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Hong Kong activists fade from view as national security case drags
Apr 07, 2022 (AFP)
The 47 activists make up a swathe of the city's depleted democracy movement, from veteran former lawmakers to young firebrands and community organisers as well ...
UN inaction on China abuses 'huge disappointment': Uyghur campaigner
Apr 07, 2022 (AFP)
Uyghur campaigner Rushan Abbas, who is American, decried that Michelle Bachelet had, to date, been so restrained in her criticism of the well-reported rights vi...
NBA player Kanter out to corner UN rights chief on China
Apr 06, 2022 (AFP)
Kanter Freedom has emerged as one of China's most vocal critics in the sporting world: a rare athlete willing to forgo lucrative endorsements to speak on issues...
Former Hong Kong security chief declares leadership bid
Apr 06, 2022 (AFP)
John Lee, who oversaw the police response to huge democracy protests three years ago and its subsequent crackdown, resigned from the government to run. "If the ...
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to leave office
Apr 04, 2022 (AFP)
Ending months of speculation, Lam confirmed she would not seek a second term when a committee made up of the city's political elite chooses a new leader next mo...
Hong Kong calls UK criticisms 'ridiculous'
Apr 01, 2022 (AFP)
The city's government hit out at the wide-ranging claims of internal repression made by the UK in its latest six-monthly report on its former colony, released l...
Nine foreign judges to stay on Hong Kong's top court
Mar 31, 2022 (AFP)
Judges from common law jurisdictions are invited to sit as non-permanent members at Hong Kong's top court, which is separate from mainland China's opaque, party...
Australian, Canadian judges to stay on HK top court as UK judges resign
Mar 31, 2022 (AFP)
Judges from common law jurisdictions are invited to sit as non-permanent members at Hong Kong's top court, which is separate from mainland China's opaque, party...
China sanctions US officials who 'concocted lies' on human rights
Mar 31, 2022 (AFP)
The tit-for-tat move comes after Washington announced visa restrictions on Chinese officials accused of repressing religious and ethnic minorities in the far-we...
Australian TV anchor has closed China trial on state secrets charges
Mar 31, 2022 (AFP)
Cheng -- a mother-of-two and a former anchor on Beijing's state broadcaster CGTN -- has been detained since August 2020. In February last year she was formally ...
Australian journalist faces China trial on state secrets charges
Mar 31, 2022 (AFP)
Cheng -- a mother-of-two and a former anchor on Beijing's state broadcaster CGTN -- has been held in detention since August 2020. In February last year she was ...
Australian journalist to stand trial in China on state secrets charges
Mar 30, 2022 (AFP)
Cheng -- a former anchor on Beijing's state broadcaster CGTN -- has been detained since August 2020 and in February last year was formally arrested for "illegal...
UK judges to withdraw from Hong Kong's top court
Mar 30, 2022 (AFP)
"The situation has reached a tipping point where it is no longer tenable for British judges to sit on Hong Kong's leading court, and would risk legitimising opp...
Two UK judges resign from Hong Kong's top court
Mar 30, 2022 (AFP)
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said that senior UK judges continuing to occupy roles there risked "legitimising oppression", following the imposition of Ch...
Australia voices concern for journalist as trial in China looms
Mar 26, 2022 (AFP)
Cheng, previously an anchor on state broadcaster CGTN, disappeared in August 2020 and was formally arrested for "illegally supplying state secrets overseas" in ...
American lawyer released from prison, says 'banned' from Hong Kong
Mar 23, 2022 (AFP)
The confrontation between Samuel Phillip Bickett and the plainclothes officer occurred on December 7, 2019, towards the end of huge and at times violent democra...
Hong Kong martial arts teacher charged over sedition, weapons
Mar 22, 2022 (AFP)
Police allege the coach, 59, and a 62-year-old female assistant -- both of whom face weapons charges -- set up a martial arts training hall to "incite hatred" a...
Hong Kong leader defends mainland medics; Shenzhen eases lockdown
Mar 18, 2022 (AFP)
China this week sent about 400 healthcare workers to bolster the ranks of Hong Kong's anti-pandemic staff, a move that fuelled questions over the waving of work...
Unwed and unwanted, Chinese single mothers fight for rights
Mar 18, 2022 (AFP)
Millions of single mothers like her have it rough in a country where out-of-wedlock births are frowned upon, and where only married women can claim maternity be...
Shanghai tailors keep qipao dress tradition alive
Mar 14, 2022 (AFP)
"It's a highly skilled craft," said Zhou, co-founder of Hanart, one of China's most well-known qipao makers. "Some of our tailors spend a lifetime learning to m...
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