The Life and Death of the ‘Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China’

This year, as the anniversary of June 4 draws near, the prospect of vindicating the 1989 movement seems further out of reach than ever before. Various media reports indicated that the police would deploy 3,000 police officers in Victoria Park, at the East Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade (​​尖東海傍), around the PRC’s Hong Kong Liaison Office, and other key areas on the night of June 4; anyone wearing black clothes, wearing masks, and lighting candles would be treated as being involved in an illegal gathering.

‘No Regrets’: Umbrella Movement Co-founder Chan Kin-man Released After 11-Months in Prison For a Peaceful Protest

<!–[CDATA[  RACHEL WONG | Hong Kong Free Press Chan Kin-man, one of the co-founders of the 2014 pro-democracy Umbrella Movement, has been released from prison after serving 11 months of his 16-month sentence. The sociology professor was one of nine activists convicted on public nuisance charges last April for participation in the 2014 protests. Outside Clearwater Bay’s Pik […]

All Nine Defendants Plead Not Guilty on First Day of Umbrella Movement Trial

Holmes Chan  |  Hong Kong Free Press Nine activists and politicians involved in Hong Kong’s 2014 pro-democracy Umbrella Movement pleaded not guilty to their public nuisance charges on Monday. At the start of what is expected to be a 20-day trial, the prosecution argued that the “Occupy trio” – Reverend Chu Yiu-ming, and academics Benny Tai […]

Badiucao – the Interview: ‘I Think We Are Witnessing the Dying of Hong Kong’

Hong Kong Free Press Editor’s note: This interview with Chinese cartoonist Badiucao was conducted and written last week before his debut solo exhibition was canceled on Friday amid safety fears.  Artist-provocateur Badiucao might have penned some of the most daring cartoons deriding China’s authoritarian and censorial regime, but he considers himself a coward. This is an […]

Two Members of Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Party Held, Questioned in China

Lau Siu-fung  |  Radio Free Asia Two members of a political party formed by the leaders of the 2014 pro-democracy Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong were detained recently by state security police across the internal immigration border in mainland China, it said in a statement on Monday. The two members of Demosisto were detained and questioned […]

Human Rights in China Worsen as Beijing Extends Reach to Hong Kong: Report

Lam Kwok-lap and Zhang Li  |  Radio Free Asia Freedoms of speech and religion, the rule of law, and individual rights and freedoms have worsened during the past year under the ruling Chinese Communist Party, an annual congressional-executive report has found, calling on the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to do more to halt […]