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Hong Kong democracy activist Nathan Law has gone into hiding a day after testifying to the US Congress about China’s new security law for the territory.Kyodo News
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China’s parliament has enacted a national security law aimed at cracking down on protest activity in Hong Kong, according to local media reports.
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Many of the Peacock Generation troupe are already in jail for ridiculing the military last year. They now face further charges in each township where they performed.
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Democracy activists cling to hope that international pressure can preserve Hong Kong’s freedoms, but China is determined to bring the city to heel, observers say.
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Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam marked the first anniversary of a historic anti-government protest with a lament that the city ‘cannot bear chaos’ any longer.
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The Irrawaddy talks to National League for Democracy information secretary Monywa Aung Shin about the NLD’s missteps since 2015 and how it can clean up its act before November.
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Hong Kong lawmakers have passed a bill that makes it a crime to show disrespect to China’s national anthem despite a wave of protests by pro-democracy activists.
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Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has repeated her claim that Beijing’s proposed national security law will not erode freedom and rights in the region.
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Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong has accused China of trying to turn the city into ‘another Xinjiang’ under cover of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Beijing has promised to take retaliatory measures in response to the United States’ plan to end its special financial relationship with Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong’s chief executive told residents of the city there is ‘no need to worry’ about the impact of Beijing’s proposed national security legislation on their freedoms.
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A Mandalay government employee – allegedly at the request of chief minister Dr. Zaw Myint Maung – has used the Telecommunications Act to counter Facebook allegations.
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Police in Hong Kong fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters as unrest returned to the city in response to China’s plans to impose a new security law.
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Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen vowed to assist the people of Hong Kong as renewed protests erupted in the city against Beijing’s plans to impose harsher security laws.
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