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Police cite coronavirus in banning solemn candlelight vigil, but pro-democracy activists see it as part of a push to quash freedoms in the region. ( read original story ...)

Lawmakers in Hong Kong have approved a controversial bill making it a crime to insult China's national anthem. Ahead of the vote, two legislators were taken away by security guards after throwing a ... ( read original story ...)

As the contentious bill became law, activists planned to commemorate China’s bloody 1989 crackdown, despite a ban on the annual vigil. ( read original story ...)

News Agency Protesting lawmakers yanked from Hong Kong legislature. Posted . Two protesting lawmakers were forcibly removed from Hong Kong's legislature after they threw a foul-sm ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s legislature has passed a contentious bill that makes it illegal to insult the Chinese national anthem. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s legislature passed a law making disrespect of China’s national anthem a crime, as people prepared to hold memorials for the victims of Beijing’s 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square, despite ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's Legislative Council passed a bill on Thursday that would criminalise disrespect of China's national anthem, a move critics see as the latest sign of Beijing's tightening grip on the city. ( read original story ...)

Life in Hong Kong had only just started to resemble a new normal after the threat of the pandemic subsided. But there they were again on May 24, dressed in black, ready for the storm brewing. “This is ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing majority said the law was necessary for Hong Kong citizens to show appropriate respect for the anthem. ( read original story ...)

China tightened controls over dissidents while pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong and elsewhere sought ways to mark the 31st anniversary Thursday of the crushing of the pro-democracy movement ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's Legislative Council passed a bill on Thursday that would criminalize disrespect of China's national anthem, a move critics see as the latest sign of Beijing's tightening grip on the city. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong marked China's deadly Tiananmen crackdown on Thursday, with candle-light ceremonies planned across the city after authorities banned a mass vigil at a time of seething anger over a planned ... ( read original story ...)

The event was barred for the first time over coronavirus concerns, but participants fear a move to restrict speech. ( read original story ...)