An Azerbaijani pro-democracy activist was placed in pre-trial custody on Tuesday on smuggling charges he denied in the latest of a series of cases that have prompted Western concern about free speech ...
Forty-seven Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are being charged with subversion under the territory’s national security law. The offense carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
Pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai allegedly tried to trigger mainland China's political and economic collapse, a court in Hong Kong has heard. Mr Lai, a 76-year-old UK citizen and founder of ...
Three key democracy activists were sentenced to jail yesterday. They had all pleaded guilty to charges stemming from their involvement in a 15-hour siege of the city’s police headquarters during ...
HONG KONG--Jimmy Lai, a former newspaper publisher and one of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy activists, spends around 23 hours a day in solitary confinement in a maximum-security ...
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about international human rights and national security. When people think of Hong Kong, they don’t usually think of political ...
Pro-democracy Cantopop star Denise Ho has said she will perform an online gig this month having been unable to secure a live ...
NGOs and bookshops are closing, media organisations are leaving and democracy activists are on trial “Ideas are bulletproof”. Three words, stamped out in multicolour tiles above a doorway ...
HONG KONG--The trial of 16 Hong Kong democracy activists charged under a national security law imposed by Beijing began on Monday with security tight for a case that some observers say will be a ...
Human rights in Asia suffered one setback after another in 1989. The peaceful Chinese democracy movement was crushed, leaving as many as 1000 dead and tens of thousands to be arrested throughout ...
Chan Tsz-wah told the Jimmy Lai trial he had lied to police about not being a member of activist group Stand With Hong Kong.