The Chinese government sentenced citizen journalist Zhang Zhan to four years in jail late last month. This was part of a larger crackdown directed at journalists and dissidents conducted by the Chinese government over the holidays...
The weekend has seen violent attacks on demonstrators by Hong Kong police following the death of 22-year-old student protester Alex Chow Tsz-lok on Friday after a fall from a car park earlier in the week and the emergence of accusations that police gang-raped an 18-year-old woman last month. A general strike has been called for today. It remains to be seen whether this strike will be paralyzing of Hong Kong society in the way that it was hoped previously called for general strikes would be...
22-year-old student Chow Tsz-lok has died in Hong Kong after injuries sustained from falling from the third floor to the second floor of a car park in the course of police dispersion operations in Tseung Kwan O on Monday....
Intensive protests took place in Hong Kong over the weekend, with violence against demonstrators seemingly reaching new heights. Particularly shocking have been images circulated online of district councilor Andrew Chiu’s ear being bitten off by an assailant who previously attacked others with a knife...
Demonstrations that took place concurrently with Halloween celebrations in Hong Kong yesterday, with police attacking sometimes costumed demonstrators. Joshua Wong of Demosisto was blocked from running in district council elections by the Hong Kong government earlier this week...
The Chinese government's increasing use of coercion against its own citizens in connection with the ongoing protests in Hong Kong has become increasingly discussed following the detention of journalist Huang Xueqin...
Protests in Hong Kong continue, with the last major action being the “Hong Kong Way” yesterday. The “Hong Kong Way” consisted of protesters holding hands to form a 40-kilometer human chain, stretching across Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories...
The Chinese government confirmed yesterday that it is currently holding 28-year-old Hong Konger Simon Cheng in detention. Cheng, who works in the British consulate, disappeared earlier this month on August 8th while returning from Shenzhen to Hong Kong from a one-day business meeting...