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Hong Kong’s Democratic Party to discuss potential disbandment – reports
Hong Kong’s Democratic Party will not rule out discussion on potentially disbanding during an upcoming meeting this week, its chairperson has said following reports that the party may shut do…
Why thousands of Hongkongers are now living in Solihull - BBC News
Solihull council says the borough's 5,000 Hongkonger residents "enrich all our lives".
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Benny Tai jailed 10 years over subversion in landmark national security case
Pro-democracy activist Benny Tai has been jailed for 10 years over organising an unofficial primary election in 2020, as Hong Kong’s High Court delivered sentences in the city’s largest…
WeChat among apps banned from Hong Kong govt computers • The Register
Google and WhatsApp also binned, which is far easier to explain than canning a local hero
Hong Kongers mourn a city that is a shell of its former self
Like grieving over death of loved one, some Hong Kongers say they are grieving for loss of their city
1 year, 2 months jail for first person convicted under Hong Kong’s new security law for ‘seditious’ T-shirt
The first person convicted under Hong Kong’s new security legislation has been jailed for 14 months, after pleading guilty on Monday to sedition over wearing a T-shirt with a protest slogan o…
First person convicted under Hong Kong’s new security law after pleading guilty to wearing ‘seditious’ T-shirt
A Hongkonger has pleaded guilty to sedition over a T-shirt with a protest slogan on it, becoming the first person convicted under the city’s new security legislation. West Kowloon Magistrates’…
Why has badminton become a code for sex in Hong Kong? - BBC News
The education bureau suggests teens who want to have sex could "go out to play badminton together" instead.
Hong Kong says school children sang anthem too softly - BBC News
Officials advise teachers to help students "cultivate habit and confidence" while singing anthem.
I miss the old HK. Shout-out to everyone that managed to move out.
Hong Kong cancels passports of six pro-democracy activists in exile in UK | Politics News
The six, including former legislator Nathan Law, are also banned from any business dealings and financial transactions.
'Becoming a totalitarian state': UK judge on why he quit Hong Kong court
The departing top court judge says the city's rule of law has been "profoundly compromised".
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16412062
A high-profile British judge who resigned from Hong Kong’s highest court last week has warned the city is “slowly becoming a totalitarian state” and judges are being compromised by an “impossible political environment created by China”.
Lord Sumption’s comments on Monday came as a third senior foreign judge in the past week resigned from the Court of Final Appeal.
"The problem in Hong Kong has been building up over the last four years and I think all the judges on the court feel concerned about this," Lord Sumption told the BBC's Today programme.
"I have reached the point eventually where I don’t think that my continuing presence on the court is serving any useful purpose."
On Monday he wrote in a newspaper op-ed that the city's rule of law has been "profoundly compromised".
Last week’s conviction of dissidents came in the biggest case since the introduction of a new national security law
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16128611
The verdict wasn’t surprising but outside room no 2 of the West Kowloon courthouse, people still wept. The panel of Hong Kong national security judges had set down two days for the hearing but dispensed with the core business in about 15 minutes. In the city’s largest ever national security trial – involving the prosecution of pro-democracy campaigners and activists from a group known as the “Hong Kong 47” – almost all the defendants were found guilty of conspiracy to commit subversion.
Their crime was trying to win an election, holding unofficial primaries in 2020 attended by an estimated 600,000 residents.
The plan was devised by organiser and academic [Benny Tai](https://www.thegua
Retro Hong Kong Tram 50s-80s style
cross-posted from: https://ani.social/post/3804162
Retro Hong Kong Tram 50s-80s style
Gregory Wong and 11 others jailed over 2019 pro--democracy protests, can't imagine jail under these new laws
Pro-democracy demonstrators broke into Hong Kong's legislature in 2019 during months-long protests.
No comment, just sad to read these news
The latest Article 23 Legislation suggested banning Telegram, Signal, Facebook, YouTube and more in Hong Kong
Amazing job for the government turning Hong Kong from International city to the fishing village damn
Full minutes: https://www.legco.gov.hk/yr2024/english/panels/se/papers/seajlshs5120240306cb2-258-1-e.pdf
In Hong Kong, abandoned villages have been reclaimed by nature | CNN
It is kind of weird to have abandoned villages in one of the most densely populated places in the world.
I guess homesteading hasn't caught on in HK yet...
As foreigners leave, people from the mainland are taking their place
