Hong Kong freedom of speech

Beijing has torn up Hong Kong’s freedoms and now threatens the security of Hong Kongers and their supporters around the world. It must not be allowed to get away with this with impunity. 

Hollowed out by Beijing, the city, once the world’s freest society, should be viewed as an example of the state of post-authoritarianization.

Hong Kong's vague and ambiguous concept of “national security,” imported from the mainland, is applied to arts and culture.

“Glory to Hong Kong” was often sung by demonstrators during huge anti-government protests in 2019. 

Despite the presence of the “omnipotent” NSL, China felt the need to embed another layer of control in the territory.

Hong Kong’s new national security law will incentivize self-censorship by creatives of all kinds – including those far beyond Hong Kong’s borders.

The proposed bill would go even further than the National Security Law in restricting political freedoms and civil society. 

The oppression of rights and political participation in Hong Kong marked new milestones at the end of 2023. The international community must hold Beijing to account at its upcoming UPR.

As Hong Kong’s basic freedoms have been dismantled, freedom of religion or belief – perhaps the last liberty still just about standing – is under ever-increasing threat. 

Lai, former publisher of Hong Kong’s Apple Daily, has been targeted in a series of prosecutions apparently aimed at punishing him for his past activism.

A recent court case drives home concerns about the overly broad use of Hong Kong’s resurrected sedition law.

Five ways the law has deepened authoritarianism in the territory as conditions are set to worsen.