Dozens of prominent activists were sentenced to up to 10 years in prison on Tuesday in Hong Kong's biggest national security case under a sweeping law imposed by Beijing that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement.
Hong Kong jails 45 democracy activists in landmark national security trial
Hong Kong's High Court on Tuesday jailed 45 pro-democracy activists for up to 10 years following a landmark national security trial that has damaged the city's once feisty democracy movement and drawn criticism from the U.
More than 40 Hong Kong democracy leaders sentenced to lengthy jail terms as Beijing tightens grip
More than 40 of Hong Kong’s best known pro-democracy figures have been sentenced to prison terms of up to 10 years on subversion charges, in the biggest single blow to the city’s already shrinking political freedoms since Beijing imposed a sweeping national security crackdown four years ago.
China’s top financial officials set to speak at Hong Kong summit
Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and several top financial policymakers are expected to speak at a global financiers summit in Hong Kong on Tuesday. Li Yunze, minister of China's National Financial Regulatory Administration,
‘The Last Dance’ records Hong Kong’s biggest ever single-day box office for a local film
Anselm Chan’s The Last Dance has broken multiple records, rejuvenating the Hong Kong box office after a lacklustre six months since the release of blockbuster Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In. Just nine days after its opening on November 9, the Hong Kong drama has grossed almost $7.7m (HK$60m) at the local box office so ...
45 prominent activists will be sentenced in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. People wait outside the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts in Hong Kong Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, ahead of the ...
Hong Kong police hunt pair who stole HK$23,000 necklace from man lured to flat for massage
Source says woman brought 63-year-old victim to flat with promise of massage but fled with another suspect after stealing gold necklace.
Defendants, loved ones brace for ‘Hong Kong 47’ sentencing
After a long legal battle, dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists will be sentenced later this week in a years-long subversion trial under a China-imposed national security law. Girlfriend of ...
Impressive wins in Hong Kong, Japanese horse racing will impact big stakes
Hong Kong's finest, with Romantic Warrior in the vanguard, showed they're ready to take on foreign challengers in December's international races.
Funeral Parlor-Set ‘The Last Dance’ Breaks Hong Kong’s Single Day Box Office Record
“The Last Dance,” a funeral parlor-set drama film directed by Anselm Chan, has broken Hong Kong’s single day box office record. The story depicts a former wedding planner who changes career and enters the funeral business instead. He partners up with ...
45 pro-democracy activists face sentencing in Hong Kong. Here’s who some of them are
Dozens of prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday in the biggest case under a national security law that critics say has crushed political activism in the ...
Hong Kong’s Marathon Trial of 47 Democrats Draws to a Close
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists will be sentenced later this week in a years-long subversion trial that has spotlighted what critics say are erosions to the city's freedoms under a China-imposed national security law.
Mainland Chinese tourists fall down Hong Kong escalator ‘like dominoes’
One elderly member of tour group taken to hospital after accident near exit of East Tsim Sha Tsui MTR station.
After long legal battle, Hong Kong’s 47 democrats brace for sentencing
The U.S. has described the trial and its guilty verdicts as "politically motivated," and has demanded that the defendants be released.