behind bars on International Women’s Day
One year after dozens of opposition politicians and pro-democracy activists were put behind bars for “subversion” after taking part in a democratic primary in the summer of 2020, Hongkongers in exile say the mass arrests, which were widely condemned by the international community, struck a “devastating blow” to the city
One year after the U.K. launched a visa scheme allowing millions of Hongkongers and their families to emigrate to the country amid Beijing’ ongoing crackdown on freedom of speech and political activism, tens of thousands have already made the move, many of them hoping for a better life for their children
Hong Kong political artist Kacey Wong is planning a new exhibition on the the democratic island of Taiwan, where he has described himself as “exiled” during a citywide crackdown on political opposition and public dissent under a draconian national security law imposed by Beijing
Writer and taxi-driver Cheung Jing Ho and career politicians Yau Man-chun and Carmen Lau were all members of a District Council elected in a 2019 landslide victory for pro-democracy parties after months of mass protest and resistance to the loss of Hong Kong’s promised freedoms