A Hong Kong court started hearing final arguments Monday in the national security trial of two organizers of the large vigils remembering the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Hong Kong government seeks to seize millions from jailed activist Jimmy Lai
The Hong Kong government is seeking to confiscate millions of dollars in funds and corporate shares it says are linked to crimes committed by jailed former media tycoon Jimmy Lai, according to a court document seen by The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Hong Kong ex-publisher Jimmy Lai’s sentence raises international outcry as China defends it
Monday’s sentencing of Hong Kong democracy advocate and one-time media magnate Jimmy Lai brought an outcry from governments and rights groups.
Hong Kong ex-media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be sentenced Monday after national security conviction
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy former media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be sentenced Monday following his conviction in December under a Beijing-imposed national security law.
2 Tiananmen vigil organizers plead not guilty in Hong Kong national security trial
Two organizers of Hong Kong’s long-running vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown pleaded not guilty Thursday, while a third pleaded guilty before the trial brought under a national security law that has largely erased dissent in the city.
WSJ’s parent firm on trial in Hong Kong, accused of dismissing reporter over union role
A former Hong Kong reporter at the Wall Street Journal began testifying Monday against the newspaper she accuses of terminating her due to her union activities in a trial—a closely watched case that has raised concerns about press freedom in the city.
Former Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted in landmark national security trial
Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city’s court on Monday, which could send him to prison for the rest of his life.
Bamboo scaffolding helped build Hong Kong’s skyline, but a deadly fire may hasten its end
While the exact cause of the deadly inferno that swept across a Hong Kong apartment complex was unknown, questions have been raised about the role of the bamboo scaffolding that enveloped the buildings at the time of the fire.
13 people killed in fire engulfing Hong Kong high-rise residential buildings, fire services say
A fire spread across seven high-rise apartment buildings in a Hong Kong housing complex, killing 13 people and leaving others still trapped, in the city’s worst blaze in years.
Hong Kong court rejects Tiananmen vigil organizer’s bid to quash indictment
A Hong Kong court on Monday rejected a former Tiananmen vigil organizer’s attempt to quash her indictment, pressing ahead with a landmark case widely seen as part of a yearslong crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy movement.
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