The Apple Daily printed its last edition today, with the newspaper forced to shutter after the freezing of its assets by the Hong Kong government. The newspaper also shut down its website and social media accounts at midnight yesterday, with many netizens rushing to back-up the website...
The Apple Daily was raided by police today, with five executives of the media organization arrested. The raid involved 500 police officers and could have large implications for media in Hong Kong going forward...
In an unusual diplomatic spat, the Hong Kong Economic, Trade, and Cultural Office, shut down its offices in Taipei earlier this month. The HKETCO represents Hong Kong in Taiwan in lieu of an embassy or consulate, given the lack of formal diplomatic relations between Taiwan and Hong Kong...
Hong Kong activists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow, and Ivan Lam were sentenced to jail today, receiving sentences of thirteen-and-a-half months, ten months, and seven months in jail respectively...
Some have hailed the end of sham democracy in Hong Kong, with the remaining fifteen pan-Democratic legislators in the Hong Kong Legislative Council resigning en masse yesterday. The resignation took place in order to protest China’s National People’s Congress passing a resolution allowing the Hong Kong government to bypass courts in order to remove lawmakers from office as it deems fit...
The Hong Kong government continues with efforts to repress political freedoms in Hong Kong, with four pan-Democratic legislators among the latest to be disqualified from political office today...
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was arrested last Thursday, on charges of illegally participating in a demonstration that took place last year in October...
