Liberty does not die in a coup; it dies when the courts, press, and civic groups that once protected it are rewritten into instruments of “national security.”
Hong Kong shows how a free society can become a dictatorship
Hong Kong independent bookstores under siege
Another bookstore raid on sedition charges underscores the city’s shrinking space for free inquiry and public discussion.
Beijing exports authoritarian censorship to Africa
Beijing’s pressure on Zambia to cancel RightsCon—the world’s largest digital rights conference—over the presence of Taiwanese participants is textbook authoritarian export of censorship.
Beijing’s tightening grip deepens Hong Kong’s loneliness crisis
For hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongers, the price of Beijing’s greater control has been measured not only in lost freedoms but in a profound, everyday loneliness.
Jimmy Lai gets 20 years
The fight to free Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai must continue.
Beijing’s indifference exposed
Cold official response to Kunming train tragedy sparks outrage amid Hong Kong fire grief.
Hong Kong responds to disaster differently from Beijing
Although the gulf is narrowing.
This is Hong Kong’s Grenfell
But seeking accountability and justice is more challenging in a repressive police state: Benedict Rogers.
Hong Kong apartment fire tests Beijing-backed rule as anger mounts
The fire undercuts the government’s insistence it can cater to people’s needs without giving them a greater say.
Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in a generation
Flammable renovation materials turn aging estate into inferno. Arrests made.
Diaspora coalition demands sanctions against Hong Kong security chiefs
A coalition of Hong Kong pro-democracy and diaspora groups have called on Canada’s foreign minister to take a stand against transnational repression, triggered by illegal bounties targeting Canadians.
More overseas pro-democracy activists targeted by Hong Kong national security bounty
Hong Kong’s National Security Law targets 19 overseas activists—including Canadians tied to the “Hong Kong Parliament”—amid global backlash over transnational repression and legal risks to 15,000+ participants.
I’m an American citizen. Hong Kong put a bounty on my head.
A U.S. citizen branded a fugitive by Hong Kong authorities for advocating democracy, condemns Beijing’s weaponization of Hong Kong’s National Security Law to silence global dissent.
Ex-district councilor arrested under Article 23 says she is being ‘silenced’
A former Hong Kong district councilor arrested under Article 23 (but not charged), claims systemic repression after losing an acting role and teaching job within 24 hours.
Beijing’s action in Hong Kong crosses the red line
Hong Kong authorities have intensified their transnational repression campaign with the arrest of the father and brother of exiled pro-democracy activist Anna Kwok.
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