Taipei, Taiwan – Closing arguments are due to begin in Hong Kong on Wednesday in the high-profile trial of 16 pro-democracy activists and legislators, more than 1,000 days after they were ...
Pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai's long-awaited trial over charges that he "colluded with foreign forces" has begun in Hong Kong. The 76-year-old, who has been in prison since December 2020 ...
Forty-seven Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are being charged with subversion under the territory’s national security law. The offense carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
HONG KONG--Two Hong Kong pro-democracy activists pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges related to an illegal assembly during mass anti-government protests in August 2019, while seven others ...
Pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai allegedly tried to trigger mainland China's political and economic collapse, a court in Hong Kong has heard. Mr Lai, a 76-year-old UK citizen and founder of ...
In a historic court room showdown, the former President faces charges of paying off people to prevent harmful stories ...
Three key democracy activists were sentenced to jail yesterday. They had all pleaded guilty to charges stemming from their involvement in a 15-hour siege of the city’s police headquarters during ...
A German court on Tuesday handed down suspended eight-month prison sentences to three climate activists who sprayed orange ...
ONE BILLION VOTERS — The world’s largest democracy is going to the polls over the next six weeks, as nearly 1 billion registered voters in India can cast ballots in a mind-bogglingly complex ...
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about international human rights and national security. When people think of Hong Kong, they don’t usually think of political ...
NGOs and bookshops are closing, media organisations are leaving and democracy activists are on trial “Ideas are bulletproof”. Three words, stamped out in multicolour tiles above a doorway ...