Tag: Hong Kong


Hong Kong is setting up an election without a real opposition


Hong Kong’s decision to bar 12 pro-democracy candidates from standing in forthcoming local elections has raised serious concerns over whether genuine political opposition will be tolerated in the city following the imposition of a new security law by Beijing.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/31/asia/hong-kong-election-disqualification-intl-hnk/index.html

 


Four Hong Kong student activists arrested for ‘secession’ over social media posts


Police in Hong Kong have arrested four members of a student-led pro-independence group for suspected secessionist offenses on social media under the city’s sweeping new national security law.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/29/asia/hong-kong-security-law-election-intl-hnk/index.html