Hong Kong police arrest the organizers of Tiananmen vigil

Highlights

• The police arrested members of the Hong Kong Alliance
• The police had demanded the documents of the alliance

The Hong Kong police arrested several members of the group that organizes vigils for the anniversary of the Tianan...

8 HONG KONG DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS FREED FROM CHINESE JAIL

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• 8 Hong Kong democracy activists freed from Chinese jail.
• The activists were jailed in China last year after being captured at sea.
• Chinese court had sentenced 10 of the 12 to between seven months and three years in jail.<...

CARRIE LAM SAYS HONG KONG WELCOMES ELECTORAL REFORMS

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• Carrie Lam says Hong Kong welcomes electoral reforms.
• The future Hong Kong leader will have the freedom to choose a large part of the legislature.
• Around half of the Hong Kong legislature is elected directly by voters.

US CONDEMNS CONTINUED ASSAULTS BY CHINA ON HONG KONG’S DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS

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• The United States has condemned the decision taken by China to alter electoral system of Hong Kong, and also the continued assaults on it’s democratic institutions

• Price said “The United States condemns the PRC's (People’s Republi...

HSBC BANK CHIEF DEFENDS HIS STANCE OF SUPPORTING NATIONAL SECURITY LAW IMPOSED BY CHINA 

HIGHLIGHTS

• HSBC chief demanded Tuesday he was legitimately obliged to close the records of an unmistakable Hong Kong majority rule government campaigner, as he confronted a threatening flame broiling from UK administrators

CEO Noel Quinn was bl...

HONG KONG PETITIONERS OF GERMANY URGED FOR SAFE CITY 

HIGHLIGHTS

• Activists who appealed to Berlin to put sanctions on China over Hong Kong's political crackdown have called for genuine activity after the German parliament heard their requests on Monday

Rights activists Glacier Kwong and David ...

HK CHRONICLES FOUND ANOTHER DOMAIN NAME AFTER BLOCKAGE FROM GOVERNMENT

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• HKChronicles, an anti-government website that was obstructed by Hong Kong experts on public security grounds, says it has obtained another name 

The announcement by a network access supplier that specialists had requested the si...

HK BROADBAND SERVICES BLOCKED ANTI-GOVT WEBSITE UNDER NATIONAL SECURITY LAW

HIGHLIGHTS

• Hong Kong Broadband Network banned a website for its anti-government role under the sweeping national legislation of China on Hong Kong

Throughout the end of the week, neighborhood media referred to sources as saying that the police ...

53 PEOPLE ARRESTED BY HONG KONG POLICE ON SUSPICION OF VIOLATING NATIONAL SECURITY LAW

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• 53 people arrested by Hong Kong police on suspicion of violating national security law.
• The arrestees include 45 men and 8 women.
• The lot was arrested over involvement in the so-called "primary election" last ye...

HONG KONG PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS UNDER SEARCH FOR VIOLATION OF NATONAL SECURITY LAW

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• Hong Kong pro-democracy activists under search for violation of National Security Law.
• Hong Kong former lawmakers Ted Hui Chi Fung and Sixtus Baggio Leung Chunh Hang.
• Around 30 pro-democracy activists are being searched f...

JIMMY LAI, HONG KONG PRO-DEMOCRACY CAMPAIGNER GRANTED BAIL

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• Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong Pro-Democracy campaigner granted bail.
• The media tycoon was charged under the draconian National Security Law.
• Hong Kong High Court judge on Wednesday granted the bail to Lai at HKD 10 million.
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HONG KONG EDUCATION WEBSITE REMOVES "SEPARATION OF POWERS" FROM ITS WEBSITE

HIGHLIGHTS

• Since the national security law has passed in the city, many changes have taken place.

The Hong Kong Education Bureau has legitimized the removal of a top adjudicator's introduction that depicted the separation of powers as an el...

JAPANESE FIRMS IN HONG KONG ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEW SECURITY LAW

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• Japanese firms in Hong Kong are concerned about the new security law.
• The survey suggests around 81.4% of Japanese firms being concerned about the same.
• The Consulate-general of Japan in Hong Kong and JETRO had conducted...

WEALTHY PEOPLE IN HONG KONG ARE PREPARING FOR THE WORST POSSIBLE SCENARIO

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• Wealthy people in Hong Kong are planning to move their assets to other countries.
• Political distress in one of the major causes for the same.
• People are accelerating their contingency planning efforts after China’s ...

PROTESTS IN HONG KONG RESTARTS AMID PANDEMIC

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• Protests in Hong Kong started even with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
• Streets of Hong Kong filled with teargas again.
• Article 15 of the 2015 National Security Law is what has bothered the people of Hong Kong (one of many...