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Hong Kong Democracy Protests Follow Candidate Exclusion
Pro-democracy groups took to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday to protest the government’s decision to disqualify a prominent activists from legislative elections in March. Agnes Chow, 21, was seeking to become Hong Kong’s youngest council member ever, contesting the seat of another “umbrella movement” activist, Nathan Law, 26, who was stripped of his […]
Hong Kong Bars Pro-Democracy Candidate Agnes Chow
Hong Kong’s Agnes Chow, who is 21, is a member of the pro-democracy Demosisto political party.
Chinese #MeToo movement is testing the censors’ limits
Censors deleted hundreds of social media posts with the tag “Me too in China” and closed related topic forums
Chinese police video of rights lawyer’s arrest raises questions
Chinese authorities appear to be mounting a smear campaign against a detained human rights lawyer by releasing a seemingly edited police video which shows him resisting arrest and then swinging at an officer, campaigners say. Yu Wensheng was seized Friday by roughly a dozen police, including a SWAT team, as he left his Beijing apartment […]
China Urged to Release of Hong Kong-Based Bookseller
Gui Minhai is a Hong Kong-based bookseller who has been arrested for the second time in two years
Chinese Government Bans Hip-hop and Tattooed-actors
The Chinese government is tightening its grip on popular culture with a new ban on hip-hop culture and actors with tattoos—representations that are seen as disrespectful and outside the code of conduct. China’s media regulator, State Administration of Press, Publication, Broadcasting and Television, issued the ban on Friday along with “necessary standards,” according to Sina, […]
Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong released on bail
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was released on bail Tuesday pending appeal against a jail term over pro-democracy protests. Wong was jailed for three months last week, the second time he has received a prison sentence for his involvement in the Umbrella Movement. Campaigners fear political debate in the semi-autonomous city is being shut down […]
Hong Kong Democracy Battle Now Waged in Courts
Hong Kong’s vigorous activism once earned it the nickname “city of protests.” But these days, the Chinese territory has become the city of prosecutions. Three years after the city’s massive strike for free elections, what’s now called the Umbrella protest, the Hong Kong government is pursuing charges against several dozen activists and participants. Many who […]
Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer arrested in Beijing
Hours before his detention, Yu Wensheng had circulated an open letter calling for five reforms to China’s constitution