Hong Kong pro-democracy

International governments must seriously consider how to adequately respond to both the sentencing of Hong Kong democrats and the trial of Jimmy Lai.

As the anniversary approached, authorities heaped new charges on a jailed vigil organizer. 

Prosecutors had accused them of attempting to paralyze Hong Kong’s government by securing the legislative majority necessary to veto budgets.

In 2021, 47 pro-democracy activists were charged under the Beijing-imposed national security law for their involvement in an unofficial primary election. The first verdicts are due this week.

Critics worry authorities will use a local national security law as another tool to crack down on dissidents, building on the law imposed by Beijing in 2020.

Outright calls for a boycott risk legal trouble, but Hong Kongers are not enthused about Sunday's District Council elections.

Insights from Shibani Mahtani and Timothy McLaughlin

Hong Kong’s legal prosecution of opposition figures puts it in the company of authoritarian regimes worldwide.

Sunday’s Legislative Council polls are a test of the resistance of pro-democracy Hong Kongers.

Changes to Hong Kong’s election system, as well as the overarching national security law, have all but killed any formal political opposition.

Denise Ho’s sold-out concerts were canceled, feeding concerns that Hong Kong’s cultural scene is the latest target of China’s tightening control.

For many, the arrest and conviction of Hong Kong's “father of democracy” signal a cataclysmic shift in the city’s political climate.