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July 26, 2018 Dispatches

Will Britain Stand Up for Hong Kong?

UK Foreign Secretary Should Speak Out on Rights During China Visit

British Prime Minister Theresa May (R) sits with Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi (L) for a meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on December 20, 2016.
July 10, 2018 News Release

Hong Kong: LGBT-Themed Books Restricted in Libraries

Restore Access to 10 Children’s Books Put in 'Closed Stacks'

A library worker indexes periodicals at the Hong Kong Central Library May 14, 2001.
June 27, 2018 News Release

Hong Kong: Freedoms Rapidly Deteriorating

Chief Executive Should Uphold Rights at 21st Anniversary of Handover

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam and other officials stand in front of a line dividing Hong Kong and mainland Chinese control zone as part of the joint immigration checkpoint inside West Kowloon Terminus
June 25, 2018 Commentary

Why Canada Should Take in Snowden-Linked Asylum-Seeker

Two mothers hold their children in their arms as they wait outside the immigration department's building in Hong Kong, China.
March 19, 2018 Dispatches

Insult China’s National Anthem at Your Peril

Proposed Law Could Land Hong Kong People in Prison

Security guards wave to urge Hong Kong fans stop booing and turning their backs during Chinese national anthem, at the Asian Cup preliminary match between Hong Kong and Lebanon in Hong Kong, China November 14, 2017.
February 6, 2018 News Release

Hong Kong: Student Leaders’ Sentences Overturned

But Ruling Opens Door for Future Imprisonment of Protesters

Pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong, Alex Chow and Nathan Law outside the Court of Final Appeal before a verdict on their appeal in Hong Kong, February 6, 2018.
September 27, 2017 Dispatches

Three Years After Umbrella Movement, Hong Kongers Soldier On

Residents Still Demanding Universal Suffrage

Protesters open their umbrellas, symbols of pro-democracy movement, as they mark exactly one month since they took the streets in Hong Kong's financial central district October 28, 2014.
August 18, 2017 Commentary

Political Prisoners in Hong Kong

Student leaders Nathan Law and Joshua Wong walk into the high court in Hong Kong, August 17, 2017.
August 15, 2017 News Release

Hong Kong: Quash Convictions of Student Leaders

Court Ruling Could Bar Youths from Upcoming Elections

Pro-democracy leaders Nathan Law (C), Joshua Wong (R), and Alex Chow meet journalists outside a court in Hong Kong, on September 21, 2016.
July 17, 2017 News Release

Canada: Expedite Snowden-Linked Asylum Cases

Hong Kong Threatens to Deport Families Who Aided US Whistle-Blower

June 28, 2017 News Release

Hong Kong: Chief Executive Should Defend Autonomy

At 20th Anniversary of Handover, Chinese Rule Threatening Rights, Freedoms

A protester raises his umbrellas after riot police fire tear gas to disperse protesters in Hong Kong, September 28, 2014
June 28, 2017 Letter

Letter from HRW to HK Chief Executive Carrie Lam

A protester raises his umbrellas after riot police fire tear gas to disperse protesters in Hong Kong, September 28, 2014
May 15, 2017 News Release

Hong Kong Rejects Asylum for Snowden Helpers

Lawyers Now Seek Refuge for Them in Canada

Protesters supporting Edward Snowden confront policemen as they demand that US President Barack Obama grant Snowden a pardon, outside the US Consulate in Hong Kong, China, on September 25, 2016.
April 27, 2017 News Release

Hong Kong: Surge in Political Prosecutions

11 Pro-Democracy Advocates Arrested in 2 Days

Disqualified lawmakers Yau Wai-Qing, 25, (L) and Baggio Leung, 30, pose outside government headquarters in Hong Kong, China on March 28, 2017. The two were arrested on April 26, 2017.
March 27, 2017 Dispatches

Hong Kong’s Non-Election

20 Years on Hold, Beijing Should Accept Universal Suffrage

Carrie Lam smiles as officials count votes during the election for Hong Kong’s next chief executive on March 26, 2017.

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