“If you see the police on the bus, absolutely do not think it is weird,” insisted the Mong Kok District police division in a Facebook post on November
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Human Rights in Hong Kong, October 2023: What California Governor Gavin Newsom Ignores
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu (李家超) has promised more security legislation for 2024 in his annual policy address, decrying “anti-China
Human Rights in Hong Kong, September 2023: Goose-Stepping in the Truth Vortex
After a summer spent learning to goose-step under police direction, 60 patriotic schoolchildren returned for Hong Kong’s new academic year, performing
Human Rights in Hong Kong, August 2023: White Shirts, Yellow Hats and Orange Statues
A white-shirt convicted of violently attacking protesters in Hong Kong’s Yuen Long district four years ago stated in front of a court that he felt
The Silence of the Hang Seng
The gamble has always been clear: The Chinese Communist Party bets greed. With copious evidence to back its standpoint and its own rapaciousness to
Hong Kong Rights Tracker: Where Even the Good Numbers Are Bad
Last Friday, Sebastien Lai (黎崇恩), the son of imprisoned pro-democracy campaigner and publisher Jimmy Lai (黎智英), addressed the United Nations Human
Hong Kong Declares Fatwa on Pro-Democracy Leaders
Hong Kong protesters have always warned that China would take its tyranny global. As a worldwide bounty falls on the heads of several prominent Hong
Bounties on Exiled Hong Kong Activists Are a Threat to Freedom Everywhere
Brendan Clift, The University of Melbourne The Hong Kong government has extended its efforts to suppress political dissent overseas, issuing arrest
Human Rights in Hong Kong: May 35th to June 30th, 2023
The multi-point attack against human rights throughout Hong Kong society marched on in June 2023 with arrests, media closure, anthem bans, frozen bank
The Apple and ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ Test of U.S. Strategy
From ballad of hope to anthem for doomed youth, the protest song “Glory to Hong Kong” means many different things to many different people. It may now
An Invitation to Impunity
The Biden administration is considering an invitation for Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu (李家超) to November’s Asia-Pacific Economic
Human Rights in China, Mid-June, 2023: Long COVID and 占占占人
Late May to early June is the season of erasure in China, but Tiananmen 1989 is not the only uprising that authorities would like to delete from