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Hong Kong holds first protest in two years under strict rules
Hong Kong protest: In mid-2020 Beijing imposed a National Security Law (NSL) to stamp out dissent in the southern Chinese city.
Published on Mar 26, 2023 02:52 PM IST
AFP | | Posted by Shobhit Gupta
In a first, minors convicted under Hong Kong's national security law
A 16-year-old girl and three 17-year-olds were members of a little-known pro-independence group that called itself "Returning Valiant" charged with "conspiracy to incite subversion."
Published on Oct 08, 2022 01:09 PM IST
AFP | | Posted by Nisha Anand
Hong Kong speech therapists jailed for 19 months over seditious children's books
Five speech therapists were convicted under a colonial-era sedition law in a case denounced by rights campaigners as a “brazen act of repression.”
Published on Sep 10, 2022 03:35 PM IST
Reuters |
Amid new election laws, Hong Kong is all ready to cast vote
Voters in Hong Kong will caste their votes on Sunday for the first time since the election reform in March 2020 that fueled the massive pro-democracy protests last year. The new laws give Beijing more control over Hong Kong's legislature.
Published on Dec 17, 2021 12:33 PM IST
AP | , Hong Kong
Hong Kong man gets 9 years in jail in first trial under China-imposed law
Tong Ying-kit, a 24-year-old waiter in Hong Kong, became the first person to be convicted under the sweeping national security law that China imposed on the city to stamp out dissent.
Published on Jul 30, 2021 12:58 PM IST
Written by Joydeep Bose | Edited by Meenakshi Ray, Hindustan Times, New Delhi