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Chinese authorities have detained a dozen activists from Hong Kong who were attempting to leave the territory via speedboat, according to people familiar with the attempt and the individuals captured, ... ( read original story ...)

A dozen people fleeing Hong Kong on a speedboat, including an activist arrested under the draconian new national security law, have been captured by China, police in the city said Friday. ( read original story ...)

Chinese coastguard stopped a speedboat on Sunday suspected of an illegal border crossing ... ( read original story ...)

A 21-year-old man told Reuters he was beaten and humiliated by guards in a Hong Kong prison during his sentence for possessing a Molotov cocktail at an anti-government protest in October. ( read original story ...)

Chinese coastguard stopped a speedboat on Sunday suspected of an illegal border crossing ... ( read original story ...)

The letter from Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung Kin-chung (Aug. 24) shows a worrying lack of awareness of the impact the new National Security Law in Hong Kong is already having. ( read original story ...)

Chinese authorities have arrested at least 10 people, including a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist, after its coast guard intercepted a speedboat believed to be heading to Taiwan, media reports said ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese authorities have arrested at least 10 people after intercepting a boat believed to be heading to Taiwan from Hong Kong, local reports say. China's coastguard said the arrests were made on ... ( read original story ...)

A top Hong Kong media executive said Thursday that HSBC had frozen his account after he and others from his pro-democracy newspaper were arrested under a new national security law Beijing imposed on ... ( read original story ...)

Authorities in the financial center are seeking to reshape public discourse around the city’s pro-democracy protests. ( read original story ...)

China ties have deteriorated rapidly since the start of the year over Hong Kong and the coronavirus pandemic. Jimmy Lai tells protesters to be 'careful' What is Hong Kong's sec ... ( read original story ...)

An Irish journalist has been denied a work visa for Hong Kong, stoking fears of a clampdown on press freedoms following the imposition of a national security law by Beijing. ( read original story ...)

A Chinese government offer to test all Hong Kong residents for the novel coronavirus is meeting scepticism from the city’s medical community and public and is emerging as a politically charged issue ... ( read original story ...)

Irish journalist Aaron McNicholas’s visa was rejected in what’s believed to the first such case at a local title ... ( read original story ...)