NTD spoke with Benedict Rogers, cofounder of Hong Kong Watch, about how he became involved in the cause of Hong Kong freedom, the case of the “Hong Kong 47,” and the plight of businessman and former Apple Daily publisher, Jimmy Lai.
WASHINGTON—U.S. Reps. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) and Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) joined a group of pro-democracy Hong Kong activists to decry the sentencing of 45 political prisoners, imposed under the special administrative region’s draconian Article 23 based on China’s national security law. “We are outraged about what [Chinese communist leader] Xi Jinping and his cronies are doing […]
Dozens of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy campaigners have been jailed after a landmark trial that saw them convicted of subversion under China’s National Security Law (NSL) for their participation in a 2020 primary election that was deemed illegitimate by the government. Despite international condemnation following its verdicts against the pro-democracy campaigners in May 2023, […]
A report highlights transnational repression by the Hong Kong government, with a particular focus on digital rights. Recent laws in the region have severely restricted Hongkongers with an impact that reaches far beyond its borders.
A new report by the pro-democracy group Hong Kong Democracy Council shows that the CCP-controlled Hong Kong government has been attempting to influence U.S. politics. NTD spoke with Rebecca Grant, the vice president of Lexington Institute and a national security analyst, to find out more about how this is happening.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that could revoke the privileges of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices and lead to their closure in the United States. Observers say it will have considerable impact on the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its financial interests. The bipartisan Hong Kong Economic and Trade […]
Hong Kong’s top court on Aug. 12 rejected a bid to overturn the convictions of seven prominent pro-democracy activists, including media mogul Jimmy Lai, for their roles in 2019 protests. Lai, 76, founder of the now-defunct liberal newspaper Apple Daily; Martin Lee, 86, founding chairman of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party; and five other activists were […]
A Trump-era declaration of national emergency regarding Hong Kong will remain in effect as the Chinese communist regime continues to curtail the city’s freedoms, the Biden administration said. In a July 10 notice, President Joe Biden told Congress that he will renew a national emergency order to deal with the “unusual and extraordinary threat” to […]
The chief executive of Hong Kong Watch, Benedict Rogers, talks to NTD about how some Hong Kongers still face pressures from Beijing in the UK—and discusses the impact their votes could have on the general election. More than 180,000 Hong Kongers have moved to Britain under a visa scheme to help them flee Beijing’s suppression […]
For years, people in Hong Kong held a large-scale vigil to commemorate the Tiananmen Square massacre. However, this year, there was no vigil, and the city saw a heavy police presence. NTD interviewed Simon Cheng, a pro-democracy activist and founder of Hongkongers in Britain, to discuss the silencing of dissent in Hong Kong and the […]
At least five Western diplomats made a surprise visit to Victoria Park in Hong Kong on June 4, the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. The officials include a European Union office’s deputy head, a German consul general, and a Dutch consul general. The CCP’s foreign ministry arm in Hong Kong protested against the […]
WASHINGTON—The United States is imposing new visa restrictions on Chinese and Hong Kong officials over guilty verdicts in the National Security Law trial of pro-democracy organizers in Hong Kong, the State Department said on Friday. Fourteen Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were found guilty and two were acquitted on Thursday in a landmark subversion trial that […]
The verdict of the Hong Kong 47 recently found 14 pro-democracy activists guilty of subversion. The 47 activists were arrested in 2021 for conspiracy to commit subversion, under the national security law imposed on Hong Kong by the Chinese regime. NTD spoke with former diplomat Roger Garside, who said this signifies a “landmark suppression of […]
Hong Kong recently convicted 14 pro-democracy activists with “conspiracy to commit subversion” under the Chinese Communist Party’s national security law. NTD sits down with Gordan Chang, a political commentator and the author of “The Coming Collapse of China,” to talk about how this will affect Hong Kong’s future as an international center for finance and […]
A court in Hong Kong has found 14 pro-democracy activists and politicians guilty of “conspiracy to commit subversion,” marking the largest single prosecution under the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) National Security Law since it came into force in the former British colony in 2020. Hong Kong’s High Court handed down the ruling on Thursday, convicting […]
Hong Kong police have arrested six people for allegedly “acting with seditious intention” under a new security law, a sweeping legislation critics say Beijing has used to eliminate the city’s dwindling freedom. The authorities said the six, aged 37 to 65, were arrested on Tuesday in an operation by the national security police who searched […]
The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party holds a roundtable on “The Future of Hong Kong: U.S. Policy Going Forward” at 2:30 p.m., E.T. on May 23. The experts participating in the roundtable include: Jonathan Price, member of Jimmy Lai’s Legal Team Frances Hui, The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation Joey […]
A former Royal Marine charged recently with spying for Hong Kong has died, the police said on Tuesday. Thames Valley Police said a man found dead on Sunday evening in Grenfell Park, Maidenhead, had been formally identified as Matthew Trickett. His death is being treated as unexplained. Mr. Trickett, 37, from Maidenhead, appeared in Westminster […]
