Protests erupted in June 2019 over a since-axed extradition bill. They escalated into sometimes violent displays of dissent against police behaviour, amid calls for democracy and anger over Beijing’s encroachment. Demonstrators demanded an independent probe into police conduct, amnesty for those arrested and a halt to the characterisation of protests as “riots.”
LATEST NEWS & VIEWS ON anti-extradition MOVEMENT
Hong Kong democrat Lam Cheuk-ting pleads not guilty to rioting during 2019 Yuen Long mob attack
Ex-lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting has been remanded in custody since March 2021 for conspiring to commit subversion over an unofficial primary election for the 2020 Legislative Council election.
Salaries of Hong Kong judges and judicial officers set to rise by 3.62%
The recommended wage hike of 3.62 per cent was decided based on a “basket of factors,” the government said, including the responsibility, working conditions and workload of judges.
US condemns ‘forced repatriation’ of Chinese rights lawyer Lu Siwei from Laos
After being arrested by Laotian police while en route to Thailand in July, Lu Siwei was transported back to China last month, where he is likely to face legal repercussions, a rights group said.
COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS
If computer games are making Hong Kong kids miserable, make the real world a more attractive place to live
“Inside your computer is a world whose rules you understand, which behaves in a predictable way and responds to your controls. With care and attention you can be a winner,” writes Tim Hamlett. “Outside your computer is a world which has no time for you …”
Hong Kong District Councils: Where has public opinion gone?
“To shut out the voices of ordinary people in the lowest level advisory committees, which is after all what the District Councils are, seems like an unwise move,” writes John Burns.
FEATURES
Explainer: Why, and how, the gov’t wants to ban protest song ‘Glory to Hong Kong’
How was the 2019 protest anthem composed? Why is it controversial? Is Glory to Hong Kong banned already? And does the city risk China-style internet censorship?
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy businesses tread carefully as ‘yellow economy’ reels from reported arrests
After a number of arrests, reportedly related to an app that promoted shops and restaurants belonging to Hong Kong’s “yellow economy,” which supported companies sympathetic to the 2019 protests, business owners told HKFP they feared “the fire was spreading.”
Hope, reflection and disappointment as people mark 26th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to Chinese rule
“In the past, we were able to express our demands and opinions, enjoy civil human rights…. now? Just enjoy the view and take some photos,” said one woman who spoke to HKFP on the 26th anniversary of the city’s Handover.
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