Hong Kong police arrest 8 people including districts councillors over peaceful protests
HONG KONG: Hong Kong police on Tuesday arrested eight people including two district councillors in connection with a peaceful pro-democracy demonstration last month on the Chinese University campus, Hong Kong Free Press reported citing local media. Among those arrested was graduate and community organiser Arthur Yeung. Yeung was taken into custody by police at 7 […]
UK considers suspending extradition treaty with Hong Kong
LONDON: UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is considering suspending Britain’s extradition treaty with Hong Kong, after China imposed a tough new national security law. As tensions have grown with Beijing, Raab said it can no longer be “business as usual”. He is reportedly planning to follow the example of the United States, Australia and Canada […]
UK offers Hong Kongers immigration rights after new China law
LONDON: Britain on Wednesday extended Hong Kong residents immigration rights after calling China’s new security law for Hong Kong a “serious” violation of the former UK territory’s autonomy. The legislation has been widely denounced in the West since it was imposed on the former British colony on Tuesday. “We stand for rules and obligations,” Prime […]
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says security law not a threat to freedoms
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s leader said Tuesday that national security legislation proposed by China’s legislature will not threaten the semi-autonomous territory’s civil rights, despite widespread criticism of the move as an encroachment on freedom of speech and assembly. The city’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, told reporters that there was “no need for us to worry” […]